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Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.

Because, you know, I'm an elitist

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
May 24 2008, 6:11 AM ET Comment

Heh, John Cole responds:

I have to confess- I am celebrating Hillary’s implosion today. I went out earlier and had two glasses of wine, a spectacular grilled romaine salad with avocado and a raspberry vinagrette, and then a splendidly rare filet mignon in an oyster demi-glaze on a bed of asparagus. Because, you know, I am an elitist. And then I had a fat cigar. A few months back I was defending her, and was ready to vote for her, even after years as a Republican. And then I watched her campaign and I realized once again how repellent she is.

Yeah, I really wish I could be more graceful about this, but since dinner, I have had a couple more drinks and I keep getting more ecstatic. In my defense, you know what you get when you come here, so deal with it. All praise the Giant Spaghetti Monster, please give us another pervert Republican this weekend and the week will be complete.

I really think this is the end of any unity ticket talk. Not because Obama's feelings are hurt, but because Clinton is being exposed in these last days as a really mediocre candidate. This is worse than Joe Biden's "clean" remark--at least Biden had the decency to apologize to the person he offended, plus, he hadn't said it like three other times. Some folks in the comments referenced Olbermann's comment. I've got it below. It's a bit over the top for me, but worth watching.


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