April 28, 2010

Somehow It Just Works

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"X is the daddy."-- Anon. Commenter

Imagine If a Conservative Publication Had Done This

Just imagine. Production slip-ups happen all the time, but still... Perhaps you can help the Post distinguish between Malcom X and the President of the United States.
And the difference is?

Posted by Vanderleun at April 28, 2010 4:37 PM
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X is the daddy.

Posted by: Bessa Mae Smoocho at April 28, 2010 4:42 PM

One difference is that Malcolm could deliver a speech - although the "X is the daddy" argument has a certain....resonance.

http://washingtonrebel.typepad.com/washington_rebel/2010/04/jump-how-high.html

Posted by: Rob De Witt at April 28, 2010 5:12 PM

And by the way, welcome home. Hope your Mother is doing good.

Posted by: Rob De Witt at April 28, 2010 5:13 PM

I suspect it was deliberate; a move by some crypto-conservative employee.

Posted by: ahem at April 28, 2010 5:18 PM

OK. What is the difference?

Posted by: Fat Man at April 28, 2010 5:48 PM

I vote for a deliberate move. Nobody is THAT stupid - not at the WaPo!

Posted by: Old Salt at April 28, 2010 9:33 PM

They must have forgotten he was black for a minute...wait, no....they think all articulate shiny new clean negroes all look alike, you understand, right...wait, no, uh, Hey, some of their best writers is a black man....right?

Posted by: Jewel at April 28, 2010 10:01 PM

I'm skeptical. But if it's real, that is a collectors item. Or maybe the post would pay to take them back.

Posted by: james wilson at April 28, 2010 10:48 PM

Gerard, you are a bad man. That is all.

Posted by: Little Miss Attila / Joy McCann at April 29, 2010 3:24 AM

Well, during the campaign Soetoro certainly performed more than once I think an imitation of Denzel Washington giving the Malcolm X "bamboozled" speech.

Posted by: Punditarian at April 29, 2010 6:56 AM

What a layer of editors the Washington Post has.

I wonder what mistakes they actually have caught? Serious here - they let this through - what have mistakes have they caught before publication?

Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot.

Posted by: Mikey NTH at April 29, 2010 3:50 PM
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