How rightwingers see Barack Obama
-Headline of the day-
"The 4 Craziest Right Wing Fears About Obama."
Yeah, they're a Mad Magazine knockoff, but that doesn't keep Cracked from making some decent social commentary occasionally. In this case, writer Robert Brockway takes a trip through the feverish swamps that are right wing online forums and comes back -- alive -- with the paranoia that bubbles beneath every rightwinger's surface, from Michelle Malkin to the guy down the street who refuses to take down his McCain-Palin yardsign.
The craziest fears are as follows:
-And He Shall Outlaw All Thine Weapons, and Probably Also Eat Thine Babies
-And He Shall Lead an Army of Eco-Friendly Child Warriors…of Death
-And He Shall Go All Gay on Thee and Stuff
-And He Shall Transform unto a Panther of Black…and Hell Shall Follow with Him
Complete with quotes (and screenshots to prove it) like "The Brown Shirts are coming!" "Prepare for a remarkably Medieval period in American life," "Gee, I thought we fought the Civil War to end slavery. Funny, a black man brings it back," "Homosexuals are all potential serial killers," and "...the human race goes extinct."
Ever wonder how much crazy can you get into a person's skull? The right wing internet seems to be an elaborate experiment to find out.
This backs up a recent study that found that rightwingers are basically panicky wet-your-pants types. You wonder how they manage to function. (Cracked)
-Sarah's shopping spree-
Politico reports that the GOP spent $30,000 more than the $150,000 they'd originally said they spent on Sarah Palin's perks on the campaign trail -- you remember, all that stupid-expensive designer clothing.
According to the report, "Dick’s Sporting Goods, The Limited, Foot Locker, Wal-Mart, Toys R Us and Victoria’s Secret are all listed in between the expected payments for media buys, direct mail and polling."
Victoria's Secret as a campaign expense? Man, I don't even want to know... (Politico, via MoJo Blog)
-Bonus [reddit] HotD-
"Bill O'Reilly quitting radio permanently. Fuck it, he'll (no longer) do it live!"
FOX News' resident blowhard, Bill O'Reilly -- whose biggest claim to fame might be a diva meltdown while he was the anchor of the tabloid news show Inside Edition -- is quitting the radio business. Don't rejoice just yet, he'll still have his cable show.
The beauty, of course, is that O'Reilly's made it a habit of predicting the imminent doom of the liberal Air America Radio network. As of "the first quarter of next year," Bill will be gone.
AAR will still be there.
Check and mate.
Story at New York Daily News. (reddit)
