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Lady Tigra, one-half of the legendary novelty rap duo L’Trimm, recently recorded an ode Michelle Obama with Jon Ruff.

In the song, titled “First Black First Lady,” Lady Tigra sings from the perspective of Michelle Obama during the couple’s early courtship.

Here’s Lady Tigra’s Michelle singing about the couple’s first date:

Not so fast, bromeo
Take me to Baskin-Robbins
For a scoop of rocky road
Got a deep-ass voice, like a man should
Talk so smooth
Must be able to hear real good
With your intelligent eyes
And your teeth like ivory
Telling no lies
I might give you a try, B.

The song is available as a free download. Trust me, it’s worth every penny.

And while I’m at it, here’s the song that made Lady Tigra a novelty hip-hop legend, 1988’s always delightful “Cars With The Boom.”

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U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland referred last week to Barack and Michelle Obama as “uppity” — a word used in the past by Southern racists to criticize blacks who rose above their station. It wasn’t the first time the Republican congressman from just south of Atlanta put his foot in his mouth, particularly on a racially charged issue.

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3673, the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane Katrina.”
— Westmoreland’s 2005 statement on the House floor against a Katrina relief bill

“Well, there’s one other do-nothing-er. I don’t know who that is, but they’re a Democrat. So there’s one Democratic do nothing-er, and one Republican.”
— Westmoreland, asked in 2006 by Comedy’s Central’s Stephen Colbert if he was a “do-nothinger” for failing to sponsor any legislation (more…)

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Pundits at the Democratic National Convention have been criticizing the Obama campaign all this week for failing to counter John McCain’s character attacks against Obama.

James Carville and Paul Begala, who were President Clinton’s top consultants, keep saying attack, attack, attack. Carville and Begala are jumping the gun. The real test of the tickets’ ability to counter McCain’s negative campaigning comes tonight, when Joe Biden gives his acceptance speech for the vice presidential nomination. (more…)

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