Quickie: Woman Who Beat Sarah Palin Enters Politics

By GottaLaff






Today's Quickie:

The woman who beat Sarah Palin for the beauty queen title of Miss Alaska in 1984 is running for the Georgia state legislature, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.


Blackburn’s entrance is a happy development for Democrats. The 34th District has some rapidly shifting demographics.

Maryline Blackburn voted for Obama in 2008... and didn't quit in the middle of her Miss Alaska reign. That's two reasons to vote for her in 2010.

That was today's Quickie. Was it good for you?

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Kansas State. Rep. Bill Otto (R-LeRoy): “Opossum--The other Dark Meat.”

By GottaLaff

A sharp-eyed reader, mdyerstudio, grabbed a screen shot of a now-deleted YouTube of a Rushpublic state representative from Kansas. See his hat? See the blog title? Now you know why it was deleted: [UPDATE: I just went to YouTube. It says it was deleted due to copyright infringement. The link sent me to a "locked" site.]

State Rep. Bill Otto, R-LeRoy, sang his song on a YouTube video. At the end of his song, Otto points to his hand-lettered hat and says, “Opossum, the other dark meat. A little greasy, but hey ...”

Nah, that's not racist at all.

A southeast Kansas legislator on Thursday said he wasn’t making a racial reference as he sang an anti-President Obama “Redneck Rap” while wearing a hat that said: “OPOSSUM the other Dark Meat.”

State. Rep. Bill Otto, R-LeRoy, sang his song on a YouTube video.

Senate Democratic Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka called him out, and said this was not a one-time thing:

“If Opossum is the other dark meat, what is the original dark meat he is referring to?” Hensley asked.

Hmm, thinking... thinking... who on earth could he have been talking about?

Hensley added: “After a nearly three-minute rant about President Obama and his administration, it is only logical to presume that Otto was making reference to the President’s race. It is not only thoughtless, but outrageous for an elected official such as Bill Otto to make this reference to describe any person, let alone the President of the United States."

Okay, now let me know if you've heard this one before. Otto says it's not about race. Honest it isn't! Otto said that he just didn't see how a "reasonable person could think that."

Color me unreasonable.

Here's Otto's own very logic in his own very words:

“Rednecks eat possum. The possums are associated with rednecks,” said Otto.

Much more here. Go ahead, pop over to see how not-racist Otto is.

Alaska legislators to Sarah Palin: Pfft!

By GottaLaff

Oliver Willis provides a peek at the latest problems for Grabby McEarmarks. There are so always many, it's hard to keep track, but we're on top of it. One more for the ol' archives:

Top Alaska legislators said Tuesday they’re likely to accept at least most of the federal economic stimulus money that Gov. Sarah Palin did not.

“I think at the end of the day we will end up taking most of the funds,” said Anchorage Republican Rep. Mike Hawker, who is leading the House effort on the stimulus as co-chairman of the finance committee.

Senate Majority Leader Johnny Ellis agreed. “I would be surprised if we give up much or any of the federal money,” the Anchorage Democrat said.

How can you win over an entire nation when you can't even garner the support of your own state? 2012 looking a little more elusive there, Grabby?

Many Georgia Lawmakers Didn't Pay Taxes

By GottaLaff

And they weren't even Obama cabinet nominees:

Nearly 10% of Georgia's state legislators are late filing or paying their state taxes, reports the Macon Telegraph.