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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.

From the department of laying down with dogs...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dec 10 2008, 9:00 AM ET Comment

Honestly who didn't see this coming:

Joe Wurzelbacher lashed out Tuesday at former GOP presidential nominee John McCain, the man who made Wurzelbacher famous as "Joe the Plumber."

Wurzelbacher told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he felt "dirty" after "being on the campaign trail and seeing some of the things that take place."

Recalling a conversation he had with McCain about the $700 billion financial industry bailout in September, Wurzelbacher said: "When I was on the bus with him, I asked him a lot of questions about the bailout because most Americans did not want that to happen."

"I asked him some pretty direct questions," he continued. "Some of the answers you guys are gonna receive -- they appalled me, absolutely. I was angry. In fact, I wanted to get off the bus after I talked to him."

Asked why he didn't leave McCain's campaign if he was "appalled" by the candidate, Wurzelbacher said, "honestly, because the thought of Barack Obama as president scares me even more."
Wow. This is as a good a time as any to remind people of how "Joe" acted when the actual opposition was right there. Whatever happened to the business anyway...



UPDATE
: H/T to the CAP folks for the original link


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