Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The one where it talks about Will Smith

Yep, the format of that title is a Friends reference, and if you didn't already know that you should seriously get with the program; No one is too cool for Friends.  I want to start this post with a quote from a song that has recently taken on significant new meaning in my life, as I'm sure it will come to inspire you: 

"Tryin' to bring down me, this champion
When y'all clowns gon' see that it can't be done
Understand me son, I'm the slickest they is,
I'm the quickest as they is, did I say I'm the slickest they is
So if you barking up the wrong tree we comin, don't be startin' nothin'
...
Can't stand the heat then get out the Wild Wild West"

Ponder these lines, and let them empower you to a new level of campaigning greatness.  Will Smith is a visionary in his own time, and his command of the language is rivaled only by his ability to induce a fighting spirit.  I hope for your own cultural relevance you've seen the film from whence this song came.  Imagine that as a campaigner you are Jim West, and at the end of the day the campaign will only be won if we can beat the giant spider... the metaphor gets a little hairy here, so I guess just listen to the song and keep kicking it strong.  Anyway, I wasn't around for the dorm walks tonight, but I'm sure they went well as always.  I'm also sure they produced the standard level of frustration, but don't let up now, red army.  With only a few days to go until the first round of elections, its time to show those other campaigns they've been "barking up the wrong tree."   As a final note, I know you're all busy folks, but I can't recommend strongly typing Wild Wild West into the computer pages and taking a fresh look at it as art.  Learn it. Love it. Become it.

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