Well, yeah, Barry... I can see the ad now...

The picture: The ad begins with a shot from above looking down a long deserted section of an midwestern raod and slowly pans to the back of an old, half bald white haired man walkin', white shirt all crumply, baggy suit pants and alot of dust... Just that classic lonely hot dusty road and this old man is carryin' a gas can...

Music: Ry Cooder-ish eerie "Southern Comfort-ish" slide guitar

Then after about 15 seconds of just watching this man half stumble down the road and as the camera slowly pans this man out making him look smaller and smaller "the voice": "Some folks run on empty... Other's aren't as lucky" Vote Obama."

Then a quick dhot of Obama in a freshly pressed suit sitting comfortably among a number of people: "I'm Barak Obama and I approve this messaqge."

Intent: While McCain's folks have defended the Paris Hilton ad as just being funny Obama's people can be ready to counter with the same argument if the McCain people balk... Beyond that, the image of the long deserted road sybolizes the failures of the Bush administration. The empty gas can symbolizes the lack of workable policies of McCain's... The crumply look and age of the man walking is obvious and is a shot at McCain's age (Hey, this is politics, ain't it)... And lastly, the ad would put the McCain people on the defensive and open up an opportunty for Obama to counter with, "The McCain people didn't seem to mind it when they were playing games with me... What's good for the goose is also good for the gander, John... Now if you'd like to get back to some straight talk about a clean campaign then give me a call."

The only thing that would make this ad better would be for Jackson Brown to allow Obama to use the song in the ad...

B~