Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has an ivy-league education, but the talking-head wisdom maintains he has trouble relating to regular folks.
Looks like a Durham outfit is doing this about that.
Flywheel Design, the fast-growing graphics and marketing firm at 111 W. Parrish St., is hosting a money-raiser for Obama next Thursday, starting about the time the sun goes over the yardarm (i.e., 5 p.m.).
They're having live music and giving away company-created art and serving FREE BEER!!!
And not just any ol' brew:
PABST BLUE RIBBON!
Yep, the working man's cognac, of which the immortal Johnny Russell sang,
The barmaid is mad cause some guy made a pass
The jukebox is playin' "There Stands the Glass"
The cigarette smoke kinda hangs in the air
Rednecks, white socks and Blue Ribbon beer.
A cowboy is cussin' the pinball machine
A drunk at the bar is gettin' noisy and mean
And a guy on the phone says "I'll be home soon, dear"
Rednecks, white socks and Blue Ribbon beer.
No we don't fit in with that white-collar crowd
We're a little too rowdy, and a little too loud
But there's no place that I'd rather be than right here
With my rednecks, white socks and Blue Ribbon beer.
The semis are passin' on the highway outside
The four-thirty crowd is about to arrive
The sun's goin' down and we'll all soon be here
Rednecks, white socks and Blue Ribbon beer.
If that don't do nothin' for the ol' image thing, ain't nothin' will.
