Slog - Comments on McCain Hits Back With "Housing Problem" http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem The McCain response ad starts out with a bang. (Literally. The sound effect sounds to me far more explosive than the usual sinister bass beat that accompanies attack commercials.) But from there on out it feels pretty weak: The genesis of the controversy—McCain's seven or eight houses—is so politically combustible that the ad can't mention it, so that attack on Obama's "housing problem" seems pretty disconnected. (And old, for anyone who was following the Democratic primaries.) The McCain campaign says it will be airing in "key states."... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:50:54 -0800 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:53:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Sir Learnsalot Go fuck yourself, John McCain.

]]> Sir Learnsalot http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110680 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110680 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:00:09 -0800 Comment by max solomon is that obama's ACTUAL HOUSE?

did the secret service approve this?

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110684 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:02:44 -0800 Comment by hot blondes 'r' us McCain is clueless and out of touch vs. Obama's a crook.

But it's big talk for one of the Keating Five. A few shots of McCain on Keating's jet should neutralize this.

]]> hot blondes 'r' us http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110693 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110693 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:10:11 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt The hell? If John McCain were Mr. Squeaky Clean then this might have a chance of hurting Obama. I bet when Obama's camp brings up Keating 5, the McCain camp will be all, but he's a POW!!! Weak old crazy Grampy.

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110694 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110694 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:12:58 -0800 Comment by Whitworth Fag What John McCain doesn't want you to know is that Obama only bought some yard space
(Rezko owned the house next door and Obama wanted a larger yard); Obama did not buy his house from Rezko and the land that was purchased was totally legal and Obama paid market value.

John McCain; grasping for straws and trying to figure out how many houses he owns.

]]> Whitworth Fag http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110703 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:18:30 -0800 Comment by kinaidos I think it funny that in McCain-Bush land Obama isn't rich and McCain was never tortured.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110711 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:24:40 -0800 Comment by ibc Pretty funny, "undecided voters" (the only one's that matter) aren't even going to know what the hell this ad is talking about.

]]> ibc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110719 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:29:31 -0800 Comment by whatevernevermind When are we going to start hearing about the fact that McCain actually is a crook? How can this not be something that's in the media every single day?

I guess for the same reason that he's getting a pass for being a bigamist adulterer and clearly no longer in his right mind.

And why must Republican presidents be not just puppets, but neurologically-impaired puppets? Is it really that hard for them to find a puppet with a fully-functioning brain who will do their corporate masters' bidding? I mean, they can all be bought, right?

]]> whatevernevermind http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110725 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:33:59 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'm surprised McCain wore his eighth pair of $600 shoes for the commercial.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110726 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110726 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:34:18 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Is it really that hard for them to find a puppet with a fully-functioning brain who will do their corporate masters' bidding?

Cheney seems to have a functioning brain. He also illustrates the problem with having a figurehead who is smart -- he comes off as palpably evil rather than just affably incompetent.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110744 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:53:43 -0800 Comment by Don Ward I don't know guys.

If we're talking about who lives in what mansion, the fact that Barack Obama's half-brother is living in a 2X3 meter hut in a slum outside Nairobi where people are getting killed with machetes seems like a more interesting topic.

]]> Don Ward http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110760 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:29:32 -0800 Comment by ru shur @11: thanks for your concern. Now, fuck off.

]]> ru shur http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110783 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110783 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:46:17 -0800 Comment by The CHZA Here in "KEY STATE" Ohio the McCain ad I see most is the ridiculous "Obama's taxes, Obama's TAXES, OBAMA'S TAXES! ECONOMIC DISASTER!" one. The people dumb enough to buy it probably don't vote (yeah I know, keep reaching for that rainbow)

]]> The CHZA http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110860 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:18:33 -0800 Comment by deadbeat obama bro Why hasn't Cindy shared their father's tremendous wealth with her half-sisters Kathleen and Dixie? The cost of living in Arizona is much higher than in Nairobi.

]]> deadbeat obama bro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110877 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/mccain_hits_back_with_housing_problem#c1110877 2008 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:53:43 -0800