Obama: McCain is the Celeb

Actually...what "history" clearly shows is that FDR's policies made things much WORSE...and they will do the same in today's world.

Kim, I think that your theory is probably true. I think many of my neighbors are going to hold their nose and vote for McCain, while the Obama supporters are going to vote with pride and optimism.

But I think you raise a great point. Why is it that the typical McCain supporters are quiet and reserved and apparently scarce...

But then when you get on the internet, you see many McCain supporters. Few of them are reserved. They wear their votes on their sleeve. And, statistically, they are over-represented given the demographics of internet news readership!

It just kind of proves my point... many of the McCain supporters you read on the web are basically just spamming and trolling. It's a phony grassroots campaign.

These things are commonly practiced by PR firms... so I am not surprised that a campaign would resort to these methods. I mean, McCain wants to get his message out... he doesn't have the grassroots enthusiasm that Obama has... and he wants to make up the deficit by paying people to be "grassroots" McCainanites.

I just think it is hilarious. And, I think Obama supporters and independents should be aware that McCain's support on the web is vastly, vastly overstated and does not match the real world enthusiasm or numbers of McCain supporters.

"lol, I don't know what everyone thinks, but I think it's hilariously silly."

Actually that is effective if you understand the goal. Pelosi's Amazing Money Machine uses the Internet as one source of funding. After a number of cycles, it begins to dry up and it needs a massive infusion of new email addresses. This is a slick way to get people to give up a bit of anonymity for fifteen nanoseconds of being the first in the know, or so they believe. Actually, the press releases and the usual leaks to the loyal resources will be prepared before anyone is near the send button.

But it will work and it will increase the value of the mailing list. That list has more value post-election even if Obama loses given it can be sold to all down ticket campaigns or traded for favors.

It's a smart use of his celebrity status.

Rich people already invest in "safe rooms". Why do you think they keep all their money in offshore accounts, vacation in superrich enclaves, rely heavily on "private contractors," and send American jobs to third-world sweatshops. They know that the American middle class has been shrinking for decades. They know that real wages have fallen, while their salaries have multiplied many times over. They are already taking great care of themselves.

Either we vote for a candidate who promotes a continuation of this trajectory (McCain) or we vote for someone who can restore the middle class (Obama) and prevent things from getting really ugly.

History has proven that it was Roosevelt and his social programs that prevented a violent revolution in this country. Roosevelt gave everyone a reason to work hard and support the nation, because he restored hope and gave people real opportunities to improve their lives and make a better future for their kids.

This story is not definitely news worthy! Why does the news media print such trash?

Whether you are a Liberal, Conservative, Republican, Democrat or some other denomination it does not really matter… Folks, are we are looking at the “best” candidates this country has to offer? Almost 300 million people and Obama and McCain represent the cream? I hope not… If this is the case, then it’s time to toss the cream out because it stinks.

Like many Americans, I am tired of the same ol’ deception and lies we are spoon fed by politicians claiming to be on our side when in fact they are in it for themselves. Why is it that when people enter politics they would be considered part of middle class but after a number of years in office they become millionaires? Answer: Shady investment deals, payoffs, incentives, campaign contributions, etc.

Obama is playing off the emotions of the people who want to see change in the government when in fact his is almost powerless to change anything without the consensus of the same congress that put us here in the first place. McCain may be closer to a “typical” politician. If you look at his voting record for yourself, you’ll see that he doesn’t really lean entirely one way or another. I don’t agree with him on some of the issues and as a result I do not find him an ideal candidate either.

I believe it is time for a change. The Republican and Democrat parties need to be disbanded. If they were companies our government would break them up and cite them as being monopolistic, however when they are part of the problem nothing will change.
No matter who is elected, four more years of the same thing.

Blip said ...
"The funniest thing: I live in a deep red county in the Midwest. Yet I have not seen a single McCain bumper sticker or yard sign. ...So... the point... when you read pro-McCain stuff on the internet... you should understand that much of it is surely fake."

OR b/c McCain supporters are quiet voters. Relative to Obama's voters, we're more conservative. We don't wear our presidential vote on our sleeves. Just b/c Obama's supporters are more flashy (similar to their candidate)... you can't equate that to more Obama votes.

Further, I have Democrats calling Republicans all sort of name in person, why would any sane person want to engage in that type of hysteria? Better save my opinion for the voting booth.

Isn't it lovely that Obama's celebrity is so powerful that people have to "admit" to not supporting him, as if there is something wrong with that? This is the oppressive stuff "people's revolutions" are built on. I hope America's weathly are investing in safe-rooms, and the not-so wealth are prepared for lots and lots of govnmt cheese.

i use to think McCain was a great Man but now he has Change he will do anything to win. Bush and McCain two con artist's
that abuse their power they will try to sell you the George Washington Bridge how can any American go through another 4 years of lies.

Re: Zagg's comment on Obama has no experience and no original thought. I agree w/the first but disagree w/the later. Haven't you heard of his new method to announce his VP? "Sign up to be a member on the Obama's website" and you'll be one of the first to know before the announcement."... "oh, and pass the news around to your friends and family to sign up to be the first".

lol, I don't know what everyone thinks, but I think it's hilariously silly.

Obama = Hollywood politics as usual.

Blip---that was a very insightful post and it is also something that I have seen for my self. I couldn't agree with you any more than I do right now.

McCain started calling Obama "celebrity" - I don't see the point of it at all. Anyone in politics has celebrity status (name in news) and many crave it - especially the recent crop of Repubs (Gingrich, Lott, etc) except Cheney (though he got it when he shot his hunting buddy). Now Obama picks it up after Paris Hilton's throwback at McCain - they're all acting like children. Maybe this is the way their advisors think they can avoid having a negative campaign (by slingly diaper poop instead of mud). One has to vote for the lesser cornball too often these days and since McCain started this game, I'll have to vote for Obama (actually I was going to vote against McCain/Bush before). Mostly I was surprised to see McCain, the POW survivor, act like a little brat instead of retired military personnel - it's more than a flippant turnaround, the guy is disintegrating before our eyes.

This is a weak riposte to a very effective string of commercials. When image spinning, the cloth has to adhere to the surface organically. The ads against Obama were effective because he is humorless and he is a product of slick cynical marketing. Paris was effective but she heightened the sense of silliness and image crafting and that being Obama's MO works against Obama. Thanks though. Nice swimsuit.

McCain is McCain. Blast away. You're wasting your money.

McCain always invites a fight... but like Bush... he doesn't have the facts, the cool, the stamina, or the intelligence to back it up. It's like when he dared Obama to go to Iraq... and now the Iraqi government backs Obama's plan! Or how the GOP wants to try to tar Obama with the Edwards affair (because everybody knows, but nobody really wants to talk about how the GOP ran multiple adulterers in the primary, but managed to pick the one who is actually married to the mistress he picked up while cheating on his sick wife.) The GOP is showing itself to be impulsive and foolish, valuing cheap points over the long game.

McCain slaps Obama with the crap celebrity ad. Obama waits, gives him a chance to reconsider, then nails him with a haymaker. This ad is so true! And it's actually substantial.

The best thing about Obama is that he is a chess player. Bush and McCain are blustery hot heads, who love to pick fights that they cannot finish, that they want someone else to fight, that they have to run away from. Meanwhile, a guy like Obama, who isn't ruled by his emotions, can wait, and then make the right move, when it counts.

McCain can be manipulated very easily, especially if he gets mad or starts feeling jealous. He makes mistakes. He loses control. He thinks things should go his way because he's McCain.

I am so sick of having a teenage boy in the White House. And I can't stand the thought of having another emotional adolescent (this time trapped in the body of an old man) calling the shots.

It is going to be great to have someone level-headed in the White House. Obama is really showing his strength in the campaign. No matter how hard McCain hectors him, Obama doesn't get distracted. It's great.

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This is all such stupidity.

The campaign managers on both sides have taken the most important process in our governmental system to the lowest of lows. If one did not know better one could plausibly come to the conclusion that we are attempting to elect a kindergarten hall monitor instead of a president of the country.

As an "old" FDR Democrat I find it completely unbelievable that Obama is the best the party has to offer. This young man is nothing more than a product of the "Chicago political machine" with absolutely no experience whatsoever. 144 days in the US Senate qualifies him for what?

The Republicans are just as bad - surely they have someone younger than McCain to represent their side. He is an honorable man but at 72 has no business taking on this task if elected.

Our political process has sunk to the lowest of lows.

What a piece of work McCain is...sheesh he should try to get a role in the upcoming Star Trek movie as a shape shifter!

McCain ... Obama ... the campaigns. Name-calling and mediocrity. That's where our consumer selves have put ourselves. We over indulge and bought ourselves a Hobson's choice.

I guess the best hope is Obama's inexperience. He may muddle it up enough to do a little house cleaning and make a few good decisions. The entrenced McCain has been around too long to do anything right, accidental or not.

Not only is McCain a celebrity, but he lives like one. How many celebrities other than the most very famous can claim EIGHT homes? How does the MSM allow this man to go around claiming that his opponent is elitist when he's flying across the country in his private jet to his EIGHT (that's right, EIGHT) homes?

From The Joker: McShame, McBushie, McCane....maybe he should audition for the role of "God" in the remake of George Burns' last great movie. No wait, George was playing "Give Me MyCane."

CELEBRITY (dictionary definition):
"Somebody who is famous during his or her lifetime"
McCain = celebrity
Obama = celebrity