Posted: Under the lid of Mark Penn's toiletPORTLAND, Ore. -- Though not declaring victory outright, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign has decided to strongly hint that he has won the nomination by organizing a free concert tonight in Little Rock, Ark., at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park.
The lineup will feature some heavy hitters from the world of overweight female singers, including Aretha Franklin; that girl from "Hairspray;" "American Idol" loser and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson; Queen Latifah; and the lead singer from that pop-punk band "The Gossip."
Obama's campaign has recently employed other passive-aggressive events to try to claim victory such as skywriting "You suck!" above Clinton campaign headquarters and burning a mustard yellow pantsuit in effigy, but to no avail. When asked to comment on Obama's apparent claim of victory, Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson praised the female vocalists and said it was just a coincidence that the multiple not-overly-slender women were singing at an Obama event, in Little Rock, at the Clinton Library, the moment after the polls closed in Oregon.
"This is just more of the same partisan attacks that we've come to expect from the Obama campaign," he said. "Every time they have a compelling argument rooted in sound logic, facts and mathematics, they have to run to the media like a little tattle tale. Frankly, the American people are tired of it, and by the American people, I mean this campaign's staff."
