31 August 2008 - election analysis

On the one side we have Barracks O’Bomber, who by traditional criteria is unelectable due to his name and skin color. But nobody seems to wonder whether he prefers a broad black brimmer or a checked headcloth, because he’s good at talking, and (though Americans tend to forget it) that’s what politics is about. Campaign slogan: “Change without details.”

Meanwhile, across the Irish Sea, John McCain has designs on this generation’s Abel. His strategy, the inverse of the Karl Rove plan of attacking strong points as if they were weak, is to complain that his opponent’s natural disadvantages are unfairly advantageous. Campaign slogan: “The hottest conservative positions that money can buy.”

May the lesser slimeball win!