Thursday, 3. February 2011

Charlotte, North Carolina has been chosen to host the next Democratic Convention, which isn’t for a couple of years, so no one cares. What people do seem to care about is that First Lady Michelle Obama doesn’t seem to know shit about Charlotte, and are appalled about what she said in the announcement letter, from this story:
“Charlotte is a city marked by its southern charm, warm hospitality, and an ‘up by the bootstraps’ mentality that has propelled the city forward as one of the fastest-growing in the South,” Obama wrote. “Vibrant, diverse, and full of opportunity, the Queen City is home to innovative, hardworking folks with big hearts and open minds. And of course, great barbecue.
Holy Shit! I can’t believe she said that. That is the most absurd thing I’ve ever read from anyone about a city. Fuck! I’m so angry now… What do you mean you don’t get it? She said they have great barbecue. Charlotte. Barbecue. Yeah, I know. It’s ludicrous. From this story:
That was news to residents, who know that North Carolina’s best barbecue lies farther afield. “We appreciate the compliments, and they’re all spot-on until that last one,” the editorial board of the Charlotte Observer newspaper wrote in a blog post titled, “Charlotte = great barbecue? Who knew?”
“Everybody knows to get the best stuff, you gotta drive north to Lexington,” the board added.
A local Associated Press reporter quoted a barbecue expert, retired University of North Carolina professor John Shelton Reed, who said that Charlotte for barbecue was “like Minneapolis for gumbo.”
Everybody knows that if you want great barbecue, you don’t f’n go to Charlotte, you “gotta” drive north to Lexington. I mean, shiiit, I almost fell right off my chair, rolled off the pork and near done stabbed my eye out with my widdlin’ knife.
You’ve got to be kidding me. The Obama’s are from Illinois, where maybe they don’t have good barbecue, and they’ve visited Charlotte a few times, where maybe they got barbecue, and it was the best they’ve ever had. Take the compliment, dicks. I’m sure for the five seconds they were able to, the barbecue restaurant owners were stoked for the endorsement. Or did they have to apologize, We’re so sorry, we do not know where she got that, we swear we didn’t tell anyone we were great, we would never, heck we’re barely edible…