Election Getting Truly Ridiculous

The presidential election is spinning further and further away from any sense of reality. Mr. Obama had a fundraiser with assorted Hollywood types and raised around $9 million. This comes after his campaign criticized Mr. McCain for being out of touch with ordinary Americans, and for raising $5 million at a fundraiser, saying it wasn't donated by fireman, police or nurses, because they didn't have that kind of money. You know, because when I think, who has the financial situation and priorities of middle America, the answer is Barbara Streisand. Not to be outdone, Mr. McCain claimed he would rather be in Ohio than anywhere else.

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, apparently looking for attention after being one of the women passed over for Mr. Obama's VP nod, randomly decided to play the race card after asking if people knew Mr. Obama was black, saying race may be a factor in the race. Never mind that it has been mentioned a few times, by say, the entire media that Mr. Obama is black, and that Colin Powell absolutely destroys Mr. McCain in polls.

Finally, the most absurd item in the news. Lynn Forester de Rothschild says she will not vote for Obama because he is an elitist. That's right. A Rothschild will not vote for Mr. Obama because he is an elitist. A member of perhaps the wealthiest, best connected, and most privileged family in the entire world, thinks Mr. Obama, born in poverty and who still has a net worth of perhaps, on a good day 0.1% of Ms. Rothschild, is too much of an elitist to be voted into office, even though she is a member of the DNC. I am simply speechless.