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The other day I really enjoyed how Mara Liasson made it seem like it was a cynical emotion-tugging ploy to capitalize politically upon it, for Obama to do this kind of appearance.

And by "enjoyed," I mean I nearly climbed up on my nightstand and shat into my clock radio upon hearing it. IT WAS THAT GOOD

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Trolleanor Trollsevelt, you work so hard at this, one wonders why? Your fist won't get romantic with you without lots of negative attention foreplay?

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Aw, how cute! It is a troll playing an ironic historical recreation!

There's this weird thing about humor being essentially nullified by trying way too damn hard, you know?

<i>Oh, snap. You don't.</i>

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I respectfully disagree with you, Doctor. The sports crowd/American Idol mentality of the audience was inappropriate. They were cheering for "our side" in a way that cheapened the sobering lesson of the occasion. They were implicitly buying into the model that politics is and should be a "contact sport" in which concussions or fiery collisions or hockey-stick slashings are the real entertainment, and just demonstrate that you are passionate about your side.

And when I say "respectfully disagree," I mean that your skanky carapace should be flayed off your crustacean ass and boiled down to make asshole gumbo, you extraterrestrial cartoon-cunt. (Just kidding, Zoid. Love ya.)

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Seriously. Am I the only one who was relieved that nobody was shot during the rally?

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whoa whoa whoa hang on there. how can we have a unity rally w/out our fair snowbilly princess?

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i said to mr. fuflans last night: "please tell me that's not barry. he sounds like he's attending a particularly unpleasant musical."

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The wingers are complaining about "Together We Thrive" free T-shirts handed out at the event. I guess they wanted something less divisive distributed, like anything Ann Coulter has ever written or free Glocks.

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I'll have to slavishly read what Michelle Malkin tells me to think about this and get back to you.

/full bore wingnut

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Yeah. My wife and I were kind of surprised at all the cheering and clapping. After a few minutes of that I was half expecting some 80's big hair rock band to break out in some sappy ballad where everyone sings along with raised BIC lighters. Strange.

Sister Christian maybe?

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Big freaking surprise. The Kenyan played the Civility Card.

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