Spin Cycle

A syndicated columnist named Kathleen Parker comes up with a fascinating new way to argue that John McCain is better that Barack Obama:

McCain is a "full blooded American." Obama isn't.

But never fear -- it's not about race or being anti-immigrant, she says. It has, apparently, something to do with military guys whose families have lived in American for a long time having more right to be president than a guy from Hawaii whose father was from Africa, and something about all this diversity stuff having gotten out of hand:

"Full-bloodedness is an old coin that's gaining currency in the new American realm. Meaning: Politics may no longer be so much about race and gender as about heritage, core values, and made-in-America. Just as we once and still have a cultural divide in this country, we now have a patriot divide.

"Who 'gets' America? And who doesn't?...

"It's about blood equity, heritage and commitment to hard-won American values. And roots."

Read this work of pure genius here.