Heh, well played, sir, well played. And, I agree with you!

Ah the classic "you don't sweat much for a fat girl..." compliment. (apologies to George Lindsay/Goober Pyle.)

I predict this endorsement will become a classic. Well done, Randy.

Should we tell the people commenting on this over at Post Politics that it's...

...nah. Never mind. It's too much fun to watch.

Guns are still not allowed in City parks.

Haslam tried to split that baby by saying that under the current City ordinance (passed before the new state law), guns were banned in parks but there was no fine (or a very small fine, I forget which). Opting out of the new state law would result in stiffer penalities for violaters.

So he took the position that the current City law was better than opting out under the new law. But the bottom line is that guns still are not allowed in City parks.

Oh, and boy is the Blab having fun with this....

the liberal Obama-Pelosi left-wing progressive Democratic agenda

Randy, you forgot "socialist." :)

Newsroom:

Lieutenant Governor Ron Ramsey

Ramsey Slams Haslam, New Ad, Lack of Substance Tuesday, July 06, 2010

NASHVILLE, TN - Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey, the conservative candidate for Governor of Tennessee, today issued the following statement in reaction to Mayor Bill Haslam's newest television advertisement:

"Let's really examine Bill Haslam for a minute. He counts liberals such as environmental crusader Al Gore and Tennessee Congressman Jim Cooper as supporters. He has actively and financially supported both of them. He's helped lead one of the country's most radical gun control groups - Bloomberg's Mayors Against Guns - until 2008 when it became politically expedient to withdraw from said group. Regardless of his millions of dollars spent on ads that say nothing, Tennesseans are smart enough to see through his fluffy commercials and realize he's not the 'real deal' at all.

"If that's not enough, they can always refer to the Liberal Knox Views' endorsement of Mayor Haslam, which came out today. When liberal rags are publicly choosing Mayor Haslam as their best hope for August 5th, alarm bells should be ringing for our state’s conservative voters,” said Ramsey. In part, the Knox Views opinion piece states "Haslam is simply running hard to the right in the primary and will govern to the left if he gets elected.”

You may read the full liberal endorsement of Mayor Bill Haslam HERE.

UPDATE: Haslam responds...

Humphrey on the Hill:

The Haslam comeback in an email from campaign spokesman David Smith: "Of course Senator Ramsey doesn't like our ad because it points out that Mayor Haslam is the only candidate with executive experience. If that wasn't embarrassing enough for the state senator, giving credence to an obscure liberal blog that is clearly making fun of Republicans represents a new low."

that Sarah Palin would chose an obscure liberal blog and a pseudonym to endorse Ron Ramsey?

That makes a hole lot of sense. I'll keep tract of u.

It took a while to digest that post since Palinese is not my native language.