Slog - Comments on Sour Grapes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes Because it worked so well for Hillary Clinton to bash the media's love affair with Barack Obama... I get where McCain is going with this. But he's really running the risk of coming across as churlish and sulky (maybe even sort of grumpy-old-man-ish) with this kind of attack, which was also seen yesterday in his new campaign commercial. Why do people—including, no doubt, many members of the media—find Obama to be such a compelling presence? Because he's super smart, energetic enough to hit about ten countries in seven days on his current world tour, not bad to look at, a... Copyright 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:20:57 -0800 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:53:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by clintonsarmy We won't support ball-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

]]> clintonsarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079264 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079264 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:37:13 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Frankly, the media has a bit of a love affair with McCain, too. Maybe even a bigger one.

http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/john_mccain

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079272 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:43:32 -0800 Comment by bluh? McCain is still running? Can anyone confirm this?

]]> bluh? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079273 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079273 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:45:52 -0800 Comment by JC John McCain's advertising messages:
Don't Hope
Don't Love
Be Afraid

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079281 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:55:18 -0800 Comment by Georgia Guy clintonsarmy: If I promise to vote for McCain in November, will you please go the f**k away?

Feeding the troll, I know...

]]> Georgia Guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079285 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079285 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:59:44 -0800 Comment by Julie When I saw a story on this on the tee-vee, all that kept coming into my head was an image of an older Rodney Dangerfield saying, “I don’t get no respect!”

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079287 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079287 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:01:22 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo The argument that Obama's charisma is somehow a minus smacks of desperation. But the contention that the media somehow favors him is completely ridiculous on the face of it. McCain gets a free pass on everything from cheating on his first wife and abandoning her and his kids to not being able to tell the difference between Sunni and Shiite, Somalia and Sudan or Iraq and Afghanistan.

There is simply no comparison on the level of scrutiny to which the two have been subjected.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079291 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079291 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:03:41 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Shorter McCain: The press doesn't suck my cock as much as it used to. It's not fair.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079313 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:32:21 -0800 Comment by clintonssarmy Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

]]> clintonssarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079316 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:34:36 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO I hate to point this out, but this WILL work with a good number of assholes in my neck of the woods. All you have to say is, "Liberal biased media," and they start salivating. Anything you say after that is taken as fact.

Also, I do love it when conservatives talk about his inspirational speaking style. They actually prefer a retarded, mumbling fool to a well spoken, intelligent statesman.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079325 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079325 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:43:41 -0800 Comment by crazycatguy McCain IS churlish, sulky and yes, a grumpy old man. You would be too if your Attends were bunchy.

]]> crazycatguy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079328 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079328 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:51:08 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle McCain is not just grumpy, he has a very bad temper.

At least, when he's not having senior moments, kind of like how Reagan did in his last term ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079331 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:53:51 -0800 Comment by fluteprof Let's be honest. Those in the media that have fallen hook, line, and sinker for St. Barack of Obama's charm school routine do so because they're narcissitic fools.

It's one thing to report on, or even embrace, his policies. It's quite another to let something as fleeting as personal magnetism actually influence your reporting. Absolutely despicable.

But what goes up must come down. The love affair will end (one day), and the man behind the curtain will be revealed for the pol he is: a dynamicm, intelligent, complex, deeply flawed politician who happens to have intersected with a unique time in history.

But no matter who he is, he's not an R (and that's all that matters).

]]> fluteprof http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079334 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079334 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:56:23 -0800 Comment by hal Just look at Bushes success to see why McCain is running this ad. Bush was "one of us", a regular guy, and people could relate to him. At least that was his image after he bought a Tx ranch and never mentioned Yale or Connecticut again. Still, I think McCain's age will have a bigger impact than realized, and ads like this only reinforce that fact.

]]> hal http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079336 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079336 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:57:46 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable So, Eli, can we lift the ban on marching in Gay Pride Parades for Obama? There's still a few Pride celebrations coming up... or are they still naive dolts?

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079359 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079359 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:41:12 -0800 Comment by whatevernevermind What a phenomenally stupid ad, so it's sure to work on phenomenally stupid people. But undecided people somewhere in the middle? All this does is relentlessly remind them that, yes, Barack IS amazing.

When we see a lot of people want something, the natural reaction is that we'll want it, too. That's all this ad is about! This can't help but be as bad for McCain as it was for Clinton.

]]> whatevernevermind http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079369 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:50:47 -0800 Comment by douglas i feel like this ad is the sort of thing that a certain segment of the us will respond to. the mccain camp could easily convince some people that obama is an elitist supported by the 'liberal media'

perhaps the obama campaign could respond with something along the lines of "hey motherfucker, i'm in afghanistan right now trying to fix some shit YOU broke, so i can't explain to you why being charismatic and personable makes people like you, stop trying to hit me while my back is turned."

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079385 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:03:39 -0800 Comment by Vince The right wing is so whiny. Boohoo, we are ignored. Boohoo, we're not Bush. Boohoo, John McCain just loaded another diaper.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079477 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079477 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:33:37 -0800 Comment by Odrama "..Obama is so magnetic.." Hahaha what a freaking joke. He's a smooth talker with little experience. He sure is a magnet to attract brainless humorless lefties.

]]> Odrama http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079488 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079488 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:43:03 -0800 Comment by douglas will people please stop trying to write out laughter. it makes you look like a douche bag. i'm talkin' to you odrama...

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079537 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079537 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:08:09 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa Oh, come on douglas, surely that's the least douchbaggiest part of Odrama's posts

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079755 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079755 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:11:55 -0800 Comment by CP Why? Why isn't the short, angry, bald old man magnetic?!

]]> CP http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/sour_grapes#c1079836 2008 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:53:20 -0800