Posted by
Roxanna M. on Saturday, June 21, 2008 10:25:12 AM
Apparently, one or more 527s, as they're called, have put together some commercials for BO that have hit YouTube.
The first deals with a woman and her baby son, Alex. She tells John McCain that he can't have him. Well, no kidding. What would President McCain, or President BO for that matter, want with a baby. By the time Baby Alex is ready to either decide for himself that he wants to serve his country or is draft-age, depending on the state of the country, neither McCain nor BO will be in the White House. So, no point whatsoever is being made by this commercial.
The second is about a guy and a girl hook up at a bar and go back to his place. She changes her mind when she thinks he's a Republican and can't get out of there fast enough. The moral of the story: it's okay to have sex with someone you've just met, unless he/she is a Republican, because that would be immoral.
Fast forward to the candidate for whom these commercials were made. It was only recently that BO said that there was nothing wrong with the high price of gas because it would make people change their driving habits. Apparently, the Man Who Would Be King is unaware of the fact that the high price of gas will do more than make people change their driving habits. Apparently, he is unaware of the fact that the high price of gas will affect the price of goods in the marketplace. Apparently, he is unaware of the fact that paying more for gas means people will have less money to pay for those goods in the marketplace, which means that a lot of the goods won't get bought. The businesses will lose money and people will be out of jobs. Eventually, businesses will close and more people will be out of jobs. The stock market will drop. Apparently, BO can't or won't see that the high price of gas affects more than just people's driving habits. And, apparently, he doesn't have an advisor smart enough to educate him in this regard.
I remember once reading a comment from a man who didn't want "war for oil". It seems that he didn't care about the high price of gas, because he could just take the bus. You know, the ones that run on good intentions. He, like Obama, couldn't see beyond the immediate "me" to the bigger picture.
What is the common thread that binds these four examples together? A failure to see the bigger picture? A failure to see how absolutely ridiculous they look? Absolutely. And why? Immaturity. Astonishing, astounding, overwhelming immaturity.