NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Good or bad, you can’t accuse the John McCain campaign of not having a sense of humor.
The Republican presidential candidate’s staff handed out cufflinks — yes, cufflinks — on Tuesday to surprised reporters with an unexpected decoration on top: a mock presidential seal for rival Democrat Barack Obama and the Illinois senator’s web site.
That’s not all. On the back, carefully engraved, were the words “The One.”
Subtle? Not so much. The Arizona senator’s aides often poke fun at the messianic quality they feel Obama assumes and his supporters accept. Both sides have grown increasingly negative as the campaign enters its last month and McCain finds himself slightly behind in the latest polls.
Obama used a faux presidential seal on a podium at a campaign event earlier this year, drawing some ridicule and criticism for being presumptuous. He never used it again.
The Obama camp was not amused.
“People are struggling, and they want to hear about what these candidates are going to do to fix the economic crisis,” Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said. “It’s unfortunate that the McCain campaign is instead focused on these silly distractions.”
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they must’ve got the idea from the happy meal purchased at McD’s by McCain’s motorcaid last week. Silly hemmoroid, tricks are for kids.
- Posted by JimmGiven the financial problems we’re having, I agree that something a little less expensive, perhaps s double-sided coaster for instance, might have been more appropriate. The McCain campaign is not “mocking hope”. They’re mocking the idea that the top of the Democratic ticket is the embodiment of “hope and change” despite a rather thin resume, the Obama campaign’s presumptuous use of a presidential-like seal and the cult-like reverence Obama supporters seem exude. It’s nothing more than a good natured rib at the opposition.
- Posted by kgsI assume ’slightly behind in the polls’ was an attempt at humor.
- Posted by PoydaI will pay $1000 for a pair of those!! I can’t wait to wear them on Obama’s inauguration day. They will also be a nice reminder of the Republican idiocy that we will ‘be turning the page on’ come November 4!
- Posted by PoydaReplace “The One” with “The Great Depression 2009” will fit Obama very well.
“TODAY 100 ECONOMISTS WARN THAT WITH CURRRENT WEAK FINANCIAL CONDITIONS BARACK OBAMA’S PROPOSALS RUN A HIGH RISK OF THROWING THE US ECONOMY INTO A DEEP RECESSION”
- Posted by MollyOctober 7th, 2008
9:17 pm GMT i bet he paid for those with all those earmarks he gets
- Posted by TuffCookie
- Posted by Nic~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`
McCain has gotten ZERO dollars from earmarks, idiot. The Messiah is the one with almost a billion in earmarks in just 3.5 short years in the senate. Learn some facts; it won’t hurt, I promise.
Now that I’ve read the comments here, I have to wonder which lefty website has a link to this page. I don’t want to know, actually, any more than I want to follow a sewage leak to its source.
- Posted by Q_MechHilarious! Glad to see that McCain and Palin can still have fun with the campaign, especially after all the hideously vile things the Obama campaign has to offer about them.
- Posted by Q_Mechyes, you critisize McCain on spending, but really wouldn’t you want one of these instead?
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham -business/birmingham-business-news/busin ess-entrepreneurship/2008/09/16/birmingh am-firm-strikes-barack-obama-presidentia l-coin-65233-21832869/
- Posted by johnjacobjingleheimerschmidtYou morons need to grow a brain first and then somehow, somewhere, acquire a sense of humor. Poking fun at the narcissist Obama like that is funny. It’s just not funny to you bots because it strikes a nerve.
Maybe you if you didn’t feel so guilty for backing an inexperienced socialist thug, you could see the humor behind this.
That’s too bad, because you’re going to need that humor if obama becomes president.
Enjoy the Koolaid.
- Posted by braininahat[...] McCain camp has a sense of humor. Obama camp clearly does not. You gotta be able to laugh, [...]
- Posted by Reactions to Worst. Townhall. Ever. -UPDATED! | The AnchoressIf you’re going to lose your sense of humor so easily, I sure don’t want you running the country.
- Posted by snaggletoothieI find it endearing. I agree with the McCain campaign-Obama is full of himself. In these troubled times, its always good to step back and laugh at ourselves once in awhile.Anyone who finds this offensive-has no sense of humor and are way too involved. Heres a bit of an upper for you-It will all be over soon-November we will vote, Dec and Jan we will be counting all the votes by hand,Feb or March we will have a new president. Life will go on, and we will look back and mend the divide that has been rent by the claims of racism and others.Dems will go to work along side of repubs and nothing more will be said about it. Whoever the incoming POTUS is will live under a microscope of judgement for the next 4 yrs. We will move beyond this and the days and years will continue. In 4 more years we will do it all again. God bless you all.
- Posted by ctaylorYou libs are so funny and predictable. If Nobama had done this, this would have been praised as “quirky” or “funny”, but no, since it was McCain, it’s racist, childish, blah blah blah…
- Posted by A Conservative LiberalLove it! Poke a little fun at the liberal reporters! And their “mMessiah”
- Posted by SurGThat’s a cool gimmick. Obama is gonna find out being the President is a VERY tough job, especially as the USA declines economically.
The country has too much public and private debt. And as demand for healthcare goes up with supply not keeping up, it will only make healthcare costs go up as the government gets more involved and Americans get fatter and more unhealthy.
In fact, including military commitments, Obama or McCain is just gonna be another Bush third term.
- Posted by Tom“YEARGH! CUFFLINKS! YOU CAN”T SAY THAT ABOUT OBAMA! McBUUUUUUUSH! YEARGH!” et cetera.
Seriously, you guys get worked up over the stupidest stuff. I didn’t think the cuff links were funny, but your responses are pure comic gold. Keep it coming; you’re making a difference.
- Posted by readerYou libs are such hypocrites. Like the following were not ridiculous from “The One”???
* His own presidential seal
* O-force One
* The Barackopolis
Give me a break…you can dish it out, but you can’t take it. Someone call a wah-bulance!
- Posted by ChrisYup, these are already a new Ebay Saved Search for me. Another classic backfire move by the McKeystone Campaign. No one will believe the story behind these years from now, so they’ll be a very unique election year trinket.
- Posted by Blue BelleMcCain is back on whatever drugs lead you to say “my friend” every two minutes. They will be confiscated before next week.
- Posted by Olivier G