So Barack is claiming that McCain's ad comparing him to two white girls is racist, to wit:

"What they're saying is 'Well, we know we're not very good but you can't risk electing Obama. You know, he's new, he doesn't look like the other presidents on the currency, he's a got a funny name.'"

Where to start...

Well, I guarantee you these currency guys, although not all Presidents, got beat up and had their lunch money stolen on a regular basis for having funny names.

Ulysses Grant ($50)
Grover Cleveland ($1000)
Salmon Chase ($10,000)
Woodrow Wilson ($100,000)

And - let's be honest - can ANYONE say "Sacagawea" ($1 coin) without giggling?

As for looks, though, he's absolutely right.

Obama's got no powdered wig, no beard, no moustache, his hair is skull-tight, and don't even get me started on those freakish Alfred E. Neumans popping out the side of his head.

On the other hand, there IS a vague resemblance to that one guy on the back of the $2 bill:

So maybe he's a little more currency-qualified than he thinks.