Yes, she really did tell a grade schooler that the VP is in charge of the Senate… Is it possible for this woman to open her mouth without becoming a low hanging fruit for comedy everywhere?

See, for our international listeners, we’ve got a problem in America called “Red States Vs. Blue States.” This was coined in the 2000 election when all of the major networks color-coded their big election maps. Red States voted for Bush, Blue States wanted the other guy. We’re not going to get too deeply into the difference between the two types of States. Suffice it to say that we’re different.

Blue States like cappuccino, Red States like black coffee.

Blue States like art and museums, Red States like monster truck rallies.

Blue States love to try new foods, listen to different types of music, experience new things.

Red States still lynch Black people every now and then.

Blue States ask: “What are you reading?”

Red States ask: “Why are you reading?”

But we’re not talking about the differences themselves, what we’re talking about is the sheer existence of differences. See, Blue Staters look around and say, “Hey, we’re all different. Cool. Welcome to America, try the soup.”

Red Staters look around and say, “Fuck, I hate that people are different from me. Why can’t we all be the same? And what kind of soup is it? Gazpacho? What the fuck is that, one of the Marx Brothers?”

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Holy shit… this is possibly the funniest thing I’ve seen all week.

What I think is important about this is how well Colin Powell lays out his argument why he made this choice in what is really becoming the most important election so far in my lifetime. I have to think that no matter which candidate Powell decided to endorse he knew he was going to be crucified over race issues and he could just have easily kept it to himself. The fact that he did come out to make his decision public in such a way speaks volumes about the man.

And yes, I’m sure in some ways he’s probably angling for some kind of presidential appointment of some kind… LOL.