Unfortunately the media swallowed the bait and look at what is dominating the airwaves. They are wrapping the manipulating the media and not trashing Barack directly…they are leaving it to the media to discredit Barack by throwing out Britany and Paris bait for you guys to feed on.

I don't like that term, but it's well understood now. Critics on the right are now saying he's committed at least one that isn't merely that, but a sex-change operation.

Appearances are deceiving to some — and it's a vision problem with you today.

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“I see the ad as giving a subtle but still racist message.”

This is what extremists and extremism-fad-followers (the equivalent of bandwagon riders seeing Commies under every bed) are saying. Note that on all the lefty talk shows that expressed this position today — and some never did — many lefty callers called in to correct the host and argue with him or her about it.

The broader context is that this ad, exploiting Obama the rock star, along with other negative ads, is seen by other, mainstream, lefties as indicating McCain has no definition of himself he can or chooses to offer Americans but instead just says he is “not Obama.” Stressing one word in particular (by more than one person), numerous lefties I heard later today said McCain's problem is he doesn't offer an _affirmative_ presentation of what he offers Americans. That's true for the GOP overall, too, these days.

Would this deficit apply only to the prospective consumers? Or should the producers be similarly accused as well? I guess that's the question — how big is the “gullible vote”? Conversely, how big is the faction that is tired of the same old kind of politics?

At any rate, McCain said today that he's proud of the campaign he's running.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq9Z16B8Cwk

Honestly Jspencer if you believe this then why even be upset with it. When I see funny stuff slamming Bush, Cheney, Obama, McCain, Pelosi…………I laugh.

When are you guys going to learn to laugh. Perhaps your too uptight about loosing a 3rd election in a row.

In 2000 Al Gore tried to stay more moderate and lost. In 2004 the Democrats just up and elected a lefty in John Kerry and Lost. This time around You have rejected the heir apparent in Hillary for a far lefty in Obama who is now pretending to be a moderate when he is not unveiling socialist programs while hes campaigning on ending the war but escalating the war…………..whew….

I can see why you guys are sweating the fact hes only a few points up on Zombie McCain. If Obama hired me Id have him up by 20 in a week.

1) “We are so uninspired with our own candidate and any ideas the Republican party has that we are just going to attack, attack, attack!”

2) “We're going to bet that Americans are really stupid!”

Seriously, first you get an ad that Obama won't visit troops without cameras when you know full well he's done precisely that several times. Then you get: people actually like him, especially our allies! There's no way someone people like should be President!

There is no relationship between Obama and Paris Hilton or Britney Spears. It's just stupid slander. Hilton stands against pretty much every personal value that Obama has campaigned for — responsibility, thinking beyond yourself, accomplishment. Oh, that's right. Harvard degrees, successful law practice, community organizing, years in your state Senate. He just inherited all of those things as the diva heiress he is.

Seriously, Republicans are showing a gigantic zenophobic streak here. It's actually considered a dangerous and negative thing if your own allies support you. It's idiotic. Would someone like to tell the McCain campaign that Hitler's not in control of Germany anymore?

I'll repeat what I've said before. McCain has strengths as a candidate. Conservative philosophy has merits. And they all appeal to real American voters. But apparently his campaign only sees Obama everywhere they turn. They must bring him down because apparently they don't think they can build McCain up. I humbly disagree. McCain's a better candidate than he or his campaign seems to think.

Actually, I don't think most Americans will pay much attention until holidays are over in September. Seriously!

I consider these ads sort of previews to Test Audiences (i.e. us). The GOP is trying to see what will stick to Obama. There has been some speculation in GOP circles for a while about exploiting the Obama/elitist/arrogant meme . . . the celebrity attack line may be a useful way of doing this (particularly given how Hollywood has gone gaga over Obama).

Thus, I doubt the non-committed really care much yet. Most non-political people I know have only a few scraps about either . . . and really care less. The sun is shining . . . the Iraq War is out of the news . . . the economy may be in trouble, but it is summer.

Time to see Dark Knight in IMAX. (Nope, no reference to Obama there

Sad but true. Fortunately most folks will see this ad for the absurd portrayal it is. Methinks some folks are suffering from a serious maturity deficit.

Badly, because McCain is being inept. He only now addresses Obama's celebrity? He does not push his superior energy positions? He does not dig into other issues such as I've posted links to, to help start to part the Wizard's curtain?

No.

My, you're touchy about the facts and aggressive about alternatives to them today.