comment #1

Carl LaFong says ...

So what are we to draw from this ad? Is McCain willing to put her on his ticket? She DID support Goldwater in '64, after all...

What a bone-headed spot; I'd fire the agency that put it together.

comment #2

Balthazar says ...

McCain should name Sarah Palin his VP

comment #3

moviesquad says ...

I've got a sneaking suspicion the Democratic Convention this week will be one long pander: Vote for Obama and he'll give you a $1000 credit to help you pay your gas! Vote for Obama and he'll pay for your healthcare! Vote for Obama and he'll send your kids to a fance preschool! Vote for Obama and all your dreams for come true! Don't worry about how we'll pay for it... we'll take the money from some rich guys and hopefully won't blow up the economy in the process.

comment #4

moviesquad says ...

I've got a sneaking suspicion the Democratic Convention this week will be one long pander: Vote for Obama and he'll give you a $1000 credit to help you pay your gas! Vote for Obama and he'll pay for your healthcare! Vote for Obama and he'll send your kids to a fancy preschool! Vote for Obama and all your dreams for come true! Don't worry about how we'll pay for it... we'll take the money from some rich guys and hopefully won't blow up the economy in the process.

comment #5

Teacher's Pets says ...

Sarah Palin's being investigated for firing a dude for refusing to fire her sister's ex-husband...maybe not a good tme...

comment #6

George Prager says ...

"McCain should name Sarah Palin his VP."

What is this huge boner that you have for Palin, Balthazar. Give the woman a break, she's got five kids including a newborn with Down's Syndrome.

And then there's this:

Questions have arisen over whether Palin used her office to try and fire her ex brother-in-law from a state trooper's position. Palin asserts the charge is untrue but the Alaska Senate this week approved the hiring of an independent investigator to look into the charges.
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/mccainpalin_ticket_hits_iceber.html

comment #7

buckzollo says ...

Ef Hillary and the sour pusses STILL supporting her. He cleaned your clock.

comment #8

Balthazar says ...

Just looking for someone other than dull-as-nails Mitt Romney for McCain

Obama/Biden/McCain/Romney

Blah, I'll vote Green Party.

comment #9

George Prager says ...

Pailin having sons named Trig and Track definitely beats Mitt having a son named Tagg.

comment #10

Josh Massey says ...

"Blah, I'll vote Green Party."

Cynthia McKinney? Yeah, have fun with that.

comment #11

kmoore says ...

I think this Ad is disgusting and anyone (many will) persuaded by this message is a complete idiot and should have their voting privileges revoked for reasons of stupidity.

comment #12

Walter Sobchak says ...

"I think this Ad is disgusting and anyone (many will) persuaded by this message is a complete idiot and should have their voting privileges revoked for reasons of stupidity."

Yeah! What kmoore said!

comment #13

Ghost072 says ...

This ad is very smart (if equally cynical) on McCain's part, but it only works because of the bitter anger still eminating from Clinton's camp and supporters. What is it they say about a woman scorned?

comment #14

vp19 says ...

If Hillary wants a future with the Democratic Party, on Tuesday she has to nip this Clintonista cult of personality in the bud -- and mean it.

comment #15

Richardson says ...

"If Hillary wants a future with the Democratic Party, on Tuesday she has to nip this Clintonista cult of personality in the bud -- and mean it."

If Obama loses, Hillary is the de facto "told you so" future of the Party.

comment #16

SpinDozer says ...

'If Obama loses, Hillary is the de facto "told you so" future of the Party.'

If she messes up the convention and Obama loses, she'll be the future of the Leiberman/Pariah Party.

comment #17

George Prager says ...

Clinton would be the nominee right now had Smiley Face been successful, if it got better advertising and distribution.

comment #18

Richardson says ...

"If she messes up the convention and Obama loses, she'll be the future of the Leiberman/Pariah Party."

Nah; the Clintons are the Old Democrats. Obama is a New Democrat. If the New Democrats take over, the Old Democrats lose power. But if the New Democrat fails to take over, all the power goes back to the Old Democrats, who then say, "See? We told you not to listen to that guy."

(I don't mean to limit it to Democrats; Republicans do the same thing.)

comment #19

VictorLazlo says ...

Does a guy who was part of the Keating Five and has ties to Jack Abramoff really want to bring up the non-scandal Rezko? The Rezko drum was beaten to death four months ago.

comment #20

SpinDozer says ...

'Old Democrats... then say, "See? We told you not to listen to that guy."

If there were substantive disagreement on policy (get outta Vietnam, pro-life/pro-choice) then HRC would have something to hang her hat on. Absent that, a convention blow-up will be perceived as the product of her ambition. Old Democrats may have backed her in the recent past, but there will be candidates less encumbered in 2012; candidates that won't be DOA with the black community or progressives for example.

comment #21

ZayTonday says ...

So, McCain's campaign releases an ad saying that Obama has bad judgement since he picked Biden for his VP since Biden made some unsavory remarks toward him during the primaries, and then puts out another ad saying that he didn't pick Hillary because of the harsh words she had for him in the primaries.

Which one is it?

comment #22

swordandpen says ...

This is the third or fourth time I've mistaken a John McCain ad as a parody of one.

comment #23

Richardson says ...

"If there were substantive disagreement on policy (get outta Vietnam, pro-life/pro-choice) then HRC would have something to hang her hat on."

The Old Guard always hang their hat on experience. (The New Guard always hang their hat on change -- that's how you can tell them apart.)

"but there will be candidates less encumbered in 2012"

Sure; there'll be a New Guard candidate all the students get behind, for one. But, if Obama loses, the Old Guard will be reinforced within the Democrats. Maybe that won't lead to Hillary in 2012 -- but they'll have the power to pick who it will be instead.

comment #24

Richardson says ...

"This is the third or fourth time I've mistaken a John McCain ad as a parody of one."

Barack Obama says that he's tough on crime. But what he won't tell you is that in 1968, he was involved in a chainsaw massacre.

comment #25

MovieBob says ...

I'm gonna ask again: Can ANYONE explain to me how it is that of the two guys running the 72 year-old Republican is the one with the funny/edgy campaign spots? The McCain camp is turning out a mini Daily Show and Obama is doing fracking live-action NPR. This guy was supposed to be the Black JFK, why is he so willing to let McCain be the "hip" one?

IF Obama loses, it'll be Hillary in 2012. Hell, the promise of an uncontested bid was probably the price for her "withdrawal." The old guard will all want to keep their jobs, so Obama's failure will be blamed on letting "the kids" (college students, MoveOn/Kos zealots, etc) "wrest control" of the party from them, and the Revenge of The Clintons will be framed as "back to business with the grownups." This spin will work, because it has the novelty of being true.

Black voters will, of course, be bitter about it. But the sad reality is... that doesn't count for much. Blacks are 10% of the population, and of that 10% not a whole lot of them are reliably regular voters, statistically speaking. It's nice to imagine that Obama's ascension represents Black Democrats getting-it-together and showing some muscle, but the numbers don't bear it out. If you could actually do hard math on the matter, would it REALLY surprise anyone if you found out that blacks who voted for Obama out of genuine excitement at the advancement of the community were VASTLY outnumbered by whites who voted for him so that they could feel racially progressive about themselves?

comment #26

Richardson says ...

"This spin will work, because it has the novelty of being true."

It may or may not be true, but it *always* works. That's exactly how Nixon got control of the Republicans in '68.

comment #27

MoroccoMole says ...

Lest we forget McCain's publicly-stated feelings about Hillary just a few months ago:

http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/jed-provides-dose-of-reality-mccains.html

comment #28

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