I tried sending the following the Smiley & West radio, but their comment/email system makes TPM's look almost functional. Anyway, there's a bunch of folks around here who might also want to think about why they're singing the same song as Foxnews and the GOP. Here's what I sent:
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Sometimes Obama makes be so mad I wonder if I'm going to start spitting blood. Sometimes Smiley & West has the same effect. This weekend Smiley & West brought on the red mouthtide.
I thought I must have tuned in Limbaugh or FoxNews by mistake when you picked up their meme of the week: assuming that Obama was lying iin his message on gay marriage, that he was solely motivated by partisan tactics, that his "betrayals" of gay activism were far more important than his message now. Gods forbid that even a president should get to actually think deeply once in a while, wrestle to a conclusion, and be taken at his word. And then you say his announcement probably cost him some of the black vote. So where's this electoral calculation of which you speak? When you don't even make sense it's a good sign that you're speaking from prejudice, not reason. When you find yourself singing in the same chorus as Hannity and Bachman, maybe it's time to wonder what's going on.
I don't have enough fingers and toes to tally the times I've vowed never to vote for Obama again, and to quit listening to S&W. Fact is that I'll be voting and working for Obama again because he's the best president of my (fairly long) adult lifetime. And I'll never miss tuning in S&W because it's by far the best political show in the country. I'd just offer the kind of advice Doc would offer: maybe it's time to look into your own souls and see where this poison is dripping from.
But deepest thanks for all you do anyway.
Dave, Chicago