I want to see Baracky and Hill go boca a boca with bar food and drink.  I want to see them slam boilermakers.  I want to see them eat pickled pigs feet and pickled eggs. To what tests of non-elitism would you like to see the candidates subjected? I mean, this is a start, but . . . no Chicken Dance? UPDATE: Mrs. Clinton sucks up to Pennsylvania “Dutch”.  Coincidence? h/t

Obama opines that Algore won the 2000 election. h/t JD & thanks Maggie Katzen I’m glad to see he’s reaching out.  I mean, that HIV/AIDs as narrowly targeted against the black community thing was so parochial.   It turns out that everyone who didn’t vote for Bush has been victimized.  We’re talking inclusivity; we’re talking Big Tent Victimization; we’re talking Rich White Folk vs The Peops. Next thing you know, we’ll

David Axelrod, Barack Obama’s chief strategist, is working overtime to douse the fires caused by Obama’s condescending comments about the culture and values of Americans who live in “small towns” in Pennsylvania and the Midwest: “Did he choose his words poorly? Yes,” Axelrod said. “Does it reflect something larger? Absolutely not. Those who are trying to portray it that way are disingenuous.” Yet the Politico story reporting Axelrod’s spin contains

At Pull On Superman’s Cape, MC has a video and essay which juxtaposes the way in which Black Liberation Theology recasts the crucifixion as a lynching with Barack Obama’s dramatic use of lynchings, both real and imagined, in his memoirs and on the hustings. Also, you may have heard some of the buzz about about the most recent blasts from Obama’s former spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, America’s founding fathers “planted