I think Ben deserves credit for having suffered through this long enough to edit it. And I think we can be fairly sure most of those million-plus views are single time views because how many people could bear to watch that more than once?

Hey, I look at car accidents but Sarah Palin is too much too handle. McCain, you fool.

Posted at September 30, 2008 10:20 PM in response to Cafferty Keeps On Bringin' It

Gee, you can just hear those brass balls clanging. Not so much.

But, you know, if Rham was talking about a liberal? Oh, he'd be Mr Tough Guy allright pushing the DLC line, allright.

Posted at August 21, 2008 10:40 AM in response to Rahm: Lieberman May Face "Consequences" For Speaking At GOP Convention

Well, this is getting a bit better. But Obama and his campaign need to keep hitting back hard against McCain.

And they need to STOP SAYING WHAT A GREAT PATRIOT MCCAIN IS! Stop praising your opponent, damn it!

This is not going to decided in some Ivy League debate hall, for Pete's sake.

Michael Moore is spot-on that that's a way to lose this election.

If you want to help elect McCain, keep blessing him as if he were the white knight who accidentally hopped on the wrong horse. Keep reminding a country at war that he, and he alone, is a war hero. That he's been "good on global warming" and campaign finance. Say that enough, and you know what happens? People start to believe it! You've sold them on the idea that McCain isn't a bad egg, and they do not hear the rest of what you have to say: "But John McCain is four more years of George W. Bush."

Posted at August 19, 2008 11:33 AM in response to Speaking To Veterans, Obama Directly Takes On McCain's Attacks On His Patriotism

Memo to Bob Kerrey: STFU.

This is exactly the type of guy we don't need. Someone more interested in placating the Villagers and making himself seem high and mighty while hurting his candidate.

Geez, what a wanker!

Posted at August 11, 2008 11:32 AM in response to Bob Kerrey: McCain "Can Deal With Crisis"

Well, it's about time the Obama campaign got this ad out there. They should have been responding with humor, derision and mocking for some time now.

Instead, we've seen responses like Kerry's to the Swift Boat ads. Near silence.

Next, let's hit back on the "elitist" charge. 9 homes, $500 shoes, out of touch with working people. Did I mention $500 shoes?

Posted at August 11, 2008 10:58 AM in response to Election Central Morning Roundup

nice account! More, please!

Posted at August 7, 2008 1:44 PM in response to Waiter/Waitress Test with Barack and John

"...Barack should hit with facts, policies..."

Ugh. Haven't we learned facts don't win arguments in America? it's the frame, man!

Posted at August 6, 2008 12:44 PM in response to Obama Campaign Hits Back Against New McCain "Celeb" Ad

"I really wonder whether the Obama camp should be confronting the "celeb" thing a bit more directly, though I confess I'm not sure how one would do that."

My two cents: Do a commercial portraying John McCain as a celebrity, or better yet, "a media darling".

Clips of McCain on Letterman, cameos in movies, etc. Then suggest he's just "grumpy" (always reinforce the grumpy) that he's been bested at his own game.

Posted at August 6, 2008 11:52 AM in response to Obama Campaign Hits Back Against New McCain "Celeb" Ad

"This is classic Rove - turn your opponents strength into their weakness."

That's nearly verbatim what I was going to post.

And, I'd add it's bizarre that popularity is made out to be a weakness. I think this Rovian tactic may have jumped the shark -- or the tracks.

And, to make the international support for Obama a negative is also a bit weird in these times when our nation has increasingly become a pariah.

I just hope the Obama camp doesn't respond in typical Dem fashion - ignore it and hope it goes away. they need to hit back hard.

Posted at August 6, 2008 10:53 AM in response to New McCain Ad: Will "Biggest Celebrity In The World" Help Your Family?

Sounds like oil company executives were laundering money to the McCain campaign. Either that, or Hess and Amtrak pay their employees rather handsomely.

Posted at August 4, 2008 2:56 PM in response to Multiple Oil Company Executives Gave Huge Contributions To Electing McCain Just Days After Offshore Drilling Reversal