{"id":2983,"date":"2008-08-04T05:00:42","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T10:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2008-08-04T06:20:47","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T11:20:47","slug":"barking-on-cue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=2983","title":{"rendered":"Barking On Cue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Perry is shocked – shocked<\/em>! – that after months of setting himself up as The Messiah, of Michelle Obama prescribing him to fix this nation’s soul, that the GOP is actually taking Obama at his word<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Because in the world of Steve Perry – former journalist, now paid propaganda flack and majordomo of a really, really bad glorified blog – is certainly getting the vapors over “The One<\/a>“, Mac’s inspired mocking of the Obama personality cult.<\/p>\n

You really have to watch this to appreciate how committed the McCainiacs are to their scorched-earth policy for courting the dumb-dumb vote. An hour or two ago, the McCain campaign posted a new web ad that leaps even further over the top in its denunciation of Barack Obama than the “Celebs” TV spot from earlier this week.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They only hate you if you draw blood.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Perry – whose idea of a great source his is weekly mutual toenail-painting sessions with David Schultz – thinks the peasants are just revolting:<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a close relative of “Celebs” in the distasteful, incredulous reaction it\u2019s likely to elicit from bloggers and even mainstream pundits. Then again, like “Celebs,” it\u2019s not for that crowd. It\u2019s for the more lumpen elements of the Christian extremist base. Who else is going to get worked up at the not just dubious but profoundly cheesy implication that Obama thinks he, like Chuck Heston, is capable of parting the Red Sea?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And where <\/a>could<\/a> <\/em>that “cheesy implication” have come from?<\/p>\n

I’d point out that Perry’s “response” is of a piece with the entire left’s mutual talking point<\/a> on this spot – but that’d be redundant, wouldn’t it? The entire justification for Perry’s blog and its bloated payroll is to recite the talking points when the leash is yanked.<\/p>\n

(I’d also point that Perry’s response is actually worse than most; it’s nothing but but a class-action ad hominem.<\/em>
\nYou earned your pay, Steve. Now go feed the pets; your grudges and hatred are hungry.<\/p>\n

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