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if you’re not just a little bitter about the way things have been going in this country, you haven’t been paying attention.

if you don’t detect just a whiff of bitterness in the fact that 81% of us think ‘things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track,’ you fundamentally misunderstand the political mood of 2008.

and if you think pointing out something that’s obvious to anyone with a modicum of honesty and the ability to read a poll means Barack Obama is “out of touch,” guess what? you may be suffering from Irony-Cognitive Deficiency Disorder (ICDD), a serious disease afflicting thousands of american pundits and political figures, in which the victim’s ability to maintain a coherent self-image that accords meaningfully with external reality is drastically diminished, to frequently tragicomic effect. (more…)

Jason Zengerle of The New Republic introduces us to this fine piece of viral wingermail:

Subject: LET ME SEE IF I HAVE THIS STRAIGHT:

HIS FATHER WAS A KENYAN, MUSLEM, BLACK-… WE HAVE SEEN PICTURES OF HIS AFRICAN “FAMILY

HIS MOTHER IS A KANSAN, ATHIEST, WHITE-WHERE ARE THE PICTURES OF HIS KANSAN, WHITE MOTHER AND HIS WHITE GRANDPARENTS WHO RAISED HIM. I HAVEN’T SEEN THEM!!!

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