Forget all that nonsense about Obama being secretly a Muslim--his comments at the Al Smith dinner make me wonder if he's secretly a comics nerd, having referenced both Superman ("I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on krypton....") and Mad Magazine ("People tell me I share the politics of Alfred E. Smith and the earns of Alfred E. Neumann").
I like the idea of a nerd in the White House. I really wanted Gore to win in 2000 (and by win, I mean actually getting to be President). But this could be potentially a very damaging thing for Obama. After all, if Obama is into comic books, some voters may conclude that he is also interested in Dungeons & Dragons, and if he does play D&D, then some may think he secretly worships the Devil. Combined with those voters who believe he is secretly a Muslim, a member of some radical black church, or a Jehovah's Witness (based on an e-mail claiming he refused to salute the flag), and we may start hearing, by election day, that Obama practices every releigion in the world.
I wouldn't put too much stock in it, though--anyone who's ever actually played D&D knows that gamers don't have time to run for President.
...was actually the day after the second debate, when Obama said McCain didn't mention Ayers because he "couldn't say it to my face." From that moment on, McCain had no way out (at least none that he could see): if he didn't mention Ayers he was a pussy; if he did, he was beating a dead horse. So of course McCain did mention Ayers, but in a half-hearted way, so he was beating a dead horse with a dead cat.
All in all, McCain had his best debate performance yet, and Obama may have had his worst, and yet somehow Obama won more clearly and decisively than in either of the other two. I'm not sure how that works, but I felt it, and so did the focus groups.
