Political Punch

If we had followed Jimmy Carters advice 40 years ago(former nuclear sub engineer), we could have replaced our automobiles with efficient cars and trucks that would be getting better than twice the mileage, increased our conservation and alternative fuel efforts, further diversified more out of oil and tapped our own domestic resources better cutting our still ever increasing dependence on foriegn oil. If we just cut our earlier foriegn imports in half we would only be importing 20% of our oil now. Reagan shut him down, Bush 1 ignored him, Clinton gave an impotent nod to solar power, and Bush 11 acted as if he never heard of Carter. Carter really gave us a good message, but we let ourselves be talked away from it to this present point. Who did that benifit?

Yeah Mccain is an idiot twice over, he should have known that Ron Paul has been described as Dr No for many years because of his voting record in the congress.

I get the argument, and I don't think it's a bad one on the merits.

So $30 savings a year(for gas tax holiday), .08/gallon savings in ten years (offshore/Alaska drilling) and stating that Obama doesn't support "innovation" has merit to you?

John McCain will lose in November for 3 reasons:

1 - Obama will raise enough money to fend off the armies of swiftboaters and 527 groups,

2 - republicans have underestimated the anger of the American people against them for the last 8 years/the war/the economy,

3 - republicans can't count on having all of the "christian/evangelical" base, such as myself, to vote for them - I will vote for Bob Barr or abother third party candidate. If John McCain is the best that my party could put forward, then we deserve the unavoidable slaughter that's coming in November.

Back to the ad . . . The only thing it accomplishes is to connect that groovy Bond theme & the retro font to Barack. For which Obama voters thank you.

I haven't seen one thing the McCain campaign has done flawlessly, or even well -- in concept or execution. It's all such an unmitigated mess. More than anything else, that scares the bejeezus out of me about how the man would govern . . . regardless of issues or ideology. There's no discipline, no center, no path. The whole campaign is like listening to McCain talk.

I'm an Obama supporter but polls show there are more people who won't vote for McCain because of his age than won't vote for Obama because of his race. What does this tell me? Yes, there is ageism in the country and I have to agree that this article exhibits a bit of it. "Dr. No" is a legit cultural reference...if you weren't alive for the originals most people have a clue from the Austin Powers movies. (However, the reference does contain a subtle hint of racial characterization which is just as reprehensible as the ageism in countering it.)

It's all a shame that things have to degenerate to this level - this was the same dynamic of prejudices against prejudices we saw in the Hillary/Obama race.

I wish we could get beyond this silly stuff and argue the merits. Which is a better approach to energy independency - opening up our shores to drilling and reopening nuclear power plants (McCain), or investing money in wind, solar, and alternative biofuels, while using a profits tax to refund some money to working families(Obama). Both plans have merits and problems but I think it's clear that Obama's looks toward the future, not the past.

Interesting... Dr. No was actually a true nickname of Ron Paul in congress... seeing how he is a doctor and all and voted 'no' an awful lot.

The younger generation is likely to assert a Ron Paul connection over a James Bond connection at this point.

McCain needs to reconsider his campaign/PR hires I think.

- Scott

Obama---Dr.No Vetting Allowed

SENATOR McCAIN SAID TODAY: “I AM GOING TO CAMPAIGN IN ALL THIRTEEN COLONIES. MY CAMPAIGN WILL EMPLOY ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES: THE TELEGRAPH, THE CARRIER PIGEON AS WELL AS THE PONY EXPRESS.

McCain made a good counter volley. Since many of the people who remember Carter's short lived Presidency are still voters and James Bond movies are part of the American lexicon I can't see the controversy. Even the younger crowd watch TV and can remember their history lessons. Why does a campaign pitch or political retort need to be criticized for using outdated references? People aren't really so stupid they need to be spoon fed only the latest pap.
This commentator referenced a movie made decades ago when he titled one blurb 'a ridge too far.'
Et tu, Brutus?

I think the ad will appeal to a lot of the older folks in McCain's base, but it not the younger crowd. So, it won't hurt him at all, but probably won't help either.

Obama is YES to your money and

A serious NO to all his PROMISES....

More Promises to break---> coming soon to a theater/news near YOU !

Jimmy Carter made a lot of mistakes, but he was also pretty unlucky in the crises he faced. Much mocked for his naming energy dependency the Moral Equivalent of War (MEOW), one wonders how different this country would be if we had taken this campaign to heart before 1980. When it comes to energy policy, if not the politics to set it in motion, let us hope the Obama administration is a second Carter presidency.

If McCain and Obama both are Dr, Hillary would be the nurse who is going to take care of people.

Actually a good video. I'm surprised the Republicans were able to come up with this. But they got the title wrong. It should say "Truly Is The Dr. No of PANDERING", unlike McCain. But these panders will help us psychologically!

Looks like McCain has broken his promise to run a respectable campaign. It's "a big deal". "This is just really sad for the country. For somebody with this much ability, this much talent, to fall this far, this soon."

Obama wants to invest 150 billion in alternative energy. The technology works and the time is now. What did Bush invest? 20 million. That's "chum change"in high-tech R&D. There are small countries in south americal with bigger budgets. Americal is the loser in high tech solar... all the money's being invested by high tech European companies with their eyes on the "money" prize of 45% efficiency - at which point solar is cheapr than oil and the whole game is over.

We can be "oil free" by 2030 with LI-electric vehicles and solar farms.

One of my favorite quotes - "All of California's electricity can be produced from 200 square miles of sunshine; 128,000 acres of desert land."

A gas free, oil free America would be possible by converting 1000 square miles of southwestern land into solar farms using concentrator systems.

Did any of you guys every read Obama's site, or listen to his talks on energy?

I thought the "Dr No' failed for the most obvious reason: In trying to label Obama, it made him seem cool a la James Bond. The pictures used of Obama were flattering and in fact visually, made Obama appear heroic, bondish.

What kind of attack ad is this? Maybe I am missing the point? Isn't an attack ad supposed to diminish your opponent?

do you want a president twho will be nearly 80 after a second term or 54?

McCain is a more of the same. Time for the geeks to rule. Go O!

The Carter line is a good retort from McCain.

However, I can't help but feel that McCain's whole campaign is off the rails. McCain has offered bizarre gimmicks like the gas tax holiday, but all of his real policy positions seem to parallel Bush's. Rather than offering his own ideas, McCain's campaign seems to be based on making jokes about Obama's. That's not the change we can believe in.

Is this “Obama as Dr. No” ad a veiled reference to the fact that Obama has a multi-ethnic background, is “exotic” if you will? You know, like the misanthrope called Dr. No in the James Bond novels. Naahh, can’t be!

Well, regardless of the presidential candidate one supports, this ad suggests a non-pc notion that nobody wants to voice - McCain and his advisers are old, and not in a good way.

Chronological age is not the question; rather the question is whether one's many years of life experience have superimposed a forward looking wisdom on one s world view, or a backward looking dogma on that view. This ad suggests the latter for McCain and his advisors.

We voters do want a person who is tough and honest enough in the white house, but we also want that person to be smart and forward looking enough. Unfortunately, the existence and publication of this ad suggests that whoever that tough, honest, smart, forward looking person is, that person is not John McCain.