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I actually don't get the MCCain ad using Britany and Paris. It seems so lame and desperate.
What do two skinny white chics have to do with an articulate candidate who is in touch withthe problems of Americans from many classes, reaces, and cultures?I am proud that we have someone running who is engaging people, trying to inspire us and to unite our nation except for those of course who like division, scapegoating, and racism. Aren't we tired of all this? I am excited that other nations who have been our allies are energized also by Obama's message of change. The best defense in the world is to have strong friends guarding our back. McCain needs to focus on his own message instead of being jealous of Obama. What is his message? What happened to the McCain who promised the high road, the one who showed integrity and independent thinking.
Unfortunately this ad is another indications of how much the mean spirited Republican machine has coopted him. What a shame!

Actually, it is even more insidious than that. Obama himself has run his entire campaign on charisma. The fact is he has had his cake and eaten too for a while now, but that's up because once you claim the mantle of most popular, there is no turning back Dorothy. His only escape will be to take hard, firm positions which we know very well is entirely contrary to his campaign strategy. It is the campaign anti-strategy: vote for me because I sound and look good but don't look at my track record because I will make it up on your dime and time. Frankly, it's refreshing to see his fall back to earth.

OK so what if he does have a celebrity type appeal and people all around the world like him, is that a bad thing? Old man Bush had it right when asked what he felt about Barack's trip to Europe with the McSame standing next to him, he replied "Jealous", simply jealous. And that is what this is all about Jealousy! Quite frankly, I like the idea of possibly, finally having a president that is likable and can put together a decent sentence, went to Harvard and can meet with world leaders and represent America honorably, and open to diplomacy. I hope the American people are no so small minded as the GOP seem to think. It is clear they are trying to turn BO's popularity against him because they're trying to stop this freight train. Unfortunately, some will bite this bait, but I went to school, and I'm smarter than that. By the way, I was not 5th from the bottom of my class! the contrast is stunning between the candidates in EVERY respect. As for me and my family, the obvious choice is OBAMA '08.

Republicans routinely spend more time telling voters why not to vote for their opponent rather than why they should vote for them.

The celebrity ad is, clearly, the most successful ad of the campaign so far, (although I suspect that there are harder hitting ones still to come). Why? Because everyone is talking about it and BHO is being defined. The words 'Obama' and 'celebrity' are now inexorably linked in peoples' minds. Also, the Obamites have, obviously, got their knickers in a twist over this one which, again, implies its effectiveness. BHO has been on the defensive all week with his flip-flop on offshore drilling and his tire inflation 'policy'. It has been a good week for McCain.

McCain is talking about the issues and the action he'll take as president. ==========Yea Right... he will protect us
from Pairs Hilton... LOL.. but who will
protect us form Mcbush.....Id vote
for Pairs Hilton before McSame...
She seems to have better Ideas than
He does on the Issues!

8-house mccain has been a celebrity for quite some time-- and now he's starting to come across as the jealous old man. anyone remember mccain in the wedding crashers?

even mccain's own website referred to him as a celebrity until a few weeks ago.

This mccain ad is in very poor taste. LEts face it - Britney Spears, before she hit 21, sold over 50 million albums worldwide and was worth over $100 million. She was the world's biggest pop star - she is not an empty clebrity who had achieved nothing! She generated tens of millions of dollars in exports for America as the world's biggest pop star - McCain wasn't complianing then. So to pick on her now, at a time she's hit it really low personally and professionally, and is actually sick and in intense therapy/rehab, is cruel at best - its pretty mean spirited.

Obama talks about issues! McCain talks about nonsense!

Somethimes the truth hurts, which is what McCain is telling via his latest campaign ad. Looks like it worked to get under Obama's skin, because he is responding to it. The truth is that the DNC campaign has been all about hype - JFK's speechwriter prepares the lines which are on the teleprompter or memorized - just like for Hollywood actors. A top celebrity or band does the event kick-off, just like a Hollywood production. Nothing about the issues - too boring, spotlighting his divisive diversion tactics - all fluff and no substance, but tabloid-like media coverage. The Obama 'campaign hype' is cool and fun, just woefully INEFFECTIVE based on his lack of credentials and experience and his inherent inability to see beyond Chicago and Hawaii. Why no debates? why no substance? why no solutions that can be practically implemented? Why continually diss other's ideas and get laughs by scratching your face with your finger when you say another candidate's name? The DNC campaign has been disrespectful to the people's intelligence.

McCain just lost his cred when he said he was proud of that bad, sad ad that unfairly took advantage of two of his own supporters. How do you think Brit and Paris feel being held up as idiots? What a way to thank your constituents..

find it amusing that McCain chooses to compare Obama to celebrities because which party is it that historically elects celebrities, pitchers, football coaches etc (i.e. Reagan, Sonny Bono, Schwarzenegger, Fred Grandy, Tom Osborne, Jim Bunting, Fred Thompson)? Can someone please clarify that for us?

Posted by: dk |

Simple, These are REAL celebrities, Obama is just a wanna be.

I find it amusing that McCain chooses to compare Obama to celebrities because which party is it that historically elects celebrities, pitchers, football coaches etc (i.e. Reagan, Sonny Bono, Schwarzenegger, Fred Grandy, Tom Osborne, Jim Bunting, Fred Thompson)? Can someone please clarify that for us?

It would take Elvis passing out peanut butter sandwiches, to top the Paris Hilton ad.

that's funny, especially since Paris' parents are HUGE McCain supporters.

why trash on your constituents McCain? That's pretty dirty.

oh, and the gall of Barack Obama to get the world looking at the United States optimistically! How DARE you.

If McCain thinks an ad about Barack Obama with Paris Hilton,and Brttiney Spears will affect Barack's campaign he is ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. It will in fact have a MAJOR affect but maybe not the one McCain was looking for. As a teen I am in the stage of my life where I may make some horrible mistakes some that may make or break me, as celebrities Brittney and Paris have built there careers off of some of these mistakes. However there is always time for me to change and though it would seem to take miracle to see Paris'and Brittney's lives CHANGE it could still happen. It that what Barack stands for anyway? Seeing the obvious bad and making a CHANGE

Siding with the oil companies worked financially for John McCain:

Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the federal ban on offshore drilling.

Oil and gas industry executives and employees donated $1.1 million to McCain last month -- three-quarters of which came after his June 16 speech calling for an end to the ban -- compared with $116,000 in March, $283,000 in April and $208,000 in May

We wouldn't have the Fed if markets were completely FREE.

Please people, after 8 years of Republican run government, don't be fooled anymore by the free-market argument.

The free-market argument is good for the economics class. What's in the best interests of governments and there people are "balanced markets." To let the market run-amuck would create too many spikes and valleys that would do more damage to the economy as a whole. We need just enough regulation - not "FREE", not government, but just enough. "FREE" is an illusion. If markets were truly free, we would have the Fed and we'd have complete de-regulation of everything.

Hmmm? Where did we have deregulation of industries...1) Energy and we got Enron and similar activities... 2) financial institutions, banks, and by the way thanks to Phil Gramm, McCain's economic advisor because now we have the credit crisis.

I'm to the point of feeling that people who decide not to initiate a 3 hour self-education sprint on political candidate policies should be restricted from voting because you are screwing up America's future. There should be a quiz to vote: (1) Is Barack a Muslim? "Yes"...Ennghg! "Wrong! Nine more questions left." "Is McCain for or against torture methods being used by the CIA? Anwser: "Against." Ennngh! Wrong: "He is for it."

This whole idiocy surrounding debates...When does a President ever get the chance to engage in debate while in office? When did debating become a skill for Presidency?

A President needs to lead and nothing more. CEOs don't do -they lead.