Category:Obama
From Humor
In what many consider a backhanded slap at the conservative Fox News Channel, Democrat Sen. Barack Obama declared his presidential candidacy today in Springfield, but his campaign did not invite the town's most famous residents — Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson — to the speech.
The controversy over the Simpson snubbing threatens to overshadow what should have been the high-point of Mr. Obama's career, and his greatest accomplishment to date.
The Simpsons, whose fame grew from simple comedy sketches and led to a popular Fox TV show and a feature-length Hollywood movie, have almost single-handedly put Springfield on the map and made it virtually the best-loved town in America.
"Obama is using Springfield to ride Homer's coattails," said Mr. Simpson's agent, "He says he's running a new kind of political campaign, but by ignoring the Simpsons right in Homer's backyard, he sends a clear message that it's politics as usual."
