The Pop Culture President.

With the news that Barack Obama ejected reporters from three conservative-leaning newspapers out of his cadre but kept reporters from Glamour and Jet, it's time to wonder if we could have another pop culture president on our hands.

A good example of a Pop Culture President is Bill Clinton. Clinton was a media darling and the public loved him (for the most part). But do we really need another Clinton right now?

Not to be confused, I don't think we need McCain either, but somebody who thinks that Jet is more important than The Dallas Morning News rubs me the wrong way.

Going into the last weekend, Obama is ahead 50 percent to 43 percent for McCain...next up, Election Day.

That's All You Can Come Up With?

If Tiger doesn't know, I don't know either.

Barack Obama just spent a few million dollars to commandeer the major networks....to tell you the same thing he's been telling you for the past 10 months.

After watching the special, I didn't learn anything new about Obama I didn't already know, and I missed 30 minutes of a basketball game.

I'm sorry Ty, but seeing the Will.I.Am. video would have been better than watching a 30-minute-megamix of all of his campaign points blended with a rally speech in Florida.

This special was the equivalent of Nintendo's keynote speech at this year's E3 (or was it CES?), where they basically said "We're ahead of the rest by so much why even bother showing anything new, i'll just stand here and look handsome while the time ticks off."

Six.More.Days.

Fifty, Twenty, Ten, Five, One.

This is what $600 Million looks like.

Apparently alot of people believe in change.

Barack Obama smashed fund raising records with a $150 million month in September. When you add up the numbers in the title of this entry, you get $86, the average contribution per donor.

September's fund raising numbers put Obama over $600 million total for this election...sit and think about that for a second.

The company you work for (or got laid off from) most likely doesn't bring in that much money in a year.

I'm sure there were a few max contributions ($2300 is the most an individual can give to a campaign), but for the most part the lion's share of that money came from people like me and you.

People are complaining about a the cost of gas, the cost of food, a lack of healthcare, lack of jobs, eroding 401(k)'s and a myriad of other problems, but they managed to scrap together $86 to give to a man who already had over $400 million.

And for what? So him and Biden can ride around in Obama Edition Maybach's or something?

Where does that money go when the election is over? He can't possibly spend it all in the next few weeks, does that mean you get your contribution back?

Somebody sarcastically commented on a message board that Barack Obama could probably pay down the national debt with a fundraiser...in reality that idea doesn't sound far fetched at this point.

If that was to ever happen, that would be some change I can believe in...until then i'll use my $86 to put some gas in my car and some food in my fridge.

Barack Obama: He's In The Game.

Obama's banner in the game Burnout Paradise.

If you thought you would be able to turn on your Xbox360 to tune out the onslaught of political propaganda as the election draws closer, think again.

Barack Obama has teamed up with Microsoft this week to add billboards and banners to 18 popular Xbox360 video games.

Combined with the rest of Obama's advertising strategies, this is undoubtedly the most intensive ad campaign in election history.

At this point, I could seriously see people not voting for Obama simply because they're sick of seeing him.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

As if 10 months of ads, debates and rallies wasn't enough, Barack Obama just bought a 30-minute prime-time slot on CBS a week before the November election.

The LA Times reports that he has also bought spots on NBC and Fox, but the Fox ad might not air if a World Series game takes place on that day.

According to the Times, this will be the first time a candidate has bought prime-time airtime since Ross Perot did it in 1992.

No word on what the program will contain (*prays for Barack and Michelle doing showtunes*), but most likely it will be a repeat of everything he's said to this point, and we will watch it.

Town Hall Brawl

Don't worry John, I won't let them capture you again!

Barack Obama and John McCain square off later tonight at Belmont University in Nashville in what will be the last debate before the November election.

The topics are supposed to be foreign policy and the economy, but given the fact that the stock market has dropped over 10 percent in one week, the economy will most likely dominate the debate.

Tom Brokaw will moderate the town hall-style debate, and the candidates will have two minutes to answer questions from the audience along with questions that can be sent in here.

I wonder if somebody will ask McCain how this economy is different from the one he faced as a middle-aged man during The Great Depression.

We're Not Gonna Take It

Barack Obama is planning on lining his campaign up in the shotgun formation and going on the offensive as the race between him and McCain tightens around the country.

Campaign manager David Plouffe told the Washington Post that enough was enough with the Republican attacks.

"We will not allow John McCain and his band of Karl Rove disciples to make this big election about small things," he said.

Both campaigns went back to their respective corners yesterday to unite for a 9/11 ceremony, but Obama is already coming out swinging with two new ads, one positive and one offensive.

Here's one of the ads:

Who Be Hatin Palin?

Sarah "The Northern Light" Palin.


Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin continues to be the hot topic in both campaigns...

Barack Obama formed a group of Alaskans today called the "Alaska Mythbusters" to challenge Palin's accomplishments and rhetoric.

Obama said the group "will set the record straight about whether Palin has what it takes to bring the change that’s needed in Washington, D.C."

What change actually means in this election is beyond me at this point.

Day One: Association

They're hugging, they're the same!

The theme for the first day of the Democratic National Convention was supposed to be "One Nation," but the real agenda of day one was association.

The common thread throughout most of the speeches on day one was that John McCain was the same as George Bush.

John McCain and George Bush have been bitter rivals for years, to the point where when McCain won the Republican nomination, they had to meet to reconcile their issues before Bush showed his support for McCain.

McCain was often one of the most vocal Bush opponents, who constantly butted heads with Bush on his philosophies.

But as i've come to realize, truth isn't one thing that wins elections these days.

Reading Between the Lines

The ad in question.

In the world of journalism, sometimes the story isn't in the nut graph. A small comment can illustrate a big point when the lens is zoomed in properly.

For example, one of today's major stories is that Obama is running an ad connecting a supposed coincidence between GOP strategist Ralph Reed not being called to testify in Jack Abramhoff's case and the fact that Reed is now raising money for McCain. (McCain oversaw the Abramhoff case.)

But the real story is this tidbit:

"Obama aired about 10,000 spots last week, including 9,000 against McCain, according to Evan Tracey, who tracks political ads as head of TNS Media Intelligence/Campaign Media Analysis Group."

Apparently change involves flooding airwaves with 10,000 ads in one week, with 90 percent of the ads focused on McCain.

The man who emphasized staying above the muck against Hillary in the primary has completely reversed field in about two months.

So much for change.

Now which story was more interesting?