3 a.m. Response

Larry David has a suggestion for the Obama campaign on how to respond to what seems to be becoming the defining ad of this Presidential race - Hillary's 3 a.m. call. Though Clinton's commercial may have been effective in last week's primaries, given the large number of spoofs I doubt if it will be a positive in the long run. And as Larry David's column suggests, it could come back to bite her if she makes it to the general election.

The Lemmings Turn

The new narrative being picked up by pundits, columnists, and satirists is that a substantial number of voters could be turned off by the creepy cult of personality growing around Obama. This is where a weblog^* is suppose to provide links to corroborating examples, but the chorus is loud and repetitive enough without my contribution. Besides, I cannot imagine a future without Barack Obama as President. I've got my cyanide kool-aid ready just in case.

A Place At The Table

I lived in Japan for 11 years, working as a network/qa engineer for Reuters. Non-British gaijins congregated at one particular table in the lunch room. I was welcome at the table because everyone knew I wasn't British since 'bullocks' was not in my vocabulary. They were just as certain that I was Canadian because I had a beard and was too quite to be an American. So I got to hear many extremely derogatory remarks about the British (to which I eagerly contributed) and Americans (of which I quietly noted). And this was during the Clinton era.

Q: How many Americans does it take to change a light bulb?
A: None because the market will take care of it.

Twisted Obama

My parents are even older than me and live in a world of Foxified information. Before Barack Obama entered the presidential race, they were very impressed with him as a person. I haven't heard them speak about Obama for over a year - their political discussions tend to escalate into hysterical rants against Hillary - so I wonder how that impression has since been twisted by Murdoch's minions.