McCaskill-Obama and the best blogs you’ve never read
– Claire McCaskill livened up what was a pretty boring week for Missouri political junkies by dishing some insider gossip: Barack Obama is running for president (link via johncombest.com). Of course, her campaign had to call the reporter back and, uh, Claire-ify what she said, but I trust that Claire knew what she was talking about in the original version of her comments. (Last year, I referred to Claire as a “thoroughbred.” It has proven to be an appropriate metaphor, considering how often her spokeswoman has had to follow behind her with a big shovel.)
– Jason Rosenbaum pulls out a last-minute victory in the “Best Blog Headline” competition this month. Rosenbaum successfully merged a Depeche Mode lyric with facebook jargon and probably caused older readers to think he was being profane.
– Speaking of profanity: I didn’t vote in this year’s Riverfront Times “Best of St. Louis” poll, but if I did, my vote for “Best Blog” would have gone to the editor’s pick, ByronCrawford.com.
Warning: Do not visit these pages (probably NSFW, BTW) if you do not have a sense of humor, or if you get all touchy when the issue of race comes up (Crawford is black, because I know you’ll wonder). By clicking on the following links, you forfeit your right to send me e-mails complaining about how offended you are.
Here are some politically-oriented posts:
Cynthia McKinney: Crazy Black Woman
Cynthia McKinney Sings the Hits
Illegal Immigration Reality Check
Those of you on the western side of the state who don’t already go to TonysKansasCity.com will want to check it out.
Read the above sites at your own peril. If they don’t make you laugh, click the little “X” box in the upper right-hand corner of your browser. And if you’re still offended by something they wrote, don’t bother complaining to me, because I don’t care.
Enjoy your weekend!
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