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D'oh!!!

By Dusty (AKA Attila of Argghhh!) on September 6, 2008 | | Comments (5)

An Instapundit entry made me think of a song title:

"The Oprahbama Blues"

Now all we need are lyrics... 

P.S. FWIW, I think Oprah is smart, funny, talented and very good at what she does. In fact she's probably the best. Also, I don't think she's any more sexist than the average left-leaning female celebrity, which is to say she gives off that faintly patronizing aura when discussing men and/or men/women issues. However, I do think she's leaving a false but nonetheless real impression that this isn't just about politics...it's about race. 

Unfair? Mebbe...but try to see this through the "typical white person['s]" eyes, girl. If you don't know what that means, ask the man you endorsed. He seems to have it pretty well formed in his mind. Granted, he's tried to cover it up lately (by blaming his opponent for his own words and actions, past and present), but facts--and YouTube files--are stubborn things.

P.S. If Michael Steele were the GOP nominee, I'd vote for him in a second. Moreover, the reason conservatives are so excited about Palin is that FIRST AND FOREMOST she's a political soulmate to millions of middle-class Americans. The fact that she's an accomplished woman just gives us a delightful opportunity to turn the tables on the Left's self-righteous preening over identity that too often masks the lack of actual achievement.  --Attila of Argghhh!

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By Justthisguy on September 6, 2008 6:53 PM
Well, as someone whose Mom's side of the family were all from Mississippi, I'm a bit conflicted here. I mind something P.J. O'Rourke wrote about El or San Salvador, that the wimminz there were the most stunningly good-looking he'd ever seen anywhere, and the men the most violent. P.J. has obviously never been to Mississippi. All Mississippi women, of either color, are heart-breakingly good-lookin', and the Mississippi men, of either color, are correspondingly badassedly violent. I think Oprah is good-lookin' even when she has too many pounds on her, because she reminds me of some of the wimminz I saw when small. Now, as for her political opinions, I think she's full of dog poo. I wish to nominate Sarah Palin as an honorary Mississippi Woman, in the spirit of that movie, "The Beguiled", in which Mississippi women of both colors compendiously destroyed Clint Eastwood. Oh, yeah, the point; I think maybe Oprah is afraid that Sarah is better at the Oprah thing (good-looking and competent) than Oprah is, and ain't no way gonna let her appear before the same camera at the same time
 
By Justthisguy on September 6, 2008 7:03 PM
P.s. The Marines in my family are all from the Mississippi side. My Dad's side, from Georgia, were all nerdy AF people. No Army folks, sorry. We run to extremes in my family.
 
By Casey on September 7, 2008 2:31 AM
Um, Justthisguy, the quote you're thinking of relates to Somalia, not Mississippi. For starters. Secondly, he cites Somali men as the ugliest and the meanest he's ever seen, not "most badassedlly violent."

The ...ahh... gentlemen in question are no more than common third-world thugs.

As for Oprah's so-called fears, I suspect she is less concerned about comparisons to herself than she is comparisons between Barry and Sarah. Palin & McCain (err... McCain & Palin) have done a good job of inducing Barry to continuously shoot himself in the foot.

 
By Justthisguy on September 8, 2008 5:54 PM
P.J. did indeed remark on the beauty of Salvadoran wimmin.
 
By fdcol63 on September 8, 2008 8:16 PM
Oprah dislikes Palin because, while they are both former beauty pageant contestants, Sarah is still HOT!  LOL