That Obama guy must be one lazy sombitch

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Yesterday, my wife asked me a confounding question. Having just heard Hillary reference the late night phone call scenario yet again, **Edlyn ** asked me, “Why does Hillary think Obama can’t answer the phone at 3:00 AM?”

Hell if I know. But it got me to thinking. If the phone rang at 3:00 AM, why would I want her in charge of answering it rather than him? Experience? Nah, I bet he’s answered the phone a bunch of times and knows to lift the handset perkily and say, “Ahoy ahoy!”. But what’s different about this? Well, it’s late at night, everybody is asleep, including him. Hmm… what could she be getting at?

Oh, wait! I got it! Obama is a black man!

Everybody knows black men are lazy. As Hillary’s spokesspooks have taught us, Obama couldn’t have gotten where he is if he didn’t have all the advantages that accrue to being black. Like winning the South Carolina primary just by showing up. Or having people actually vote for him in caucuses.

But let’s face it. While black men have every advantage over white men in society today — they can jump higher, run faster, and get away with murdering their ex-wives — the one drawback to their blackness is how lazy they are. Just look at all the reality shows. Like James from the current Survivor series. He took almost all day to build their hut, start their fire, gather their food, and win their reward challenge. Jesus, what a waste of humanity.

The problem is that Obama will just lie there and let the damn phone ring. He’ll roll over and cover his ears while he screams out, “Will somebody answer the goddamn phone!?”. Michelle will try to comfort him, and he will beat her up. A white person will have to rush into the room to answer the phone.

And then what if it’s not just a wrong number? What if it’s something important? How will they drag that lazy-ass black man out of bed to handle a crisis? By the time he makes it to the Situation Room, forty Americans will have been killed and he’ll still be bitching about his coffee. “Where’s my goddamn coffee!?”.

We need a president who can hit the ground running. Step up to the plate. Do the job from day one. Not some black pimp all blinged out and high on crack. I think Hillary’s message is simple. The choice is between a go-getter who’ll sleep wearing a phone headset, and a slothful wife beater who thinks he’s all that just because he’s black.

If you love America, you’ll support Hillary.

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You know if the phone rings at 3 AM for Hillary, she will just give Bill a shot with her elbow to get him to answer it, who will poke Monica with his, er, “knee”, and she will answer it. But Linda Tripp will be recording it anyway, so what’s the BFD about how ready you have to be?

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I took the 3am ad to be simply implying that Hillary is the one best suited to handle an emergency, represented by a call in the middle of the night (and no, I’m not arguing she is or is not).

But if there’s any possible way to make it racist, of course that must what was really meant… :rolleyes:

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The ad would have been more effective if the phone hadn’t kept ringing and ringing and ringing. I was picturing Hillary running around the White House in her jammies looking for Bill.

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I think Hillary knows what all of the codes mean, even the super double-secret ones. Just like Bill.

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Yeah, I found that particularly entertaining once it was pointed out to me. Of course, in Obama’s response ad, the phone only rings three times.

Speaking of the underlying message of campaign ads, a couple nights ago I was thinking about Nicholson’s ad in support of Hillary. I forget who it was (Jon Stewart?) that critiqued it, saying something like, “Really? An ad featuring Batman’s nemesis, a two-bit P.I., and a misogynistic general who unrepentantly perjures himself in a military court? Those are the characters Hillary wants voicing support for her?” Whoops.

What spurred that thought was a bit from As Good As It Gets – the you make want to be a better man scene. Now that would’ve made a decent ad (in abbreviated form). Sure, Melvin’s character is a crotchety old asshole; but the worse he is, the more meaningful the sentiment is, as he’s inspired to be better. The problem for Nicholson is, of course, that I think more people get that sense from Obama – at least, I know that I do.

But then, they’re “just words”, right? And pretty speeches are easy, it’s action that’s difficult, right? To close the loop, getting back to the OP – Obama must be “one lazy sombitch”…right?

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My favorite quote of the day! Thanks!

The real question is whether D.C. grocery stores will accept food stamps, though. I don’t want my taxes to pay the postal service for shipping groceries from Illinois.

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Is this a whoosh? I didn’t see anything racist in the ad. Whatever else it says about Hillary, I took it to be about Obama’s experience, period. But what do I know, I have no emotional, political or practical attachment to either Democratic candidate. Maybe I’m blinded by my disinterest.

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Don’t you see? *Any * criticism of Obama is simple racism. Now stop being a racist.

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I’m so ashamed.

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I hope this is a whoosh.

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This great scene from Bowfinger just keeps playing in my head:

Kit’s Agent: This is a great script! Look, it’s not Shakespeare, but it…
Kit: Hey, what did you just say?
Agent: I said, ‘it’s not Shakespeare’…
Kit: 'It’s not Shake… ', 'It’s not Shake… ’ (to Freddy) Do you hear what he’s doing?
Freddy: I know he’s doing something, I just can’t put my finger on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah… What’s he doing?
Kit: Shakespeare, Freddy, Shakespeare!
Freddy: Shakespeare?
Kit: Shake a spear! Spearchucker! I’m a spearchucker now!

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It must be. Because Obama supporters have repeatedly said negative campaigning and making personal attacks on the opposition is wrong. So they would never do it themselves. They’re good people.

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I detect a distinct lack of humor in this thread.

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Really? You think it’s possible that it is not?

As much as I don’t like Hillary, I don’t really see any racist motives in her actions. But, still, you made me laugh Liberal.

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Never underestimate people’s ability to find offense.

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For what it’s worth - I heard a black Harvard professor on one of the talking head shows (Hardball? Can’t remember) elaborate the ways that the 3 am ad was racist.

The gist of his argument was that in the commercial the threat was not political and was not terrorist. It was of danger lurking outside a house in the middle of the night. So it suggested a house break-in, not danger from abroad. There are no men pictured in the ad, just women and children.
And, stranger lurking outside suburban home trying to break in with no men around = black guy about to rape white women.

It’s as obvious as the nose on your face.

The other guest was a black woman who said it just about “who is ready to protect you against harm” and that all the racial overtones was bunk. The announcer appeared really torn between agreeing that the professor’s interpretation was an incredibly long stretch and supporting the media-created and driven meme that the Clinton campaign is racist.

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Here’s a clip of the Hardball episode related above:

Is Hillary Clinton’s 3:00 AM ad racist?

Make of it what you will.

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Me too. Seriously. Poking fun at the 3am ad is so Texas/Ohio primary. Digging for racism? Worn out and pointless since there are easier things to find possible racism in. Not to start that argument again here. I said possible and I meant it. Trying to find racism in the ad when the correct claim (Obama is weak on security) is pretty obvious.

The claim that Hillary would wear a bluetooth headset to bed is damning though, and the idea that it is possible is enough to keep me from voting for her.

That said, the image of the blinged out Pimp in Chief running around trying to find the phone is funny as hell.

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Yeah, like that debate where Clinton responded to everything Obama said with “nigga please!”. That seemed somewhat out of line to me.