Obama to White Sox Fans - You're Ugly!

In an effort to appeal to bitter, disaffected voters who carry "an antipathy to people who are not like them," Barack Obama publicly supported the Chicago White Sox and their brand of "serious" baseball during a recent interview http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1126475,CST-NWS-fans26.article with ESPN's Stuart Scott.

The Junior Senator from Illinois also used the opportunity to deliver a political blow to North Side baseball fans, many of whom may or may not know how many homes they own.

"You go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, beautiful people up there" said Obama, squeezing in a dig at Cindy McCain and her Anheuser-Busch bottling empire. "People aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox, that's baseball. South Side."

While ObamaCubs.com recognizes that the soon-to-be nominee needs to brush back charges of elitism in order to win the general election, his pandering to downtrodden Sox fans (who will probably write in their votes for Daley anyway) has officially exceeded his political pitch count. We can live with a pseudo terrorist weatherman and narcissistic men of the cloth, but Obama's suicide squeeze into political Ozzieball makes some of us root for an 11th Hour brokered convention. At least Hillary was a Cubs fan for most of her life.

Ironically, the real hero from the Illinois delegation this week was not even invited to speak in Denver. Now we know why. It wasn't Governor Blagojevich's association with Tony Rezko or his perpetual 0-2 count with prospective voters that denied him the podium. In 2005, as Blago was gearing up for his reelection campaign, the Governor (for once) relied on his principals and refused to endorse The White Sox as World Champions. This, more than his $10 million war chest, helped defeat Judy Baar Topinka in the following year's general election.

So, Senator Obama, while our loyalty to you is ultimately unending, we ask that you show both principled and political judgment and rethink your position on the American Pastime. Illinois is yours no matter what, but you may want to consider that generations of voters outside the state historically are more likely to support the Cubs by watching nationwide WGN than the Sox via the fuzzy Channel 44 or ONTV's SportsVision.

For ObamaCubs.com readers who feel as passionately as we do and that Obama needs to reinforce his Cubby bona fides, there is no greater way to express your support that by buying a shirt or bumper sticker at our online store http://www.zazzle.com/obamacubs. Proceeds will be invested in research and development towards developing a sustainable business model for online media and satirical weblogs.

There is still time to make history.

Comments

[cnobody]

"Proceeds will be invested in research and development towards developing a sustainable business model for online media and satirical weblogs."

meaning, your back pocket?
by the way, Da Mare is a Sox fan, your photo notwithstanding.

[SimpleTwist]

Why would you put a picture up of that white trash piece of crap? Trying to take a shot at White Sox fans? You are aware that man attended the Cubs game before making way to the Sox game, right?

[Czoe]

Governor Blago insisted he would never wear a White Sox cap. He's a Cub fan. I expect Cub fans not to love the White Sox and I expect White Sox fans not love the Cubs. Why lie? Obama told the truth and the Gov told the truth. Except the Gov tried to weasle his way into getting tickets for the World Series in 2005 - and succeeded and thus was roudly booed. Cub fans should stop whining it's pitiful.

[rjmiller]

Pure comedy. I supported Obama before, but now that he's channeling my dad's baseball views? I'm a little terrified and a little in love.

[pacodog]

See...Obama is NOT a panderer or else he surely would have picked the Chicago media's first love: the Cubs. It just goes to show the depth of his love toward the blue collar men/women of this city...go White Sox!

[UUDDLRLRBASelectStart]

Great article, Brad, but you never ask the $64,000 poll question:

If you had to choose ONLY one:
Cubs world series win¦
White Sox world series win¦
or Obama win?

I'd like to see the numbers on that.

[Spirrison]

This is Chicago. Don't I have more than one vote???

We actually have a survey similar to this on the site - http://obama08cubs.wordpress.com/survey/. Obama running the free world is at 54 percent. I suspect it will get tighter heading into the double-header homestretch. Only one vote per IP address.

[stav506]

There are more important things to base your vote on than your baseball team! Iraq. The economy. Health Care.

It's BASEBALL! I know we live in a baseball/football town but COME ON! There are some things that are a little more important than baseball, like the future of the country.

BTW: If this is what you silly Cubs fans base your votes on and it helps McCain get elected it will be yet another reason for me to hate the Cubs.

[paranoid android]

The reason Obama has made it this far is due to the smart choices he has made thus far. One cannot question his taste. Go White Sox!!!