It's late and I'm exhausted, but I have to say it's been a great day, one of the funniest of this year's campaign.
First, I saw the Paris Hilton video spoof which had me laughing my butt off. Who would have thought that Paris Hilton, who was so trivilized in the anti-Obama video, could actually make a video with a serious point: John McCain's little ad starring her was beneath the dignity of a presidential candidate. Go Paris!
Then I saw clips of John McCain mangling a speech at a Biker's rally somewhere, offering his wife as a contestant in the Miss Buffalo Chip contest, which involves topless and sometimes bottomless women doing suggestive things with bananas. The Republican Party should take the nomination away from him for that, or the religious right should at least demand it, but I hope they don't because grandpa McCain is getting crazier and crazier and by November should be certifiable.
Finally, the Republicans thought they were going to be cute by passing out tire guages to mock Barack Obama's suggestion (which is also the suggestion of auto manufacturers, NASCAR, and the Bush administration) that one thing people can do to help get better mileage is fully inflate their tires. This is almost as juvenile as passing out purple heart bandages to mock John Kerry's actual purple hearts received as a result of injuries in Vietnam. Those Republicans, they're just so funny, their humor reaching about the level of a junior high school boy. But the best part of this whole stunt was Barack's response. Of these Republicans, he said "It's like these guys take pride in being ignorant."
I'll sleep well tonight. The wrinkly white haired guy is being exposed for the fool that he is, and Obama is finally fighting back.
