With Barack Obama’s presidential campaign underway, his advisors are working overtime to make sure their man appeals to the American public, and the first challenge is the name. Eric Feezell snags a secret memo proposing the Senator’s new monikers.
From The Morning News:
Senator Brock O. Alabama
A decidedly more “American” first name, “Brock” could be your corn-fed, record-setting high school quarterback from Indiana. Middle initial may stand for “Opportunity.” As for “Alabama,” well, that sounds better than “Brock O. Bible Belt.”
Senator Barack “Blitzkrieging Barry” Obama
Nicknames: America loves them, and they’re crucial in helping people accept entities foreign and unknown. This strategy worked well for African-American baseball legend Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron, who was one-hundred-percent black; considering Obama’s evenly split black and white heritage, could be twice as effective.
Senator “Ba Rock”
With professional wrestling and action movies setting record popularity levels, this may be the easiest way to lock in the 18-to-25 demographic. Would need to hire personal trainer, however.
More here.
Very funny!
Posted by: beajerry | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 05:14 PM
Glad to talk turkey about the name, even in frank jest. What about just plain Messiah?
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 08:29 PM
Unimaginative and unfunny. What sycophant of Abbas Raza runs The Morning News? He must pay well for this publicity. I'd use that money to buy better jokes.
Posted by: Not Laughing | Friday, January 26, 2007 at 11:10 AM
That last comment is from Mrs Obama.
Posted by: Central Scrutinizer | Friday, January 26, 2007 at 07:00 PM
you are the best. thenk you for thinking about the world and how you would change it. god pick the best person for the job and i know you are going to make things better. thank you for making and deffent.
Posted by: Shunna Hickenbootm | Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 07:15 PM