I was curious to learn a little bit more about Barack Obama’s vice presidential selection, so I headed over to Obama’s site to hear it from the horse’s mouth—only to be redirected to this page instead.

Now the eagle-eyed among you will note the “Skip Donation” link in the top right corner of the page, but seriously? This is the kind of behavior I expect from scummy marketers and those stupid interstitial ads. Why does Obama’s site accost visitors with a heavy-handed donation request before it grants them access to information about Obama and his views? (Maybe it’s just a sign of things to come; if Obama is elected, this will surely not be the first time I feel that he is strongarming me into giving him my money.)

For the curious, I had no trouble getting to John McCain’s homepage on the first try. And I guess the Associated Press noticed as much: in this article (towards the bottom) they have to tack on an “index.php” in their link to Obama’s site, but they require no such tricks to link to McCain’s site. Ain’t that something.

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