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July 31, 2008 3:03 PM

McCain Is "Proud" Of Ad That Hits Obama On Celeb Status

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

(RACINE, WISC.) – While Barack Obama was asking John McCain if an ad comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton was “the best you can come up with,” a member of the audience at McCain’s town hall meeting here asked if the Arizona senator had “flip-flopped” on running a positive campaign by airing that ad.

“We are proud of that commercial,” McCain said. “There are differences and we are drawing those differences. And I’ve said earlier I admire his campaign, but what we are talking about here is substance and not style, and what we are talking about is who has an agenda for the future of America.”

McCain said they could have a better discussion of the issues if Obama would join him at town hall events. “I have asked Sen. Obama to travel across this country with me and engage in town hall meetings. He has refused to do so, and yesterday, in case you missed it, he wanted to have a duel,” McCain said. “I’m not sure exactly what weapons he had in mind, but why don’t we just sit down together and have a discussion.”
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by memekiller July 31, 2008 3:08 PM PDT
I point out Obama wears a lot of bling to show he''s effette and a dandy.
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by memekiller July 31, 2008 3:16 PM PDT
Seems like only yesterday that the Washington Post was making excuses for McCain''s negative campaigning:

Doesn''t look like Eilperin''s and Barnes'' excuse for McCain''s negative campaigning holds water:

%u201CAs Election Day nears, McCain''s campaign is adopting the aggressive, take-no-prisoners style of Karl Rove, the GOP operative who engineered victories for President Bush....But the sharp-edged approach is being orchestrated for an unpredictable candidate who often chafes at delivering the campaign''s message of the day. It is that freewheeling style that has made him popular with voters and cemented his reputation for candor and straight talk.%u201D http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2008_07/014199.php

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by afmca July 31, 2008 3:16 PM PDT
I think Obaoma should counter with ads showing a bunch of old, drooling alzheimer patients as that is the definition of John McSame McCain. He has welcomed the devisive campaign tactics of Rove while employing the Father of Enron and several neo-cons to keep with his promise of 100 years worth of war. McCain is an embarassment to his country.
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by shingles1 July 31, 2008 3:26 PM PDT
Bentley, you could have done some real journalism and asked McCain for his thoughts on John Weaver''s criticisms of this ad. McCain''s former long time strategist called it ''childish'' and said that it ''diminished John McCain''. The National Review has also criticized this ad as well.
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by mcflipflop4u July 31, 2008 3:35 PM PDT
mccain the loser would be proud of something so stupid..
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by isl6187 July 31, 2008 3:46 PM PDT
Where did the John McCain we use to know go?Although I am a Obama supporter-I always liked John McCain
for his independent ways and his
ability to cross party lines.His
adoption of Rove politics is very sad.I thought he had alot more to offer.The majority of voters are sick of the ole smear tactics.Sen McCain I thought i knew ya
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by liberalme July 31, 2008 3:50 PM PDT
We are proud of that commercial,%u201D McCain said. %u201CThere are differences and we are drawing those differences.

Hahaha what an idiot!
The Obama camp is intelligent and consistant.
The McCain camp reduces itself to school yard insults (and proud of it!) McCain can''t keep track of what he says, because he throws away his notes.

The Bush campaigns taught us well---not to expect any brillance from the Republicans--they''re only capable of destruction.
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by liberalme July 31, 2008 3:52 PM PDT
in case you missed it, he wanted to have a duel,%u201D McCain said. %u201CI%u2019m not sure exactly what weapons he had in mind, but why don%u2019t we just sit down together and have a discussion.%u201D

It doesn''t matter what "weapon" they use--MCCain is the loser--he has no ammunition.
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by parrot2ok July 31, 2008 4:01 PM PDT
We are proud of that commercial,%u201D McCain said. %u201CThere are differences and we are drawing those differences.


How do you defend a potential POTUS ridiculing ordinary and very troubled (Brit & Paris) young women while trying to smear another fellow American ? And you still find some Repugs embracing this actions. Repugs should be outraged and as Americans, defend these women who have NOTHING to do with this elections or the process. Cheers!
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by misha128-2009 July 31, 2008 4:03 PM PDT
If McCain''s best reasons for being president are oil drilling which will only have pennies a gallon of impact 20+ years from now and Barak Obama is too appealing to people in general, where is substance and discussion of the issues to feature Senator McCain''s maturity and wisdom? All we see in this commercial is another policy gimmick from a candidate who appears to be conducting the greater portion of his campaign in private and invitation-only meetings under the cloak of secrecy ("executive privilege") instead of transparently before all voters. Even in public events recorded encounters indicate that the Secret Service (or more likely someone claiming to be in the Secret Service) is culling undesirables from the audience of Senator McCain''s events. Does Senator McCain have an issue with addressing the full electorate concerning his positions that he needs to tailor his message to selective small groups where he can assume positions on all sides of the same issue? In agreement with Senator McCain''s own comments. this is NOT leadership I can believe in.
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by ramos937 July 31, 2008 4:14 PM PDT
The thing that would make McCain happy would be if Obama were to submit his shedule to McCain''s staff for prior approval.

Is McCain sane? He really believes that Obama has challenged him to a duel? Something is wrong with the old boy.
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by mattcat25 July 31, 2008 4:43 PM PDT
Well at least McCain found something to be proud of. No Republican I%u2019ve found is very proud of the results of their Conservative Agenda, except the Oil Companies who are laughing all the way to the bank! In tax free Dubai.
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by ariel133 July 31, 2008 4:43 PM PDT
Obama is looking for a fight and because McCain would rather have a discussion than a fight what does that tell about these two men? One is too inexperianced to lead, the other is ready. Simple, really.
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by wellhell3 July 31, 2008 5:10 PM PDT
Obscamma wants to duel? Bwahahaaha!

What with? A wet noodle?
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by voltaire333 July 31, 2008 5:20 PM PDT
American politics, you have to love the simple-minded republican strategy, it works every time. Here you have a stupid old fool pushing tired, old, failed policies for mega corporations, running against a bright energetic young man with ideas for helping Americans take back their government, and the race is neck and neck! Clearly, Americans have yet to pull their heads out of their a$$es!
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by broadwayphi July 31, 2008 5:50 PM PDT
Take pride where you can, my friend.

You certainly can''t take pride in your empty, flaccid, lobbyist-run tabloid campaign.

No ideas = sleaze politics.
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by voltaire333 July 31, 2008 5:57 PM PDT
ExxonMobil - taking on the world''s toughest energy challenges -- how to keep American dependant on oil, and make billions upon billions in profits while you do it! Step One: buy up the media, CBS, for example!
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by larysinclair July 31, 2008 6:19 PM PDT
Obama is all talk and no action,...always has been always will be. Did nothing positive in Chicago or anytime in public life. He is a little whiney boy, scaredy cat, race baiting loser. Period.End of story.
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by jmurrieta1 July 31, 2008 6:34 PM PDT
McCain, a silver spoon rich kid like Bush.

Never earned a thing in his life.

Rich daddy and rich second wife gave it all to him.

Now he''s even given up his integrity and honesty in his lust to win.

Too bad McCain will be an empty shell nobody after November.

McCain--fade away.
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by Netterz July 31, 2008 6:42 PM PDT
Story fits, he is running his campaign like a rock star, with songs of change, but you all seem to forget that we have been living under a democratically held house for 4 yrs now, and all they have done is run us farther into the ground. Obama can not do ONE THING he has said he can as President. He would do a better job staying in the senate another 10 yrs, and learning how the Gov''t truly works, or, maybe try his hand at becoming a rock star.
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by aj4321-2009 July 31, 2008 7:05 PM PDT
McBush is a poor excuse for a human being.
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by PacificGatePost July 31, 2008 7:07 PM PDT
IT%u2019S NOT JUST BECAUSE CAMPAIGN ADS ARE NEGATIVE THAT THEY ARE A PROBLEM ---

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/07/more-evidence-that-republicans-dont.html

McCain%u2019s campaign may be getting torpedoed by Republicans.

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by mcflipflop4u July 31, 2008 7:09 PM PDT
McCain Is "Proud" Of Ad

HE WOULD THAT F.UCKEN LOSER!!
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by whitemale08 July 31, 2008 7:22 PM PDT
McCain...You my friend should be ashamed of your ad; suggesting that Obama is just another celebrity NBA black basketball player who sleeps around with white girls like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.

How dare you?!!!

You promised to run a "respectable campaign" instead you put out cheap trash like this taloid garbage!

Everybody knows you don''t want to address the issues because you and Bush are failures!!!
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by mr2258 July 31, 2008 7:46 PM PDT
McCain is proud of the ad as he should be.It shows Obama for what he is.
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by mr2258 July 31, 2008 7:48 PM PDT
If you are looking for Obama.Find a rock band and a camera and he may be there.
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by Syndicate July 31, 2008 7:52 PM PDT
Here is more arrogance from Obama and his people. McCain makes a fairly mild ad pointing out Obama''s celebrity status and you people get mad. There was nothing untrue in the add it just points out the obvious in a rather funny kind of way. The arrogance from Obama is him pretending he has not trash talked McCain which we all know is a bald face lie. I can''t wait for the "Obama is a liar ad". If you string all his lies together it would probably have to be turned into one of those epic 6 hour motion pictures instead of a short commercial.
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by hitler_obama July 31, 2008 10:06 PM PDT
Its the Wright way to have Damnation by abomination. Sorry I mean Obamanation!
The Jewish people knew once of a man who wanted to change them!

All of Germany bows to its new friend whos name is Obama Hussein!
Germany made one mistake? Me!
Do you have the audacity to have hope without truth? Vote Barack Obama on Election Day!
................Your loving and kind friend A. Hitler:)
=_ _=
(O O)?
._^_,
..o..Our initials together spell HO? The HO boys!
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by fairandbal July 31, 2008 10:48 PM PDT
It''s clear the McCain camp has hijacked this blog tonight. Can''t you folks get out and do real campaigning for a change!?

McCain has stooped to the lowest of low borrowing from the criminal KKKarl Rove campaign tactics. Anything to win, just like Bush.

Do you want a Bush 3rd term America? More of the same with John McSame!!!!

Wake up your going to have 4 more years of GOP rule and more devastation in this country!
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by prak777 July 31, 2008 11:00 PM PDT
Obama lectured 200000 Nazis but he couldn''t visit wounded soldiers who fought for a grat cause.
What a hypocracy?
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by walt1944-2009 July 31, 2008 11:32 PM PDT
It has been learned that "Bagdad John McBush (SURRRRRRGE, DRILLLLL)" McCain is having the FBI monitor all comments made to this web site.

When he becomes Great Emperor,
all those evil Progressives who have come out slamming him, will be rewarded with a one way trip to Gitmo complete with unlimited waterboarding when they get there.

Those loyal neocon Fascist Nazis who have come out in support of McCain, will be rewarded by being rounded up, shoved into a uniform, given a hunting rifle, and thrown on to the next plane heading for Afghanistan, where they will remain for the next 50 years! The great "SURRRRRRGE" McCain promises that he will "SUPPORT THE TROOPS" by having Haliburton deliver sub-human food, provide sewage water for drinking and washing clothes, and "free" electrical shocks while taking showers!

SIG HEIL, BUSH!!!!!
sig heil, SURRRRGE, SURRRRGE, SURRRRGE, McCain!
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by allmymarbles July 31, 2008 11:43 PM PDT
I think Obama should give back as good as he got. How about an ad featuring McCain with a bunch of his most elderly advizers. That should get a laugh and laughter is death to a candidate.
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by starbright6 July 31, 2008 11:44 PM PDT
I knew Senator McCains politics were basically the same as those of George W Bush; the same policies that brought us among other things the largest deficit in history, a recession bordering depression, and an immoral illegal war of occupation that has taken the lives of thousands of US Soldiers to say nothing of innocent Iraqi civilians. I did think the Arizona Senator had more personal integrity than the likes of Bush, Rove and Company than to engage in this sort of smear campaign. It won''t work; You can''t fool all of the people all of the time
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by lucasnico July 31, 2008 11:56 PM PDT
Obama lectured 200000 Nazis but he couldn''''t visit wounded soldiers who fought for a grat cause.
What a hypocracy?

Posted by prak777 at 11:00 PM : Jul 31, 2008

Sorry they were wounded.... but the cause was fraudulent, (less that grat....or great).
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by seah5 August 1, 2008 12:05 AM PDT
The Celb ad is true to the core.

Obama wants to be a Super Star, No doubt about it. He wants to be loved by all and glorified.

Maybe he chose the wrong Profession, his vanity and ego would be more suited as a Super Star.
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by kansas1946 August 1, 2008 12:40 AM PDT
McCain Is "Proud" Of Ad That Hits Obama On Celeb Status
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That is because McCain is not quite sane.
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by ajaxtheleast August 1, 2008 2:18 AM PDT
What will we call this? "Civil War Lite"?,,"Civil War 2",,"The Sequel?

If John doesn''t stop with these site photos looking like a clinch-fisted pit bull (Yes pit bulls can do that) with the word RACE in bold type we''ll be divided along the same lines as our CW.

Not sure if Billy Bob John wants to go that route,,He may though, with his memory he might not remember how the civil war turned out.

As far as the two of them hitting the town hall circut each week?

I doubt that the 4-foot 6-inch Billy Bob John wants stareing into Obams''s belt buckle to be his six-oclock news photo-op every week.

And it''s always the politician who''s''s behind that wants to debate.
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by stn_sage August 1, 2008 3:32 AM PDT
The fact that McCain would proclaim that he is "proud" of that ad, tells me that he has ''a screw loose''!

No honest man, no man of character would be proud of that ad! :(
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by biobird August 1, 2008 4:00 AM PDT
Does anyone see the blatant racial jab in connecting Obama with trashy white women. I do not see how Obama played race card when it is already on the table. Black men use to be lynched for looking at women like that. If they wanted to make the connection to fame why not Beyonce and ..... this is trashy. ALthough in this race I will not vote for McCain I HAD some respect for the man...what has he done?
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by ramos937 August 1, 2008 4:04 AM PDT
Speaking for millions ofAmericans, it is so refreshing and good to see a major national figure greeted in Europe by so many Europeans in such a good manner. It is such a relief from the usual demonstrations and riots that result from a Bush visit. This really tells me that most people overseas hate the Bush Administrtion and not America itself.
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by steveinlago August 1, 2008 7:03 AM PDT
McCain really needs to be careful about what he asks for. He whined about how Obama couldn''t deal with Iraq or international leaders so Obama took off for his international tour...how''d that work out for you, Johnny? No doubt Obama would wipe the floor with him in a town hall meeting!
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by ariel133 August 1, 2008 7:18 AM PDT
When the truth hurts the Democrats scream and shout- blaming everyone else for their own malfunction. Their low intelligence should allow them to shoot themselves in the head soon enough.
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by sleepyric August 1, 2008 7:29 AM PDT
Dear John McCain:

You are a moron, just like the current moron in the white house.
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by imprisonkarl August 1, 2008 7:44 AM PDT
Oh, how sad -- McSame''s no longer the media darling he once was. Boo hoo.

Looks like you got dumped, just like you did to your first wife, Johnny! Tooooo bad.

Guess you''ll just have to suck it up -- like the war "hero" you pretend to be.

BTW, anybody seen McSame''s honey, Vicki Iseman, lately? How come the Rethuglicans were all hot and bothered about Bill & Monica but don''t seem as interested in McSame''s sexual "problems?"
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by pr_boxer August 1, 2008 7:48 AM PDT
Well, I''d rather be compared to Britney Spears or Paris Hilton than George Bush.

Hang in there Sen McBush at least you''re not under indictment (yet) like buddy Ted Stevens!
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by pr_boxer August 1, 2008 7:51 AM PDT
Well, McBush does wear that flap pin in his lapel, and he also wears a ball cap and thats proof of his patrioism.
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by skyk-2009 August 1, 2008 7:55 AM PDT
When the truth hurts the Democrats scream and shout- blaming everyone else for their own malfunction. Their low intelligence should allow them to shoot themselves in the head soon enough.

Posted by Ariel133 at 07:18 AM : Aug 01, 2008

LOL YOU are joking right? LOL Why do you think McBush came out with this horrible attack Ad''s? LOL It was because he could NOT compete on the World Stage with Obama and he felt he HAD to drag him down to his level. It''s sick, it''s sad and EXACTLY what the Worst in our History did to get to the White House. What kind of fools would we be to allow that to happen a SECOND time?
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by rudy654-2009 August 1, 2008 7:59 AM PDT
I can''t see the ad hurting Obama. It made him look popular and a star at the same time. I was laughing the whole time I saw it, because Obama couldn''t have received a better gift.
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by sst01 August 1, 2008 8:25 AM PDT
"but what we are talking about here is substance and not style, and what we are talking about is who has an agenda for the future of America.%u201D

John, it didn''t work for Hillary, it won''t work for you"

Suggest you stick to the tried & true "flip-flop" attack ,
Start with Bush tax cuts , a good way to promote the Republican agenda for America....


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by peterp111 August 1, 2008 9:36 AM PDT
Duty, Honor, Country.

I have found it amusing that even though some bloggers have become nothing more than judgemental rambling empty headed people, one after the other, day after day, it reflects the way society seems to want to support "change" but refuses to do so for themselves.

Are we nothing more than children pretending to be grown ups?

Duty, Honor, Country- McCain
ME, ME, ME- Obama.
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