I remember my first house hunting experience. I had a really great real estate agent who I talked into taking me to see this one new development. I could tell he wasn’t enthused but being a real estate agent he took me to see the model home anyway. When we first walked into the house I was really impressed with the way it looked. Beautiful cathedral ceilings graced the living room and dining room and sported several skylights and a fireplace took up one end of the den. At first look it was very impressive.

As I wandered around the house I started to notice that the quality wasn’t what I would have hoped for….windows were cheap looking and single pane, the carpet seemed to be even less than construction grade. I picked up the brochure on the house and noticed that the insulation was as low of a grade as it could be and still meet code. I also noticed none of the appliances were energy efficient.

As we finished up the tour and stepped outside the real estate agent looked to me and asked what I thought of the house. I replied, “it’s flashy”. He looked a bit dejected until I added, “it’s flashy and trashy.”

That’s how I see the Obama campaign and Obama. God knows his campaign has been flashy. Rock concerts, a plane with his very own logo, trite but catchy slogans like yes we can and we are the ones we have been waiting for. Wow, he even had his very own Vero Possumus seal (for a short time anyway.) Yes, it’s been impressive and flashy. But his campaign has also been trashy.

Some of the most flashy bits are also the most trashy. Seriously, his own version of a presidential seal? The O logo instead of the American flag on his plane? Rock concerts to pump up attendance at his speeches? Is that really the kind of ego driven campaign we expect from a potential president? If Obama were running for national event coordinator I could get with that program.

Next time you hear yes we can, ask yourself this….yes we can what? And if we are the ones we have been waiting for, what are we waiting for and where the hell have we been? Is it really too much to ask of a presidential candidate that he explain just what he’s done besides put on a show?

One of his latest and “greatest” sound bites is “I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal”. Why would that be? What happened in that moment that would so change the course of humanity?

And let’s not forget …….”People of Berlin, people of the world, this is our moment. This is our time,” he said. This is our moment and time for what? Eating Bratwurst and drinking beer?

And let’s not forget his faithful followers who have threatened, ridiculed, insulted and harassed the Democrats who won’t vote for Obama. They’re real class acts….(yes that’s sarcasm.)

So, I’ll give props where they are due…yes, Obama, you can put on a flashy, slick show that is hailed by the naive as somehow life changing, but I personally find it all just a bit trashy.

Just as I passed on that flashy trashy house and instead purchased a house from a proved contractor, a house that was well constructed and comfortable instead of flashy, I’ll have to pass on Obama. After all, as we found out with George Bush, eight or even four years can be a long time to live with what we buy.