What Hath Crunk Wrought?
Most worrying press release of the day:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, March 10, 2006KINGSTON: “IT AIN’T HARD OUT THERE TO FIND A JOB”
Jobs Report Released Today; Nearly 5 Million Opportunities Created Since May 2003
WASHINGTON-Today U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), vice chairman of the Republican Conference, issued the following statement regarding the Department of Labor’s jobs report announcement:
“For those who say tax cuts do not help stimulate the economy, today’s news emphasizes the fact that President Bush’s tax cuts have now done for the economy what Kennedy’s cuts did in the 60s and Reagan’s cuts did in the 80s. Today’s numbers show that the American people can spend their money better than Washington can. To have continued job growth, you must limit the size of government.
“The bottom line is that Republican principles have helped create an environment for opportunity and job creation. Maybe the Republican Party could win an Oscar for our song, ‘It ain’t hard out there to find a job.’”
Representative Kingston, you have opened a Pandora’s Box of confused, utterly inappropriate cultural appropriation. There is no turning back now. We hope you enjoy living in this world you’ve created:
- MCCAIN: “IT’S HARD OUT HERE FOR A MAVERICK”
- SCHUMER: “DROP THE PORTS DEAL LIKE IT’S HOT”
- BIDEN (FEAT. YING YANG TWINS): “WAIT (NO TIMETABLE)”
- NSA: “STOP SNITCHIN”
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You do know Kingston is an African-American, right? It's okay for him badly mangle syntax in an effort to sound "hip" and "with it."
by Juvenal on 03/10/06 11:04 AM
It's bullshit when Michael Eric Dyson does it and it's doubly bullshit when a spaz like Kingston attempts it. No one in the entire history of humanity who has had to "make an effort' to be hip has come off as anything but pathetic. On the other hand, as a laughingstock his contribution to the hipness of others is commendable -- but if there's a prize for that the line for it is pretty long just now.
by Hugo de Naranja on 03/10/06 12:19 PM
So, uh, point of order, Rep. Kingston? Not actually black, as indicated above. Assuming that's a joke, there are probably others like me who didn't get it. So, you know, just to clarify - Kingston: White.
by kmharwin on 03/10/06 12:40 PM
Absolutely true. I followed the link and there he was, not quite as black as Tim Kazurinski, and nowhere near as funny, either.
by Hugo de Naranja on 03/10/06 04:21 PM
You had to have seen the first Better Know a District report, y'all. He is unquestionably African-American.
by Juvenal on 03/12/06 03:16 PM
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