Barack Obama asks Americans to envision a McCain White House with all its lobbyists ties & how it will play to special interests.  George Lakoff wonders if enough Americans even know what a lobbyist is. 

[An earlier Obama ad] correctly observes that McCain’s campaign is loaded with “lobbyists.” But most of a people a ad is trying to reach don’t know just what a “lobbyist” is. McCain is saying he is fighting against a Washington power structure. A lobbyist is a “member of a Washington power structure.” If you use such a phrase, you can point out that McCain campaign itself is part of a Washington power structure, a old-boy network. 

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back