Obama: Will GOP call me 'subversive' for appearing on Daily Show? David Edwards and Nick Juliano

Published: Thursday October 30, 2008





Print This Email This With less than a week until the election, Barack Obama worked to shore up his support among young voters with an engaging, self-deprecating appearance on the Daily Show Wednesday night.



The Democratic candidate joked that his appearance with host Jon Stewart could be twisted by Republicans who have attempted to portray Obama as a secret socialist.



"I said today I think they found proof that when I was in kindergarten I shared some toys with some friends -- and that's clearly a sign of subversive activity," Obama joked, repeating a line from an earlier speech.



"I will tell you, Jon, that being on your program I think is further evidence of these tendencies," he continued.



Stewart went on to ask whether Obama was worried about the so-called Bradley effect, which theorizes that white voters may lie to pollsters but ultimately be unable to support a black candidate.



The host asked it this would be a particular problem for Obama, son of a white woman from Kansas and an African man. He wondered if Obama's "white half all of a sudden decide, I can't do this," when he steps into the voting booth.



"It's a problem," Obama dead-panned. "I've been going through therapy to make sure that I vote properly."



This video is from Comedy Central's The Daily Show, broadcast October 29, 2008.









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