Looks like my brother is coming to the area for an interview. Woohoo!

Surly Girl Saloon

That's Marcy Mays, Scrawl's lead singer place.

From Kos:

Apparently, as the GOP faces utter humiliation at the ballot box on November 4, it has become the fashion to tar, smear and slander their fellow Americans.

Trailing handily in the polls to Democrat Larry Kissell, who nearly beat him in 2006, GOP Rep. Robin Hayes has become the latest to go the full Bachmann. Emphasis added:

He yielded the microphone to Representative Robin Hayes, who prefaced his comments by saying it was important to "make sure we don't say something stupid, make sure we don't say something we don't mean." Republicans, he reminded the crowd, were kind people. Plus, he added, the liberal media had shown itself eager to distort such remarks. With the crowd duly chastened and put on best behavior, he accused Obama of "inciting class warfare" and said that "liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God."

It seems like Republicans are really good at dealing with cognitive dissonance.

NC-08: Robin Hayes Goes The Full Bachmann

Wait -- does being a liberal mean I don't have to work????? I am apparently doing it wrong!

Wait -- does being a liberal mean I don't have to work????? I am apparently doing it wrong!

Yeah, why wasn't that brought up at last week's Liberal East Coast Elite cabal meeting?? I could have been on a liberal elite beach somewhere right now!

Last night's Daily Show just nailed this whole "Real America" thing. They had a quiz to determine if you're a "real American" or not, and ended up determining that if you answered any of the questions, that meant you were watching the Daily Show and were, therefore, not "real Americans."

ETA: Sorry about that! I forget that not everyone watches it right away.

Kathy, maybe spoiler font that? I know a lot of people don't watch TDS right away and I can't help thinking the joke just got spoiled.

I think there is something to the "Real America" thing. I believe the Republicans are playing on a sense that Obama represents the urban, multicultural (McCain is now even attacking feminists) America that probably represents the future and is threatening to some people. A message of, hey, vote for us and we'll keep America from changing is probably pretty comforting even if it is unrealistic. I think that is where all this anger is coming from. My daughter told me this morning that the kids at school were saying that Obama's family are all terrorists.

Then there are the poor forgotten smaller government Republicans who wonder what the heck happened to their party. I kinda feel bad for those guys.

Last night's Daily Show just nailed this whole "Real America" thing.

The Jason Jones story was pretty brilliant as well.

Perkins, thanks for coming in the nick of time to spare my eyes! I watch after school.