Sen. Barack Obama told NBC Nightly News in an interview his different tastes don't make him elitist:
Sometimes I wear a tie, sometimes I don't. Sometimes I wear a flag pin, sometimes I don't. You know, sometimes I like a burger and a beer. Sometimes a glass of wine and a steak is good. But this doesn't have much to do with how I'm gonna lead the country. What does have to do with leading the country is my commitment to make sure that everybody has the same chances that somebody gave me.
On a similar topic, here's some funny CNN video from the Obama press plane, with reporters marveling that the senator was sporting jeans, a rare sight.
I wasn't on the plane, but a birdie tells me reporters shouted "show us your jeans," which got him to do this odd pose.
— Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (1)
A little free campaigning toward the "common man" image. Maybe he'll join Hillary next for a couple of shots of JD. Now that he is relaxed, what is his energy plan (better gas mileage only works for cars), his economic plan (tax and spend doesn't work unless it is on the stock market upswing) and his contingency plan for Iraq (a constitutional convention with the U.N. won't stop Iran)?
Posted by Larry Stone | May 9, 2008 2:47 AM