Posted by
Andrews on Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:32:37 PM
It appears Obama thought he wasn't in enough of a tailspin, so he took a page from Howard Dean's play book and decided to mock traditional values. Remember Dean's "guns, gays and G-d"? Remember what happened to Dean?
Obama is really trying hard to alienate everyone, though. From his early "arugula is so expensive" complaints, to his association with a black separatist church, to his suggestion that traditional values are the result of economic troubles, he is starting to look like a hybrid of Al Sharpton and John Kerry, both elitist and a race huckster in equal measures.
Sadly for the Democrats, they are finding this out too late in the race and may be stuck with him as a candidate. But the alternative is not much better. Between "Clinton burn out" and Hillary's habit of being a bit creative with her history, Hillary doesn't have much of a shot at winning either. (In fact if she is nominated, all those scandals which were ignored when she was no longer the front runner may come back to dog her once again.)
Other than convincing John Edwards or Denis Kucinich to withdraw their concessions, I don't see the Democrats having much of a choice at their convention. They can select the elitist, black separatist candidate whose charismatic gleam is fading, or they can select the lying, corrupt former first lady whose husband's famous charm is flagging.
I can't help myself, I feel a bit sorry for Democrats.