Sooner Be Blue

One of the things I like about Barack Obama is his sense of humor.

 

He gave a speech in Elko, Nevada, in which he told the story about John McCain, in the midst of a financial meltdown, boasting that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong." Obama responded, "But it sounds like he got a little carried away, because yesterday, John McCain actually said that if he's President, he'll take on the -- and I quote -- 'ol' boys network' in Washington. I am not making this up. This is someone who's been in Congress for 26 years -- who put seven of the most powerful Washington lobbyists in charge of his campaign -- and now he tells us that he's the one who will take on the ol' boy network. The ol' boy network? In the McCain campaign, that's called a staff meeting."

 

 

I like how this zinger not only points out how McCain is more of the same, but also subtly underscores the dishonesty of his claims. Nicely done...and can I name those seven lobbyists, starting with Sleazy?

 

Lot of worried people on our side have been calling on Obama to get angrier...though that's a fine line to walk, because the Repubs are just waiting to make hay out of the 'angry black man' thing.

 

I just want him to move the jokes up a little earlier in his speeches so they make the news clips.

 

I was dreading the point that the campaigning would break down into a slanging match...based on who can get off the best zinger, instead of talking about the issues. I point out that it was McCain who went negative early.

 

I don't buy his excuse that if Obama had only agreed to do town halls, he wouldn't have had to get nasty. McCain seems to think he is stronger in town halls -- based on what I don't know, because Obama would kick his ass there, too. Maybe the McCain camp planned on stacking the audiences...

 

I understand that Obama is only reacting this way, slanging back, because a million and one armchair strategists said he just had to, or he was going to lose...and that might even be true.

 

I don't think it's in Obama's nature to be cutting and mean, but when he has to be tough and fight back, he steps up to it.

 

He needs to find a way to make zingers about these:

 

1 - Did you know that McCain wants to TAX your employer-provided healthcare benefits as income?

 

2 - If McCain and Bush hadn't been stopped by Democrats including Obama, from "privatizing" Social Security, your hard-earned benefits would be evaporating now in the Wall Street meltdown.

 

3 - Phil Gramm, one of McCain's top economic advisors and in line to be the Treasury Secretary in his cabinet, was the author of the bill that permitted investment banks to dive into the worthless investments we're now all paying for.

 

How I wish he could hire "The Daily Show" writers.