This Preposterous Week in Review

Barrett, Justin
• placement of on administrative leave by the Boston Police Department leads to assertion by that "I am not a racist. I did not intend any racial bigotry, harm or prejudice," leaving observers to ponder the actual intention of when mass e-mail was sent by describing Henry Louis Gates Jr. as a "banana-eating jungle monkey" -- a phrase acknowledged by as a "poor choice of words"
• pondering by observers can stop, as attorney for explains that intention of was not "to malign [Gates] racially" but was merely "a characterization of the actions of that man"

Beck, Glenn
• Obama is doltishly called a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people" by

beer

• much ado about

Berens, Ricky

• exposed butt of

birthers

• description of by Stephen Colbert as "decent, old-fashioned Americans who just want to overturn a democratic election"

• desperate need of to cast Obama presidency as illegitimate

• imbecility of is so blatant that even the far right is denouncing

Borowitz, Andy

• America is deemed "less safe" by now that Palin is "no longer keeping an eye on Russia"

Cohen, Richard

• self-pitying column by is appropriately savaged

Cunningham, Merce

• death of

Daniels, Stormy

• campaign by for adulterer David Vitter's Senate seat suffers setback with arrest of for battering husband after becoming "upset because the way the laundry had been done"

Denny's

• excessively salt-laden meals served by result in lawsuit against

Dobbs, Lou

• disingenuous defense of by CNN president Jonathan Klein

Foxx, Rep. Virginia

• debunking of claims by that Obama's health care plan will "put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government"

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