"She works hard for the money!"
Got that? And if you don't, Senator Tom Carper of Delaware repeats it over and over again in reference to Hillary Clinton who he introducing at a rally. To make it even worse Carper, lacking all sense of self awareness, even tries to get the audience whom he condescendingly treats like simpletons to chant the same line. Carper's performance was so embarrassing that even ABC News had to laugh at him.
If there were an award for the most awkward (yet kind-of amazing) intro speech at a Hillary Clinton rally, it could go to Sen. Tom Carper for his performance today at the Democratic front-runner’s event in Wilmington, Delaware.
Speaking before Clinton, Carper led the audience in a rendition of Donna Summer’s 1983 hit, “She Works Hard for the Money,” while asking them to “treat her right” in the state’s primary Tuesday.
“We’re going to channel Donna Summer here for a minute, OK? Here we go. Here we go,” the senior senator from Delaware said, beginning the chant. "She works hard for the money. We’re going to say it together. She works hard for the money, so we better … all right, let’s do it. Tomorrow, we’re going to treat her right tomorrow.”
The crowd joined in tepidly, but still, he continued: "Yes, are we going to treat her right on Election Day in November?” he asked. "And you know what, if she’s elected and I think she will be, she will treat this country right.”
The remarks, however, didn’t end there.
Carper, 69, later tried to get the crowd to chant “JoBama,” when talking about President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
"During the 2008 campaign for president, and Barack and Joe were going around the country; I don’t know where it came from, but I heard somebody say somewhere, the words Joe and Obama. And I just kind of like, put them together,” he said. "Joe-Bama! I love saying it. Can you say, Joe-bama? One more time. Oh, yes, isn’t that great?"
Bama-Bama, Joe-Bama, Banana-Wama Foe-Bama...NAME GAME!
When Clinton came on stage later, she thanked the senator, but made no mention of his colorful remarks. .
Embrace what we already know Hillary: "She works hard for the money!" If you don't then I am sure the inevitable campaign ads will
In case you think Carper's "She works hard for the money!" bit was an isolated embarrassing incident, here is a longer video to demonstrate that he maintained the same tone throughout his introduction.
Let's hear it for Chris Coons! Let me hear you say "Chris!" ... "Coons!" ... "Chris Coons!" ... "John Carney!" ... "John Carney!" ... Alright. Where are we? Where are we? What is this place called?
As you would expect, this performance by Carper got quite a reaction in the comments section from the readers:
I see a GOP ad on the way!
Wow. And this knucklehead didn't understand the unintended IRONY??!
I would hope protesters start playing this song outside of all her campaign rallies lol
Talk about worst song to sing during an election cycle all about money corrupting politics.
