New York, 20 Oct 08, 9:30pm:
Yes I watched it on FOX and, no, they didn’t censor any of it — not the segment with the mother struggling to feed her family, not the old couple whose manfolk had to come out of retirement to earn money for the wife’s medications, not the bit where Mark, a third-generation Ford employee explained how his work had been cut back. Not even the bits where Obama spoke live from Florida in the last five minutes.
I’m talking about the 30 min. program/infomercia/campaign spot that the Obama machine bought and broadcast an hour ago on 4 TV channels at $1m a pop. Apart from the anecdotes, lovingly shot in heartland colours, Obama managed to pull off the sober, optimistic, reassuringly in control, sleeping pill act — nattily dressed in suits or rolled sleeves – that all the lefty pundits have been championing: Mr Calm, Mr Normal, Mr Almost White Guy. He successfully looked non-Socialist, behaved like a non-Muslim, and sounded remarkably American.
All them folks shore gonna vote ‘Bama now.
