Comments on: McCain’s New Ad Compares Obama To Britney Spears, Paris Hilton

By: Cujo359

Cujo359 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:15:16 +0000

Thanks for the H.L. Mencken quotes, jayt. I especially like the last one. It certainly seems to be true these days.

By: lancelotlink

lancelotlink — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:37:09 +0000

Paris Hilton?
So McCain’s against blonde plasticized substance-abusing heiresses now?
Especially odd since Paris’s dad gave McCain a pile of money…

By: SuburbanGrrrl

SuburbanGrrrl — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:17:15 +0000

This ad is more pathetic than his previous ones. They are desperate. The average Joe won’t even buy this crap. If he were merely a celebrity there’s no way heads of state would be meeting him nor would he be drawing such crowds.

But what is truly hysterical is that BRITNEY IS an F**ing REPUBLICAN (or at least used to be).

By: Dawgman99

Dawgman99 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:54:06 +0000

Maybe someone already pointed this out. But isn’t McCain, the anti-celebrity, the one who appeared in Wedding Crashers or some such.

By: DrDave

DrDave — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:46:59 +0000

By trivializing the design of this ad I think you are missing an important point, which is that the operatives feel that the Primary election showed that part of America is more racist than sexist. This ad is sexist, and it should be immediately denounced as such.

The other thing I find disturbing is the sweeping idea of the Big Lie. This ad uses the big lie to connect Obama to oil prices, and so on. Everyone, including the media, needs to push back hard on the big lie, and call it what it is, not a falsehood, not dissembling, but the big lie. Even when Michael Moore referred to Bush’s statements as “whoppers”, everyone should have been on point and saying, this is a lie. Accept no substitutes.

By: Dawgman99

Dawgman99 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:00:11 +0000

Gawd, this is freaking pathetic. But you can sure tell that McCain cleaned house and hired a Rove protege to run his campaign.

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:59:50 +0000

Jane’s a couple of flights up with a LiebeRat story

By: rwcole

rwcole — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:53:52 +0000

“If you vote for McCain- ask for a discount- he’s last year’s model.

By: tbetz

tbetz — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:48:04 +0000

Progressive Accountability has created a perfect comeback, showing who is really more like Britney:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPEV6twzxmE

By: dakine01

dakine01 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:38:17 +0000

I don’t have a link and not sure if this is the version you mean but John Cornyn, R-TX did a version for his campaign intro at an R gathering earlier this summer. Rick Noriega, the Dem challenger (and Blue America candidate) took the Cornyn version and added some reality to it. I’d guess you can find that version at the Noriega web site.