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Obama's "small town" comments in a "change" election [Karl]

Q&O’s McQ looks at the broader context of Obama’s comments about voters in small towns in the heartland clinging to guns, religion, anti-trade, anti-immigrant and racist views due to the last 25 years of economic policy: Now, it’s clear to me, given the full quote that Obama’s talking about why some voters in PA are skeptical about political promises and government in general. And they’re equally skeptical about who is delivering

Songs in the Key of Wright [Dan Collins]

She’s Just like Miley Cyrus: There’s another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: “‘Gangsta rap’ was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. ‘Gangsta rap’ didn’t exist.” Keys, 27, said she’s read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck “to symbolize strength, power and killing ’em dead,” according to an interview in the magazine’s May

Donk Duet [Dan Collins]

Obama: Unelectable, that’s what you are Unelectable though near or far Though the rants of Wright may hinder me Her transparent lies screw Hillary Never before has someone been more Hillary: Unelectable in every way That’s why I am here, that’s why I stay That’s why, Barry, it’s delectable That someone so unelectable Thinks that I am unelectable, too <instrumental interlude: tuba and digeridoo> Obama: Unelectable in every way! Hillary:

Heart of Paleness [Dan Collins]

In the Poconos I saw a Christian, armed, ignorant, Who, perched on a deerstand, Held a Rolling Rock in his hand, And drank of it. I said: “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter–bitter,” he answered; “But I like it Because it is bitter, And because I don’t know no better. And I ain’t votin’ for Obama.” (with apologies to Stephen Crane) VDH at The Corner

Stephen Green Goes Too Far [Dan Collins]

I hope you all know that I’m not exactly a prude, and that generally I appreciate Stephen’s humor, even when it involves stating the truth, but today in Facebook he’s gone too far, updating his mood, thusly: Stephen Green watches the snow melt and laughs and laughs and laughs. 1h ago You know, I think we’ve all been there at one time or another, feeling that spring is just taking

Big [Dan Collins]

I like to mock the left when I hear their peculiar use of the word “Big,” as in “Big Pharma” or “Big Oil,” and I love to turn it around on them when I hear that people such as San Fran Nan are benefitting from government policies they’ve backed that benefit Bigs of whatever stripe, without seeing the trouble with Big Government.  Still, it strikes me as perhaps a matter

Barack Obama: What's the matter with Pennsylvania?

To briefly recap: Barack Obama made comments to limousine liberals at a San Francisco fundraiser that people in small town Pennsylvania (and in the Midwest, though Obama is wrong to place PA there) are “bitter” and “cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations” over the last 25 years of US economic

One Singular Sensation [Dan Collins]

Every little step he takes. One thrilling combination Every move that he makes. One smile and suddenly nobody else will do; You know you’ll never be lonely with you know who. One moment in his presence And you can forget the rest. For the guy is second best To none, Son. Ooooh! Sigh! Give him your attention. Do…I…really have to mention? He’s the One? (Warning: Eye bleach required)

Dems 2008: Obama makes the sucking sound on trade again [Karl]

Michelle Malkin flags the following HuffPo account of Barack Obama’s fundraiser with limousine lefties in San Francisco: “You go into these small towns in Pennsylvania and, like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing’s replaced them,” Obama said. “And they fell through the Clinton Administration, and the Bush Administration, and each successive administration has said that somehow these

John McCain really may be Matthew Yglesias's worst nightmare [Karl]

It appears that The Atlantic’s Matthew Yglesias has not heard that John McCain may be a Cylon.  The Flophouser’s head may well explode in his kaffiyeh upon learning of this rumor, as his blog has increasingly become a cesspool of robotophobia.  Yesterday, Yglesias questioned whether economist George Borjas is a Cylon, reflecting his fear that robots will rebel and enslave humankind.  This fear also explains his paranoia about the military-industrial