Weaver on McCain Ad: "Childish"; On New Negative McCain: "Like Asking Wilt Chamberlain to Play Point Guard"

the ads are idiotic. not a good move for the mccain camp. even though they hit home on the message they are conveying, the mccain camp should be doing better. there are lots of good things they could be promoting instead.
almost every pundit for obama is saying that mccain is running a negative campaign but obama is not. that is bs. everytime obama states an obvious lie in an attack, it gets repeated over and over by the media, with no correction on the obvious lie. the affect is the same. obama gets to put out a negative political advertisement, it gets repeated by the media for free, any response by the mccain camp gets a partial sound bite and is then buried. make no doubt about it, obama is running a negative campaign against mccain and the republicans at the same time.

I always amazes when Senator Obama asks Senator John McCain to do something that he himself has never done. We know all about Senator McCain's career and where he stands on issues from his longtime Senatorial Record. But exactly what do we know about Senator Obama's? Let's just say that when I ask anybody that I come into contact with if they can tell me where he stands on the most important issues of the day, they fumble around and talk about change. One thing is true, his message has been swallowed hook, line, and sinker by many who like the idea of change but do not question just what change Sen. Obama will bring.

I would bet Obama's pastors, shady friends, and rap buddy Ludacris scare away far more voters than any McCain attack Ad.

My advise to Senator Obama is to borrow a leaf from President Abe Lincoln's letter to his son's Teacher - "be gentle with the gentle and be tough with the tough.

If mudslinging is now the rule of the game, Obama should throw it in good measure.

He should not allow them to play him the way they did with Senator Kerry in 2004.

This is a strategic suggestion for the Obama campaign.

The best way to respond to these ads is to say:

"This is not the McCain we though we knew. John McCain has served our country honorably and has promised to run a clean, respectful campaign. These types of attack ads are beneath him and diminish his reputation as a person of decency and bipartisanship. The question people should be asking is: why is John McCain choosing to attack the purported perception of Barack Obama as a celebrity? What does this say about McCain? Where is the old McCain? And just who is this new McCain."

I think it is imperative to flip the attack ads back onto McCain to show how it reflects on his character, his (perhaps) uncomfortableness with sending such a message, and the fact that this hard-line is being pushed by a former Bush advisor who may not reflect what was appealing to independents (and frankly many liberals) about McCain.

Obama's criticism falls flat since his ads don't tell us what he's going to do. They talk in general terms, never specifics, so that we all may feel warm and fuzzy projecting onto him our hopes and dreams. Two differences between the candidates I do know-

McCain's energy plan includes wind, solar, alternative fuels, and domestic drilling to cut our dependence on foreign oil. Obama refuses to drill so that we can continue to support terrorism in the Middle East and Hugo Chavez with our oil dollars.

McCain credits our men and women in uniform for the success of the surge in Iraq, which he supported very vocally. Obama not only insists that the surge (which he opposed) didn't work, but goes on to say that any reduction in violence had absolutely nothing to do with the efforts of our troops.

Which man would you rather have looking out for America's interests and serving as Commander-in-Chief?

BJINCHICAGO,

Senator Mccain knows that their are "simple hearted" folks out there who he can still play on their "simple intelligence". With Schmidts on his Campaign, it is goodbye to positive campaign and a big welcome to politics of Fear and Machinations.

If Senator Mccain where to be a younger man, the drift of his Campaign from the high road can be pardoned, but for a man of his age and standing, it leaves much to be desired.

President Bush used the same tactics to hoodwink Voters in 2004 and his second term brought great fortune to the US, Inflationary rate is at its lowest in History and Osama bin Laden, the Man that gave President Bush is second Term, is holed up in a US Jail.

Please let us do what is right this time around. If we allow Politicians to continue to exploit our fear and insecurity to win Elections, we can as well give up our rights to vote responsibly.

Good for McCain; the MSM has given Obamarama a free pass. Obama does not have the experience to be POTUS, that is the bottomline, and speechmaking in Germany is not going to correct his lack of a resume. America cannot afford another four years under an arrogant incompetent POTUS.

It does indeed look very small of McCain and his campaign to ridicule Obama's international tour by juxtaposing him with Brit and Paris. It was once again, another self-defeating act.

About this ad: is it means that Obama is a dumb blonde-haired woman? Is McCain stereotyping about blond women? Is McCain wife has blond hair? How can he be a good leader if he is looking down on people that he is going to lead? As an independent voter, the ad has a negative effect of how I view John McCain. The ad is not inspiring me. I am disappointed that he cannot inspire people. Good leader inspire and move people. He has no respect for others. He need an ad that will touch me. Now I no longer view him as the soldier. Well, I guess he could just be a great military man. Start acting like a leader.

"He did not visit wounded troops in Germany because cameras were not allowed in the hospital”.
That much is true.

I believe, "to thine self be true",
No matter how Obama tries to explain away his absences last week.... he had no valid reason.

With him, the only expedient goal is the winning of this election.

Let the soldiers and the flotsam... fall where it may!

It's sad that McCain is willing to sacrifice his great past and make deals with the Rove machine, with cue-cards and all, in order to get into the WH. He has apparently forgotten what they did to him in 2000. Everyone forgets in their old age but this condition
shouldn't exist in the WH; it could be catastrophic for all of us. Plus, those other guys don't do anything for nothing. McCain has probably made deals to continue the Bush policies that got us in the mess we're in today. Are we better off now than in 2000? Don't think so!

Good for Mac! The media is so "in the tank" for Obama. Just as they did to Hillary in the primary, pundits and columnists will do Obama's dirty work for him, smearing his opponent while allowing The Anointed One to appear clean as the wind-driven snow. McCain doesn't have that luxury. We all know what happened to John Kerry when he refused to fight the SBVT attacks. He lost.

Go Johnny Mac! PUMA - NObama!

Has Sen. McCain suddenly decided to take a page from the playbook of the much vilified--and deservedly so--Karl Rove to focus on irrelevancies such as these in attacking his opponent? Sen. McCain is making a good case for what he doesn't represent, but he has made absolutely no case for what he does stand for. Unlike Sen. Obama, it appears Sen. McCain will stand for anything!

I don't understand, who advised McCain to do this. This seems so out of character for him. It's almost like he is jealous of Obama. He really is looking like a fool which is sad.

Hilarious! Of all celebrities in the world the McCain camp had to pick two solid Republican "family values" baby dolls to compare Obama to.

Britney openly endorsed Bush on CNN in 2003 and I guess Paris inherited both money and a conservative mindset from her father and grandfather. Her father even donated some 7,000 $ to McCain's own primary campaign, according to NewsMeat.

The Obama spokesman said it well:
"Oops! He did it again."

Regardless of which side you on; even his so call republican base can't stand him,because he DOESN'T know what he stands for he is all over the place.

That AD was on the same footing of high school.very strange attacking someone because he is popular; very strange.

And this FAKE CLAIM of NO SUBSTANCE.

PLEASE ADVICE John McCain to go to Barack SITE, he does LAY out HIS platform/ ISSUES which is quiet BOLD with a VISION heading into the 21st century.

On the other side McCain site deliver nothing but.. VOTE FOR ME or ELSE the TERRORIST WILL HIDE UNDER YOUR BED.

JUST fear . fear . fear . fear .

nothing is optimistic. its the tired same ole policies.

Silly McCain. At the first whiff of Karl Rove's influence he is losing voters who formerly respected him.

This board is moderated like Mickey Mouse own's the joint. ;)-

Posted by: Julian | Jul 30, 2008 9:14:37 PM

And McSenile said, "If I only had a brain."