Monday, February 25, 2008

how is this fearmongering?



wait, wait, wait. why would the obama campaign call the release of this 2006 photo "shameful offensive fear-mongering"? didn't obama put the costume on? fear-mongering to whom?

and what's the subtext of his campaign's statement? does obama think dressing up in head-scarves and robes is offensive? well, if he doesn't, why didn't he just put out a statement saying, "chill out, freaks. it's just a robe"? why remind people that they need to keep being afraid of sashes and walking sticks?

interesting. listen: if you're going to run for president, don't make a porno, hire illegals as maids, or dress up in ethnic clothing. otherwise, just come out, say you did it, and move on. that was obama's move on smoking weed.

a friend of mine summed up obama's brilliant, two-point change-the-world plan as follows: 1) i have a plan, 2) my plan will work. change you can believe in, indeed.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

sounds like he's the one who is racist for being ashamed of wearing an African robe and scarf.

ben said...

Or maybe he wants people to think of him as african-american rather than african-american.

dgreer said...

Obama doth protest too much, methinks. All to often when politicians react in this knee jerk fashion someone has hit a nerve. We should worry that this nerve exists in the first place but "we all" knew that from the beginning. All you have to do is listen to the guy's stance on foreign diplomacy.