I'm sure you remember the big story of a couple of weeks ago about how the St. Petersburg Democratic Club took out a full-page display ad in a local paper, saying
And then there's Rumsfeld who said of Iraq "We have our good days and our bad days". We should put this S.O.B. up against the wall and say "This is one of our bad days," and pull the trigger.
By now just about everyone has heard the story, and many have seen a scan of the infamous advertisement.
But have you seen the ad in person? Have you held it in your hands, smelled the sulfurous smoke curling up from... no, wait, it's not like that. It's just on normal newsprint. But it is a mildly interesting piece of American nutball political history.
Copies of this paper are, I would imagine, pretty rare. It's not a very large circulation paper, and by the time the scandal hit, the edition in question was just about elapsed. I drove over to Gulfport that same day and picked up several brandy-new copies.
But now YOU CAN HAVE YOUR OWN ORIGINAL COPY of the ENTIRE ISSUE of The Gabber that contains the now-famous ad, complete with incitement.
Guaranteed 100% Original and Complete!
Suitable for framing!
Amuse your conservative friends!
Shame unrepentant Leftists!
Wrap fish!
Line birdcages!
1001 uses, endless fun for the entire family!
How, HOW you say? How can you get one of these rare, prized collectibles?
It's very simple. Just be the HIGHEST BIDDER in the comments for this post by 10:00 PM EDT, Tuesday, 4/27/04.
The winning bidder agrees to DONATE the amount of their bid to Spirit of America via the Liberty Alliance link, prior to 12:01 AM PDT Thursday, 4/29/04, and I will thenceforth send that lucky and GENEROUS (hint! hint!) person their Very Own Copy of the infamous Gabber issue, carefully wrapped and packed.
Help the troops and get a nifty political fish-wrap...um, souvenir.
Bid early, bid often!
UPDATE! UPDATE!
As you've probably heard, the three teams in the challenge have agreed to coordinate efforts and try to break $50k total. Accordingly, I'm going to offer ANOTHER copy of The Gabber with the infamous ad. Place your bid below! The last one went for $25 (Thanks NJ!). Will you top that? Well, will ya? It's for the Marines! Shell out!