England for Obama

Fortunately, he meant Barack Obama. Phew!

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr William Jefferson Clinton:

Strictly speaking, I think he’s only a communist if he let his PlayPeople control the means of production, eg. the plastic diggers:

Celebrities from stage and screen have come together to make a viral ad calling on you not to vote. That can’t be right! Watch the film:

And so the list of right-wing endorsements grows. And this is way, way bigger than Colin Powell:

(LOL at badger and Hello Kitty gags)

A great little ad by the Obama campaign:

Immediately after it aired:

I love, love, love that Chris said: “What more do you want?”. This is exactly how I’ve been feeling about attacks on Obama from the Right. Barack Obama is unbelievably decent, good, hardworking, caring, intelligent, educated, compassionate and capable. How can they attack who he is? How can he be more of a model citizen, more of an exceptional candidate? What more do they want?

Here’s what aired on prime time American TV last night. It’s very moving. In fact, it’s almost too much (I confess I’m sitting here with dried-up tears on my cheeks - goodness knows how I’m going to be on November 4th. In a puddle somewhere, probably):

After that video aired, they went live to Florida for the final two minutes of Obama’s speech at the rally in Fort Lauderdale. His words there were ones that Obama-followers like you and I have heard many times before, but it was stirring nonetheless (I’ll add the vid when it’s available to embed. In the meantime you can watch it here).

The review by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos:

“This was a very highly produced, technically incredibly competent half hour of television.

It was all designed to get voters comfortable with the idea of Barack Obama in the Oval Office, that he is embedded in the lives of average Americans, and knows exactly what they’re going through.

Obama even appeared in a facsimile of the White House Oval Office during the infomercial. Every single line during that 30 minutes was something that the campaign knows works and appeals to those undecided voters.

What you saw here was a highly competent, professional, virtuoso performance. The fact that they could go 28 minutes in and hit live to a campaign rally in Florida and right down to the final Obama Biden logo even showed a rising sun. One of the things the campaign knows is that the most optimistic presidential candidate always wins.”

I have to say, apart from the overwhelming sense of what a good man Obama is - and how desperately he is needed - it’s the medical stories in that video which get me the most. It’s always the medical stories. Being a Brit, growing up in a country where free healthcare is a right, I can’t even begin to think how it must feel to be so much in need of medical care, yet worrying about how you’re going to pay for it (or even making career and life decisions based on how to pay for it). I have seen this issue affect Americans I love, and it breaks my heart. If you were choosing one reason, and one reason alone, to vote for Barack Obama, I have to say this should be pretty high on the list.

Jon Stewart interviewed Barack on last night’s Daily Show. And wondered whether the Bradley effect would affect his white half. Brilliant:

This is what we’re up against, folks.

*Shakes head in bemusement*

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