Wu-Tang explains the world. But anyway, via Andrew and courtesy of Teh Corner, here's some comedy for you:
I cannot escape the suspicion that one reason everyone is so exercised (other than the obvious, i.e. that she's a Republican) is that she is so gorgeous in those clothes. There is simply no other woman in political life to match her. The green-eyed monster strikes!Wow. Almost achieves that "ravished our virgins" level.
The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood 
I'd ravish her; Personally, I'd take her roughly while wearing skis, while a pack of wolves cheered us on.
This election has been well into Shakespearian epic territory for some time, but that bit about the ravishing of virgins calls to mind the final act of Richard III. With the final confrontation between ol' Rich and the future Henry VII, Henry breaks out the soaring oratory and plays towards the patriotism and better nature of his men.
If you do sweat to put a tyrant down,
You sleep in peace, the tyrant being slain;
If you do fight against your country's foes,
Your country's fat shall pay your pains the hire;
If you do fight in safeguard of your wives,
Your wives shall welcome home the conquerors;
If you do free your children from the sword,
Your children's children quit it in your age.
Then, in the name of God and all these rights,
Advance your standards, draw your willing swords.
For me, the ransom of my bold attempt
Shall be this cold corpse on the earth's cold face;
But if I thrive, the gain of my attempt
The least of you shall share his part thereof.
Meanwhile, Richard the Third tries to scare his men into action, with the threat of, well...
If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us,
And not these bastard Bretons; whom our fathers
Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd,
And in record, left them the heirs of shame.
Shall these enjoy our lands? lie with our wives?
Ravish our daughters?
It's almost like some of these republicans are looking back from a far off future, and have decided that if they're going to be regarded as the villains of history, they might as well play the complete role.
Fred's comment just underlines the fact that the only people who have any thoughts about how gorgeous Palin looks in any kind of clothes is a certain subgroup of men.
OMG, I'm so jealous of Palin's standard black skirt and colored jacket combo. If only I could dress so well. Someone, please, give me $150K so that I, too, can look like a Talbots catalog.
TNC, i can't tell you how many times I listened to Winter Warz in 96/97
That Cappadonna verse is like 15 bars
dial 9-1-7
1-6-0-4-9-3-11
I hope one other person on this thing knows what those numbers mean
My repertoire is U-S-S-R\P.L.O style got thrown out the car...
i.e. that she's a Republican
Hmmm. So those Republican donors were pissed because...Palin is a Republican?
McCain's stuck on stupid like Barack's stuck on the map
Comments like these make you realize that at base these conservative pundits all want to f*** Sarah Palin. She is not the "Disney movie hockey mom" that has pluck but instead she is the prom queen/cheerleader from high school that becomes class president because all the boys want to make out with her. What the hell? What exactly are the requirements to be a pundit? I could express my sexual desire through politics. Is there an application I could fill out or a porn script I could direct to get that job?
Sansouci has nailed it. Oops...sorry.
A woman on the train who gets toxic on the subject of Sarah said the same thing - only in much clearer terms. In fact she referred to something about "pulling a train".
They dropped 150,000 and she looks perfectly ordinary.
Andrew Fly
I'll call you on that, and raize you a classic:
The flow, changes like a chameleon
Plays like a friend, and stabs you like a dagger
This technique attacks the immune system
Disguised like a lie paralyzin the victim
You scream, as it enters your bloodstream
Erupts your brain from the pain these thoughts contain
Movin on a n**ga with the speed of a centipede
and injure - ANY Mother-f'in contender
For the ninty-now!!
No other woman in political life to match her? Please. Michelle Obama can take a 40 dollar H&M dress and rock it like it rolled off a runway. When you're that fly naturally, you don't need to spend thousands of dollars to buy it.
Michelle Obama for First Lady, '08
Traci, word up yo. You can buy stylish clothes, but you can't buy style.
I love how there's two completely separate threads going on here
Bruce,
My n****z iz you wit me
Where you at?
In the front
And the back
Killah beez on attack
Sansouci, the best illustration of this was Buchanan on Maddow's show insisting feminists don't like her just because she's attractive. Rachel's response was along the lines of just deadpanning, "Yes, we hate attractive women"
Traci, i completly agree with you....yet another proof that money don't make the woman...
on another note:
WU-Tang, WU-Tang WU-Tang!!
If you can guess this gem without googling it, i'll send you my whole 90's Wu-Tang-collection:
Yo, you fourteen carat gold slum computer wizard
Tappin inside my rap vein causes blizzards
Do I like the kills for ice trife like botta digits
Gorillas injected with strength of eighty midgets
The Earth spins ruins, rap exotic blends
Let my peeps in, n**gaz gaspin swallowin aspirins
What a dosage, you overdosed in rap
High explosives my post-its hypnotize with hypnosis
I sell goods, my whole Clan is on the run like Natural Born Killers
Record-breaking the album Thriller
Now access the jig who has bombs and rocket launchers
Float like dope killer bees is what I sponsor
Ya entrepeneur, pens and gear like shakespeare
When I fuck I grab hair, collect drawers as souveneirs
Fuck yeah, my crew down German beers
My career is based on guns, throwin cats in wheelchairs
Etcetera, damage any lame ass competitor
Who try to front, get broken and passed like leathers
Whatever hot hardheads get shattered like mirrors
Beretta shots splatter your goose, scatter ya feathers
Say never poetry chumps crumbs deal with graphic
Blew my family overseas in mansions
If rap was crack, fully packed I be tour cats
Tax the kingpin of the rap drug traffickin
Village n**gaz get slapped in Manhattan
for rappin, big Ghost steps off laffin
to me this is the rap-equivalent of the Obama campaign's political swagger.
Take THAT, Kay Bailey Hutchinson! And Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Cathy McMorris Rogers (Palin with brains, but less winky), and all you other Republican women who have given the men at the Corner little to fantasize about these past years....
I honestly do not find Palin attractive (now, Nancy Pfotenhauer, on the other hand....), but the claim that she's somehow on another level from every other woman in American politics is just ridiculous. Not that it should matter at all who the hottest female politician is.
And obviously, the reason it's incredibly different from either Obama wearing expensive clothes is that the DNC didn't buy those clothes for them! They bought them themselves!
Protons electrons always cause explosions!
Bruce,
I can't remember the song name, but I'm pretty sure that's on "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx." A Chef verse for sure, right?
But just in case you wanna clock me like Kerry
All ya'll right-wingers ain't gotta worry
Can't catch Hussein Obama, slippin cousin
Even if I'm smoked, you'll still get choked out
I'm too ill. I represent Sugar Hill
See my name on the thousand dollar bill
Cash it in and get reparations back
The fresh white-tee with KNOW HOPE on the back...
OK, I'm so done. LOL. It's like five people who are reading this and getting it.
They could have spent $150,000 of RNC money on a week of advertising in Colorado.
They could have spent $150,000 of RNC money on some close House races that desperately need cash.
Instead, they spent $150,000 enabling Mona Charon to shriek "Republican women are HOT, bitches! Or at least Palin is!" while her lusty male colleagues daydream about the knee-high black boots. Were I a normal RNC donor, rather than someone who writes for the Corner, I might be a bit perturbed at the priorities, though.
Stacy, I'm going to go ahead and mail u half of my collection...but seriously, you have the artist and cd correct, but it's actually Ghost's verse (check the last bar).
On the whole Palin v Pfotenhauer...i've always been a brunette-fan myself, and i'm sorry, but Pfotenhauer doesn't hold a candle to Palin. Now, whatever floats your boat, but i think Nancy is somewhat of a stretch...I'll give you Hillary, she has a certain quality that only older women with scar-tissue have! No joke!
The truth in the song be the pro-Black teachin!
I shouldn't respond to this, but for the record, I also strongly prefer brunettes, but Pfotenhauer has that uptight Republican bitch thing going on that I'm kind of feeling.
I'm so ashamed.
Bresq....
don't be, in my experience, sexual tension accompanied by a mild (observe MILD) feeling of disdain only spices up relationships of the more shortlived type. Ok, i've now revealed myself as a "librul" of the most deviant kind....and i'm sort of proud of it...
Jack:
Coming from Rachel Maddow that is hilarious! Just the choosing of Palin and the response of (specifically male) conservative pundits and their incredible lack of understanding about Feminism most clearly proves that this nation can ill afford to let Republicans be anywhere near the gears of power that affect the lives of women.
Palin has put me off Tina Fey for life.
"but seriously, you have the artist and cd correct, but it's actually Ghost's verse (check the last bar)."
Ghostface might as well get a credit for the album. He's on the cover, and it seems like he has just as mic time as Raekwon. I actually almost associate that album with Ghostface as much as Raekwon.
Stacy:
Tru...Raekwon has always been a more laidback, producer-type artist. He's not one who carries a whole album by himself!
You are entitled to half my collection...anytime your in the area...feel free to come and collect your share!
Okay, I propose that on November 5th we designate one or two "Palin wardrobe losses." These would be very close races that the Dem barely squeaked out a victory in, which we could attribute to "if only they'd had that extra $150,000 the RNC spent clothing Palin....ah well."
Balloon Juice pointed me to a RedState diary in which they claim the NRCC yanked Bachman's funding. (Bachman would be the quaint House Rep whose screed about investigating the Real Americanness of all her fellow legislators earned her Dem challenger the mighty EL TINKLENBERG about $800,000.)
Nah, I think I still have a lot of them. Its just been a while since I cracked them out. Still put 'em on my Ipod, though. I listen to the original when I work out sometimes. And Ghost's "Walking Through the Darkness" came on shuffle last night. I was pleased...
but don't forget it that it included the whole Palin clan.
I guess for Republicans these days, this passes for making it better. If you want to spend so much money on dressing your candidate while closing up shop in several state, knock yourself out.
"Oh my god! I'm, like, so pretty and stuff and, like, that's so, you know, not fair because those ugly bitches get all jealous!
Like, I sooo wish Katie Couric could be pretty for, like, 5 minutes and see how much people hate a pretty girl!
And Tina Fey is soooo not pretty and it's so like gross and everything that she plays me! Which I'm sure she only does so men will like her! I bet she wears that costume when she goes out so she can pretend she isn't the nerdy, ugly girl that she is - hah!
I don't care if I lose because I'll still be totally hot and all the haterz will still be, like, fat and ugly bitches who are jealous!"
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/22/bachmann-doubles-down/
with regards to knockin' oneself out...isn't technology wonderful? I mean, the Ipod, youtube....i just love how a woman in minnesota can utter vile garbage on live radio to her "base", and not understand that people will find out...This is recorded, the people who don't listen to you, who don't share your bubble, who aren't already part of your cocoonish "real-american", "value-based", "heartland" and everyother buzzword you could fathom, they're the ones you are actually going to have to persuade to get elected...
Man, i mean, i always admired americans for their openminded, spiritual and goodhearted ways of being open to new ideas, new people, diversity. To constantly thrive against all odds. To be, in affect, uplifting and always hoping for a better tomorrow. It all reminds me of an episode of Boondocks (if we're going to convolute the two topics of hiphop and republicanism in this thread)....were, MLK still was alive, I actually think he would react exacly the way the series depicted it. I wouldn't be shocked...and I'm very sadend. I've always had hopes of working in the US, but i have to say, if things are this bad, i don't know if i'm ready for that!
All of the clothes Palin has been wearing could have been purchased at some mid range department store. That's my problem, not that they supplied her with a wardrobe, but that they chose to take her and her family on a lavish shopping spree while concurrently peddling this average Joe bullshit.
Supposedly the clothes are going to be auctioned off for charity. I'm betting the high bidders for her pantsuits will be Republican pundits who'll spend whatever it takes for them to be able to burrow their noses in the crotch of pants once worn by their fantasy fuck.
So if we don't hear from Bill Kristol for a couple of months after the election we'll know why. He'll be busy snorting silk.
Ah, Mona Charen. Along with Nutters Noonan, one of the GOP old (old OLD) guard who are going to be put out to pasture with this election. I'm guessing that it's old Mona who's jealous that GOP donors were never there to buy her seven-year-old an $860 Louis Vuitton satchel.
TNC, this is your best title for a posting yet. IMO, I don't think Cappadonna ever lived up to that verse.
However, and I completely understand why you didn't go this route, the line that preceded the title of this post would have been completely appropriate as well.
Bruce,
You said the album, but I don't think you ever said the name of the song. Which one is it? I can't remember.
The first Raekwon and Ghost albums were classics. They way they fed of each other (and Cappadonna) came through the speakers. Those albums were not solo albums they were a group (along w/ RZA's production).
Early Wu is hip-hop at its purest form. Raw 80s lyrical ability with 90s production, brilliant.
Both Rae and Ghost are in my top 25 mc's, Ghost makes the top ten.
Song's name is Guillotine Swordz....
Thank you.
My favorite song of that album is Incarcerated Scarfaces. It's hard, and what else could you want from a Wu track?
I don't know; if you're going to pursue the green-eyed monster line, the only possible reason men could have to vote against Obama is that they're afraid women find him hotter than them.
Me, I have no problem with the fact that Palin looks better in her clothes than I do. I'm a computer nerd by profession; I'm not supposed to look that good in my clothes. And, it's not my small donor money that's being wasted; my money's going to the other guy. But it does seem that the Republican campaign could have still dressed her well and saved some of that money.
@Sansouci
You knew it was coming and now here it is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYRGjjvNoZ4
man, i should be the demographic.
i'm an old white dude, not too far off buchanan's age (not yet mccain's, thank god) and i ought to be getting all hot and bothered by her.
and yet.
there's just a level of vapid there which is a complete turn-off. there's no one home. she's stupid, proud of her own ignorance, callously cruel to animals, and incapable of seeing how the world looks to anyone else. she's an utter moron. and that just ain't attractive.
there was about three seconds there of attraction, the first time i saw her jaw-line and cheekbones. then i got up to the empty eye-sockets, and it was all gone.
kid bitzer writes: "there's just a level of vapid there which is a complete turn-off. there's no one home. she's stupid, proud of her own ignorance, callously cruel to animals, and incapable of seeing how the world looks to anyone else. she's an utter moron. and that just ain't attractive.
there was about three seconds there of attraction, the first time i saw her jaw-line and cheekbones. then i got up to the empty eye-sockets, and it was all gone."
She's Ilse, She-Wolf of the SS. I wouldn't do her with Cheney's cyborg dick.
kid bitzer
Wow...you just cracked me up....bigtime, i've been laughin non-stop for about 15 minutes, and i have a hard time quitting. That was brutal! I still have the ability to shut down mentally and just focus on her appearence, but i must confess, that was maybe the harshest judgement i've heard from anyone. Not even Sullivan has been that brash. And i must say, at the end of the day, you are right. No one in their right non-partisan mind can make any other judgement and still not be called a sheepish douche!!
/sheepish douche
You want ravished virgins-level shit?
Angry black men maiming white women who support McCain!
Let's see how low they can go with this one: Wingnut meltdown in 3...2...
I came for the Wu verses. I am not dissapointed.
I want to know if Obama has at least the 36 chambers on his ipod. Anyone know? It should be prerequisite for POTUS.
Well, him being a constitutional lawyer...i believe something like this would be his favourite:
Raw I'ma give it to ya, with no trivia
Raw like cocaine straight from Bolivia
My hip-hop will rock and shock the nation
like the Emancipation Proclamation
Weak MC's approach with slang that's dead
you might as well run into the wall and bang your head
I'm pushin' force, my force your doubtin'
I'm makin' devils cower to the Caucus Mountains
EdTheRed,
I'm still waiting for some more information to come out on that one. Suffice to say I'm very, very, very skeptical...
@Stacy:
Oh, I'm with you on that one.
Of course, even if it's true, it won't get any coverage beyond Fox News, since, well, it would have nothing to do with the election...which will only cause the wingnuts to scream louder.
EdtheRed posts: "Angry black men maiming white women who support McCain!
Let's see how low they can go with this one: Wingnut meltdown in 3...2..."
Imagine being such a psycho that you'd carve up your own face for a couple of hopeless losers like McCain and Palin.
The B is backwards, right? Like she maybe did it herself in the mirror? Scary.
Charen: "There is simply no other woman in political life to match her."
Prince: "With an intellect and a savoir-faire, no one in the whole universe will ever compare."
Hertz commercial: "Not exactly."