I wrote a post on my blog responding to Ehrenstein’s attacks on Obama.

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Remember, only 22 days until he forces the waters to recede, the planet to heal, and for a unicorn with clean burning biodegradable farts to be put into every household.

It is High Damn time that the Republicans got off their collective tushies and started to act with some leadership. This throwing our people under the bus no matter how tiny the slight is garbage and I am personally getting tired of it. This song is very funny, and to those on the left, who didn’t critize Bernhard for her joke about rape, need to shut the h*** up.

As far as this blogger in Philly, I am sorry, but when he can explain the garbage that was said about Sarah Palin, then maybe I will care what he has to say. Until then, I don’t have to explain any joke that is politically correct, and doesn’t talk about hurting someone. – Lorica

I just noticed that you were nominated as a finalist for Best Large Blog for the 2008 Weblog Awards!

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{thumbs up}

All the best,
Lisa

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The shock troops of the Outrage Attack Force Services are like the airborne strategic deterrent: always launched, circling around overhead, monitoring all frequencies, all venues, from an inaugural address to a sick old man’s birthday party, just a-chompin’ at the bit, waiting, waiting, impatiently biding their time until, with a joyous whoop of unadulterated rapture, they can swoop down, point their fingers, utter a word ending in -ist, collect their fee, and resume patrolling.

It ought to be an axiom: if you have to explain yourself, what you meant, or that something was just a joke, you’ve already lost. We can complain about double standards all we want, and it won’t make the least bit of difference; this was a huge foul-up, and it will stay a foul-up.

By the way, there’s a popular, very liberal blogger in Philadelphia who goes by The Field Negro. This is what he said about this issue:

Honestly, whenever I read about stories like this one, I always wonder what the black folks in the RNC camp are thinking. Do they think it’s funny? Are they embarrassed? Do they pick up the phone, call their comrades in arms, and say: hey man, you are killing me here? Do they tell their republican pals that they are making it way too easy for certain bloggers of color and black folks to label the party as insensitive?

Personally, I love it. Just more stuff for me to write about and to dissect. Just more insight into the souls of my friends on the right. I want to learn as much as I can about you folks. Because the next time you express yourselves in a satirical way, I really want to be able to say: I get it.

It doesn’t matter if you think that there are double standards here, or that this is unfair; it is what it is, and this was a bad move on the RNC’s part.

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The Messiah and His followers are ignorant, humorless, racist twits, which makes songs like “Barack the Magic Negro” both funny and insightful political commentary. If Tina Fey and SNL can get media awards and praise for claiming that Todd Palin has had sex with his daughters, surely this is just desserts.

Contrary to what AllahPundit wants us to do, conservatives cannot repeat cannot repeat one again cannot let the government-run media set the standards for humor in free speech without putting up a fight. Is there any question they will encourage more Todd Palin incest jokes while setting off-limits all humor directed at the Chosen One? There will be a noticeable “humor gap” in the next few years as SNL and late-night comics struggle to fill the void with re-re-re-re-recycled Bush and Sarah Palin jokes. And racial hypocrisy has always been a characteristic of liberal comics. Why not take this golden opportunity to rub their noses in it for a change?

AllahPundit says, “[B]e prepared to divert party resources from other business to try to convince blacks that they shouldn’t feel uneasy about words that cause them unease.” My response to that is those who advocate appeasement to the Democrat Party/government-run media axis (and that is exactly what AllahPundit is advocating) should be prepared for a lot worse than diverting resources. Plus it might be a good idea to stop treating blacks as fragile children – that is a Democrat sin, after all.

That the Left doesn’t get the joke is only evidence of how provincial and humorless they have become. And that is a worthy joke by itself.

edit: Ooops. Now I see you already provided that link…