What A Card

Okay, here's what Obama said: "What they're going to try to do is make you scared of me. You know, he's not patriotic enough, he's got a funny name, you know, he doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills....he's risky."

What's interesting is what happened during the ellipsis. The "dollar bill" line created a huge whoop of laughter followed by prolonged applause. The other claims about his opponents' scare tactics got little or no reaction.

This is the side of politics I really hate. The ugliness, which both sides have, of feeling such moral superiority that you never respond more than when your candidate reminds you of how nasty the other side is.

PS Some have noted Obama's gaffe in stating there's more than one President on the dollar bill, but we get what he means.

PPS Obama's spokesperson said he wasn't referring to race, which only compounds the insult.

PPPS You can tell as much about an audience by what they don't cheer as what they do. I'm reminded of Obama's big speech in Berlin. When he said we must reject torture and support the rule of law, wild applause. When he said we have to defeat terror and extremism, nothing. Let's face it, Obama's European fans don't want to hear him attack the enemies of the West, they want him to rip into America.