Obama Says Voters Are Scared Of Having Him On $1 Bill

Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama says voters are uneasy with him being on the one dollar bill. Obama made the remark during a rally last night with supporters in Washington, D.C. , standing in front of the United States Mint.

"John McCain and his followers would have you believe that this country is not ready for someone like me to adorn our currency," said Obama. "It's time for a change."

McCain supporters say they don't know what their opponant is talking about.

"That guy is always whining about something," said one McCain staffer. "Why would anyone put him on the one dollar bill? It's absurd."

Last week, an Obama staffer accused Republicans of trying to scare voters by suggesting Obama "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

That prompted the McCain camp to suggest that Obama was playing the race card. The Obama campaign denied it was referring to race, then admitted that race was exactly what they were referring to. Facing pressure from voters who are tired of hearing about race, the Obama camp switched positions again and tried to re-clarify the remark.


"What we were trying to say is that Republicans are more comfortable with a president who looks like the presidents on dollar bills," said an Obama spokesman, back peddling.

For instance, Republicans want to elect someone who looks like George Washington, you know, someone who wears a powdered wig."

The spokesman added that Republicans also like presidents with funny beards, like Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, and Ulysses Grant, who appear on the five, twenty, and fifty dollar bills, respectively.

Asked if Obama thought Republicans were more interested in electing someone who looks like Alexander Hamilton, who appears on the ten dollar bill, the spokesman agreed.

"President Hamilton look more like what Republicans are interested in," he said. "But Americans are ready for change."

After a week of trading insults over the remark, Obama rephrased his remarks, stating that Republicans aren't comfortable with his image being on the one dollar bill. A Republican spokesman responded by pointing out that only dead persons are ever placed on U.S. currency. That prompted the Obama campaign to accuse the McCain campaign of wishing for Obama's assasination.

"Mr. McCain's remarks were unfortunate," said Obama.