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“Now, I’m not dumb enough to get mixed up in a World Series between swing states, but I think I may have detected a little pattern with Sen. Obama. It’s pretty simple really. When he’s campaigning in Philadelphia, he roots for the Phillies, and when he’s campaigning in Tampa Bay, he shows love to the Rays. It’s kind of like the way he campaigns on tax cuts, but then votes for tax increases after he’s elected.”

The irony may just kill me dead.

I can’t wait until McCain attacks Obama for choosing an unqualified theocracy-loving governor of a low-population state as a running mate.

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Posted by Auguste on 10:28 PM • (11) Comments

Can I be the first asshole to point out that campaigning in the middle of a body of water, while something the McCain campaign probably would consider, is really stupid and that the name of the place is Tampa?

Comment #1: Rob on 10/21 at 10:38 PM

He also called them the “Devil Rays” even though they’re just the “Rays” now.

Didn’t Bob Dole make a similar mistake about the Cardinals in ‘96?

Comment #2: Ben D. on 10/21 at 10:39 PM

Everytime I hear or think of McCain, I feel the need to select Green Day’s “Grouch” song from the Nimrod album as the lyrics match him soo well…..

Comment #3: exholt on 10/21 at 10:49 PM

Didn’t Bob Dole make a similar mistake about the Cardinals in ‘96?

Per Wiki:

Dole further enhanced this contrast on September 18 when he made a reference to a no-hitter thrown the day before by Hideo Nomo of the “Brooklyn Dodgers”, a team that had left Brooklyn for Los Angeles four decades earlier. A few days later Dole would make a joke about the remark saying “And I’d like to congratulate the St. Louis Cardinals on winning the N.L. Central. Notice I said the St. Louis Cardinals not the St. Louis Browns.” (The Browns left St. Louis after the 1954 season to become the Baltimore Orioles.)

Comment #4: DTG in STL on 10/21 at 11:45 PM

Granted, back in 2004, our guy (Kerry) made two similar sports-related gaffes… while in Wisconsin, he referred to the home of the Green Bay Packers as Lambert Field (which is the airport in St. Louis, not a football stadium) and enthusiastically declared that his favorite player on that year’s Boston Red Sox was Manny Ortiz, who doesn’t exist.

Comment #5: DTG in STL on 10/21 at 11:48 PM

Give me a break. B. Hussein is a White Sox fan. He’s been quite open about that.

Comment #6: Caren-Sun-blocking Creator of Animorphic Pancakes on 10/21 at 11:53 PM

Ah ok. I thought I remembered something like that.

I was around 11 at the time, but for some reason that’s the thing about the ‘96 election that sticks out in my mind. That, and Bob Dole falling off the stage that one time.

Comment #7: Ben D. on 10/22 at 12:08 AM

Ben D., I don’t think anyone paid attention when the Rays changed their name. It’s like being able to name the Lions’ starting quarterback - you’ll learn it when you need to know it.

Comment #8: Jesse Taylor on 10/22 at 12:16 AM

The two teams are in different leagues. If Obama had, say, expressed support for the Rays and the Red Sox, then the criticism might hold.

As it turned out, both teams won their league’s pennants. If I were McCain, I’d start betting on the Obama picks—it may be his best economic recovery program.

Comment #9: Ereshkigal on 10/22 at 12:22 AM

Did anyone see the Daily Show last night, where they showed clips of Palin pandering to the Rays, the Phillies and the Red Sox, using exactly the same words? (“Here in ________, you know something about being underdogs.”)

Comment #10: Bitter Scribe on 10/22 at 11:57 AM

As it turned out, both teams won their league’s pennants.

Damn. Obama really IS made of win.

Comment #11: Samantha Vimes on 10/23 at 01:16 AM

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