Brendan Nyhan informs me that Chris Matthews and company are ridiculing Barack Obama for ordering orange juice instead of coffee at an Indiana diner. When I was in elementary school, I watched The McLaughlin Group because it was fun to see grown-ups in suits and ties maintain the pretense of discussing Important Things but inevitably descending into schoolyard taunts and irrational argument. But I've seen the joke enough times to get me through the rest of my life. And I'm sure that election coverage in hell will be all about gaffes, facial expressions during debates, indelicate statements by friends of the hairstylists of the candidates, and the unforgivable elitism of candidates who have better diets than the average American.
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