What the heck was Hillary doing yesterday talking about “taking our country back” … I’m sorry, but Jefferson, Washington, Adams, Franklin and friends wouldn’t even talk to her … I don’t even think Hamilton would. They would have been busy getting the tar and feathers ready, no?

Not sure this is in “macaca” territory, but it’s interesting and damaging to Obama’s image.

*does Snoopy dance*

Ahem.

Anyway, I doubt that this will in and of itself do in Barack Obama. But it adds to the building meme and storyline — one that is exceedingly dangerous to his candidacy — that he’s a phony teleprompter candidate who merely repeats good rhetoric prepared for him by others.

That such rhetoric is, well, copied without attribution is another important mark against him in building that case. There is little the media hates more than someone who is phony, and an important aspect of ending the media’s ongoing Obasm is to get them to turn their normally cynical eyes and perspectives toward him.

For a candidate who has built himself up as the non-Washington guy, as the candidate of change and hope, this incident could have big implications (emphasis on “could” since we’re dealing with politics here). Barak Obama is supposed to be the honest, clean cut Democrat in this race. The worst thing for him right now his to have his young and not-so-young enthusiastic supporters suddenly start questioning how genuine he is. If this happened to Clinton she could have talked her way out of it, but Barak has a higher standard for himself and it will be interesting to see if he can pull out of this one.