‘The Dream Is Dead’

Ashley Judd (D-Puffy Face)

So declares Ace of Spades, and connoisseurs of fine sarcasm must join Ace in mourning this tragic news:

The much-rumored 2014 campaign by film star Ashley Judd for the Kentucky seat of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will not happen.

No more Puffy Face to mock? No months of endless lunacy as she compares everything to rape? Alas, we have been robbed:

A source close to Judd said that Secretary of State Allison Lundergan Grimes’ interest in potential race made the decision not to run easier. “The timing just wasn’t right,” said the source. …
Democratic Senate strategists have argued that Judd would be a good, if unconventional candidate, pointing to her ability to rival or even eclipse McConnell in fundraising. But McConnell’s path to victory involves savaging his opponent, and Judd’s status as an actress and celebrity would have offered him loads of ammunition.

Loads. Loads and loads. And now . . . nothing.

 

27 comments

  1. Puffy face, I love you
    Puffy face, I need you
    My whole world’s wrapped up in you

    When the road I walk seems all uphill
    And the colors in my rainbow turn blue
    You kiss the tears away
    You smile at me and say
    “Puffy face (puffy face) I love you”

    Puffy face, I love you
    Puffy face, I need you
    These are the sweetest words I’ve ever heard
    Puffy face, don’t leave me
    Puffy face, believe me
    My whole world’s wrapped up in you

    And when I hurt your feelings as I sometimes do
    And I say those mean things that we know are not true
    You forgive my childish way
    You hold me close and say
    “Puffy face (puffy face) I love you”

    Puffy face, I love you
    Puffy face, I need you
    These are the sweetest words I’ve ever heard
    Puffy face, don’t leave me
    Puffy face, believe me
    My whole world’s wrapped up in you

    Puffy face, I love you
    Puffy face, I need you

    These are the sweetest words I’ve ever heard
    Puffy face, don’t leave me

    With apologies to Brian Blade, Greg Cohen, Adam Dornblum, Brian Eno, William Frisell, Jon Hassell and of course, Donna Fargo

  2. Damn it. Now I know how the Jews in Auschwitz felt. This is just like being trapped in the WTC on 9/11.

  3. Puffy Face? What about Rotten Smile McCain? Was there really a feud with Stranahan over who had the better smile once Lee got his new dentures? Gross, all around!

  4. So instead of Judd, we get Alison Lundergan Grimes, current Kentucky Secretary of State and daughter of Clinton buddy and former Democrat party chair Jerry Lundergan.

    Gotta love cronyism at its finest.

  5. You realize this is our own fault. We should have pulled a McCaskill on her. Talked about how worried we were about her fundraising abilities and how she was the most viable liberal available. Now the comedy gold is gone.

  6. […] Of course, I am being dramatic, kinda like Ashley herself when she compares EVERYTHING to rape, but I do feel violated by her decision NOT to seek the Senate seat from Kentucky. I mean think of all that blogging gold that has been taken from me? Ashley Judd was not just a Tree of Low hanging Blogging Fruit, she was a grove! Now all that is gone what will I do? And what of Stacy McCain, who has just seen his dream die? […]

  7. Congratulations to the “Bone Collector” Karl Rove and the rest of the gang at American Crossroads.

    Knockout punch!

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