Obama speechwriter switches to supporting McCain

October 29, 1:46 PMMiami Political Satire ExaminerP.J. Gladnick

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In a stunning reversal, a speechwriter for Barack Obama, Wendy Button,  has switched sides and is now supporting John McCain. If this switch had been by a McCain speechwriter who now supports Obama, this move would have been hailed by the mainstream media.  However, since Wendy Button's move was in the wrong direction, all you can hear about this from the MSM is the sound of of crickets chirping. Here is the beginning of Wendy Button's dramatic announcement about her recent political switch:  

Since I started writing speeches more than ten years ago, I have always believed in the Democratic Party. Not anymore. Not after the election of 2008. This transformation has been swift and complete and since I’m a woman writing in the election of 2008, “very emotional."

 

...When we first met, Obama and I had a nice conversation about speeches and writing, and at the end of the meeting I handed him a pocket-sized bottle of Grey Poupon mustard so he wouldn’t have to ask staff if it was okay to put it on his hamburger. At the bottom of the bottle was the logo for “The South Beach Diet” and he snapped, “Oh so you read People magazine.” He seemed to think that I was commenting on his bathing suit picture.

I helped with his announcement speech and others. I worked in the Senate when he was in D.C. One day after a hearing on Darfur, we were walking back to the office. I was still hobbling from a very bad ankle injury and in a very kind and gentle way he offered his arm when we approached the stairs. But later in debate preps and phone conversations and meetings, I realized that I had made a mistake. I didn’t belong. No matter how hard I tried, my heart wasn’t in it anymore.

...The final straw came the other week when Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (a.k.a Joe the Plumber) asked a question about higher taxes for small businesses. Instead of celebrating his aspirations, they were mocked. He wasn’t “a real plumber,” and “They’re fighting for Joe the Hedge-Fund manager,” and the patronizing, “I’ve got nothing but love for Joe the Plumber.”

You can read the full story about this stunning switch at NewsBusters.