I know the Pimp is in the cultural zeitgeist, and what with Hustle and Flow's song winning an oscar, and being set in Memphis and all, it seems like ground zero for political pimpdom. But I have to say, neither of these sites is very pimpin'.

The site attacking Harold Ford Jr. went up first, and the Frist site is a mocking response, but I think Democrats are displaying their cultural tone-deafness when they say FancyFord.com portreys Congressman/Candidate Ford as a pimp.

It's attacking Ford for allegedly living well, and (semi covertly) for also being black at the same time. There's implicit racism in that charge, but it says something about the partisans on our side that the put two and two (upper class + black) together and get Pimp. Politics is about making waves, I know. But come on. Those sites just ain't pimpin'. This is pimpin'.

And anyway, Frist is more of a whore. Corporate, but still a whore.