Britney Spears for McCain

The McCain camp made a clumsy swipe at Obama Wednesday, trying to link him with vapid "hollywood types" like Britney Spears when, really, it's McCain who is the Britney candidate.

In a 2003 interview with CNN's Tucker Carlson, Spears argued that we should trust president Bush and have faith that he'll do what's right in Iraq.

CARLSON: You're going to be on the National Mall [in Washington, D.C.] soon performing for Pepsi and the NFL and also to support our troops. A lot of entertainers have come out against the war in Iraq. Have you?

SPEARS: Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.

CARLSON: Do you trust this president?

SPEARS: Yes, I do.

Well, in 2008, which candidate has more in common with Britney? Let's see. In March 2008, President Bush gave McCain an unreserved endorsement. The Boston Globe's headline read "Bush says McCain will stay the course in Iraq." In 2007, noted the New York Times,

Mr. McCain methodically dismissed as unrealistic every other plan that has been proposed by Democrats as a substitute for Mr. Bush's strategy, including those from Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware and Barack Obama of Illinois.

Funny, that sounds a lot like what Britney thought back in 2003! Congrats to the McCain camp for making the truth of Barack Obama's central contention, that a change in Washington is necessary, so comically evident. Barack isn't the Britney they say he is. Behold the real Britney candidate: John McCain.