The media circus found its latest entertainment Friday when word of Barack Obama's allegedly controversial remarks shot across the blogosphere. Unlike previous presidential titillations, this one was set off by The Huffington Post. That alone seems somewhat remarkable, considering how the lefty HuffPost openly apes the practices of the usual outlet for this sort of news: the more rightly Drudge Report.

But, in keeping with the spirit of Dave Berry Barry, may he rest in peace, let's not take this opportunity to reflect upon what the means for the state of the news media, or even the campaign of one Barack Obama. No, let's use it to consider which related news headline contains the best potential band name.

Sources:

• Huffington Post: "Obama: No Surprise That Hard-Pressed Pennsylvanians Turn Bitter"
• Associated Press: "Obama Concedes Remarks Were Ill-Chosen"
• LA Times: "Obama seeks to explain 'guns or religion' remark"
• Powerline: "OBAMA 'SCRAMBLES TO QUELL THE FUROR'"
• NYT: "Obama Says He Mispoke; Clinton Raps Him Hard"
• Daily Kos: "Barack Obama Shows Disrespect For Rural Americans"
• Newsday: "Obama says 'bitter' didn't come out right"
• FoxNews: "Obama on Guns and Religion: 'I Didn't Say It as Well as I Should Have.'"
• Washington Post: "Opponents Paint Obama as an Elitist"
• Washington Post: "In Hoosier State, Clinton Ramps Up 'Bitter' Talk"

This is a post Ben Welsh made on April 12, 2008

It is filed with other posts about pop music, questions and the news.

Topics include 2008 election, barack obama, bitterness, guns, hillary clinton, humor, john mccain, media, political scandal, politics, poll and religion.

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