Young, White Women Spotted in Obama-Related Ads

by Stephan Tawney on August 4, 2008

As we all know by now, the very placement of a young white woman with Barack Obama is nothing short of racist. Why? It just is, folks. It just is.

Baseball Crank has discovered a plethora of racist ads, which for some reason bear the markings of Obama’s campaign. Must just be a fluke.

And now here’s a young white woman (and celebrity, which is also racist) asking Americans overseas to vote for Barack Obama.

Jaime Sneider writes:

Don’t roll out an ad starring a celebrity just a week after the presumptive nominee of your party attacked McCain for using some footage of Paris and Britney in his ads. Even though Obama takes pointers from Scarlett Johansson, he said the use of celebrities amounts to a trivialization of important issues. As he put it, “[A]ll we’ve been hearing about is Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. I mean, I do have to ask my opponent, is that the best you can come up with? Is that really what this election is about? Is that what is worthy of the American people?”

Rolling out celebrities in ads is a distraction! Unless, of course, they’re used for Barack Obama’s benefit. Then they’re fine.



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