Letters from Grenada

The last few weeks, my mind keeps running back on one of my favorite exchanges from O Brother, Where Art Thou? Seriously, does this remind you of anything?  Hmm?

Pappy O’Daniel: We need a shot in the arm. You hear me boys? In the goddamn arm! Election held tomorrow, that son of bitch Stokes would win it in a walk!
Junior O’Daniel: Well, he’s the reform candidate, Daddy.
Pappy O’Daniel: Yeah.
Junior O’Daniel: A lot of people like that reform. Maybe we should get us some.
Pappy O’Daniel: I’ll reform you, you soft-headed son of a bitch. How we gonna run reform when we’re the damn incumbent? Is that the best idea you boys can come up with? Reform?! Weepin’ Jesus on the cross. That’s it! You may as well start drafting my concession speech right now.“

(Click here to listen to an audio clip of the dialogue.)

Here’s another clip from the movie.  Totally reminds me of Grenada.  Geographical oddity… two weeks from everywhere!

I lured you with Gwen Stefani, so here she is.  This is a video mash-up of Gwen Stefani and the Soggy Bottom Boys.  It is, in a word, genius.

Posted on October 21st, 2008 under Grenada • Tags: election, movies that rock, politics, random, songs I like, video. •  Print This Post •  Email This Post • RSS 2.0 feed • Leave a response, or trackback