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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:34 PM
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Ben Cooter Jones on CNN:You don't care what color the guy is that's helping you out of the ditch.
He was also incredulous when he said McCain was blaming Barney Frank for the worldwide financial crisis in his speech today.
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grannie4peace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:35 PM
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1. schanez is such an asshole!!
Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 02:35 PM by grannie4peace
i can't spell that assholes name!!!
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:36 PM
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2. CNN is going the way of Fux. Sanchez is a twit n/t
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:36 PM
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3. That's mighty big of
Ben Cooter Jones but I guess it had to be said for the racists of America that mcpalin are whipping into a rabid frenzy.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:38 PM
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4. Another "redneck" for Obama!!!!
Today we had Ben "Cooter" Jones and Ralph Stanley coming out hard for Obama. Many will dismiss it, but this kind of stuff is what the low info voters in the South eat up. The can associate these two with things that they love. I've already had two discussions today about Ralph Stanley being a huge Obama man - one of the guys I spoke with said "this changes things a great deal for me".
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:42 PM
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6. Forgive My Ignorance, Sir, But Who Are These People?
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:47 PM
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13. Rednecks for Obama thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x7383174
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:50 PM
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17. Ben "Cooter" Jones = Dukes of Hazard. Ralph Stanley - Bluegrass and Country Music LEGEND
n/t
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The Magistrate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 03:02 PM
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22. Thank You, Sir
Did Mr. Stanley do the marvelous version of 'Man of Constant Sorrow' featured in 'Brother Where Art Thou'? That name had begun to tug at my mind a little after posting my question.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 03:07 PM
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23. One and the same.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 03:11 PM
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24. Yes indeed. Same guy. He has some striking works out there - and Im no fan of country/bluegrass
The guy is just a bonafide badass. Check out the track "O' Death" on the O' Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack. It's marvelous.
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 04:24 PM
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28. MOCS (as we sometimes call Man of Constant sorrow) is a Stanley bros. tune
But the version in the film, that you're most likely referring to, featured Dan Tyminski on guitar and lead vocals. Dan is a long-time member of Alison Kraus' band, Union Station.

Bake
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Bake Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 04:22 PM
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27. Didn't you ever watch the Dukes of Hazzard????
Ben Jones was Cooter!

And if you don't know Ralph Stanley, sir, all I can say is you don't know what you're missing.

:hi:

Bake
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 11:37 AM
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32. Ralph Stanley Is a Bluegrass Legend
Second only to Mr. Bill Monroe, may he rest in peace.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:44 PM
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8. Jones was working for Edwards earlier on
He's a good surrogate in the South.
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:41 PM
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5. Ben Jones ran as a boosh repug
if memory serves.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:45 PM
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9. I was pretty sure he was a Dem... Yes, here:
Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 02:46 PM by GreenPartyVoter
"Jones was elected to Congress in 1988 as a Democrat. He lost his bid for a third term in 1992 after his district was redrawn. He owns Cooter’s Place, a “Dukes” memorabilia shop in Gatlinburg, Tenn."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8573374/
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louis-t Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-10-08 11:31 AM
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31. D'oh! Must be thinking of someone else.
Thanks.
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:46 PM
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12. I'm pretty sure he was a Democrat.
Didn't he run against Gingrich for the House?
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KathieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:48 PM
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14. I thought he was Dem?
Unless I was dreaming, didn't he support Kerry?
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onenote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:48 PM
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your memory is really really bad -- he's a Democrat
He is and has been a Democrat. He most recently ran in 2002 in Virginia against Eric Cantor.

He served two terms as a Democratic congressman from Georgia (defeating an incumbent repub to get the seat) in 1988/1990. He was defeated in 1992, but ran again in 1994, targeting Newt Gingrich.
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TornadoTN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:51 PM
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18. Democrat. And very open about it.
He opened up a shop in Gatlinburg, Tennessee modeled after the garage on the TV show. It's a very red area of the state, but he has always been there promoting candidates and other causes that we champion here.

He may not be as liberal as some of us here would like, but he's a great asset to the party and to the people of the state.
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:43 PM
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7. Wait, wait...his name is Ben Cooter Jones?
*sniggers like fourth grader*
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:45 PM
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10. Cooter was his character's name on a TV show.
Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 02:50 PM by Gidney N Cloyd
Edited for examples.

It's kind of like George Goober Lindsey or Jimmy JJ Walker.
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VoodooGuru Donating Member (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:45 PM
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11. No, "Cooter" is the name of the character he played on Dukes of Hazzard.
Seriously.
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ShortnFiery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:48 PM
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15. Hey! All inclusive. Welcome Ben Cooter Jones to the Obama Team.
From a Nebraska Cornhusker.

Herbie Husker! :woohoo:
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:49 PM
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16. You don't remember Cooter?
Edited on Thu Oct-09-08 02:50 PM by Sebastian Doyle
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:53 PM
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19. I didn't grow up with the Dukes of Hazzard--was born in 1985.
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:57 PM
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21. damn you young folk and your rock music
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Alter Ego Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 03:16 PM
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25. Yes, I've been told many times to get off someone's lawn.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 04:26 PM
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29. Did one of those people look like this by any chance?
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Kalyke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 02:55 PM
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20. Here. This may help.
Here he is on the show:




And here's his Wiki page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jones_(US)
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Teaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 04:07 PM
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26. I loves me some Cooter
.
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livedemocarticordie Donating Member (209 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-08 04:51 PM
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30. I heard him earlier this week...
I liked what he said which was something like this: if you're drowning in the ocean, and a black man is the only one about to throw you a rope, you don't say , "Hey no, don't save me black man, don't save me. You're black. You hang onto that rope for dear life.."


exactly ....
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