Worst ad ever
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 11:44PM I'm not sure if this is the worst political ad I've ever seen, but it's right near the top.
Evidentially, the McCain camp thinks it's a brilliant move to run an ad comparing Barack Obama's "celebrity" to Brittney Spears and Paris Hilton.
I would love to have been a fly on the wall when the geniuses in the McCain camp came up with that idea.
"You know how we can take Obama down a peg or two: lets compare him to Brittney Spears. No, seriously, I mean that. He's like the celebutards, except he's running for President and stuff."
This is laughably bad. McCain actually has an issue to run on -- the surge is working, and Obama is going to make a mess of Iraq -- but instead he's attempting to run the worst campaign in history. If he thinks that this ad is the way to connect to voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio, then they're in trouble.
Reader Comments (6)
Thank you Nick for saying what needed to be said. Clearly, McCain's advisors are fishing for some angle to be able to hook Obama to negative connotations. Instead, they just seem to be floundering. If he's really smart, Obama won't take the bait, but instead will swim with the increasing public tide in his favor, while McCain's ad folk struggle going upsteam against public opinion. McCain would do well to cast away his media folk if they don't clam up. The Obama/Hilton/Spears ad is a whale of a mistake.
It's too bad that Representative John Sprat of South Carolina is a Democrat. Otherwise, he'd make an appropriate vice presidential candidate on John McCain's ticket, unless he's viewed as too small a fish to attract many votes.
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No argument here. This is an odd blunder for the McCain camp, and I hope they see the error of their ways quickly and start getting more serious about this campaign.
It seems like the McCain campaign team completely missed the Michael Deaver genius of visuals trumping content. The cheering masses and flattering images create a triumphant ad - for Obama.
Turns out the Hilton family has been huge contributors to McCain and the GOP over the years. Seems about right ...
I think Kathy Hilton said it best when she told the Huffington Post:
"I've been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCain celebrity ad. I actually have three responses. It is a complete waste of the money John McCain's contributors have donated to his campaign. It is a complete waste of the country's time and attention at the very moment when millions of people are losing their homes and their jobs. And it is a completely frivolous way to choose the next President of the United States."
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