OK, I’m not a particularly outspoken political person. I find the discourse fascinating in its frequent lapses into reductiveness, just like (apparently) everyone else does. I haven’t even a thing to say about the scarily well-timed political seppuku of Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota’s own Girl Hitler other than I hope she enjoyed her time helping Gov. Sarah Palin pick out $75,000 worth of Sunday morning officewear. (Maybe they can team up for 2012 as the Real-Housewives-of-Funny-Accent-Hinterlands ticket.)
That said, this PBS clip (which is almost as “too good to be true” as the clip of Shakopee’s own Gayle Quinnell excitedly and publicly dropping the bombshell of Obama’s true racial … and, I guess, moral qualifications with the declarative “he’s an Arab”) has captured my fancy with its public television-hewn mercilessness in the guise of intellectual generosity. If nothing else, Tracy Kerlee (pronounced “curly,” in case you wanted to know) provides the wrathful Christian soldiers with the official inflection for “President Obama.” Tucking lips into chubby maw while rolling eyes back into your secret third eye mandatory.
Underrated moment: The fact that the YouTube author chose to let Tracy’s husband have one telling sentence before she ambles onto the setup, and it’s that his only solid economic wish is that his business lasts long enough to allow him to retire. Screw those who aren’t ready for retirement when it goes under.