This is a mistake. This reminds me of the ads that George Allen ran here in Virginia, during his last Senate campaign. He attacked Jim Webb over trivial things, like the perceived sexism in some of Webb's novels.

Allen ended up losing that race. Badly. Partly because his own base (and I'm part of it) perceived him as having lost the ability to stick to the real issues.

I didn't actually watch video of Obama's remarks until this morning. Here's the one thing about his remarks that genuinely is offensive:

He was speaking here in Virginia and he feigned this insulting, childish "southern accent" that just makes me want to smack the guy. Since when does a Chicago lawyer pronounce the word "policy" as "Paul-a-seh"??? Come on, Barack. I've heard you use that word a thousand times and you've never done a damn Foghorn Leghorn impression before.

Honestly, I'd like to punch Obama. He just makes me sick with his affected bullshit.

But here's a clip of Barack's remarks ... complete with his faux-southern shuck and jive ... juxtaposed with Dick Cheney using the same "lipstick on a pig" expression. This is going to come back to haunt the McCain campaign:

Not only that, but do you think that Katie Couric is gonna be happy about her guest-starring role in a McCain ad? Come on. Watch for her to custom-craft a soundbite for Obama's response in the next day or two.

Like I said before, McCain is not going to win a bullshitting contest with the world's champion bullshitter. Bad move, John.

Labels: Media, News, Obama Watch, Politics, You Tube

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