Glob-a-log

We all know that the Republicans can fight dirty, if they feel threatened. So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that, after senator Obama’s successful trip abroad, the people who gave us the Swift boat, would try to counter that success in the only way they know: with a truly wild smear campaign.

So, what did they decide to go for this time? More Muslim rumours, or more snide remarks about his old pastor – something about the wife again?

No, it’s way more devious than that. It’s an honest to God sexual slur, but with a difference. Everybody knows that if you are hunting for the big fish, you need to bring superior bait - and, boy, did those crafty Republicans do that!

They chewed up and threw out one of their own, in order to get to their target:

Some Democratic campaign buttons made for distribution in Idaho show an unlikely pair: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican Sen. Larry Craig. The button was intended to show Obama beside Larry LaRocco, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Craig is not seeking re-election following his arrest in a Minnesota airport restroom sex sting.

Democrat mistake, my arse – or it must have been part of Hillary’s revenge, of course.

Nah. Distributing buttons with a smiling Obama and a smirking Larry Craig, standing side by side, as if they already shared a cubicle…? No, that one could only have been thought up by the likes of Karl Rove.

I have to admit though, it will be fun to watch Obama’s minders, trying to put a large enough amount of distance between their man and the ‘wide stance’ man.

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