Former speaker Newt Gingrich campaigns for Todd Akin

[sofa king]

13. Oh, look who showed up to the masque!

You know, I was just going to float that obscure Edgar Allen Poe joke without any message. But then I decided that the story would be fun to read again. Here it is:

http://www.online-literature.com/poe/36/

Ever realize you're making a far darker quip than you thought you were? Here is the last paragraph:

And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.

Creeepy.