Three members of the ORAMA Youth organization, set off down the Cumberland River toward South Carolina Monday on what they were billing the "Don't Rock the Boat" tour, following Barack Obama's suprise landslide victory there on Saturday. "It's time to show South Carolina voters that this 'change' dog just won't hunt," Shooter Markley, the president of ORAMA Youth told reporters yesterday before climbing bruskly into a well-appointed five-person canoe. "There are people out there that say that the status quo is out of reach. It's not. We are heading down there to prove that. The ORAMA dream is still alive and well -- even in South Carolina," he said, adding "and we will do everything in our power to win that hot-wing trophy back."
It looked to be a daunting 12-hour trip in store for the threesome, as they set forth, not only to brave the rapids of one of America's most turbulent rivers, but also to turn the tide of voters, in South Carolina and other southern states, away from the concept of change and transformation. |
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"It's not going to be good enough for us to just win back the hearts and minds of the voters down there -- which I think we will do. We also intend to win their support for Mitt Romney for the general election," Peter Robbins, the apparent first mate, and ORAMA Youth sectretary added, ajusting a flat screen monitor in the main hull. "And of course we'd also like to win Wing Bowl number two -- and teach those back-swamp losers a lesson or two about wing consumption." When asked why the group didn't take a more traditional mode of transportation, Markley said simply, "We wanted this to be historic. I think it speaks for itself." |
