McCain Democrat: Well, I think Sarah Palin is a great choice.
Obamabot: She’s a failure. She has no experience.
MD: Huh? She has as much experience as Barack Obama.
O: That’s different. He’s not running for Vice-president.
MD: But he’s running for President!
O: Exactly my point. McCain is putting Palin a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
MD: You seem to be assuming that the McCain-Palin ticket will win.
O: Oh, no. McCain is trying to throw the election.
MD: You must be joking.
O: No. It’s just sooooooooo obvious that he’s pandering to women.
MD: You don’t think Sarah Palin has qualifications and background in her own right?
O: Of course not. She’s a woman. How could she?
MD: I think you’re getting a bit sexist, pal.
O: If you’re not voting for Barack, you’re a racist.
MD: Well, I’m not voting for Barack, but it’s because of his positions on the issues, not his race.
O: Exactly my point. That’s what all the racists say.
MD: So I’m a bigot if I vote for the ticket with a woman?
O: Running a woman on the Republican ticket is just pandering.
MD: We seem to be going around in circles. So Obama’s speech on Thursday night wasn’t pandering?
O: Republicans are panderers. Democrats are public-spirited citizens.
MD: Seemed like an over-produced dog-and-pony show to me.
O: It only cost six million dollars.
MD: SIX MILLION DOLLARS?
O: That’s what it takes to show that Obama is a friend of the poor and needy.
MD: SIX MILLION DOLLARS?
O: And will be a responsible steward of the U. S. Treasury.
MD: SIX MILLION DOLLARS?
O: You get what you pay for.
MD: SIX MILLION DOLLARS?
O: Uh . . . uh . . .
MD: SIX MILLION DOLLARS????
O: Uh . . . okay . . . so here’s why McCain is stupid: he only met with Palin once or twice before he picked her to be his VP nominee!
MD: But Obama knew “Boring Joe” Biden for years, and he still picked him. Doesn’t that make Obama stupider?
O: It shounds like you’re part of the Republican Attack Machine.
MD: I’m not a Republican. I’m a Democrat.
O: You can’t be a Democrat and support McCain. That’s racist.
MD: We’re going around in circles again.
O: That’s what racists do.
MD: So what do you sexists plan to do about Sarah Palin? Just attack her for being no more experienced than Obama?
O: Oh, no, we’re going to dig up dirt on Palin and her friends and family and smear her mercilessly.
MD: And what if there’s no such dirt?
O: Doesn’t matter. We’ll just make something up, like we did when we blamed McCain for that Ayers ad he didn’t make. Heh, heh.
MD: But doesn’t that open up the whole Reverend Wright-Ayers-Rezko problem?
O: Off limits, pal! Stick to talking about the issues!
MD: Like at Saddleback?
O: McCain must have cheated. That’s the only explanation.
MD: Well, he didn’t cheat – - he didn’t have to – - but aren’t you admitting that character and judgment are legitimate issues?
O: Only when it makes the Republicans look bad.
MD: So we’re going to ignore the fact that the Reverend Wright-Ayers-Rezko problems make Obama look bad?
O: OFF LIMITS! Why can’t you right-wing, pandering racists stick to the ISSUES?
MD: And how about the fact that Obama lied about Wright and Ayers and . . .
O: OFFLIMITSOFFLIMITSOFFLIMITS!!! You’re ignoring the ISSUES!
MD: Okay, so what are the issues?
O: McCain is too old. Palin is too young.
MD: But Palin is pretty close in age to Obama, isn’t she?
O: She’s a failure. She has no experience.
MD: She has as much experience as Barack Obama.
O: That’s different. He’s not running for Vice-president.
MD: But he’s running for President!
O: Exactly my point. McCain is putting Palin a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
MD: I’m getting a very strange feeling now . . . like I’m passing into another dimension . . . I think I’ll go now.
O: Would you like some Kool-Aid before you leave?
August 30, 2008 at 10:19 am
I’m LOL!
August 30, 2008 at 11:18 am
yep, sarah got a gun
hope you dont my me stopping by, have a safe and blessed weekend
August 30, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Priceless Jay!!!
August 30, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Really good, the humor just nailed it. I don’t know if you listen to talk radio but I heard the exact same comment like 9 times yesterday, and all of the callers said that they were life long Republicans, who voted for Bush, but… “She has no experience.” “McCain’s Pandering to Women.” “She should be home with her down syndrome baby.” After hearing it twice I started to get sick everytime I heard it. You nailed it here. Thanks for the belly laughs.
August 30, 2008 at 2:18 pm
This was great. Sad, but hilarious to read.
August 30, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Sounds like a few conversations I’ve had. My head is getting awfully sore from beating it against a wall.
August 30, 2008 at 5:24 pm
steevesna, et al: I usually don’t listen to talk radio, and hadn’t yesterday, but except for the Kool-Aid line, all of the Obamabot lines were adapted from blogs and newsfeeds. I messed with some, but some are pretty close to verbatim. Radio show callers claiming to be Republicans and then parroting the Obama line? Could be shills. Wouldn’t surprise me.
August 30, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Delurking to say: Thanks, I needed a laugh! I’m already tired of the recycled “arguments” against Gov. Palin, and it’s only day 2 of her selection. (Don’t even get me started on the “she should be home with her baby” argument. I’m a proud stay-at-home-mom and even I think that’s hypocriticial/sexist/ridiculous/etc.)
She is a great choice and I already know of several people who will now donate to the McCain campaign because of her selection.
Keep up the good work, Jay.
August 31, 2008 at 11:56 pm
The more time passes, the more it becomes apparent that McCain made a genius pick.
The Obama campaign cannot credibly discuss Palin’s experience without getting smacked with Obama’s slim record. They cannot credibly mention what Palin actually did while in office because her record is a sharp contrast to Obama, who openly tolerated corruption in Chicago.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122005082292884815.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
Liberals generally cannot discuss the fact that Palin “should be home with her baby.” Feminists have fought against the mother/child relationship for decades.