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They're spying on him! Spying on him... with rays!

By Moe Lane Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | The Best Democratic Primary EVER — Comments (39) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Yeah, I stole that from Terry Pratchett. You knew that I was a geek when you started reading this.

Anyway, you get the feeling that right now Barry's main goal in life is to not vomit from the sheer weariness of it all. Via Hot Air:

Obama blames Fox News, e-mail for likely loss in Kentucky
By Ryan Alessi | Lexington Herald-Leader

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, facing a likely defeat in next Tuesday's primary election, won't travel to Kentucky before the voting, but said he hopes to have much more time to win over Kentucky voters before the November general election.

He also blamed Fox News for disseminating "rumors" about him and said that that and e-mails filled with misinformation that have been "systematically" dispersed have hurt him in Kentucky.

"When we're able to campaign in a place like Iowa for several months and I can visit and talk to people individually, I do very well. That's harder to do at this stage in the campaign," Obama said in a brief telephone interview Friday. "And once we get past the primary, we'll ble [I assume that this is merely a typo for "be able," although it would truly rock if Senator Obama was at the point of glossolalia in this campaign - ML]to focus more on those states where we need to make sure people know my track record."

In contrast, Obama's rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, will make five stops in Kentucky over the weekend, including appearances at two university campuses.

Of course she did.

Read on.

First off: yeah, Senator Clinton's so totally living off of other people's life force at this point, isn't she? I'd be more worried about that except that she isn't eating anybody I know, and frankly I'm so far down her list that we'd need to repeal the 22nd Amendment before I was in any real danger of having my soul consumed. Never a dull moment in this primary, let me tell you. And the best days are still to come.

Well, best days for me and mine.

Second: I know that it's McClatchy and everything, but he really is blaming email and Fox News.

“Part of it is because there have been these e-mails that have been sent out very systematically, presumably by various political opponents, although I don’t know who,” he said. “And there are a lot of voters who get their news from Fox News. Fox has been pumping up rumors about my religious beliefs or my patriotism or what have you since the beginning of the campaign.”

Now, I understand that this is precisely what a lot of current Obama supporters want to hear, but there's a problem with that; there aren't enough Obama supporters to let him win the election. In case you haven't noticed, there aren't enough Obama supporters to let him decisively win the Democratic primary by now (the two parties are usually done at this point, remember? - and by "usually" I mean "as has been the case throughout my lifetime"). He could possibly get more Obama supporters; in fact, I assume that this would be his long-term strategy. But if he wants to do that, I think that he may want to consider not coming up with excuses about why people aren't going to vote for him in Kentucky. Or at least come up with excuses that might be a little closer to objective reality.

Now, I can hear in the distance, But... it's TRUE! That really is why Obama's going to lose Kentucky! That awful Fox News! Those emails! Well, my response to that... is to grin evilly, actually. After I'm done doing that, I might suggest gently that anyone who actually does think that might as well quit now: because if Obama's appeal to working class, White voters can be so easily overridden by a news network's lack of idolatry and the existence of spam email chains, he's doomed anyway. I might even suggest that his campaign should possibly restart from zero and actually connect with those working class, White voters on their terms, not his.

Might. It'd all depend if I thought anybody on the Other Side had both the mother-wit to take me seriously, and the pull to do anything about it. The fact that you're seeing this should be taken as a suggestion that I've decided that there's nobody with that combination, thankfully.

Moe Lane

PS: By the way, Senator: if you miss so badly those carefree days where you could burrow down into one State and really get into the concerns, fears, and yes, hopes of its citizens, well, I can think of at least one Democrat who'll happily pay your airfare back to Illinois.

Until then, kindly suck it up, would you? We're choosing a President, not the Whiner-in-Chief.