Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Obama Wins CI's '08 "Crap Phrase Of Year"

Congratulations to Senator Obama for taking a brilliant phrase from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and turning into the most vapid and out-of-context political phrase of the year (in a year chock-full of vapidity). Craptose Intolerance hereby bestows upon him the "Crap Phrase Of The Year Award". Here it is:

"THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW"

Dr. King used the phrase as part of a speech exactly one year before his assassination—as he laid out his case against the Vietnam War. Senator Obama, you're no Martin Luther King.