[lowbridge]

One of Sen. Barack Obama’s surest applause lines comes about halfway into his standard stump speech. It goes like this: “They whisper to me. They say, ‘Barack, I’m a Republican, but I support you.’ And I say, ‘Thank you. Why are we whispering?’”

Baloney.

[Global2010]

I have heard him do this schpeel and then he pointed to a guy in the crowd and was like ya ha ha..as if he was pointing out one of the whispering republicans.