ATLmalcontent

everything's political (cont'd)

The truth is that maybe Denzel's depiction of a violent, successfully, drug dealing entrepreneurial thug was just too much in a year where all things revolve around the hope of Barack Obama. It wouldn't be the first time Hollywood, represented today by the Academy through the Oscar's, bowed to political correctness and cowardice. It's a rancid vein in our culture that never ceases to wield its influence. There simply is no other reason why "American Gangster" would get slighted as it has. On the merits of judging filmmaking, by any standards of excellence, it belongs in the Best Picture category.

--Hillbot hack Taylor Marsh

EVERYTHING'S political

Want to know just how insane the partisan divide has become? Exhibit pi:

Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today.

Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network that Rhodes had been mugged while walking her dog, Simon, on Sunday night. Elliot, who said Rhodes lost several teeth in the attack, waxed about a possible conspiracy.

"Is this an attempt by the right-wing, hate machine to silence one of our own?" he asked on the air, according to Talking Radio, a blog. "Are we threatening them? Are they afraid that we’re winning? Are they trying to silence intimidate us?"

A colleague is attacked (allegedly) and Elliott's first instinct is to blame political opponents? I wouldn't buy that even if I knew who Rhodes was -- her Q Score likely ranks somewhere below the wacky neighbor on a show canceled by The WB two years ago.