Obama, McCain, Paris Hilton and the race card?

Did anyone else see the McCain campaign commercial that compares Senator Obama to Paris Hilton? Wow, I didn't know he was that big yet. I don't think anyone in McCain's camp really understands the way publicity works in this country. If you call someone a rock star or celebrity on TV then the next thing you know they are one. OK let me get this straight; he is too popular to be president? Or is he so busy being popular he isn't trying to be president? Well then exactly what are you doing with your commercial? Isn't that John McCain's face and name plastered all over the screen?

The presidential election is a popularity contest in the truest sense, no matter how you look at it. Who wins? The guy who gets the most votes, come Election Day. How do they get the most votes? By making themselves popular. Paint it with any brush you want, it is as much a popularity contest as it is anything else. Millions of dollars are spent on TV ads by both sides and one has the nerve to call the other a prima donna? Sorry but neither of you should say anything about the other where this is concerned.

As if this nonsense were not enough, McCain's camp claimed Obama was playing the "race card" after he said the Republicans would try and scare voters away from voting for him, because his face didn't look like the ones on the dollar bills. All I can say to this is; if he wasn't playing it with his remark, he will now because you threw it in there. You know how to spot the racist in a crowded room? He's the first one to mention race either positively or negatively. There are two kinds of racists in the world; the one who is proud of it and the one who wants to be proud of it. In my opinion John fell right into a trap. They baited it with a slight remark in the hopes he would walk into it and walk right in he did. Now the door is open, and they didn't have to touch the dirty doorknob.

And I thought this election would be boring.