Ben Smith has the latest in the Obama team's out-of-touch sweepstakes, titled, uh, "Out of Touch."
You will see that it shows McCain riding around in a golf cart with Poppy Bush from a few weeks ago -- an image that one knew was destined for an Obama commercial the instant one saw it. I suspect the old man Bush is still reasonably popular, but he certainly does reek of the country club, so I guess this probably passes muster. And the phrase "Country Club Economics," which one hears early on in the ad, is very good, I think.
I would however like to say a word in behalf of golf carts. Having taken up the old game not long ago, I can attest that they're very handy things and as readily available at the el-cheapo public courses I play as they are at Augusta National. In fact, I'd bet that at Augusta and stuffy places like that, players are urged to walk the course with the caddies that are provided them.
The thing about the golf cart in this ad, which few people will probably bother to stop and think about, is that these images don't come from a country club but from a visit McCain made to Bush Sr's compound in Maine. So, syllogistically, it stands to reason that Bush drives the cart around his property. For an octogenarian that actually makes sense, I think. But let's keep that part to ourselves.
