O-verkill
Writing by treason on Tuesday, 11 of December , 2007 at 8:02 pm
It was the weekend that wouldn’t end. Oprah and Obama were everywhere – there was no escape. I finally did catch the Iowa rally on C-SPAN – with sound this time – and decided I preferred what Oprah and Obama had to say when I couldn’t hear them. Were these rallies or revivals? Welcome to the Church of Obama! If this was to prove that the Senator is a Christian, that’s fine; after all, polls show that Americans would vote for a Mormon over a Muslim, but the whole “Second Coming” feel of these events was a tad unsettling.
It was just a little too weird to watch Obama addressing the crowds with the girl fan backdrop. Michelle, his wife, looking up at him from one side, and Oprah, his… I’m really not sure… beaming at him from the other. For those of you who have peculiar ménage à trois fantasies…
I’m serious: Does Oprah have a crush on Obama? Or is she simply kicking herself for wasting time and not hooking up with a promising young Senator a little earlier in her career so she would one day have a shot at First Lady? Hmmm. Shades of Jackie… O.
There was just too much Oprah and, to make matters worse, on Sunday night I actually watched that movie she’d produced. Don’t ask. Just know that I can never get those two hours back. Worse, I couldn’t even get away from the O-fest by burying myself in the newspaper. The cooing couple was there, too, but the absolute worst item was the article about what the former U.S. Congressman, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and mayor of Atlanta said about Obama in front of a Newsmakers audience.
Andrew Young – who, at age 75, isn’t – had the audacity to suggest that Barack Obama is “too young.” Well, it’s nice to see that ageism is so easily tolerated in the black community. But even more distasteful and offensive were his remarks about a former president. Bill Clinton, said Young, is “every bit as black as Barack.” Not waiting for that to sink in, he immediately followed up with:
“He’s probably gone with more black women than Barack.”
Can we have a show of hands, please, from those who weren’t offended? Young is just one more reason why the United Nations is such a travesty. First, do we really need to be reminded that Bill Clinton is a ho? And, frankly, I know I’m not the only one who shuddered when Oprah mentioned Obama’s tongue. (I commented on this in a previous post.) Look. I just don’t want to have to think about a president’s body parts ever again. If her comment was engineered to bring back memories of a Clinton White House, then fine. It worked. But I never want to hear about Obama’s tongue again. Ever. It’s one reason John Edwards turns my stomach. I don’t want to see my president’s tongue, I don’t want to know what it’s doing, and I don’t want it distracting me during important addresses. A darting tongue is charming on a reptile, but repulsive on a candidate.
So, after all that, can anyone remember a damned thing Obama said over the weekend? Unfortunately, I do. First, his unflattering comment about being related to Dick Cheney and, second, his promise to raise the minimum wage every year of his presidency. There are times that Obama’s advisors should suggest he bite that tongue. This was one of them.
I know I’m not the only person who watched this spectacle and felt that I was being sold a bill of goods. Oprah is famous for hawking products and all she has to do is include something she likes on her list of favorite things and – Katy bar the door! – sales skyrocket. I know she likes Obama and I know she likes a particular face cream from Philosophy. So all I could think when I was watching her sell me Obama over the weekend was: The Audacity of Hope In a Jar.
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