Why we laugh at political pundits

Posted Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:39AM by Glenn Hauman

Consider the case of Jason Rae, the youngest Democratic super-delegate at the ripe old age of 21. (It is a sobering thought to realize that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for four years.) Matthew Yglesias points out:

Naturally, he's now everyone's best friend. But Jason Zengerle [of the New Republic] observes that Barack Obama's campaign might be getting out-organized here:

P.S. While Hillary has Bill and Chelsea making her case to Rae, it looks like Obama has . . . John Kerry. Uh, two words of advice for the Obama people: Scarlett Johansson. That sounds like good advice.



Uh, not so much. It turns out Jason Rae's gay.
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eclark1849 (6:32 PM on Sun Feb 17, 2008)
Might just be me, but if I was gay, I'd STILL rather be with Scarlett Johannson than Lurch-- uh, I mean John Kerry. I'm just saying...
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Tim Lynch (9:33 PM on Sun Feb 17, 2008)
As far as the Mozart line goes, Glenn, there's a gentleman outside named Lehrer who'd like a word with you... TWL
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Lisa Sullivan (11:43 AM on Thu Feb 21, 2008)
I was going to say the same thing about ripping off Tom Lehrer. Shame, shame, shame.

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