Arrggghh. . . It hurts so much!!!!
By Via Atrios, apparently Dale Earnhardt Jr. told his pit crew to go and see F-911. Normally this wouldn’t be news, but the right is in full meltdown mode. A few comments from Free Republic:
Well he does make LEFT turns for a living.
oh boy… wonders how he feels now that a marine has been taken hostage and now they’re threatening to behead him.
If we ruined the careers of the Dixie Chicks we can ruin the careers of Michael Moore and Dale Jr.
Dale Jr. is also a big fan of gangsta rap and one of his best friend is none other than Snoop Dog, as I recall. Dale Sr. must be spinning in his grave. There’s no doubting Junior’s talent as a driver, but if you’re looking for role models in NASCAR, you can do better than #8…
I’ve never been a NASCAR fan, but at least it was original, grassroots, heartland and conservative for decades, now it’s becoming just another branch of the liberal Hollywood culture.
If this isn’t a put-on, then it’s a pretty funny story. Not on its own merits, of course; who the fuck cares what Dale Earnhardt Jr. thinks, after all? The humor comes from the desperation; the need for one last piece of America that isn’t polluted by the pernicious, feminist, limp-wristed, pro-terrorist left. Everyone knew that NASCAR, with virtually no minority drivers and virtually no minority fans was one of those places. I hope that Dale Jr. has helped to destroy that for the right. If he has, maybe they won’t show so many goddamn NASCAR races on TV; infomercials are more entertaining.
Where does this all come from? I know that Edgar Martinez is a Republican, but I don’t care. He’s still one of my favorite baseball players. Barry Bonds is a Republican, and he’s also the greatest ballplayer anyone has ever seen. Does ANYONE on the left have a similar reaction to this kind of thing? Film, perhaps. There are many things that will prevent me from seeing the next Mel Gibson film, including the fact that almost all of his films that aren’t titled “The Road Warrior” blow, but the fact that he’s a right-wing crank does matter a little. . .On the other hand, Tom Selleck is also a crank, and that doesn’t prevent me from watching re-runs of Magnum P.I.