Video- Pat Buchanan on President Obama: 'I Think He's Got a Messiah Complex'

Vid via Heather.

Video- New Wingnut Meme Fail: Russians Snubbed Obama-- Refused to Shake His Hand!

They're going to try and work this one up, so expect to see it on Hannity tonight. The funny thing is, I saw this on MSNBC while I was talking to Gotta and I thought the same thing at first viewing (I looked for, but couldn't find the vid). Watch it a couple times and see if you see what I (and some commenters at YouTube) saw. Winger Meme Fail.

Muslim rumor hard to shake, PhD. version

In other words, the stupid can't be talked out of stupidity.

In studying the persistent rumors that Barack Obama is a Muslim, political scientist Brendan Nyhan makes the academic case that getting your allies to lie about your opponents can be a very effective political tactic.

In fact, his new working paper finds that Obama's attempts to correct the myth actually may backfire among Republicans.

Matthew Yglesias: "At the end of the day, it's extremely difficult to actually counter misinformation, and so society needs there to be disincentives to spreading it."