Obama's Joke

Barack Obama has got to be kidding!

Obama who?

IOWA FALLS, Iowa -- Barack Obama said Sunday that name recognition would be his toughest challenge in his 2008 presidential campaign.

His leading rivals for the Democratic nomination are far better known to voters, the Illinois senator said in an Associated Press interview the day after announcing his candidacy.

"At least two of my fellow candidates have been campaigning for years," Obama said, referring to New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.

"They have an infrastructure and name recognition that are higher than mine so there will probably be a higher burden of proof for me," the first-term senator said.

It's true that Hillary Clinton has been planning to be America's first woman president since before she became a New Yorker and was elected to the Senate.

John Edwards, enlister of disgusting, bigoted bloggers, has been campaigning to be president for years as well.

The Clinton politicial machine cannot be underestimated, and neither can Edwards' fortune.

But how can Obama claim that he'll struggle when it comes to name recognition?

His mug is everywhere!

He's all over TV -- the Sunday talk shows, network late night talk shows (here and here), cable news, cable entertainment.

He's been on the covers of TIME and Newsweek.

Rolling Stone has slobbered all over Obama.

Oprah, too.

Then there was that shirtless photo of Obama, from People magazine.

And Obama thinks that he has a name recognition problem?

That's nuts.

This weekend has been an Obama Fest.

Cameras and reporters are documenting his every move from Springfield to Iowa, and they'll follow him to New Hampshire.

It's Obama-mania.

How can he say with a straight face that he has to battle for name recognition?

Even the Australian Prime Minister John Howard considers Obama significant enough to take time out to criticize Obama's foreign policy positions.

Howard said:

"If I were running al-Qaida in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and be praying as many times as possible for a victory, not only for Obama but also for the Democrats."

I bet Hillary is jealous.

In addition to all of that attention, Obama has wooed Hollywood to jump on his bandwagon, including George Clooney.

Moneybags George Soros is on board with Obama.

Simply put, Obama wants to be seen as an outsider, an underdog, a man of the people rather than a man owned by special interests and indebted to the glitterati and big money contributors.

What a joke!

Very funny.