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The three stooges, Squeeky, Lumpy, and Dumpy stump for T.W. Shannon in Tulsa.

(You're going to want to cover the ears of your household pets starting at the 1:38 mark)

Courtesy of Fox23:

“We do it in our personal budgets, and we do it at the state level and we need to make sure we do it in Washington, D.C.,” Shannon said.

Palin said that she is fired up about helping put Shannon in the Senate.

“Look at this guy, T.W. Shannon. He is the man from Oklahoma. He is the thunder that needs to storm through Washington, D.C. to clean some things out, and clean it up and turn some things around,” Palin said.

I am really grateful that Fox News in Tulsa transcribed that for us, as every time I tried to listen to her high pitched caterwauling I saw white lights and lost my equilibrium. It was like being stunned by the sonar of a bat.

It is clear that this campaign is very important to the conservatives, however receiving the Palin endorsement, and having her show up at a rally, may not be the best idea for a man who really needs the African American vote to win in Oklahoma.

This from MSNBC:

While the conservative endorsement may play well in Republican circles, the likes of Cruz and Palin could alienate black and Democratic voters that had long supported Shannon despite his party affiliation.

Palin’s and Cruz’s conservative messages often comes with problematic baggage, a cache that Shannon has largely avoided as a respected member of the black community and member of Oklahoma’s six-member Legislative Black Caucus.

“We differ in policy, but as a man he is a commendable, respectable married man with high morals and high standards,” Oklahoma state Democratic Rep. Anastasia Pittman, chair of the black caucus and co-chair of the Native American caucus, told msnbc. Pittman said she thought that the Palin and Cruz endorsements in particular could be “polarizing.”

“Maybe they sat down and did the math, maybe they crunched the statistical values and said if you do this, you don’t really need the African American vote,” she said. “I think Palin is just looking for a kite to hang her wagon on. She’s got a load and a bunch of baggage and she wants to get on the first thing smoking.”

So in order to repair their image with black Americans Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz, decide to pimp the first black guy who doesn't make them want to clutch their handbags in fear.

Let's see if the Palin curse still has its sting. And if the black community of Oklahoma is willing to support a candidate that icons of the racist Tea Party would deign stand with on a stage.

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