What's with this Cowboy guy all over DU ???....

[RethugAssKicker]

Did I miss something?

[ixion]

1. link to a thread?

apparently I missed something as well.

[uppityperson]

2. what cowboy guy?

[RethugAssKicker]

15. He's all over DU... in most posts.... in the middle of GD

it's driving me insane!..

and what;s with the DU adbots at the end of every post?

[Muttocracy]

3. were you logged out or do you need a star to make ads disappear?

[PBS Poll-435]

4. Had to hire an outside service to keep the peace.

Between Chuggo and GDP...



Actually you are probably looking at the Google ads for Scott Kleeb, Senatorial candidate from Nebraska.

[XOKCowboy]

5. I thought you were talking about me!!

Am I posting too much?

[jillan]

10. Willie - my man!

[exothermic]

6. Hehe...the cowboy's a conservative Dem running for congress in Nebraska

[underseasurveyor]

7. You mean the GORGEOUS Scott Kleeb?

Yum

[ccharles000]

11. yummy

[underseasurveyor]

13. I'll see your 'yummy'

and raise you a... DE-licious

[FlaGranny]

14. Whoa!

He's a real handsome dude.

[XOKCowboy]

24. I cannot believe the sexism in this thread! I'm shocked I tell you!

How superficial to minimize the poor guy to just a sex symbol. tsk tsk tsk

[underseasurveyor]

28. I know I admit it... I'm shallow

and superficial... I can't help it. I'm just a gurl. /drooldrooldrool

[willing dwarf]

8. Clicked on it -- ad for Scott Kleeb running in Nebraska

Looks like he's very in to a Cowboy theme campaign. I guess these days branding politicians is like picking a theme for your kid's birthday party.

"I'm Patty and I'm running for Congress as a Buzz Lightyear representative. I come in Peace!"

or "I'm running on the Dora the Explorer Ticket. Donate to my campaign and you'll get all sorts of cool explorer gear so you can go exploring too!"

Still, I guess the ads support DU, and Scott Kleeb looks better in his cowboy duds than W. ever did.

[freesqueeze]

9. are the straw hat and plaid shirts vote getters?

see what you miss when you become a paying member of DU?

[RethugAssKicker]

16. are you telling me that because I've not donated this year yet...

that DU is intentionally bombarding me with ads???

[uppityperson]

18. It's one of the ways they raise money.

I have Firefox and it shuts off ads also. I can't see him.

[RethugAssKicker]

19. 'Im using Firefox... how do you do that?

[uppityperson]

21. It is a free web browser, here is link. I like it better than IE, much better

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox /
It has all sorts of handy things it does. And there is Mozilla Thunderbird for email too.

[RethugAssKicker]

22. I have FireFox and am using it now... but it is not

blocking out these ads on DU... How areyou blocking it?

[uppityperson]

23. Huh, I thought it would block them. I have a donation star, maybe that's it?

I thought firefox would block them. Maybe you are up against paying $5 "donation" to block them?

[RethugAssKicker]

26. That's what it was... as soon as I donated...the ads disappeared !!

[tularetom]

12. I'm not a cowboy but I got to play one in real life

Don't have a big hat but I did have some cattle and last year we were able to move them to summer pasture on horseback. Just like the old days.

This year, different story. Had to sell the entire herd except for one bull. We can sell his little swimmers.

[checks-n-balances]

17. I can't believe none of you droolers recommended this thread

just for a little comic relief. I take advantage of laughs wherever I can find 'em these days!

[stimbox]

20. He's the Marlboro man.

It's some kind of stealth Marlboro ad disguised as a political ad.

[LeftinOH]

25. I just assumed that there were a lot of Bruce Campbell fans on DU:

[XOKCowboy]

27. From dKosopedia....

http://dkosopedia.com/wiki/Scott_Kleeb

From Ryan Anderson's dKos diary:

Kleeb is a fourth-generation Nebraskan who was born on a military base in Turkey and attended high school in Italy (where he was valedvictorian of his class and an MVP for both the wrestling and soccer teams). Upon returning to the states, he became a professional ranch hand in Western Nebraska and Eastern Colorado. He recieved a degree in history and political science from the University of Colorado before recieving a Masters in International Relations from Yale. For his recent doctoral dissertation, he focused heavily on the history American cattle ranching.

<...>

Kleeb is "an agreesive campaigner who's canvassing this massive district (roughly 70% of Nebraska's total area) one county at a time. When he's not working the land in Dunning, he's on the road, and he's been reaching out to activists at home, online (quickly amassing an online newsletter with over 2,000 subscribers), and out of state (word is he created quite the buzz when he gave a presentation to the Democratic National Commitee Meeting in Phoenix last year , saying "You folks voted for a 50-state strategy. Well, I am the 50-state strategy.")

In addition, he is pulling help from some wonderful surrogates. Former Governor/Senator/9-11 Commissioner Bob Kerrey has signed on as chair of his campaign finance committee, stating: "I am deeply impressed with Scott's commitment to thinking deeply about the issues facing Central and Western Nebraska. He envisions a Nebraska with jobs and people flowing in instead of out. If that vision is to be realized, we need leaders with the energy and intelligence to promote fresh ideas. And Scott is such a leader."

And Nebraska legend Ted Sorenson -former speechwriter and presidential aide to JFK- has joined Scott on the campaign trail, stating "When I think of Nebraska, I think of Kennedy, Kerrey and Kleeb." <1>

One strange this I found is this.. In 2004, he married Jane Fleming, the former Executive Director of the Young Democrats of America. On Wiki it says.. Kleeb is married to Jane Fleming, political analyst for Fox News. It seems she's the token Dem female on Faux. Newshounds likes her so I'll have to look up some of her interviews.

[Indenturedebtor]

29. OH CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!111111 I thought I turned my webcam off...

These chaps aren't assless btw that's just how they look on teh TV