THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS

...but having read that Barack Obama had nothing nice to say about one of Kelso's departed paisanos, Paul Wellstone, and is apparently not shy about playing racial politics, Kelso is THIS CLOSE to using a synonym for "snake in the grass," the one with the same two words in the middle but two syllable words as engine and caboose.

Nevertheless, Kelso had thought he was tilting at a windmill here; that he was a lone voice, baying at the moon. Apparently not. Start with this from http://www.crooksandliars.com/ and follow every link. Really, the only statement Kelso disagrees with is the one saying that his 2004 Democratic Convention Speech was "electrifying". It was tripe. As we said before Sharpton and Dean kicked Obama's ass that week. And he's a two-bit Reverend Ike. If it comes down to Obama versus Romney, Kelso's going to think long and hard before passing. Meaning passing Romney! And Kelso will definitely pass Obama versus anyone else. Obama=Lieberman. How much more evidence does everyone else need? Apparently some. So, check out David Sirota on the subject:

Although Obama said such high-profile primary endorsements were rare, a similar controversy arose a few weeks later. Just as Ned Lamont’s antiwar primary campaign against prowar Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman was gaining momentum, Obama traveled to the state to endorse Lieberman. Like the Duckworth endorsement, Obama’s move was timed to derail an insurgent, grassroots candidate. To progressives this may seem surprising, given Obama’s progressive image. But remember, according to the New York Times it is Lieberman–one of the most conservative, prowar Democrats in Washington–who is “Obama’s mentor in the Senate as part of a program in which freshman senators are paired with incumbents.”

Obama’s Ministry of Reconciliation Misses a Bridge
By: Nicole Belle @ 4:15 PM - PDT
I am the first one to admit that I found Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention electrifying. His presidential bid appears to be trying to carve out a niche of rising above partisanship, something that after the last decade of “party over country” politics has a clear appeal. Street Prophets dubbed it the “Ministry of Reconciliation.”
Unfortunately, his campaign issued a statement about rival Hillary Clinton this week that I’d expect from a GOP campaign, not the man who wrote “Audacity of Hope”.
Pastor Dan has the details….
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And here's a real news flash: Clinton and Gore poll better among African-Americans than Obama does. Quite simple, really -- people of color aren't stupid and resent being treated as such. It's a Black thing, Kelso, you wouldn't understand. Oh really, and what was Obama's full-throated support of Bush Bankruptcy proposal, blood-n-guts civil rights work?

Kelso has this message for Obama. Get the fuck out of my party. Just go to Africa with your co-religionists Oprah, Richard Branson, Bill Cosby, Bono and Jerry Falwell's corpse and steal some money and never present your mug anywhere near Kelso's TV again. Oh, by the way, Obama, God didn't create man; man created God. But you knew that, didn't you, you fucking con-man. And fuck gospel music, too. It sucks. And while Kelso's not the hugest Latin music fan in the world, a blessed thing it is living in Latin Ameria that Kelso NEVER has to hear the Harlem Boys' Choir again.

But on second thought, President Obama probably wouldn't send his Secretary Of State, Condoleeza Rice, down here. He'd probably come himself. And what fun it would be watching every Latin American president from Chavez on the far left to Garcia on the far right sticking him la verga. Son, Joe Klein may love you, but try your shit out on Martin Torrijos and watch him slap a double tariff on American goods passing through the canal. How do you reckon that'll go over with The Business Roundtable, Elmer Gantry? That really would be great. Down here, they play for keepsies, not to make Tim Russert happy.

Jesse Jackson, Jr., Illinois Senate 2010! Kelso prefers the real McCoy.

And to Kelso's oldest right-wing friends, GI and JH, you're right. The only thing dumber than affirmative action is naive, liberal, PC do-gooders. Now quotas, on the other hand, get you some folks with balls. "Affirmative Action" gets you Barack Obama.

Of course, none of this means that Obama is a bad person, hardly. He's just not what you think he is. The way Kelso reads it, Obama is: (a) conservative (b) something of a Christian Crazy (c) a (chicken) hawk (d) DLC -- all the way, (e) the consummate plasticine politician and (f) very, very weak. As bizarre as George W. Bush is, his steadfastness is admirable in a sick way. And this is exactly why Obama would be no match for any Latin American president, never mind a Western European head-of-state, to say absolutely nothing of Putin, any Middle Eastern oil monarch and certainly no match for whomever the Israeli electorate chooses. Obama does not have the courage of his convictions because he has no convictions. He was thoroughly designed to stop the likes of the Congressional Black Caucus (who had gotten it right on Iraq from day one), Al Sharpton loony but brilliant, and most of all to halt Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr., who as everyday and first-time readers of Kelso's Nuts know is one of our guys.

Senator Joe Biden let the cat out of the bag awhile ago. Wonkette thinks Biden was drunk; Kelso thinks he's a tweaker but the difference is minimal. Biden has no self-control. You all remember what he said a couple of months ago: "I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

If any of you are Obama and you hear something like that come out of an opponent's mouth you'd hit back hard. Obama didn't say a word because he knew he had Biden, etc., to thank for where he was. And from Obama's perpective, it was just Biden -- drunk, tweaked, whatever -- who couldn't keep it secret. Kelso's no insider, but even an old Washington hand like CBS's Bob Schieffer says Biden does this all the time. Kelso won't even go so far as to say that Biden's a racist. And it's not Biden's loud mouth that's important. It's Obama's silence. As we've already got Obama tied to the worst elements of the White Christian Right and now to Lieberman, along with predatory lenders and polluters, it's a fair bet AIPAC's in there somewhere. AIPAC, though, is not Israel. AIPAC is a bunch of rich, right-wing American Jews. Israel, as we fervently hope Obama will never discover, is a scary rad place. Its hawks are ultra-hawk; its doves are ultra-dove, it's a social democracy and it's neither AIPAC nor USA imperialism that keeps the place safe and prosperous. Take it from Kelso, who loves the Sephard-Ashkenaz inside joking and will never fail to tell a good one.

Please be Kelso's guest. Vote for Obama. Give him money. Do whatever you need to do Just know what you're doing -- you are supporting a darker-complected, slightly brighter George W. Bush with weaker political skills and no balls -- yeah, JOE LIEBERMAN. And please don't come around this blog saying that Hillary Clinton's a sell-out (sure she is) but Obama is an exciting, fresh-faced, left-winger.

Shame on you, John Edwards, for complimenting Obama on his prescience about Iraq. There's enough in the http://www.crooksandliars.com/ links to suggest that Obama was always more hawkish than Edwards at his worst.

Here's Kelso's proposition tying the last post to this one: We make it -185/+175 that Michael Milken's politics then and now were/are left of Obama's. Take the buck-seventy-five and prove us wrong.

Kelso's Nuts love you.