UPDATE: Admittedly, this isn't the finest blog that ever existed. Can we all please swallow our Veepsteaks edginess and take this with a grain of salt and some humor?
Earlier tonight I made this comment suggesting that Barack Obama "Rick Roll" America just prior to announcing his Vice Presidential selection. Now there is an official Rick Roll Us, Barack! facebook group!
The idea is this: Senator Obama uses the massive cell phone list his campaign as built to Rick Roll America, thereby reinforcing his image as the "not the old white guy" candidate. Barack has inadvertently shown us this on multiple occasions. Most notable, here:
and here:
So the key question is "What political points does Senator Obama score with this strategy?"
The answer? Absolutely none. But it would be hallarious.