The marketing push behind Barack Obama has been fabulous. Of course it helps to have a lot of celebrity endorsements. Beyonce is on-board as we see. The t-shirts are becoming like Che Guevara shirts now...Obama is becoming iconic in a way that has nothing to do with politics or history but is pure shallow fashion statement. "Look how cool I am...I've got Barack on my shirt." How does John McCain stand a chance against this kind of cultural groundswell? Yeah, I know...never underestimate the Republican machine. They'll hold their nose and support McCain, a guy they hate, because they know he's only going to stay in four years anyway. They'll pressure him into choosing some arch right-winger as his running-mate so they can run that person in 2012 against Hillary (who will easily win the nomination via guilt-trip over Dems' rejection of her this year). That will be the price McCain has to pay for getting the machine behind him. They could still derail Barack.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
More Brainless Barack Love
The marketing push behind Barack Obama has been fabulous. Of course it helps to have a lot of celebrity endorsements. Beyonce is on-board as we see. The t-shirts are becoming like Che Guevara shirts now...Obama is becoming iconic in a way that has nothing to do with politics or history but is pure shallow fashion statement. "Look how cool I am...I've got Barack on my shirt." How does John McCain stand a chance against this kind of cultural groundswell? Yeah, I know...never underestimate the Republican machine. They'll hold their nose and support McCain, a guy they hate, because they know he's only going to stay in four years anyway. They'll pressure him into choosing some arch right-winger as his running-mate so they can run that person in 2012 against Hillary (who will easily win the nomination via guilt-trip over Dems' rejection of her this year). That will be the price McCain has to pay for getting the machine behind him. They could still derail Barack.
