Buzzword Bingo

I was amused to read the news about Obama's latest ad which takes on McCain for not mentioning the middle class even once in the 90 minute debate. Given that it was a foreign policy debate, one would imagine that there weren't a lot of opportunities to, er, mention the middle class. In fact I am surprised how Obama himself managed to do that; my recollection of the debate must be hazy, but I imagine it went something like this:

LEHRER: Two minutes, how you see the lessons of Iraq, Senator Obama?
OBAMA: First of all, it has to be about the middle class...
LEHRER: New lead question. What is your reading on the threat to Iran right now to the security of the United States?
OBAMA: I think the middle class feels very threatened...

You can read the real transcript of the debate on cnn's website.

One would imagine that Sarah Palin would have been more than obliging in playing this bingo. In response to a question from Katie Couric about the bailout, she managed to score hits on "healthcare reform", "job creation", "reducing taxes", "trade", "taxpayers", "reigning in spending" and a lot more; of course she failed on the most important one, viz. "middle class".

Watch her here, using all these buzzwords:




What's your bet on how many times Palin will mention "healthcare" and "middle class" in the upcoming VP debate? I am sure that it'll be something Obama can't beat.

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Disheartened and Outraged???

Check out this AOL article on an Obama Effigy hung from a college tree.

Does he look "disheartened and outraged" by any stretch of imagination??

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