friday humor

just a note: the article in townhall that this is about is no longer there. i didn't see it, i can't say it was real. i am betting IT WAS THERE AND IT WAS REAL though

you CANNOT make up people this not quite balanced can you?

Take my 'First Lady's mom is a witch' exposé seriously, conservative pleads

After being mercilessly made fun of by Wonkette, a conservative blogger desperately wants people to take her claim of "African Voodoo" inside the White House seriously.

Over at Townhall, the conservative opinion outlet, writer Kristen Atkinson claimed on Saturday that "The Obama White House is abuzz" over his mother-in-law's allegedly odd behavior.

(How she knows this? "A close friend of Michelle's.")

She goes on to claim that Michelle's mother had turned to Santeria when her late husband was gravely ill, and that recently, fretting for her health, she'd invited an old friend over and conducted some kind of ritual.

In steps Wonkette, snarky as ever.

This story and all of its quotes are true. Jane Mayer of the New Yorker is one helluva reporter and would never make up something this incendiary. Oh… what is that, Intern Riley?… It’s from Townhall, not Jane Mayer of the New Yorker?… THEN IT’S EVEN TRUER.

Of course, blogger Atkinson has a reputation of factual, credible reporting to defend (wait ... does she?) ... And defend her claim, she did ... In, well, this rambling quaff of a tirade:

I posted a very serious article recently in Townhall.com about witchcraft in the White House, and later realized that your website had made a farce out of it. I saw that your staff and readers made a lot of extremely cruel comments about me and my story. Why are you people so rude? Does anybody take anything seriously anymore?............

-- Stephen C. Webster