The Sable Verity

Well, it’s that time of the week again.  Time to crown another worthy individual with the WTF Award of the week.  For those who have been living under a rock, WTF stands for “what the fuck”. 

The criteria for the award is simple; acts by individuals must result in common folk like you and me responding with “what the fuck”, as we read or see news coverage of said act.  And here are our nominees:

1.  Jay McKay.  Never heard of him?  Yeah, I hadn’t either, but in a desperate attempt for 15 mintues of national fame, little Jay Jay here used his platform at KNZR 1560 AM in Bakersfield, and its website to barnicle himself to the Obamaramamania:

“Local supporters of presidential hopeful Barack Obama are upset with radio personality Jaz McKay for posting what they say are inflammatory fake slogans about Obama’s campaign. The slogans, which appeared on McKay’s page of the KNZR 1560 AM Web site, included “Obama ‘08” followed by “Hope. Change. Dead honkeys.,” “kill white folks” and “Kill Whitey!””

Yeah.  Not funny.

Congrats Jay Jay, and good luck!

2.  Mike Norman.  Mikey finds himself fortunate enough to be nominated for much of the same reason as Jay Jay; barnicling himself to the Obama train and, even better, making a profit along the way.  Here’s a reminder of why Mikey is a nominee:

An “ultra-conservative” entrepreneur in Marietta, Georgia, is quite pleased with himself for selling Obama ‘08 shirts that feature a photo of Curious George and a banana. Mike Norman claims he didn’t mean to offend, and opines that we as a people should really be past the point where we’re not allowed to call black people monkeys. See, he’s a progressive!

“We’re not living in the (19)40’s,” Norman said.  “Look at him . . . the hairline, the ears — he looks just like Curious George.”
I will be so glad when this election is over.

3.  Chris Mattews.  Hmm…how can we phrase this delicately…not sure that’s possible.  So what did Chris do to become worthy of a WTF Award nomination?

Chris Matthews, never a big fan of the HRC, shudders at the thought that she would actually deign to mention “white blue collar” voters and play the ugly race card, then proceeds to accuse Clinton of being the “Al Sharpton of white people.”

 WTF?  The friggin’ Al Sharpton of White people?  That’s infers so many things one doesn’t know where to begin.  Thanks Chis. 

4.  Houston mother of “naked”, nipple showing teen. This nomination goes out to whomever is legally responsible for the Houston teen who opted to disregard prom rules and bare all via a few scraps of cloth McGyvered together and called an “original” design. In addition to walking around naked, she then acted a fool when school officials told her to leave, and wound up being dragged off to jail. Finally, and this is the cherry on top, this same 17 year old did an interview with local news, which wound up on CNN. She looked NOTHING less than a hot mess.

That made me ashamed on so many different levels, I do not know where to begin.  By relation, BET, ganster rap and video hos everywhere also receive a nod.

5.  Terry McAullife.  By now the name is familiar, he’s the dude with the Clinton campaign.  I always think it’s interesting to watch political advisors spin reality into something else.  I mean, they just say things that certain gets one’s attention.    I’m sure we all have our own fond memories of spin at it’s finest during this campaign season.  Terry’s case is a bit different this time around.  He’s nominated because:

The Washington Post reports on another grim news event for Hillary Clinton: confirmation that her campaign is $20 million in debt.  Campaign Chair Terry McAuliffe suggested Clinton might lend her campaign more money:

Terry McAuliffe, the Clinton campaign chairman, told Tim Russert on “Meet the Press” that he spoke to Clinton about the possibility of contributing more money and “she said that she would be willing to do it.” However, McAuliffe insists, “We haven’t needed it.”

Terry was nominated simply because his statement shows he doesn’t give a good damn about the debt the Clinton’s are raking in, or the fact that they owe people and vendors money.  If Barack Obama tried some shit like that he’d be tarred and feathered.  Also, is it comforting to the American people to know that their president couldn’t even keep a balanced budget in her run for office?  How broke is this country?  Is that something we can really afford?  Terry seems to think so.  Jeez, blind loyalty really sicks.

And, the winner is…

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