An original composition by Orrin Hatch may be played at the Dem convention

[BigDaddy44]

This is not a joke.

WASHINGTON - Senator Orrin Hatch, the conservative Utah Republican, has written hundreds of songs on patriotic themes - with such titles as "Freedom's Light" and "I Love Old Glory" - as a way of paying tribute to his country.

But his latest trip down Tin Pan Alley had an even more personal resonance: Hatch said he was asked by several colleagues to put down his feelings about a very close friend who is facing a serious illness. The friend is the legendary liberal Ted Kennedy, and the colleagues are Democrats who envision having the song played as a tribute to Kennedy at next month's Democratic convention - and as a living example of a brotherhood that transcends party lines.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/07/16/across_the_aisle_a_ballad_to_kennedy/?page=1

[babylonsister]

1. Here, too, with the pic...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3627684&mesg_id=3627684

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Great.

Is "The Master" going to show up in his leather motorcycle hat, leather chaps, Mirrored sunglasses and barechested?

As I understand it from people in political circles, he is not called "The Master" for nothing.

[Benhurst]

2. Sounds like Orrin's best effort since

"You May Be Wife Number Five; But You're Number One For Me."

[Dogmudgeon]

4. Orrin and Teddy are old friends

Strange bedfellows and all that.

But it's also quite a "scoop" for the Democrats.

The Republicans are all out of hate, all out of dramatics, all out of outrage.

To paraphrase another bard of the Order of the Arthritic Elephant: "The Eagle is sore, like she's never been sore before."

--p!

[BigDaddy44]

5. Please

Thats ridiculous. Its not a "scoop" for anyone. Yes, the Democrats get the play the song. A Republican wrote it. How is that a scoop?

[Dogmudgeon]

7. We're for national unity. They aren't

You're welcome.

--p!

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

6. Let the Liberal Lion ROOOAARRR!

Let him roar like he's never roooaaaarrred beforrree!

[Leopolds Ghost]

8. That's the song. You have it!

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

9. Thank you! Do I win a prize?

A bottle of Jungle Gardenia perfume or a case of Poppycock popcorn?