Republican Mayor Jim Whitaker endorsing Obama

By GottaLaff

Look what Commenter Jack, Ace Reporter, found for us. File this one under "suh-nap!"

Republican Mayor Jim Whitaker has said he is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama.

“My goal is to let Republicans have a clear understanding that their right to vote should not be restricted by any party affiliation,” the borough mayor said. He said the economic and political challenges facing the state and country are broader than political parties alone can address and suggested Republicans should consider crossing party lines by focusing on the strongest candidate this year.

Obama spokesman Jeff Giertz on Monday called Whitaker the “highest-profile” Republican in the state to endorse the Democratic senator.

Where does that leave ol' McAddleBrained? I can't imagine that J Sid's, say, relative deficiency in the mental department had anything to do with this. Oh yes I can:

Whitaker, a former state lawmaker, said a comparison of Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain — neither of whom he has personally met — leads him to believe Obama has the stronger “intellectual capacity” and a greater ability to manifest it. He said his endorsement should not be viewed as one of the Democratic Party, noting that absent criminal convictions of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens or Rep. Don Young, he would be supporting their respective re-election campaigns.

So he's a Stevens supporter, and he favors Obama. Double snap! But what about all that oil drilling and stuff? Isn't Alaska big on that?

Whitaker, who as a politician has often focused on energy issues, said he sensed an open-minded approach in Obama’s campaign toward traditional, alternative and renewable energy issues that can benefit resource-rich Alaska.

Oooh, triple snap! The Republicans will have to fix a whole lot of voting machines at this rate.