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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Oh yes, the left responds with the usual diatribe. B.O\’s the one that created the simulated presendial seal in the first place. Speaking of the party of the rich, if you added up all Oprah\’s, Hollywoods, musicians, etc… (who all of course are for Obama), come on who are the ones with the money!
- Posted by DanoHumor is the highest form of human intellect, just ask any A.I. engineer. The postings of the liberal here prove they have neither.
- Posted by DougAs an American that KNOWS that the two cornerstones this country was built on were God and Free Enterprise I am shocked that a man with such Marxist views and no other identifiable foundations as obooba actually has a chance to be President of the U.S. I will Pray for my country and my Grandkid’s ability to prosper others, something possible only in a free enterprise system.
Everything about Obama is a fraud and a bad joke. His pretension and narcisism would not be believable in a movie. He knows nothing. He has done nothing. He has disclosed almost nothing, not even his birth certificate, work records or college and law school transcripts. He deserves ridicule. He should never have made it as far as the Illinois Senate. The only things sustaining him are a core of fringe left wing extremists and a deeply bigoted group commited to racial grievance and hatred.
- Posted by Hopety ChangelingIf McCain spends his money on such frivolous items during his campaign just to poke fun at his rival, how will he spend the peoples’ money if he gets into the presidential arena?
- Posted by kaffyHere’s something that doesn’t show up in the debates, Obama and McCain’s views on the arts:
- Posted by Marvhttp://www.artsology.com/obama_mccain.ph p
Ok, the cufflinks are kind of funny, though I think his campaign would’ve been better of with t-shirts, signs or, I don’t know, ads in Michigan?
- Posted by NikkiAnd will you republicans please look up the words socialist and marxist before you call Obama one? Please, if Obama’s a socialist than Europe must be the second coming of the soviet union (just for the record, it’s not)
Why can’t liberals answer a question or make a statement without such venom? You can sure tell a conservative dem from a liberal dem.
- Posted by k. jo gouldenWhere can I order some ? My friends and I are happy and proud to vote for THAT ONE and would like a souvenir of this long and hard campaign.
- Posted by martaWell, the Republicans finally ‘have a pair’…
but look how small they are!
- Posted by LizYeah, because who is the target audience for ‘cufflinks’?
Rich white males.
- Posted by IzzyThe “initial accounts” of the controversy were quite straightforward: Wasilla once had a policy on the books — publicly supported by Palin’s hand-picked police chief — that it would charge rape victims or their insurers to collect evidence of sexual assaults. (Or to be more precise, the town would no longer pay for the fees out of its own budget and would seek reimbursements.)
And this is what elephants think represents character, WOMANHOOD, and integrity…? I thought elephants never forget. I guess I was wrong. They can’t remember. They can’t remember the way to DECENCY!!!
- Posted by bee moreObama has proclaimed himself “The One” , a ridiculously self-centered label and he doesn’t expect people to laugh in his face? Get a grip Obama, you are totally out to lunch and hopefully your followers will get a clue before it is too late to stop the mindless parade to socialism and the fall of American freedom. Obama is definitely “The One”, the one and only man in Chicago who didn’t/doesn’t know that Ayers was/is a terrorist.He is “The One” who accepted Fannie Mae contributions etc etc. “The One” is such an asinine label to assume that it would be pathetic if it wasn’t so scary.
- Posted by SueWhat is wrong with the people running McCain’s campaign? While the cufflink stunt isn’t as distasteful as the Purple Heart bandaid fiasco of 2004, the behavior is somewhat childish and a waste of contributor’s money. McCain’s campaign should spend less time dreaming up trinkets and more time prepping their candidates for tough questions … like “what newspapers do you read”! The Republican party must want to lose this year.
- Posted by WendyMc Cain nailed it ! The liberal left only have a sense of humor when it is embedded in hatred toward anyone not of their stripes. Obama began his intro at the convention as “the one”. When it is pointed how arrogant this view is, the left react in anger. Come on folks, we will not always agree but this election is about more than getting your man in. Our nation is in grave danger and the choice to vote for a sound candidate - and not a sound bite - is utmost. Obama still needs to come clean about his past and who he really is. Conservatives aren’t buying his line.
- Posted by KristianeWhew, someone needs to switch to Sanka. Lighten up Libbies your guy is ahead.
It will be hard to shake the elitist moniker when you make comments like this
I pray that the smarter and stronger Americans help those weak and less intelligent ones out by informing them about the propoganda and race bating-republicans.
Oh and how much more hypocritical can you get then this post?
9:17 pm GMT
i bet he paid for those with all those earmarks he gets
Earmarks… You gotta be kidding. Better check Barry O’s record before you throw that stone.
- Posted by @ntif@nWhere can I order a bunch for me and to my colleagues who all will be voting for THAT ONE ?
Great souvenir of a long and hard campaign !
Thanks to the McCain campaign for supporting our candidate Obama.
- Posted by melanieOnly Don Rickles can pull off humor that’s always at the expense of someone’s character. And you John McCain are no Don Rickles.
- Posted by Vickie from FloridaWhat’s the matter, the multiracial blight losthissenseof humor?
- Posted by TomThat’s a long way from suspending one’s campaign because of an economic crisis. I guess the crisis is over.
- Posted by tinaI suppose all you liberals think that when Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (Democrat) told Mitt Romney that she had just spit on the earpiece that she was giving him, that it was “funny”?
- Posted by DonYou libs really need to get yourself a sense of humor. Really! It won’t hurt and you’ll probably feel better about yourselves. Of course, supporting somebody like Herr Obama (or is it Mohammad Obama?) probably takes away any and all humor in your lives.