Prominent Liberal Blogger Says Britney Ad Implies Obama Has a "Taste for Young White Women"

the McCain VS McCain debate would be too embarrassing to watch - the O VS McC debates will just be awful to watch - and Repubs will have more proof that O is being disrespectful to his elders!

From Webster's

Main Entry: racism
Pronunciation: \ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm also -ˌshi-\
Function: noun
Date: 1933
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

Does the ad portray Obama's rise to that of to two ditzy white celebs? Yes.

Does Obama have more experience in the Senate than those two celebs? Yes. About a year.

Does it imply "racial prejudice or discrimination". No.

Does it display a "belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race"?

No. Words have meanings. Make sure you know the meaning before you use it.

the ad portrayed Obama as being similar to Brit and Paris, call it mean.low or racist- whatever

at least it's not portraying him as being similar to Bush and Cheney - that would be scary

I am a white woman, the first thing I though of were the Harold Ford ads, this goes one step beyond in that this is a double entendre(??) type ad that had to be explained to death by many. The people it targetd will take it in the vein the Ford ads were. To Paraphrase here -- 'One does not use irony in underdeveloped countries' -- The race card was played to deflect from all the "bad press" over ad.

It's interesting to read the vapid comments that don't see the subliminal racism in McCain's ad or they attempt to trollishly negate it as being eclipsed by the vapidity of the initial association.
... but it's clear to honest people, that the pettiness of trying to associate 2 young white women with a black man is RACIST.
Just like the HArold Ford ad is obviously sleazy and false, so will this ad become obvious down the road.
Obama handled the response just fine. He Nailed the Republicans right between the eyes and let them squirm!

The attempt to associate Obama with 2 vapid celebities won't work because Obama is not a vapid celebrity!

Obama is a constitutional law professor and his command of history and language and message of hope drew 200,000 Europeans to a speech that Republicans didn't even recognize restated Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms!!
Memorable. World Shaking. And Flawless!!

And all neocons have to offer is he is an empty suit??!!
LOL!!
McCain is the empty suit, Manchurian/Rove brained candidate who will crumble on stage when the two finally debate!!

Bring. It. ON!!

It's a brilliant ad, striking right at the heart of the matter. He has been raised to an iconic level as a result of flash, no substance, just flash. It's turning a lot of people away, as I hoped he, in general, would from the start. He is not qualified to steer the nation, as we learn more with each passing day, ad, speech and tour. The debates are going to be the final blow to this campaign. Unless they have his brain wired ahead of time to prevent all original thought processses. In public speeches, he slows to an unbearable crawl while he evaluates every word, checking each word's correctness. Someone so calculated is not the real deal. A truly intelligent leader doesn't have to do that. He just says it like it is and takes the heat. That which is right is not always popular and that which is popular is not always right (as in his case).

Up thread Susan says:
"Obama's comment that he is the one that the world has been waiting for kind of reminds me of something Britney or Paris would say. "

Actually it is a phrase that Ghandi said! So that we all would take responsibility for "becoming the change we wish to see i the world!"

As for the ad... it is clearly RACIST and intended to link Obama with young available white women so you would be scared of the "uppity" black man.

It links Obama with two vapid celebrities, but Obama is famous for his actions, his words, and vision of hope he offers to us and the world!!

So go suck an egg, you whining neocons! Whine, whine whine ... away because McSame is as exciting as cottage cheese and has about as many new ideas as lime green jello!!
Obama responded just right: "McCain has nothing to say about McCain.. all he does is whine about Obama!"
Waaaaaa! Waaaaaaa!

Britney and Paris symbolize too-young naïve vacuous superficial glitz, along with fleeting fame that collapses. The only one missing was Lindsey Lohan. That these are sex celebs as well certainly does nothing to hurt the effectiveness of the ad but it doesn't have to be its main intention. Obama built up his rock star image and now he doesn't like being dinged because of it.

Newsday's Political Punch blog nails it:

"The problem: Anyone with even a vague sense of pop culture knows that Britney and Paris are yesterday's news. Here's a link to Forbes' Celebrity 100. Paris and Britney don't even make the list any more.

Instead, the top 10, in order: Oprah Winfrey, Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie, Beyonce Knowles, David Beckham, Johnny Depp, Jay-Z, The Police, JK Rowling, Brad Pitt.

So, they didn't pick other big celebrities, who were either men, or black, or married.

What they picked was two sexually available white women.

But it must have been a coincidence, because we know John McCain wants to run an elevated campaign focusing on the serious issues that America faces."

Win - I also associated the ad with the Karl Rove description of Obama at the country club with a martini in one hand and his arm around a pretty girl. Both Rove's description and the very beginning of the ad give Obama that debonair kind of image. It's a strange kind of a coincidence.

I think the blogger is correct. I thought the same thing the minute I saw the ad. It seems to go with the Rove theme about a month ago. "He's the one at the country club with a pretty girl, etc...." Story line continued and I promise you more to come. I know Rove was not thinking of Michelle as the girl.

Looks like you've got a good handle on writing the "deep dispute" angle.

Way to get on top of that.

you guys are FUNNY! Ranting and raving about how awful Obama is or will be. Same crap they threw at....lets see, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Carter, Clinton, etc. You kids should study some history. You kids should study some ANYTHING, the stupidity on here is like a virus. Meanwhile, the poster earlier got it right. Obama wins in a walk, as he should, and the dems get 20 more in the house and 10 more in the senate. Finally, maybe the grown-ups will be in charge for a while.

Gee... ya think this sleazy ad *coincidentally* showed as their only "celebrities" two young, blond females infamous for their promiscuity? Not Tom Hanks, Oprah, Angelina Jolie or Jack Nicholson --Britney and Paris are America's biggest celebrities...

Oh please...he is calling Obama a light weight. It has nothing to do with race.

It has to do with 143 days in the Senate!

Geez...get some perspective!

Obama diminishes true racism every time he tosses the race card out. It is disgusting!

If the American people had a brain and any sense of fairness at all, McCain's slander would have already caused a backlash. McCain is counting on the essentially unfair, prejudiced nature of the American public. Bush counted on it and won by dirt and slime. McSlander wants to use the same tried-and-tested defamation of character approach to sloganeering. Never mind fixing the problems our country is in. The Republicans don't care if we all go down the toilet. That's obvious.

"To a racist, however, it's a flashing red beacon light, reminding them of the very strong, emotional reasons they do not want Obama to be president"

The flaw in your logic is a racist would already be against him. Try some common sense.

So many of the lefties here can't lay off the ad hominem attacks. I wonder why?

The point of the commercial is that Obama refuses to drill for oil. The only association that should be made with Obama and Spears or Hilton is that they are all no nothing airheads who live in some fantasy world...

The point of the commercial is that Obama refuses to drill for oil. The only association that should be made with Obama and Spears or Hilton is that they are all no nothing airheads who live in some fantasy world...

McCain's ONLY asset was he was thought of as better than other republicans they HATE this year.
With the stupid blaming Obama for gas prices,then the FALSE crud about not visiting wounded troops,(it came out today McNasty had two ads prepared whether Obama visited the troops or didn't he would be smeared) and now Britney and Paris.
McCain is not different from Cheney, DeLay, Limbaugh, Coulter...