"Have you ever seen a grown man wear so much blue?"
I'm not sure if there are plans to release a commemorative 15 year anniversary Problem Child DVD, but the above quote from Junior (the mischievous red headed kid) might nicely encapsulate your reaction should you receive one of David Vitter's mailings. I mean-- WOW. If nothing else is made clear, Vitter's commitment to indigo is stead-freakin-fast! For example, in the obligatory family picture, the Senate candidate's wife and four children are outfitted entirely in blues... though his infant son dares to break the schema with gold shorts. One wonders: a rebellious streak, or was there an unfortunate diaper malfunction at the photo shoot?
I swear, the color was so pervasive in Vitter's campaign literature that I'm reminded of that profound Eiffel 65 song from several years ago:
I have a blue house with a blue window---
Blue is the color of all that I wear
Blue are the streets and all the trees are too
I have a girlfriend and she is so blue
Blue are the people here that walk around
Blue like my Corvette it's standing outside
Blue are the words I say and what I think
Blue are the feelings that live inside me
I'm blue (da ba dee da ba di da ba dee da ba di da ba dee ...)
I'm blue (da ba dee da ba di da ba dee da ba di da ba dee ...)
Last year a staunch republican aide who works on Capitol Hill told me there was "no way" Vitter would win a Senate seat because he just wasn't enough of a folksy backslapper. I was shocked at how pessimistic he was about the V-man's chances. Then the aide recalled the following candid exchange he had in D.C.:
Aide: "I bet you're looking forward to seeing your friends back in Louisiana."
Vitter (matter of factly): "No, I don't have any friends."
Yikes. That's a statement that always bodes well.
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For insiders wondering when certain political atomics will be deployed ...that's a damn good question. When and if, I'll be riding it down like Slim Pickens.
Waaaaa Hoooo!!