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CNN Takes Lead In Ultra-Competitive "Who Can Smear Palin Most Viciously" Media Race (Plus: Pro-Obama Comedians Also Competing!)

The thing that pisses me off is that I had MSNBC in the MR HQ pool. Go figure. Here is Hot Air's coverage of how these tools tsk tsk'd Palin because she gave an oversimplified third grade-level explanation of Separation of Powers to a third grader. And of course there's this recent stunt - which caused Gingrich to go nuclear:

CNN has to be worried about how the NYT beat them to the bottom in the "Palin has a professional wardrobe" leg of the race. Lucky for them they've still got a week to lock in their lead. Dishonest pushbacks against Palin's goofs on Biden are a good start, but they're not going to cut it for the home stretch. Maybe they can do a story about how she calls her kids and then have someone wonder about whether her duties as a mother are distracting her from the race. Or a story about how she doesn't call her kids and then have someone wonder about whether her duties as a candidate are distracting her from being a good mother. It could all be very sophisticated. And if all else fails, they could always just model Jon Stewart:

Speaking to a college audience in Boston, Mass. Friday, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart used his stand-up routine to respond to Sarah Palin's comments about "pro-America" parts of the country, shedding the profanity restrictions that govern his Comedy Central show. "She said that small towns, that's the part of the country she really likes going to because that's the pro-America part of the country. You know, I just want to say to her, just very quickly: [expletive] you," Stewart said to raucous applause.

A friendly note of warning: while the left seems to love "edgy" anti-Palin comedy no matter how vicious, it's still probably a good idea to stop short of the gang rape jokes.

References:
* Left very upset at Palin’s explanation of VP role to a third-grader [Hot Air]
* CNN's Rank Dishonesty [Lowry / NRO Corner]
* Woah! Newt Gingrich Compares Biased US Media to Pravda [mghoft / YouTube]
* Sarah Palin's Wardrobe Front-Page News at NY Times [News Busters]
* Video: Palin goofs on Obama for calling Biden’s gaffe a “rhetorical flourish” [Hot Air]
* Jon Stewart to Sarah Palin: '[Expletive] You.'
* Pro-Obama Comedian Jokes About Black Men Gang-Raping Palin, Liberal Outrage Fails To Ensue (Plus: Brief Review Of Other Conservatives Whom Progressives Would Like To See Get Raped) (UPDATE: Nuance Invoked, Video Added) [MR]

Previously:
* Pro-Obama Comedian Jokes About Black Men Gang-Raping Palin, Liberal Outrage Fails To Ensue (Plus: Brief Review Of Other Conservatives Whom Progressives Would Like To See Get Raped) (UPDATE: Nuance Invoked, Video Added)
* New Coulter Column: "If Obama Wanted A Historically Delusional Vice President, Why Not Lyndon LaRouche?"
* Charming GOTV Videos: Commercial Icon Repeatedly Slams Palin Into The Ground (Plus: Severe PDS In San Fran Preventing Yuppies From Indulging In Effete Wine)

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