The John McCain campaign has run out of ideas. In danger of being totally irrelevant, the campaign’s only hope now is to taunt and mock Obama as much as possible, hoping that some Americans will be persuaded by distortions of Obama’s statements and flat-out lies.

Barack Obama today called it exactly what it is: ignorance.

Speaking to a crowd in Berea, Ohio, Obama went off on a riff, laughing at Republicans who are isolating his call for tire inflation as the linchpin of his energy plan. After noting that his energy policy has a lot more to it, Obama circled back to wonder why Republicans were choosing to mock an idea, small though it was, that could actually help matters.

“Now two points,” Obama told the crowd. “One, they know they’re lying about what my energy plan is, but the other thing is they’re making fun of a step that every expert says would absolutely reduce our oil consumption by three to four percent. It’s like these guys take pride in being ignorant.” At that point, the crowd let out a collective laugh. A couple lines later, Obama had them on their feet.

Obama Calls McCain Out After Day Of Distortions