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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Britney = Obama = Paris

posted by on July 30 at 11:18 AM

The latest from the desperate McCain camp…

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1

desperate. God I can't wait for the debates.

Posted by Mike in MO | July 30, 2008 11:27 AM
2

Maybe they show the shots of Britney and Paris to help the comprehension of the morons for whom "celebrity" is a big long confusing word...

Posted by cdc | July 30, 2008 11:34 AM
3

Wow. Based on imagery alone, with the monologue tuned out, the message is: if you dislike sex appeal vote for John McCain.

It's a really interesting approach but I doubt that they really want to stake this turf.

Posted by saxfanatic | July 30, 2008 11:38 AM
4

Wow. Just . . . wow. As if to say, if we judged everyone based on their popularity, as if there were some sort of "popular" voting mechanism out there, where every voice had equal weight, we'd end up with a Hilton-Spears administration. Clearly we must muzzle democracy with the electoral college - they know what we really need!

Posted by Ziggity | July 30, 2008 11:41 AM
5

Yeah, America really hates attractive mega-celebrities. Another backfire from the Straight Talk Express.

Posted by DOUG. | July 30, 2008 11:46 AM
6

The conflation of what America has been focused on with what America SHOULD be focused on.


it's so weird...and it's so sad.

Posted by Non | July 30, 2008 11:47 AM
7

I thought Britney was a McSame girl ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | July 30, 2008 11:59 AM
8

you haven't heard the half of it...McCain's staff had to spend half an hour convincing him that using Rosemary Clooney and Patti Page wouldn't be as effective as using Brit and Paris...

Posted by michael strangeways | July 30, 2008 12:02 PM
9

So sad. Does he have any campaign materials that say anything about, you know, HIM? The whole, "Can you believe how popular my opponent is? What's HIS problem?" angle seems doomed to failure.

Sure hope so.

Posted by Anthony Hecht | July 30, 2008 12:18 PM
10

So sad. Does he have any campaign materials that say anything about, you know, HIM? The whole, "Can you believe how popular my opponent is? What's HIS problem?" angle seems doomed to failure.

Sure hope so.

Posted by Anthony Hecht | July 30, 2008 12:19 PM
11

i'm not so sure this tack with backfire. jealousy & spite motivate americans a lot.

and americans are dumb enough think that there's plenty of oil just sitting there offshore.

Posted by max solomon | July 30, 2008 12:23 PM
12

McSame has been content-free for the past eight years.

You can't expect him to change, Anthony.

I mean, the guy is like, the oldest guy ever to run for President ... seriously, check the stats.

Posted by Will in Seattle | July 30, 2008 12:23 PM
13

@8: What, they couldn't get Connie Francis?

Posted by saxfanatic | July 30, 2008 12:27 PM
14

Well, I am against offshore drilling (has anyone SEEN the coast of Texas? It ain't pretty), so it's kind of an ad for Obama.

It's hilarious that they're trying to argue that he's SO popular that you shouldn't vote for him.

Posted by Ash | July 30, 2008 12:30 PM
15

Well, I am against offshore drilling (has anyone SEEN the coast of Texas? It ain't pretty), so it's kind of an ad for Obama.

It's hilarious that they're trying to argue that he's SO popular that you shouldn't vote for him.

Posted by Ash | July 30, 2008 12:30 PM
16

Max (@11) has an interesting point...

"jealousy & spite motivate americans a lot."

Posted by Non | July 30, 2008 12:42 PM
17

that was the most pathetic attempt at campaigning i've ever seen.

Posted by tiffany | July 30, 2008 1:10 PM
18

The only morons who would be swayed by this ad are the same ones who think that a one-day boycott of gas will do jack shit.

Posted by iflurry | July 30, 2008 1:48 PM
19

Another own goal, self-pwning ad from the McCain campaign.

Who's running their ad staff, Obama Girl?

Posted by rain | July 30, 2008 2:12 PM
20

I expected the republicans to be dirty and attack. But this is just plain stupid. They have surely lost their minds.

Posted by stacy | July 30, 2008 2:22 PM
21


So...Senator McCain is against participatory Democracy? People shouldn't show up to hear from political candidates?

Posted by bohica | July 30, 2008 2:24 PM
22

If McCain keeps this up, I just might start feeling sorry for him....

Naw....

Posted by Andy Niable | July 30, 2008 4:21 PM
23

November 5th will be such a downer day on Slog. "What happened?" "We came so close" "Hillary should have been the nominee" "I can't believe it, that's three in a row" "Now it's going to be 12 years of Republicans" "He was too far left" "We should have known this was coming" "No more rookies in 2012" "It's so sad, so sad" "Poor Michelle" "Do you think he'll run again?" "We should have seen it coming" "I'm moving to Canada"

Posted by raindrop | July 30, 2008 4:27 PM
24

The sad part is that McCain wanted to use Gypsy Rose Lee and Jane Russell in that ad.

Posted by Boomer in NYC | July 30, 2008 4:33 PM
25

isn't a celebrity basically defined as an immensely popular person?

If that's the case, then it's hilarious that the ad is basically asserting that Obama is the most popular immensely popular person in the world.

Posted by jonah22 | July 30, 2008 7:20 PM
26

"Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn!"

- I'm John McCain and I approved this message.

Posted by Smarm | July 30, 2008 11:16 PM
27

@23, we did that in 2004, we aren't doing it again.

Posted by Silverstar98121 | July 31, 2008 3:36 AM

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