Obama Bayh Does Not Look Good On Bumper Stickers

In the roaring twenties MGM was starlet boot camp. Young beauties that had passed muster at the front gate and the front office contracted with the studio as little more than artistic chattel. Tall thin, talented ingénues were at the beck and call of Hollywood's contractual whims as they performed required calisthenics, took diction lessons and dieted diligently under boss Louis B Mayer's iron thumb.

One young hopeful with steely blue eyes loaded with spirit beckoned for certain stardom. She could move, emote and act while taking direction better than even the great Garbo. Her face was stellar success, but her name -- was poison. When Louis B. Mayer was introduced to her he bellowed that her name, Lucille LeSueur, sounded like "Sewer". Mayer demanded it changed. Under much fanfare, a publicity stunt, and the public's insatiable fascination, MGM held a movie magazine contest to rename their "next big thing." The winning entry was chosen and Joan Crawford soared to become one of the biggest stars Hollywood will ever know.

Early moguls were keen on the power of the right name. Marion Morrison couldn't even clean out a barn until he became John Wayne, Issur Demsky didn't stand a chance before Kirk Douglas, and Norma Jeane Baker lacked all the right lumps until she became Marilyn Monroe.

I just hope Barack Obama has one foot in Hollywood history when he's considering the man from Indiana as his VP. "Obama Bayh" splattered on bumper stickers and posters across America might not send the right subliminal message. Eagle eyes will see it as an upstanding surname, but the slippery mind of the undecided voter might record it as "Obama Bye", or "Obama Buy", or some other swift-boat-minded-sexually-confused-moniker that can't possibly bode well for a Barack Obama on Election Day.

Imaging the opponent's options, an even darker scenario emerges when "McCain Ridge" pops into possibility. Ignore the fact Tom Ridge had us duct taping ourselves into our windowless bathrooms -- as a name on a ballot it sounds like the RNC and America's most majestic, mighty and god-kissed mountaintop lookout. I shutter to think of the stealthy statuesque images that will pop into the minds of the undereducated and undecided when they pop a chad for all the wrong reasons.

Americans can't really be that gullible, can they?

Hey, it's not that I don't like Evan Bayh, I just like Evan Better even more.

Comments

[chonus]

It doesn't get any better than Obama/Feingold.

Obama. Fine. Gold.

[TimeForReality]

After taking one look at him, even lesbians turn into Bayh-sexuals.

[FogBelter]

Obama-Webb

[doodlefarbe]

Why not Richardson? The man has great experience.

I'm very disappointed in the whole primary process where it is the MSM that decides that folks with tons to offer the nation, like Biden, Richardson, Dodd, were barely allowed to speak during early the debates because the MSM wanted it to be an Obama/Clin­ton/Edward­s (temporarily) horse race.

[wilburr0g]

Someone on another post pointed out that Obama/Kaine actually contains a homophone for "McCain" which might confuse people. (Oba - McCain)

[heal57]

Whoever Obama picks we will support. Not too many can pass the vetting test apparently so there are few to choose from.

[Thomas777]

I'm Bayhin' Obama

[Thomas777]

(if Obama Bayh's Evan)

[Thomas777]

and Bayh the way ----> http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-bayh-executivelea,0,3748438.story

[ReelBusy]

More McCain hypocrisy.
I've heard it before:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axrgFGZYFzE

Let's have some fun now:
The McCain-Nixon-Bush Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyvJVy_7LYU

[thereigoagain]

Obama / Wright
Obama is Wright.

Now there's a team you can hate the USA with.

[Heavenhelpusall]

McCain Ridge sounds like a great place for neocons to take a flying leap from.

[Fenianheart]

That's beautiful!

[decibelJONES]

shudder.

[Princeton]

Obama Kerrys the election day.

[rwhiteside]

Obama Biden sounds better, like we need to "buy in" to Obama. Which is pretty true. ;-)

I don't like Bayh at all! And what's all this nonsense about him helping Obama in Indiana anyway? Wouldn't it be better to chose a running mate who helps you in all 50 states? Like say, Biden??

And at least Biden's vote for the Iraq war was tempered by a strong cynicism about the whole thing, and he was its first major critic, and most well informed about it. Bayh was a cheerleader. That disqualifies him.

You can't Bayh Hillary voters bayh picking Bayh, so say goodbayh to all that.

[billydog]

Evan Bayh, the name few people have ever heard of and who looks as prissy and born on third base elitist as one can look. His ONLY claim to fame is he is from a state Obama wants to take away from the GOP. That's how we decide who our leaders will be? What a load of you know what.

[gurukalehuru]

Nonsense. He's already running, and winning, with the name Barack Hussein Obama.
And that's sort of the whole point of his campaign. We have to move beyond the trivia. This election should not be about who eats Arugula, or whether someone vacations in Hawaii or Myrtle Beach.
Keep the focus on the issues, and we will win.

[BlueOnBlue]

Nice idea. Too bad it won't work.

And I say that as a fully committed Obama supporter.

[LiarLiarIraqsOnFire]

Oops, forgot to say - Birch Bayh? Sure! Evan Bayh? No. No, NO NONONO NOOOOOOOOO!

My $$$ and time will be given to Congressional candidates instead.