Posted by
CUBFAN on Saturday, April 19, 2008 5:00:00 PM
Michael Ramirez / 15 April 2008
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With all the noise about flag pins, appropriate debate questions, bitterness, whiskey shots, 3 AM phone calls, Weather Underground acquaintances, sniper fire, pastor problems, spouses talking out of turn, etc., it occurred to me that John McCain might be feeling a bit left out of the election process. Will Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, and Craig Ferguson finally show some courage on their late night broadcasts and begin lampooning Barack Obama--you know, the b---- candidate--with some of their jokes?? I watched a skit on Leno's show last night where the junior senator from Illinois had his credibility questioned when it came to providing "specifics" in his debate answers. It's the eve of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, we've had 22 Democratic debates and umpteenth press conferences, and someone (a comedian, of all people) is just now asking one of the questions that all reporters should have asked all along--"Who are you? What do you believe in? Why are you qualified to be President of the United States?" Forget the "Change You Can Believe In" mantra--I am reminded of the scene from the Brendan Fraser movie, "The Mummy," where the eunuchs are chanting"Im-ho-tep! Im-ho-tep!" as they are transfixed in their zombie-like trance (or has it been replaced by "O-ba-ma! O-ba-ma!")--and the flag-draped "political speech of our generation" on race, Mr. Obama is still an unknown commodity on the national political stage. Sure, he "cut his teeth" in the "rough-and-tumble politics of south side Chicago" with the help of a hatemongering church leader, a shady real estate dealer, and an unrepentant terrorist. Has anyone actually seen this man's résumé? Let's see: lived overseas as a child in Malaysia, grew up in Hawaii, two Ivy League degrees, community organizer, state senator, U.S. senator, author of two autobigraphical books, and two-time Grammy Award winner. Let's have him complete the essay portion of our application for President: "A. Do you love the United States of America? Why or why not?" "B. Please explain your positions (in 100 words or more each) on the following issues: 1. Taxes; 2. War on Terror; 3. Immigration; 4. Health Care; 5. Abortion; 6. Supreme Court and Judicial Reform; 7. Foreign Trade; 8. Energy Consumption, Conservation, and Development; 9. Social Security; and 10. Global Warming." "C. If elected President, who is the first foreign dignitary invited to the White House and why?" "D. If elected President, who is the first foreign dignitary visited and why?" "E. What does 9/11/01 mean to you as an American?" If the Obama camp is reading this (and as you can tell from my empty "Comments" section, that probably will not be the case) they can simply have his speechwriters share his responses with my local newspaper (Houston Chronicle) on my behalf. End.