Posted on 09/28/2023 1:17:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
There’s a great many things I expect as part of this job. I’m going to have analysis that falls flat, my mock drafts are going to bust, and I’m going to get messages from boomers who find me on Facebook after I say something that makes them upset.
“Being part of a presidential candidate’s fundraiser” was not one of them.
Over the weekend Taylor Swift went to Arrowhead Stadium to watch Travis Kelce play. Maybe you’ve heard about it? I know not many people are talking about it happening, but she did. So when the Cowboys’ broadcast showed Chris Christie sitting next to Jerry Jones a joke popped into my mind.
The tweet was much bigger than I intended, which is always fun. It’s neat to have a tweet explode, even if the notifications get overwhelming. By Monday morning over 6.8M people has viewed the tweet, and I thought little of it — until Wednesday night.
With the GOP presidential debates taking place a follower sent me a screenshot of an automated text message he received from the Christie campaign.
This is an exceptionally bad fundraiser. I mean, Christie’s core demographic appears to be Jerry Jones and his campaign is out here trying to appeal to Taylor Swift fans. Do you think people like Jerry Jones know Taylor Swift lyrics? Hell, I bet if you asked Jerry who Taylor Swift was he’d think it was a running back in the 1970s.
I don’t endorse Chris Christie. I don’t endorse any presidential candidate — just to be clear. That said, if people Tweet takes like “spaghetti is the worse food of all time” to get interactions and some Elon Bucks, then surely I deserve a small percentage of Christie’s fundraising money for this.
I’ll take my $7.18 over Venmo, Chris.
The next game that Taylor Swift is to attend for her new boyfriend ball player has been sold out. Rabid Swift fans are gearing to spend upward of $10,000 a ticket in order to attend, even though most of the airheads don’t understand football. But a glimpse of Taylor Swift is the draw.
“a glimpse of Taylor Swift is the draw”
Maybe if Fox pays Swift to attend the next debate, they can actually get some people to watch it.
I don’t get why people like about her. Just another bimbo.
Wouldn’t know a song by her or care.
She’ll be nothing in 5 years.
Christie must have misunderstood. When he was told he should run, he made the mistake of thinking that it meant to run for office.
It drew higher ratings than that speech in Detroit.
You’re right. I don’t know any of her music either. I think she’s trashy.
She is cute, though; I’ll give her that. Maybe that’s the draw.
Too skinny and huge mouth.
Like you, I am completely indifferent to her. I read somewhere that most of her fans are women, and her ordinariness is her appeal. She is sort of the Yogi Berra of singers. People admire her success in the face of no talent, and mediocre looks.
Surely you aren't suggesting Yogi Berra was a "no talent"...
“Me, me, I, I, me, look at me, I’m an influencer!”
The world is drowning in narcissism.
That’s why cute and not a beauty.
My bad. Taylor's appeal is the fantasy of the common man to be famous and recognized. We love Yogi-ism because they reveal loveable insight in "the common man". Taylor's fans imagine that they are her.
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