Filed under: Republicans , Barack Obama , Ads , John McCain , 2008 President , Energy The McCain campaign has come up with one of the weirdest campaign ads I've ever seen, and it's the culmination of the GOP's counter-intuitive strategy to mock someone for being better than themselves. This one is called "Celebrity," and it prefaces several false or misleading attacks by showing just how universally Barack Obama is admired, while trying to diminish that by juxtaposing images of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears: Announcer : He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But, is he ready to lead? Is there any chance that someone watching this might think, "Maybe he's the biggest celebrity in the world because he's ready to lead." It's an almost parodic extension of other praisedowns, like "He's too smart," or, "Go ahead and vote for him, if you're into hope and whatnot." The tactic might work if the McCain campaign had anything of substance to back it up. Instead, they throw this in next to appeals for more drilling, and lies about Obama's tax policy. The McCain campaign also sent out a memo, and held a press conference call in support of the ad. I was the first question this time, although they misidentified me as Fox News' Major Garrett. Let's get the lies in this ad out of the way. When they say Obama wants to "tax electricity," what they mean is cap and trade, something which McCain also supports. As for the drilling, the best case I' ...
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Filed under: Republicans , Barack Obama , Ads , John McCain , 2008 President , Energy The McCain campaign has come up with one of the weirdest campaign ads I've ever seen, and it's the culmination of the GOP's counter-intuitive strategy to mock someone for being better than themselves. This one is called "Celebrity," and it prefaces several false or misleading attacks by showing just how universally Barack Obama is admired, while trying to diminish that by juxtaposing images of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears: Announcer : He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But, is he ready to lead? Is there any chance that someone watching this might think, "Maybe he's the biggest celebrity in the world because he's ready to lead." It's an almost parodic extension of other praisedowns, like "He's too smart," or, "Go ahead and vote for him, if you're into hope and whatnot." The tactic might work if the McCain campaign had anything of substance to back it up. Instead, they throw this in next to appeals for more drilling, and lies about Obama's tax policy. The McCain campaign also sent out a memo, and held a press conference call in support of the ad. I was the first question this time, although they misidentified me as Fox News' Major Garrett. Let's get the lies in this ad out of the way. When they say Obama wants to "tax electricity," what they mean is cap and trade, something which McCain also supports. As for the drilling, the best case I' ...