This election is going to be a Thriller

The most Off The Wall post I've ever written.

CNN reports on a GOP Congressman who should really just Beat It:

New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler acknowledged that he darkened his face as part of a Michael Jackson Halloween costume, which he called an “homage,” after The New York Times reported Thursday that he wore blackface as a college student in 2006.

“Obviously I can’t change what happened 18 years ago,” Lawler said in an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on Thursday night. “But I certainly, with wisdom and age, understand that that is not something that I would do today, and certainly understand why people would be upset or offended by it. And for that, I’m sorry.”

The New York Times published a photo Thursday of Lawler dressed up as Jackson at a social gathering in 2006. The Times reported that Lawler, whose face was visibly darkened, wore a black shirt and red jacket and, in one photo, was striking a signature Jackson dance pose.

Lawler told Collins there was “no ill intent” behind his costume, and that he was not attemp…