Barack Obama told a group of high school students in Norfolk, Va. today that he wouldn’t advise them to run for president:
“I’m not sure I’d advise everybody to run for president,” Obama said with a smile. “I’ve been sleeping out of hotel rooms for two years now and I miss my kids.”
He also told them that at their age he was a “goof-off.” No mention of the “Junkie. Pothead” thing, though. Meanwhile, Joe Biden said Hillary Clinton “might have been” a better VP pick. You get the feeling these guys know they’re in way over their heads and are ready to pack it in?
We can only hope.
Maybe if these two would just give it up, we could talk the “better pick” than either of them into rescuing us all from this increasingly farcical travesty of a campaign.
Sarah Palin, RNC convention, Sept. 4, 2008:
“What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?” she asked.
“Lipstick.”
Barack Obama, Lebanon, Va., Sept. 9, 2008
“You can put lipstick on a pig,” he said as the crowd cheered. “It’s still a pig.”
Whether Obama was talking about Palin directly is immaterial, the timing sucks. Either he was being sneakily sexist, or he’s stupid. On The David Letterman show he explained:
“Keep in mind that, technically had I meant it this way –- she would be the lipstick!”
“The failed policies of John McCain would be the pig,” Obama says. “I mean, just following the logic of this illogical situation.”
Logic? No, Senator O, if logic were involved, you’d take your buddy Joe and go home. Leave the politics to the grown-ups. They’re always the “better pick,” and they usually know exactly what to say. Surprisingly, I do agree with you on one thing, though, B.O.
PUMA
Just Say No Deal
