One expect someone to come out of the gate with a Rev. Jeremiah Wrigh "God bless America? God DAMN America!" ringtone, but seeing to the highbrow posturing, Slate Magazine do is a suprise.

Well not really. To them taking the high road is discussing the intellectual underpinnings of why Eliot Spitzer likes a plug up his ass, instead of conceeding it's politically irrelevant and moving on.

Likewise, the series of free Presidential Campaign ringtones has a similar lingering in the smut quality. Hearing John McCain call a reporter an idiot or listening to Hillary cackle is the kind of "soudbite reporting" news outlets like Slate usually sniff their nose at, and there's not even remotely enough substance for the 5 second ringtones to qualify as satire.

Anyway, if that still doesn't sway you, the six Slate ringtones can be downloaded for free here. They'll work with AT&T, Cellular One, T-Mobile, and Sprint but not Verizon.

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