Obama Retaliates for "Turban" Picture With "Four-Eyes" Photos of Clinton

 WASHINGTON.  Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama today retaliated against his rival Hillary Clinton for circulating a photo of him wearing a turban, posting photographs of the former First Lady wearing thick eyeglasses on his campaign website. 

"I don't see anything wrong with these glasses!"

"We are giving the American people a clear choice," said Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, "between a guy who may wear a funny hat to make people in a Third World country feel comfortable, and a woman who is not fit to appear on a postage stamp, much less American currency."

"Thanks, but pink doesn't look good on me."

The offending photo was taken in 2006 when Senator Obama was visiting Kenya, the birthplace of his estranged father.  The picture was posted on The Drudge Report news site yesterday, but Clinton officials denied that it had been sent by anyone employed by the campaign.  "I suppose it depends on what the meaning of 'is employed' is," said Maggie Williams, Clinton's campaign manager.

Clinton told reporters she was "outraged" that Obama had resorted to "the politics of personal destruction" by posting the unflattering pictures of her.  "When I was younger, I didn't pluck my eyebrows or use hair conditioner, but I've changed," she said in an emotional voice.  "Senator Obama, on the other hand, has never done anything about his goofy-looking ears, which stick out like taxi-cab doors."

Copyright 2008, Con Chapman