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marmar

(77,078 posts) Sat Apr 13, 2013, 01:40 PM Apr 2013

BREAKING: Dana Perino is still a moron

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/dana-perino-who-didnt-know-what-the-cuban-missile-crisis-was-is-mad-at-jay-z/274938/

Dana Perino, Who Didn't Know What the Cuban Missile Crisis Was, Is Mad at Jay-Z
And she's rapping about it, horribly.

David A. Graham Apr 11 2013, 6:25 PM ET

Earlier today, I wrote about Jay-Z's pretty solid diss track on Republicans furious at his trip to Cuba. Now, whether he and Beyonce should have gone to Cuba is a question that's up for debate, but his critics should be careful about how they conduct that debate. For example, Jay-Z is arguably the greatest rapper of all time. It's a very bad idea to meet him on his ground, especially if you're a middle-aged former Bush press secretary. And yet here's Dana Perino on Fox's The Five:

Man, was that awful.

It's a mystery to me why aging white pundits think it's a good idea to rap, ever, but what's striking is how none their stylistic approach suggests that none of them has listened to any actual hip-hop since Run-DMC was in their prime. They also always -- always -- start off by declaring their name. Please stop, pundits. ................(more)