Results tagged “2008presidentialelection”

No matter what your political leanings, you have to appreciate the momentousness of Barack Obama being elected President, the first (half-) African-American to be selected as the Commander in Chief. (As an aside, we have to give major kudos to the President-elect for strongly considering adopting a shelter mutt as the dog to join the Obama family in the White House. Obviously, we hope he does go the shelter route.) So much for the Bradley effect, which so many on the left had feared and so many on the right had counted on.

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So, we're (still) counting down to the Pennsylvania primary. This six-week gap between the last big primaries and Pennsylvania's is really starting to wear on us. But, on the positive side, it means that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have to spend a substantial amount of time in our state, and specifically in Philadelphia. Of course, that also gives Philadelphians more opportunities to look like complete shmucks in front of the candidates and the local and national media following them. In other words, the stage was perfectly set for some random, unknown person to become Asshole of the Week. Of course, this week's winner (thankfully) wasn't a Philadelphian. He's Calvin Spiker, and he's actually from Union, New Jersey. [Insert snide Jersey joke here.] Spiker earned not one but two video posts on these pages this week. He's the citizen paparazzi who harassed Barack Obama in the Italian Market for a picture for his family to sell on eBay. Obama, who often seems barely riled by Hillary Clinton's campaign comments, was clearly annoyed by Spiker. Maybe he should send his resume to the Clinton campaign team... she might want to consider hiring him to show up at all Obama functions between now and the primary.