hotair.com - 8/23/2008
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Golly, maybe this has been McCain’s problem all along. [...] Read the rest »
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Oh. My. God.
Ace of Spades HQ —
... to all those Racist Older White voters. I guess the idea is that Joe Biden can make the case, "Hey, I'm as surprised as you all are to be running with a darkie. But I have to tell you -- he's one of the 'good ones,' like Cosby or Byron Allen. He's like the new, family-friendly Ice Cube, not the old, angry Ice Cube that your daughter would date to get back at you for not buying her that Mini Cooper she wanted." Brilliant. Allah thinks he's figured out the highly nuanced distinction: clumsy, retrograde soft-racism that sounds like Archie Bunker getting into it with Meathead is ...
Let the Spinning Begin!
The Sundries Shack —
... integrity sells for dirt-cheap.
I bet Trent Lott is simply thrilled about the new, forgiving MSM, now that he’s managed to finally pick the feathers out of his hair and clean off all the tar. Funny how the new grace seems to be available on the very same day that fumble-tongued Barack Obama chooses a fellow gaffe-o-matic as his running mate.
A more cynical person might believe that a double standard is at work in the MSM today.
Allah suggests that perhaps this is a promising route for John McCain to take as well:
Golly, maybe this ...
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