McCain's Bid for the Dittoheads
Over at TPM, Josh Marshall is asking the question of why McCain would risk his reputation as a truth teller for independants by continuing his low road "Obama is just a celebrity" ad campaign. It seems to me these ads are aimed at getting the Rush Limbaugh crowd back on board the McCain campaign. Limbaugh has been trumpeting the "Barack, The Magic Negro" meme for months. Now the McCain campaign has essentially adopted this same theme of "uppity", in a slightly more politically correct manner and Limbaugh has begun to embrace McCain after months of mocking him.
The ad campaign may get the hard core dittoheads excited, but it's not going to change the essential electoral map which hasn't budged in weeks. Obama wins with over 300 electoral votes and McCain is going to have to spend serious money defending Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina. Who knew?
One theory floating around is that McCain "will see the light" in early September and boot the Rove Acolytes and blame them for all the negative smearing. He'll then pull his "I apologize" bit that helped create the Maverick myth, both with the Keating Five and more recently with the Confederate Flag in SC issue. Both times he came out looking better for admitting he was wrong and apologizing - It's a neat little political trick.
He'll then hire back all his former advisers and staffers, run a "honest, respectful" campaign and claim to be the Maverick we all know and love once again. Of course after dirtying Obama with months worth of mudslinging, but that was on Dirty Davis and Schmidt.
August 6, 2008 1:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
John McCain's current ads border on fantasies and cartoons and are not indicative of the Real World and possibly Schizophrenic! They act as if they are communicating with Children instead of Adults! And that's an insult to many over the age of 18 who want real facts and solutions not cartoonish schizophrenic communication delivered to them as if they are mindless pups! Does the McCain Camp really think the American people are childish and gullible! That is so disrespectful to the advancement of the American people today in the great strides they have made in education and mind building which shows he is definitely out of touch as to where the American people are today -- The American people are growing up.
It is a sad landmark of where McCain Camp is that a man (McCain) who espouses to be the most powerful leader in the planet seeks to convince us of his fitness for office with images of Paris Hilton and Moses being used (by inference) to demean his opponent!
CNN has begun to air Barack and McCain in their own words at various campaign speeches and town hall meetings, which is really educational and informing. MSNBC only seems to like to keep the controversy going or show dueling campaign ads -- bones as compared to meat. We are tired of being used and treated like children. I turn off MSNBC and watch CNN who treats us like the adults that we are!
As for Joe Scarborough and his morning show, it is becoming very biased again and unprofessional now that he is back from his hiatus with many comments that border on deceit, lies, racism and distortion. Barack Obama can do no right, he cannot even exercise for an hour and a half because Most Americans do not do that. Get a grip Joe, Americans are exercising and taking a lot better care of theirselves than you think! We, the American people deserve a lot better than the biased dribble coming out of Joe Scarborough's slyly, deceitful mouth who cares nothing for the American people. For him, it is all about Republican goals and agenda, which have not done anything for the growth of the American way. Joe, can you for once put the American people's concerns before your own selfish agendas for the Republican brand?
August 6, 2008 4:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
bacalove says:
"We, the American people deserve a lot better than the biased dribble coming out of Joe Scarborough's slyly, deceitful mouth who cares nothing for the American people"
I used to watch that show from 6 to 7am every morning, but Scarborough got so bad I stopped.
The 6 to 7am hour is 90% Obama, and 90% of that is negative.
August 6, 2008 4:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
mcsame
defending Wyoming, North Dakota, Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina.
tell me again how this election is a dead heat
August 6, 2008 7:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
free patriot,
I keep saying the story isn't McCain closing the gap or its a dead heat. The story is some young black guy with allegedly no experience, unknown until a year ago is leading McCain in so many states.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a headline;
McCain SURGES in the polls, leaping from 41% to 43%!
August 7, 2008 11:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
free patriot,
I keep saying the story isn't McCain closing the gap or its a dead heat. The story is some young black guy with allegedly no experience, unknown until a year ago is leading McCain in so many states.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a David Broder headline;
McCain SURGES in the polls, leaping from 41% to 43%!
August 7, 2008 11:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
We have more knowledge,but less judgment Age Of Conan gold
August 14, 2008 11:55 PM | Reply | Permalink