The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states — and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president!
The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move out by Sunday to make room for network bigwigs — and possibly for the inclusion of reporters from two black magazines, ESSENCE and JET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
Despite pleas from top editors of the three newspapers that have covered the campaign for months at extraordinary cost, the Obama campaign says their reporters — and possibly others — will have to vacate their coveted seats so more power players can document the final days of Sen. Barack Obama’s historic campaign to become the first black American president.
You know, if “compassionate” (non)conservatives like GWB and the rest of the GOP had ever learned to play the game this way, they might have entirely avoided being kicked to the curb by a presumptuous upstart like this black man on a white horse.
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Dearly as I love you, and as much as I understand that you did not mean and never could mean, to be racist, this comment is unfortunate. I will admit the imagery is compelling, but, please, please, Bill — no.
Does “man on a white horse” work better? Because I think that may be exactly what he is. It certainly, to my mind, describes the sort of campaign I think he is running.
nemo, blog etiquette dictates that I really can’t remove that unfortunate post, but your comment does stand as a refutation and admonishment.
How about “shallow man on a white horse” or “hollow man…”?
How about “horsesh*t from the white horse”?
How about “white man on a white horse”…? He’s half black/half white. So that’s just as accurate.
And it shows how well the MSM and Obama’s campaign have done their job when even nemo feels that as innocuous a metaphor as “black man on a white horse” might be seen as offensive.
But, no one mentions his adversary, “the Old man on the Tired horse, and his faith-full companion Sarah.