C Stanley — don’t entirely discount the “beer” test. You want to elect a guy that you can have a beer with — as it reflects his temperment and ability to communicate. But since we’re talking about Obama — I guess we’ll have settle for a chardonnay, wine cooler or soy milk.

Justin, if Obama is elected, you are definitely going to need the following video on “How not to talk to black people”:

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=29098

Indeed, what has this country come to when people can’t appreciate something that’s so clearly cool?

And by the way, “cool” is a bonus to have in a POTUS…obviously.

I don’t find the second statement to be self evident in the least. Sounds like an even more inane version of electing the guy you’d most like to have a beer with to me.

Check out 1:18 into the video. Obama says “Senator Clinton is in her element”. At the mention of her name he casually scratches his cheek with what could be interpreted as the one-fingered salute. Some in the crowd react to the gesture and Obama gives a big wry smile like he is in on the joke.

I am not sure what is going on here. But other bloggers have jumped all over this with other video of the same moment.

Also, numerous cowboy movies have used the motif of the hero brushing his shoulders off after he gets in a dustup as evidence that he’s being the better man. It’s about rising above the BS.

Indeed, what has this country come to when people can’t appreciate something that’s so clearly cool?

And by the way, “cool” is a bonus to have in a POTUS…obviously.

I think the question is whether it’s wise to make a cool hip hop cultural reference in response to a flap over your disconnect with white blue collar rural folk.

Well, that’s a particularly unkind parsing of this, since that was only a small part of what happened at the debate. It’s clear that he was talking about the entire 45 minutes of personal attacks and Hillary jabbing him at every opportunity.

Oh, get over yourself. You throw around all sorts of bawdy humor here and you can’t appreciate this? Get a life.

No I can’t appreciate it. I don’t even know what he or Jayze means — is it a black thang or dandruff thang.

And I’m also not running for president — or “Cool-Hip-Relater-In-Chief” as Obama would have it. Maybe he could loosen up the talks with Ahmadinejad by putt’in on some Wu-Tang and gett’in jiggy wit it. Maybe bust out the Boone’s and have Michelle do her rendition of the Thung-Song…

God, what has this country come to…

I’m just sayin’….

But I’ve always contended that we should elect someone with a real grasp of “pop culture” and all of its deliquencies.