WASHINGTON. Rejuvenated by victories in three of four primaries last Tuesday, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's supporters went on the attack on Sunday morning talk shows today, saying that Illinois Senator Barack Obama would replace President George Washington with singer Rick James on the dollar bill if he is elected.
The hair styles are similar.
"How much do we really know about Senator Obama?" asked Senior Advisor Ann Lewis on "Meet the Press." "Until he releases his record collection from the late '70's, the rumors could be true."
Ann Lewis: "Thank you--I got the idea for this hair style from 'Bustin' Out of L7'."
Lewis was referring to comments attributed to University of Chicago economics professor Austan Goolsbee, Obama's economic advisor, in a meeting with Canadian officials. "We have seen a dramatic decline in the dollar during the second Bush administration," Goolsbee said according to notes of an Associated Press pool reporter. "If you want to see the dollar really get down and funky, wait 'til we put the King of Punk-Funk on it."
Goolsbee: "I may have a funny name, but I'm way smarter than you."
James is viewed by many as symbolic of the post-racial, internationalist theme of Obama's campaign, as he performed in multi-racial bands in both the U.S. and Canada. Putting his image on the dollar bill would have historical overtones for both political and musical reasons, as his uncle was Melvin Franklin, bass vocalist for The Temptations, and his cousins include Carl Stokes, first black mayor of Cleveland and Louis Stokes, an Ohio congressman.
"I like James' longer, more thoughtful concept albums, such as the 1981 blockbuster 'Street Songs'."
Senator Obama has been reluctant to attack Senator Clinton directly, preferring to leave the dirty work to top-level academic advisors such as Harvard's Samantha Power, who resigned last week after referring to Sentor Clinton as a "monster". Power subsequently resigned, saying she regretted her remarks. "Senator Clinton is not a monster," Power said in a written statement, "she is, however, a Super Freak."
Copyright 2008, Con Chapman
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Comments: 15
She's worse than that - she reminds me of a woman from my hometown whose longtime boyfriend ran off with another woman - she started all kinds of rumors about this woman being a tramp just to make herself look good. She tried her hardest to convince everyone in town about all the bad things she had heard about this woman. Of course, most of the weak minded people who follow crowds believed her because negativity is an easy thing for the dumb mind to gravitate to but...the boyfriend, a confirmed bachelor, married the new girlfriend because she stayed on the high road and showed her dignity by never saying anything bad about anyone.
Go Obama, he has my vote - and I like Rick James...Salud.
Super Freak. Now I have that song in my head.
Billary's got my vote.
No matter. The economy is so deeply recessed there's nothing HE can do to make it better.
GO SAFTA - we need a miracle to cope with Europe and Asia.
Despite the politics, the 21st Century is NOT America's century.
The Euro saw to that. And the development that finally caught up in Europe and Asia after WWII.
In the 20th Century, the sun set on the British Empire.
In the 21st Century, the sun has set on the American Empire.
Go Billary!
This article is a joke of course. Good for a change.