Friday, July 9, 2010

Valentine on Wamp: 'There's a Screw Loose Somewhere'

Posted by on Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 8:32 AM

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Phil Valentine went off on Zach Wamp again on his radio show yesterday, this time reading aloud from a Pith in the Wind post that spoofed the congressman's increasingly crazy criticisms of Bill Haslam. Valentine and some of his listeners believed the parody was true. So we guess we have to say it: We made it up. Wamp didn't compare Haslam to Rin Tin Tin. "Now listen to this," Valentine said on his show as he started reading the Pith post.

"I'm starting to wonder. Well, I'm not starting to wonder. I've been wondering about ol' Zach. Of course he made it a point to come up to me at one of these functions where I was moderating one of their debates, and he said, 'My people tell me to tell you I'm a nice guy. So I'm a nice guy.' And then he just walked off. Every encounter I have with this guy is getting more and more bizarre. A friend of mine who was standing there says, 'What was that all about?' And I said, 'I have no idea.' ... I'm wondering what's going to come out of his mouth next."

As callers joined in the Wamp bashing, Valentine added, "Folks, I don't want to sway you. But there's a screw loose somewhere. ... It frightens me, no telling what he'll do if he's in charge of the state. ... He's calling Bill Haslam RinTin Tin and Bobby Ewing and a sissy wannabe. It's ridiculous."

To clarify for Phil, Wamp did compare Haslam to Bobby Ewing, and he did call Haslam a sissy wannabe. He didn't compare Haslam to Rin Tin Tin. But two out of three ain't bad.

h/t Matt Collins, who has posted the sound from Valentine's show.

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