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Multiculturalism and the Department of Education vs. Some Lunatics on Podiums
By Ned | August 15, 2007
Today, TPMtv showcased the first of what I hope will be many home-made videos documenting what’s happening on the ground in election ‘08. This one, from TPM fan Greg Hauenstein, took a look at what the GOP candidates were actually saying to their base at the Ames straw poll when they figured the media wasn’t looking. You non-Facebook people can see the video below. And below that are my favorite moments what, unsurprisingly, was a day of batshit-insane speeches.
1:33: Huckabee breaks out the first embarrassing analogy. Republicans fail in elections when they have the leaves, but not the fruit. The Republican fruit.
1:43: Ron Paul is known by some as “the sane one” because he’s the only anti-war candidate in the GOP primary. However, it’s worth noting that he’s still crazy in his own special way. Example: he wants to get rid of the Department of Education and the Department of Energy. Public education is a scourge on this nation!
2:04: Much like Martin Luther King, Brownback has a dream. His dream, however, seems to be more about personal gratification and the acquisition of power than the other one. Who’s going to be the next candidate to tragically misappropriate a famous expression used by a civil rights leader? Is Tancredo about to go all Malcolm X on us?
2:28: Huckabee’s graduated past stupid metaphors to stupid mixed metaphors. That’s because he knows that the voters in Ames understand they’re buying the cereal, not just the box. And hopefully it’s fruity cereal. Instead of leafy cereal. Perhaps he’s saying that Republicans like Fruit Loops?
3:25: Tancredo warns that America is under attack from multiculturalism. That’s so ridiculous and borderline racist that it leaves me completely snarkless. Insert your own snide comment here.
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