Mo' Mojo

In a subsequent e-mail, my buddy Mojo supplied his commentary on the "smear video" from Ace's campaign featuring the juxtaposition of Barry Obama with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. According to Mojo, the comparison was apt because all three only appeal to young morons. I suppose I'm included in the moron category although the "young" qualification doesn't apply. Mojo is one of the millions of Americans who recognize they've been shafted by the Republicans, but can't come to terms with any of the current alternatives. It's a perfect dilemma, and he has my sympathy.

Anyway, I figured if this commercial was important enough to stir Mojo into pounding out a few sentences on his keyboard, I'd better check it out for myself. So I did.

It begins with the words "He's the biggest celebrity in the world, BUT..."

Here's Ace, not in the best of health and rapidly aging, married to an attractive younger woman with millions in the bank, and down in his gut he knows she'll be around long after he's history, still spending those millions. It probably eats at him, which is why he approved a message that reeks of envy: "He's the biggest celebrity on earth, and here I am, looking old and insignificant, and most people in my party are only supporting me because they haven't got a choice. Man, life sucks."

As if this campaign wasn't ridiculous enough already, there's an article in the Wall Street Journal that sprays fresh gasoline on the fire: Obama is too thin. He's slim and athletic, eats right and exercises. Plays basketball, for cryin' out loud. A significant portion of the voting public is made up of people who can't see their feet because their bellies are in the way, and whose idea of exercise is walking up and down the snack food aisles at Walmart. Barry, being young and healthy-looking, can't possibly "connect" with a country where obesity's considered an epidemic. So let's go with the old guy with cancer instead. Great. This is what passes for analysis in the WSJ and unfortunately may be closer to the truth than not, given what we know about the way Americans think.

On a tangentially-related note, Senator Ted Stevens pleads Not Guilty. He doesn't know how that 250,000 bucks got there, honest. Alaskans are apparently competing with Texans for the 'inexplicable voting' championship. In a perfect world, Stevens would finish out his years doing a little time, but he'll probably be elected to another term instead.