Another Obama Ad Slams McCain Over Houses Gaffe
The Obama campaign is up with another brutal ad hammering McCain over the number-of-houses gaffe.
This one really intensifies the out-of-touch elitist attack line by referring to McCain's "country club economics" and showing footage of him with George H.W. Bush riding around in -- wait for it -- a golf cart...
The ad notes that McCain was asked how many houses he owns, then says: "John McCain says he can't even remember anymore." That seems a bit like an age dig similar to the one in yesterday's Obama spot, which said McCain had "lost track" of the number of homes he owns.
The ad, which is running on national cable, concludes: "Maybe McCain thinks the economy is working -- for folks like him. But how are things going for folks like you?"
The beauty of that conclusion is that it's a direct rejoinder to McCain's ad earlier today which said that Obama, as a "celebrity," doesn't have to worry about family finances -- only Obama's ad, in its depiction of McCain as a member of the elite, has the virtue of being true.
American Prayer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVi4rUzf-0Q
August 22, 2008 1:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Beautiful. Thanks, Jonze.
BTW, doncha think that guy with the guitar looks a lot like Josh Marshall?
August 22, 2008 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Awesome.
Thanks!
August 22, 2008 1:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wonderful new music video!! I love it...thanks Jonze
August 22, 2008 1:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
As a child of the 60s, I remember how moving, and effective, the anti-war music was. Music talks to us in a way written words and talky-ads just don't. People remember the message and the music (altogether now: belt out that Oscar Meyer Weiner song!).
Loved it.
August 22, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
toxophilite says;
Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain,
Still remains, within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone, Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night, and touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw, Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening,
People writing songs, that voices never share.
And no one dared, Disturb the sound of silence.
"Fools" said I, "You do not know, Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you, Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed, In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed, To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning, In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls." and whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
I give it 10 minutes before everyone here is singing this song. :-)
August 22, 2008 3:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
from memory;
Aquire the desire to buy Oscar Meyer
Famous for quality since 1883
Look for the famous yellow band
Sausage fresh and also canned
Be a wise and happy buyer,
And buy Oscar Meyer
all corrections appreciated. :-)
August 22, 2008 3:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ten minutes?
I was singing it as I read it.
I AM a child of the 60's; but this was the first time I have really understood the song.
Ain't that sad?
August 22, 2008 9:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's only sad if you think you are too old to learn new things, change, or enjoy life.
Joe Biden is not too old.
Ron Reagan? nope.
George Burns? nope.
The list of people who are not too old, no matter what their chronical age seems to say, gets long quick.
The other Joe, and of course, McBush are WAY too old. Anyone their age want to trade places with these two?? Younger people? I won't even ask. Ron Reagan? That's a different story, his politics didn't matter. The Repugs are not inherently old, that's a relatively new development.
I ain't too old even though I'm a child of the same era. I suspect that you are not too old, either.
I like making new memories just as much as savoring the best of my old memories. It's about 99:1 in favor of making new memories, though, as far as how much time I spend on them.
August 24, 2008 11:30 AM | Reply | Permalink
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son Live 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSggUslXpoo
August 22, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
This one is a favorite of mine; and I DID already understand it.
I was "fortunate" enough to be too physically messed up for the draft.
August 22, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
revjmike,
My wife and I were always among the oldest of the anti-war demonstrators in the 60s.
August 23, 2008 10:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you I've sent it on to several friends.
August 22, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Beautiful, brings tears to my eyes. I forwarded it to others.
August 22, 2008 4:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hoppy: I think if one lived through those times, this video does actually bring tears to your eyes. Scars from Kennedy, Kennedy and King are with us forever. I was just discussing with my daughter that it is hard to imagine what we as a nation felt during those devastating moments. To that end, my dearest wish is for Obama to fulfill MLK's dream.
August 22, 2008 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
That question at the end is killer.
August 22, 2008 1:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
No doubt!
It looks like the meme is spreading like wildfire, check this out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GApHeJTPU
August 22, 2008 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's a good one!
August 22, 2008 2:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Even though this ad is effective, the most important point about this back and forth over houses and the economy is the fact that John McCain was a prisoner of war for more than five years.
August 22, 2008 1:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
And according to Hannity, that's also why he cheated on and left his first wife. He'd been deprived as a POW so he was entitled to lots of extra wimmen!!
August 22, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Verily, for the righteous, there will be a paradise; gardens and grapeyards; and young full-breasted maidens of equal age; and a full cup (of wine)"
August 22, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
I assume that you are being sarcastic, right?
Now, onward....The focus must be on the economy, and Obama supporters have to pound this home (no pun intended). It would a serious, although seductive, mistake to continue arguing about the war.
"It's the Economy, Stupid: TAKE TWO"
http://msa4.wordpress.com/
And while we are at it, let's not forget who we are really up against.
"The Twelfth Cylon Revealed"
http://msa4.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/the-twelfth-cylon-revealed/
August 22, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, really, that is *not* the most important point. It's simply the point you;'re being brainwashed into accepting as important.
Being a prisoner of war does not make him a qualified candidate for president. It makes him an ex-POW. And by the definitions of this administration, nothing done to him was torture. Enhanced interrogation techniques. And he caved under them and gave false information, no doubt like that which the BushCheney camp forced out of Iraqi POWs.
Sorry, but you need to address the truth about McCain.
August 22, 2008 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Please recalibrate your snark-o-meter. (I admit, billysumday had me going for a few seconds.)
A good way to calibrate a snark-o-meter is to check a commenter's profile (click on the commenter's name to get to the profile page). Helps you figure out whether you're dealing with a McCain troll or whatever.
August 22, 2008 6:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
There are some who believe that the information he gave out was target points, the revelation of which caused real deaths to occur, and that he was not tortured before he broke. I have tried to verify this by calling one of the men who wrote a long article about McCain, but so far he has not returned my call.
August 24, 2008 10:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're kidding, right? I hadn't heard about him being a POW. I guess he is just reticent about talking about it.
August 22, 2008 5:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's right. McCain is the only one who has ever been a prisoner of war in the history of the United States.
Oh! Wait! He's the only one who has capitalized on it this much.
August 22, 2008 10:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ka-POW.
August 22, 2008 1:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cool. I'd give it an A-. The more-of-the-same text tag is kinda small. But maybe it's meant to be somewhat subliminable™.
August 22, 2008 1:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am just delighted that they finally realized that mutual disarmament in the smear wars is a perennial loser for Democrats.
Keep this up through Election Day. Hell, if we get 30% turnout because of all the negativity, it's still Obama's t win with his GOTV infrastructure firmly in place.
August 22, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
It was never mutual disarmament. It was actually unilateral disarmament.
Which is much, much worse.
August 22, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Unilateral is what I meant. Thanks for the correction.
August 22, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
About. F*cking. Time.
August 22, 2008 6:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Anybody else not getting sound on that ad? I tried it at Obama's site, YouTube and here, and I'm getting no sound.
Maybe I just went deaf and haven't realized it yet.
August 22, 2008 1:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here is from the Obama campaign site:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/outoftouch_ad/
Rope-a-dope!
August 22, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Heh. Even Muhammad Ali has ditched his long-time friend John McSame and is now gonna show up at the Dem convention.
August 22, 2008 1:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Did you see where Muhammad ALI has asked to come to the DNC convention? He doesn't go out much anymore but he says this is a once in LIFETIME event and he plans to be at INVESCO!!
Talk about the mountain coming to Muhammad!!
August 22, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
There is also a ton of people heading to Denver without tickets - just to be in Denver. It's going to be a happening.
August 22, 2008 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I am headed there!! Our names were turned into the Secret Service last week for passes. Riding on a bus, (haven't done that since elementary) for 12 hours there see the speech, turn around and ride back for 12 hours. But who could miss this?
Friends of mine were oscillating saying it's like choosing between going to the SuperBowl and watching on TV.
I was like nothing beats the crowd atmospherics and the frenzy of being with like minded people.
Obama is good for putting up Jumbotron TV's outside his events for folks to watch.
When I was at Excell they had the streets blocked off because the crowd outside was HUGE and they watched him on the screens.
I was lucky and had seats fourth row from the floor. Even spoke with Jessica Yellin.
August 22, 2008 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
If you don't have a TiVo, you should get one.
August 22, 2008 3:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought about it since I'm not that far from Denver, but I guess you'll have to hear the speech for me.
I think it's great you're going.
August 22, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is going to be a blast! Spread the word about http://www.bop-o-rama.com. We have got to get our people out bopping McCain. His number is way to low! Denver is going to be the place to be on Thursday!
August 24, 2008 12:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
McGolddigger on the "hands off" country club mobile = Dukakis on the tank
Well played.
August 22, 2008 1:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just wish they had highlighted his shoes!
And didn't they know it was ten houses by the time they made this?
August 22, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes the frickin shoes. I wish they mention the shoes.
August 22, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your wish fulfilled:'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GApHeJTPU
August 22, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
As far as the visual goes, McCain looks small, passive, and unpresidential in the passenger seat next to Bush.
August 22, 2008 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
And that really says it all -- McCain's completely overshadowed by a lame one-term footnote.
August 22, 2008 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
...the lame one-term footnote who had the temerity to sire President Blutarski with that white haired racist witch...
August 22, 2008 3:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Another great one. Nice to see the Obama campaign firing on all cylinders. I admit I was getting a bit nervous there.
August 22, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was more than nervous, I was getting p*ssed off that they kept saying "we know how to hit back, yadda yadda yadda" and they weren't hitting back - until now. And now I'm a content little donor.
August 22, 2008 2:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
"John McCain can't even remember anymore." Ouch.
August 22, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's the line that really kills. I love the exasperated tone of the voice over on that line as well.
August 22, 2008 1:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cue the whines from Tucker Bounds.
August 22, 2008 2:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep. And I suppose it could be seen as an age dig, but more importantly, it's a "potentially-age-related mental difficulties" dig, which at this point it's reasonable to assume is referencing an actual, known issue.
John McCain didn't have to run a campaign exclusively about negative, untrue character attacks (has he run a single positive ad at this point?). But he did.
And frankly, the fact that his mental confusion is so acute his handlers don't even let him talk to the press at this point is a highly relevant issue.
August 22, 2008 4:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's run this ad during the Republican Convention, soap operas and major sports like NFL games and baseball playoffs.
August 22, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
YES!!..buy up air time
August 22, 2008 1:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn. Very strong ad.
And, I agree with thentro, the question at the end really dangles there nicely.
Good call to have the "I approve this message" at the beginning.
August 22, 2008 1:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
So, you're saying the black dude raised by a single mom isn't the elitist? Weird.
And was that a golf cart or a big ass, side-cart motorized wheelchair?
http://pufferfish.typepad.com/
August 22, 2008 1:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly. And this is why Obama and his team should not be shy about going on the attack. McCain is just making shit up at this point in order for it to stick to the walls.
Obama can attack fairly viciously and not be called for smears based on falsehoods.
August 22, 2008 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
It certainly doesn't seem like they're shying away from things. For all the GOP's bluster over the last day, Obama's campaign is proceeding full steam ahead.
August 22, 2008 4:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Every time I watch it, I find something else to enjoy. Look at GHWB's mouth hanging open. He looks like a little kid driving the bumper car while the old man rides shotgun.
August 22, 2008 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes!
The former president whose term ended 20 years ago looks like the youngster!
August 22, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
err...Started 20 years ago.
August 22, 2008 3:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
Love the offensive from Obama camp. Been too many depressing defensive days!
One niggling concern though... this 'no of houses' thing is completely eclipsing the Iraq Timetable development. I think that undermines McCain's strengths and prior omniscient assertions about Iraq. Goes to show he just a Bush Fool, older and none the wiser...
August 22, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama can use that in the debates. Right now he's drawing blood with this issue, so you got to keep at it.
August 22, 2008 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's also a good topic to hit on during the convention.
August 22, 2008 1:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, Keep striking while the iron is hot, forge McCain a new anus!.
August 22, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Looks like the VP naming will be tomorrow.
THIS IS HUGE! Between the Bush 41 footage and the final question, this is a killer.
Barack Obama: Rope-a-dope we can believe in!
August 22, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rope-a-Dope. They stored up the "nation of whiners", this golf cart moment, and the "$5M is rich", moments for an opportunity like the house gaffe, which McCain dropped conveniently right before the Dem convention and at a time when the press was already paying a lot of attention to Obama because of the veepstakes. Now, they're unleashing it all. The fact that these are coming out so fast and furious tells me that this "out of touch" theme was something they were going to do eventually anyway - the "houses" comment was just icing on the cake, and political gold.
Even if this doesn't hurt McCain that much, it dulls the edge of the "celebrity/elitist" ads and, along with the veepstakes, puts control of the media narrative in Obama's hands for two straight weeks. (this week and the convention week) And with the McCain camps retreat to, "he was a POW", you know have his buddies in the press saying, "They said what? OK, now he's going too far."
And as others have noted, what Obama is saying actually has the added benefit of being, well, true.
August 22, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Agree on all points.
August 22, 2008 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
It does a couple of other things as well that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
1) Gets particants fired up going into the convention.
2) Just the fact that he's fighting raises his stock. Voters migrate away from the candidate that just keeps getting pummeled (rightly or wrongly) and doesn't fight back.
August 22, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
that should have been "participants"
August 22, 2008 1:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
It kills the "celebrity" meme. Who cares if McCain isn't a celebrity (even if he is) if he's still insanely rich?
August 22, 2008 3:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Country club economics" made my dick hard.
The golf cart, the question at the end. My God that ad is perfect.
August 22, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good lord! haha
August 22, 2008 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude, too much information.
August 22, 2008 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Doncha mean it sent a thrill going up your leg?
Seriously, put that Cheney back in your pocket!
August 22, 2008 1:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
No jizzin' on the keyboard.
August 22, 2008 4:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Anyone? Something "L," "U," "B," "economics." "Country Club Economics."
I really hope some filmmakers are in the Barry O. "War Room" getting the bull session that produced this ad documented for posterity ... Pennebaker-style.
August 22, 2008 9:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great Ad but i want more of it. I want Obama to hammer this home for the rest of the convention. This is McCain Dukakis moment!!!
August 22, 2008 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ditto!! I want him to pummel McCain to smitheREENS!!...vaporize him and the entire Rovian outfit.
Let them find out what a new millenium Democrat is about.
We don't need the Clintons and we are not afraid to NUKE their ass.
That new Music video AMerican PRAYER is perfect as well as it brings the hope/change message together with FAITH and prayer!!
The music just makes you so emotional to know that we finally have the opportunity to turn the page and truly realize the American Dream that MLK spoke about.
It is time America. It is time. We have paid in too many ways with too many lives lost.
This is OUR moment.
August 22, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Finally! A+. Obama is finally doing the things that it takes to win.
I want to see him unload during his convention speech.
August 22, 2008 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
God I love this!
The golf cart is just perfect. This ad rocks - I love brutal. Keep doing brutal, Plouffe.
August 22, 2008 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's brutal without being ridiculous and without distorting. The brutality is in the fact that it is the bare naked truth. It exposes reality.
McCain tried to stick the celebrity tag to Obama, warranted or not, and to create silly associations to Britney and Paris Hilton. They were successful not on the merits but because they put McCain on the offensive.
Obama, on the other hand, is exposing a fact, that John McGolddigger is totally out-of-touch with our reality. This ad deserves an A+. Those wonderful kids in Chicago must have spent the night perfecting it.
August 22, 2008 1:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well I keep saying this and Greg said it too - Obama's ads have the virtue of being true - that's what kills his opponents. They start bullshitting and he slams back with the truth - he did the same thing to Hillary when she started getting stupid in Pennsylvania.
It's fucking brilliant - all the way down the line. Barrackarate.
August 22, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mansions Accomplished, baybee!
August 22, 2008 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain tried to stick the celebrity tag to Obama, warranted or not, and to create silly associations to Britney and Paris Hilton. They were successful not on the merits but because they put McCain on the offensive.
Of course it wasn't warranted, it was just more Republican projection. But instead of essentially saying, "I know you are, but what am I?", Obama saved this for a more brutal, "See how he is? See how he lies?"
McCain: Reckless abroad, out of touch at home.
August 22, 2008 4:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
I loved it too. We need more and more of this stuff. What about all his gaffs. I'm convinced that we have to reach the folks that don't really vote on issues but vote on character. We have to keep this up.
August 22, 2008 2:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
The beauty is - with Obama being "ineffectual" at this over the summer, there's likely enough of this caliber in terms of raw McCain Gaffery to drop a new one every day between now and the election itself.
August 22, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know, there is a term for what Obama has done by looking "ineffectual" over the summer. Several actually: for example, he has hustled the everloving fuck out of McLame.
:)
McLame was sandbagged to within an inch of his remaining life.
:):)
August 22, 2008 2:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Roll with it. Me likee.
August 22, 2008 4:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, I suggested that this morning on a post! Big keys on a ring, like a baby's toy. red, white and blue.
August 22, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
from Matthew Yglesias;
I'll bet there are reporters looking at that household help to see if there are any illegals. :-)
August 22, 2008 1:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
> illegals
McCain is on the ropes now but this would be the punch to knock him down. I would experience great schadenfreude at such an event.
August 22, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
I heard or read that McCain was reviewing their "help;" and I wondered if he was trying to find out if they had any illegals and make sure they are quickly replaced.
August 22, 2008 10:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow. After doubting this campaign for a while, I can only say- I am not worthy.
I've been waiting SO long for Democrats to fight tooth and nail like this. Damn, it feels good.
August 22, 2008 1:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't think it's brutal.
It's simple reality.
Most Americans don't make $5 million.
Simple fact.
August 22, 2008 1:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
The brutality lies in the stark truth of the ad.
The truth hurts sometimes. :-)
August 22, 2008 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I hate to leave this thread but I have to meet the wife for lunch.
See y'all later.
August 22, 2008 1:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
hyperRevus says:
"I hate to leave this thread but I have to meet the wife for lunch."
HARUMPH!, he's probably going to order the Arugula Salad
August 22, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ground for divorce!!!!
August 22, 2008 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
This needs to air on widely-seen network shows and sports. Exposure solely to political junkies watching cable news is not enough.
August 22, 2008 1:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, yesterday's ad was just "alright" but this? This right here is the goldmine. They need to put this out on as many stations and timeslots as humanly possible. Blanket the entire nation with this ad.
I'm the last person to be excitable over a political ad but man I am giddy over here. Short, sweet and devastating. I never thought something like that would come from a Democrat.
August 22, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hopefully the evening news will oblige.
August 22, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Finally a tagline that can be repeated over and over again - "country club economics" - very nice.
The nasty thing about this gem is the not very subliminal slam on his age: "can't even remember," tooling around on a golf cart with a very old looking GHWB. It's playing the age card without overdoing it. Very Rovian, congrats.
August 22, 2008 1:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Loved the "country club economics." That's the line Obama needs to use until November. I thought the shot of McCain with Bush in the golf cart was the perfect touch.
People think because Obama didn't attack Clinton he won't go after McCain. But Obama knew that Clinton and her supporters would have a fit if he attacked her. McCain has the POW insulation, but he has finally used it once too many and has disarmed himself. He's an open target now.
August 22, 2008 1:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's another reason why this is so great. Barack declined to go after Hillary while she sh*t all over him, then played rope-a-dope with McCain. So we were all lulled into fearing he might be too serene, effete, laidback, above-it-all, whatever, to come back with the roundhouse. A punch is all the more devastating when you're not braced for it (so I've heard). Best of all, the truth hurts.
August 22, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'll just repeat myself since I'm having too much fun -
Greg said this, I've said it and others but it can't be said enough - Obama's ads have the virtue of being true - every time. That's what kills his opponents. They start bullshitting and he hits back hard with this really novel thing for a politician: the truth. It's devastating.
I love it.
August 22, 2008 1:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Give them the truth and they'll think it's hell. Where have I heard that before...
August 22, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Howard Dean used to say something to that effect.
August 22, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
"I just told the truth and they thought it was hell." -- Harry S. Trueman.
August 22, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Josh Marshall offers some great insight into the "bitch slap" slime the opponent tactics of the republicans and what Ob can expect in return for attempting to play by their rules.
In light of that argument I would just add that their "threats" to bring out the dogs should not only be met with equal force, but now that Ob has the upper hand and the attention of the media (what will he do next?) he needs to keep McCrusty on his heels.
Do not wait, then respond. Keep the momentum.
Put the pedal to the metal.
Our time is now.
August 22, 2008 1:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Balls to the wall!
August 22, 2008 2:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree Roadkill. The only way to response to Dogs unleashed is to unleash a pack of WOLVES.
August 22, 2008 2:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
August 22, 2008 2:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
DIGG the youtube:
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_Out_of_Touch_2?OTC-em-st1
August 22, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fuck. Yes. This is the candidate I was expecting!
August 22, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just donated $25. I hope it goes toward the airing of this marvelous ad.
http://donate.barackobama.com
August 22, 2008 1:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the reminder, and the handy link.
Reward good behavior!
August 22, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the reminder.
After laying low for quite a while, I sent him a nickel yesterday. Hey, I do believe in Pavlov. This one deserves another nickel.
August 22, 2008 2:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the reminder.
After laying low for quite a while, I sent him a nickel yesterday. Hey, I do believe in Pavlov. This one deserves another nickel.
August 22, 2008 2:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
finally ...
I love the way MsSame looks like such an old geezer, white haired and frail
now if the Obama campaign just keeps up the hammering and doesn't let up: sorry, but against the Republican Smear Machine, you gotta play it ugly unrelentingly
August 22, 2008 1:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree 100%. Did you see the ides that all the delegates at the DNC should have keychains with keys on them - just like the repubs had the purple fingers.
August 22, 2008 2:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not fair! I suggested that this morning on a post! Big colored keys on a ring, like a baby's toy! I want my fair share!
August 22, 2008 2:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
This ad is PERFECT. Perfect message, perfect tone, perfect music, perfect visuals.
Obama's team consists of strategic thinkers. Let's all relax and remember that they know exactly what they're doing.
August 22, 2008 2:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Very good ad. I think this is the beginning of the end for McCain. At the very least it seems like the media might finally snap out of their love affair with McCain. We just have to keep the pressure up, and make sure this message doesn't get lost through all the VP and convention excitement. Obviously Obama is pushing back to VP disclosure as much as possible to give this time to marinate, which is a great move.
Anyway, I found this facebook group, "Americans Who *Don't* Need Staff To Count All Their Houses", add it and tell your friends!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=27940696679
August 22, 2008 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey! I think we see the perfect choice for McCain's VP right here in the ad!
He only had one term, so I think that makes him eligible.
August 22, 2008 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is great - but the suspense is killing me. I keep clicking the "Receive" button on my e-mail and the "Refresh" button on my browser. I want the VP announced NOW. I can't get anything done today. Barack, please don't put it off until tomorrow. I won't sleep.
August 22, 2008 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why announce the VP now and push McCain's housing crisis all the way off the front page?
That's just what the McCain campaign is hoping for.
He needs to keep his mouth shut about the VP for as long as he can. Hell I wish the convention was another week away.
August 22, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's almost too late now - releasing news now is usually done to bury it. If he would have did it earlier, the VP could have really put a spotlight on the "McCain: out of touch" meme...
August 22, 2008 2:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think he should do just like G Herbert Walker Bush and announce the VP at the convention!! Not before.
August 22, 2008 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
That would make sense if BigO's pick was as awful a groaner as Dan Quayle. Don't hope for that!
August 22, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dan Quayle...was it Lee Atwater who said, "the first time I looked in the guy's eyes I saw the wall behind him?" And yet he seems brilliant next to President Blutarski...
August 22, 2008 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Democrats have to just keep smacking! Our leaders have allowed us to be defined for a whole generation by a bunch of scumbags.
This "Prisoner Of Wealth" McCane, the kept man, whose wife "Cindy owns the houses," needs to be outed, over and over, flooding the airwaves and the internet, showing him to be the out-of-touch effete jackass that he is!
Enough defensiveness, Democrats, start smacking! Start smacking for what Nixon did to us! Start smacking for what Reagan did to us! Start smacking for what George Herbert Walker Bush did to us! Start smacking for what George Walker Bush did to us! And let out a full barrage of bitch slaps on John Sidney McCain III ("Mr. Cindy McCain") for what he has started to do to us!!!
August 22, 2008 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mr. Cindy McCain!!!! I love it.
August 22, 2008 2:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
It would be really easy to slip and say John Cindy McCain.
August 22, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCindy. That rocks!
August 22, 2008 4:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I LIKE that!!
Let's start referring to McCain...as MR. CINDY McCain. That will really get under the POWfratboyMACHOsWAGGER of McCain...it will make him livid...to refer to him as MR. CINDY...ooooh boy that might just be the one to make him blow his top!!
Especially if Obama were to refer to him as Cindy during the debates...you know like in "Cindy, oops I mean John.
hahahahahahahhaha
August 22, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brilliant!
Mr. Cindy McCain, that is sure to royally piss off the right wing!
August 22, 2008 2:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm pushing the Grampy Golddigger McCain (aka Mr. Cindy McCain) meme out on other blogs right now.
Our mission, should we choose to accept it, is to push the Mr. Cindy McCain meme out into as many blogs as possible before the beggining of the convention!
God I love the internet!
August 22, 2008 2:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Brutal.
I love it.
August 22, 2008 2:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh yeah? Well, well, well John McCain was shot down, imprisoned by the savage North Vietnamese and tortured for his country! And, and Rezko! There, take that! Rezko!!! And Wright! Yeah, that's c'mon buddy. That'll teach you to attack him for having been shot down, captured by the savage North Vietnamese and tortured for his country.
August 22, 2008 2:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know if I've ever been happier with Obama's strategy against McCain. This is absolutely fantastic.
As I've said before, the fact that McCain is responding to quickly and forcefully shows that Obama's new line of attack is hitting a nerve. And I hope Obama keeps hitting it. Chopping away 'til McCain finally shows his true colors: red with anger and green with envy.
August 22, 2008 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
"country club economics"
Yes! Keep pounding this guy!
August 22, 2008 2:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
That line was great, and will hopefully get a lot of talk in the media and on blogs. It deserves the same kind of repetition as things like the "3am phone call". Once people start talking, it's a snowball effect, and I have difficulty believing McCain will be able to whether the storm.
August 22, 2008 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Country club economics.. needs to be run in an endless loop like God DAMN America was for 2 solid weeks!!
August 22, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is great. And the pacing is good, too. I know people have been fussing and fretting that Obama hasn't hit hard enough up until now, but as you can see, he's just been keeping his powder dry.
Right now, Obama's in complete control of the news cycle with the VP pick hanging out in the air, and McCain handed him the houses comment on a silver platter, and the convention's coming up fast. It's a perfect storm. Perfect time for coming off the ropes.
Now, he needs to keep rattling and keep hitting the sensitive areas until McCain obliges with one of his infamous displays of temper. That'll cinch it.
August 22, 2008 2:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
YES!
Now how about an add about itching for war with Russia because his advisor is on the Georgian payroll? That cuts to the heart of his trustworthy patriot/sound foreign policy judgment image.
August 22, 2008 2:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama ought to go allllll the way and cite McCain as one of the members of the Keating Five, in which he was one of five US senators that sought to use their influence to aid Charles Keating in the Savings & Loan debacles of the 1980s.
While McCain was cleared of the most serious charges, he was reprimanded for "poor judgment."
Doesn't he go after Obama about his "judgment"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
August 22, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama should raise the question: How do we know his judgment is any better now than it was then?
August 22, 2008 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
...especially since "then" he was only 112 years old...carve him in half and count the rings...
August 22, 2008 3:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
It will be addressed. All in good time. To stop worrying, I convinced myself that Obama and his team had a strategy for dealing with McCain and they weren't going to be drawn in last week. McCain fired his guns too early. He hasn't got much left. The MSM is tiring of the Noun/Verb/POW line from McCain and his team. He's blundering in public. It doesn't even take tricky film editing to make him look like a doddering old fool. He refers questions about the quantity of his houses to his staff. Is he planning to have his staff actually do the job of president? We saw that before with Gipper and W.
Not again. I'm supporting the guy who did well in school, who made his money by his own talents and intellect and thinks on his feet. He knows how many houses he owns, too.
August 22, 2008 2:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love how the Repubs are on their blog sites hyped up about McCain's Rezko response. LOL, that shit ain't going nowhere.
I hope Steve Schmidt & company are just as overly confident in Rezko as their supporters.
August 22, 2008 2:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
The facts on Rezko just don't match up with the hype. That ad was an obvious distortion of the facts and a blatant attempt to mislead.
August 22, 2008 2:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Damn! that's another way of saying IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! I love it! Gimme more, gimme more !
August 22, 2008 2:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Finally!
Obama is out for blood!
August 22, 2008 2:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Dems_keep_up_assault_on_McCains_0822.html
This story is about a protest at Mr. Cindy's McCain's condo in DC....this is very good news! I love to see this happen over the whole country at every one of his homes/condos...
August 22, 2008 2:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Country club economics."
"I only have 1 house."
We got some great bumper stickers/punchlines going here.
August 22, 2008 2:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes yes yes. They've finally hit on the exact right phrase. Elitist is wrong for McCain, wrong for Republicans generally, It's their stupid branding iron word anyway, and it doesn't work to throw it at guys who look and walk like they've got a roll of toilet paper shoved between their legs. Hard to call Neanderthals elitists.
But the country club image. Perfect. It calls to mind rich and cut off, and OLD all at once -- meaning it recalls the fifties, McCain's salad days. And the golf cart. What a visual. He really does look pathetic in it, like a passenger and looker on, while Bush the elder looks like he's the only one who's going to play.
August 22, 2008 6:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Phoebe Fay, not only has McCain handed Obama the houses comment on a silver platter, he's been slowly poisoning his campaign with referrals to his POW status and that is coming back in spades to bite him in the ass. But the best part is the MSM is the attacker!
August 22, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
I just donated $50.00 to Obama in order to reward his campaign's more agressive stance (seriously!). It's a donation against my personal interests (he gets my vote in November against my interests too) since I'm a defence contract 'ho. I know McDumbass would provide me a much more generous level of work than Obama will but sometimes the good of the Union is more important than the thickness of my wallet. What good is money if the economy sucks so bad I don't dare spend it?
August 22, 2008 2:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
defense even
August 22, 2008 2:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wouldn't want to be confused with a Canadian, eh?
August 22, 2008 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't like that they show mccain's name at the end - it almost makes it seem like a mccain ad.
August 22, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't like that they show mccain's name at the end - it almost makes it seem like a mccain ad.
August 22, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barackarate MUTHAF*****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He turned the last few weeks of attacks directly back against McCain in one ad. Now McCain looks like a fool and a liar.
August 22, 2008 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think Ice Cube wrote a song about this.
It's called "check yo self".
To bad McCain probably doesn't even know rap exists, he could learn some real lessons.
August 22, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love you!
August 22, 2008 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
And I love your "Waxman's Silver Hammer" avatar!
August 22, 2008 3:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
"PRICELESS" ad. very funny. running in FL.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/FL_Dems_Priceless.html#comments
August 22, 2008 2:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
McMamasBoy.
- Now John John I already bought you three condos on the beach!
- But I was a POW!
- There there.
August 22, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
I assume that you are being sarcastic, right?
Now, onward....The focus must be on the economy, and Obama supporters have to pound this home (no pun intended). It would a serious, although seductive, mistake to continue arguing about the war.
"It's the Economy, Stupid: TAKE TWO"
http://msa4.wordpress.com/
And while we are at it, let's not forget who we are really up against.
"The Twelfth Cylon Revealed"
http://msa4.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/the-twelfth-cylon-revealed/
August 22, 2008 2:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree.
With the recent news of an agreement to a withdrawal "timetable" by the Bush administration (16 months no less), Obama doesn't need to say much more about the war other than he is pleased with the direction the Bush is moving on this.
The more McCain talks about it, the more is going to seem at odds with the Bush administration rather than with Obama.
August 22, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Mr. Cindy McCain doesn't own the houses; his wife does. She controls him and the wealth. Not even in charge of his own household (er, households)? How can we trust him with control of the White House? He has no prior experience.
August 22, 2008 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
To quote Ann Coulter when discussing John Kerry:
ANN COULTER: … a kept man. He lives off the money made by other men and left to their daughters or wives
August 22, 2008 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oooo - keep saying that - I really like it.
Turn that snake bitch's words on herself, too.
August 22, 2008 2:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
you'll love this link then - http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/22/gigolo/index.html
August 22, 2008 4:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
O MAN!
This is awesome Jonze:
"Which begs the question: If his own wife doesn't trust him with her money, why should we trust him with ours?"
Cindy McCain is not sure about her husband's character. Are you?"
August 22, 2008 8:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Native Texan says:
"ANN COULTER: … a kept man. He lives off the money made by other men and left to their daughters or wives"
Ah yes, Ann Coulter, the antidote for Viagra.
August 22, 2008 3:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nobody even knows who Rezko is outside of Illinois - and maybe even restrict that to Chicago, Illinois.
Nobody cares about Rezko. It's lame.
Hey babygirl, you got to leave that lame
come over here, let me give you some game!
August 22, 2008 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Prisoner Of Wealth.
August 22, 2008 2:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
"When I finally DO get out, I'll be famous!
So, lessee:
1)dump the wife
2)find a rich heiress
3)get into politics
No, mebbee better:
1)find a rich heiress
2)get into politics
3)dump the wife
No, mebbee . . . ."
August 22, 2008 2:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wonder if that's the same country club Rove saw Obama sipping martinis at.
August 22, 2008 2:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
you beat me to it. yes this is a total 'take that rove' move. I love it.
August 22, 2008 2:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I know. I really like it. Because it whacks them at the kneecaps on the thing they were trying to peg Obama with. They should keep on this hard. The way that McCain's camp uses the POW deal, Obama's folks should be out there talking about this non-stop. "Oh, yeah, we will be campaigning in Ohio. We'll be meeting with the voters and helping John McCain look for any houses he might have there that he doesn't remember."
August 22, 2008 3:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
"...he can't even remember anymore."
Talk about a loaded gun of communication. Not only does it hit him on the house gaffe, but also implies he's not mentally sufficient.
August 22, 2008 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
yes this is just perfect. I also love that they took Rove's little country club dig and turned it around. Funny he was huffing and puffing today about this is a loser for Obama. Hmm. Wonder why.
August 22, 2008 2:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
That golf cart clip is Just. Fucking. Priceless.
Obama could pretty much just run it as a 5-second interstitial bookending ad breaks for the next couple months and win this thing. No commentary. Just McMansions and Junior rockin' the golf cart and "My name is Barack Obama and I approve this message."
August 22, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
YES, I'd like some more of this, please...
August 22, 2008 2:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Country Club Economics" is a great way of framing McCain's economic polices. It is the Bush/McCain "country club economics" plan.
If Obama picks Biden that would be great because Biden is one of the least wealthiest senators in the senate.
August 22, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Do you know anything about Delaware? Do you? It's the corporate capital of America. That runs the whole state, such as it is.
Biden is the senator from the Bank of America.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit!
August 22, 2008 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
...but on the other hand his son's been in the service in Iraq, Biden seems to have good technical command of issues related to Iraq and he's up from hardscrabble roots...Bittergate antidote?
August 22, 2008 3:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Preach on, Sister.
August 22, 2008 6:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain: Raise the roof(s)!
August 22, 2008 2:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now that is funny.
August 22, 2008 2:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
After he yells at the kids to get off his lawn(s).
August 22, 2008 3:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Halperin Watch:
McCain Memo on Obama Convention Bounce
http://thepage.time.com/mccain-memo-on-obama-convention-bounce/
You better see it for yourself...
August 22, 2008 2:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
geha--God. How predictable. They are trying to set up expectations as one would expect. 15 point bounce? ha ha ha. Nate Silver says 6% is normal less would be worrisome. Quick question all of you---any bets if the MSM will run with this?
August 22, 2008 3:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
So....Who still thinks BHO is too much of a pussycat for this game?
The election ended yesterday.
Somewhere, John Kerry is having a good laugh on a windsailing board,,,,
August 22, 2008 2:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
It'a good start.
I wouldn't count my chickens -- or my votes -- just yet, if I were you.
There's a long way to go until November.
It is a good start. But only if it's just a start. I'm not popping the champagne yet.
August 22, 2008 7:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Country Club Economics" is a great way of framing McCain's economic polices. It is the Bush/McCain "country club economics" plan.
If Obama picks Biden that would be great because Biden is one of the least wealthiest senators in the senate.
August 22, 2008 2:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
"He is someone who purports to campaign as a man of the people, but who resides in a whole series of wealthy million dollar chateaus and mansions," said Bush campaign spokesman Terry Holt in the summer of 2004. "It's just one more contradiction and example of him being out of the mainstream with America."
August 22, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Boy, when I was over here a few days ago it was like you all had lost your best friend . . .what a difference a day makes. I think the best measurement that the "Thurston Howell III - house gaffe" was a watershed type of event is the total lack of troll traffic here. They are scared and crawled back into their holes.
August 22, 2008 3:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is fun:
http://images.dailykos.com/images/user/1237/Get_Out_of_Gaffe_Free_sm.jpg
August 22, 2008 3:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know you're an elitist when...
Robin Leach of "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," comes to your defense.
"Leach told The Times that he isn’t really surprised at McCain's odd memory lapse given the complex lives that the super-rich lead."
Really? Complex?
Try the experience of driving to and from work wondering if this is the day the police pull you over and arrest you for not having the insurance that you can't afford.
Try the experience of debating whether to pay the electric bill or buy food for your family.
Try living day to day knowing that you and your family can't afford to get sick.
That's complex. Not remembering how many homes you have - that's obscene.
August 22, 2008 3:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice response, KB. I am not Barack Obama, but I definitely approve your message.
August 22, 2008 3:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lives of the rich and the famous,
they're always complainin, always complainin.
If money is such a problem, I think we should help them,
we ought to go rob them.
:)
back later -
August 22, 2008 3:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well they got mansions. Think we should rob them.
August 22, 2008 5:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great punk. Got me revved now.
August 22, 2008 6:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good ad, shows Obama can give as good as he gets. But fighting to a draw here won't win the election. Still it is an important change in the tune. We needed to see Obama the street fighter, and now he's here.
August 22, 2008 3:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh lordy, here he goes again.
They just love their Moses footage don't they?
August 22, 2008 3:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
HusseinTenaX, of course nobody outside of Illinois has a clue who Rezko is, but it has the same signature as Whitewater and the Clinton's. And look how long that dogged them. Obama needs to clear the air before the repugs turn a fairy tale into a full blown election issue with those illiterate independent voters who are completely clueless and can't distinguish fact from fiction.
August 22, 2008 3:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ah, well - I think you need to chill.
This isn't the first time this has come up and I don't see anything like Whitewater about it. And I don't think it goes anywhere. Whitewater was a direct involvement in that those deals were made by the Clintons' law firm. Those were their deals. And it led to more closely looking at that law firm and people went to jail.
There is virtually no direct connection between Rezko's illegal actions and Obama. None.
Nada.
It ain't the same thing.
August 22, 2008 3:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Rezko/Ayers/Wright = Dead horse, heading for the glue factory.
(Send your thank-you cards to Sean Hannity and Senator Clinton.)
August 22, 2008 6:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have a different interpretation of "he doesn't even remember anymore." Sure, there's an age angle, but there's also that devil-may-care insouciance they're hitting.
The man is SO very loaded until he doesn't even care about how many homes he has, and doesn't have to because the help will take care of it.
I hope people have had it with spoiled fuck-ups who think they are entitled to the presidency to one-up their more accomplished fathers. I can't afford that kind of drama.
August 22, 2008 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lately a stink of fear had begun to get overwhelming here at TPM. Concern -- that's reasonable. But it was getting so the panicky jitters of all a youse was making me nervous.
Now, may I lead a chant in:
BARACKARATE!!! Hi-YAHH!
August 22, 2008 3:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
BARACKARATE!!! Hi-YAHH!
August 22, 2008 3:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've been waiting for the opportunity to use this avatar.
August 22, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
What took you so fucking long!
August 22, 2008 3:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dude....I gave you ups in a recent post for Barackarate. Good to see more of it!
August 22, 2008 6:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
uplifting music video produced by dave stewart. must see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6BLKV7L8OU
August 22, 2008 3:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Like i said before, Obama should not let this issue die. After the VP nomination tommorrow, he should hammer home the house gaffe again and link it to McCain's nation of whinners.
August 22, 2008 3:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Pay back time.
I think Obama may have found his killer attack meme.
August 22, 2008 3:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
That "average" couple at the end = American Gothic.
A new touch, IMHO.
August 22, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
I like this better than yesterday's ad. Great tag line.
August 22, 2008 3:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Senator McCain comes across more and more like Mr. Magoo, and his campaign like a strange Mr. Magoo trip to the grocery store the longer this house thing goes on.
Sigh, Mr. Magoo normally perseveres.
http://crazyweirdvideos.com/2008/08/22/mccain-is-mr-magoo-minus-the-literal-myopia/
August 22, 2008 4:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Who is this Politico reporter who handed us this fabulous gift?
August 22, 2008 4:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
hey, where's Billy and lalo and fogu2 and all those PUMA repubs? Don't they have something clever to say?
August 22, 2008 4:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
)))))))))))))))-crickets-(((((((((((((((((
August 22, 2008 4:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain's comment about $5 million was a joke, as was Obama's "$25 million in book sales". The golf cart wasn't being used for golf, they had no clubs. Fine if you can make distortions stick, but they also set you up to be blasted right back for lying.
August 23, 2008 10:24 AM | Reply | Permalink
The image works for "country club economics". Nobody claimed anybody was playing golf, so there is no lie. You'd best wait for Rove to tell you what to say.
August 23, 2008 7:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
They are waiting for their talking points from Rush.
For once maybe that gasbag is speechless.
August 22, 2008 4:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Heh heh heh - no. Those folks aren't exactly willing to take what they dish out.
August 22, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nor does he know what car he drives, my friends.
It's a caddy.
. . . and then it hit me like a diamond in the forehead. . . give me just a few more of these gaffes and i will lose this race in a week.
August 22, 2008 4:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Salon's Glenn Greenwald looking at the wingnut attacks on Kerry being called "gigolo" or a "kept man" a mere four years ago. I wonder how these folks feel about McCain...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/22/gigolo/index.html
August 22, 2008 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
I will say this, when you look at Gibbs, Plouffe and Axelrod- you are like oh they are sooo cute in an adorable old man kind of way. When you look at Davis and Schmidt and Black, it's like they are spawns of Cheney. But like I tell my friends, it's the ones who look sweet that you have to be worried about. They are the ones you hear their neighbor speak of, " Well, he seemed like such a nice guy." After he commited 10 murders. The McCain camp are all talk and no action. Already showing their hand before the game has started.
August 22, 2008 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Want more quotes like this? Go here - http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/22/gigolo/index.html
August 22, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for the link.
No wonder the trolls have no marching orders today. We need an ad now with quotes from Rush, Hannity, Colter, Malkin and the rest of the pundit parade.
August 22, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wait! I have it on very good TPMer authority that Greenwald is a fucking pussy and typical leftie pantywaist who favors idealistic whining over winning the election and getting the job done.
Hey kittybunny? Where are you now?
Of course it was never true in the first place. That doesn't stop the kittybunnies from trashing everyone who doesn't march in lockstep with them.
August 22, 2008 7:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jonze this quote from a RABBI Boteach is just priceless!!
"having a wife who provides you with a private jet and eight multimillion-dollar vacation homes provides for a comfortable life. But is this the right preparation for becoming president? . . . "
Hot DAMN,...do you think Rabbi Boteach would say the same about mcCain?
hahahahaha...let's hoist the GOP on their own PETARD!
Yippeee
August 22, 2008 9:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I responded directly to JohnW1141 earlier comment but it bears repeating up front:
McCain is on the ropes now but this would be the punch to knock him down. I would experience great schadenfreude at such an event.
If they find illegals on his staff... oh, man. Oh man oh man oh man.
August 22, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I bet Britney Spears and Paris Hilton know how many houses they have!
August 22, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Olberman savaged McCain on the economy again, using a recent McCain radio interview (sounded like with Laura Ingraham) where he touted the "strong foundation" of the economy, then reeled off a short list of examples, with at least two errors: no, we're not the number one exporter nation (we're number three), no, we're not number one in productivity (we're number 6). Also, China is ahead of us in both (interesting because Ingraham's question concerned China, which McCAin avoided answering directly. To his credit he did not invoke his time as a POW.
August 22, 2008 5:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
John McCain does not even know where he lives! I often hear him speak of his ranch is Sedona. I live in Sedona and the McCains do not live in my town. Their ranch is 22 miles away in Cornville, AZ. Its either that he is senile or ashamed to admit that he lives in CORNVILLE…
August 22, 2008 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
ok, so i put the audio of mccain's initial comments over the beat for kanye's gold digger. i was gonna set it to a slide show (flashes different houses) when the initial *bumbumbumbumbumbum* comes in. My editing software is slow as shit though, so I'm posting the 30 secs of audio in case anyone else wants to put it to a slide show. If you do reply in this thread.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ufguaccaaag
August 22, 2008 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Great use of a great use of a great song. Find more audio of McCain, though, because that one clip, while damning, is not very concise or articulate.
August 22, 2008 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I love, love, love it. Let's get more of this out. McCain and Bush Sr both look like they just got out for a little R&R at the assisted living center. Bush has his mouth hanging open like he's already half dead. And McCain looked all paste-y, weird, ghost like.
Yes, normankelly - I hope the Obama campaign is considering the Keating 5 hearings and playing the part where McCain was said to have used poor judgment - Although that might compare to the Rezko issue - when Obama said he made a boneheaded decision. I don't know.
What I really want is a health care ad - and an another economic ad this time with Carly Fiorina - the fired CEO from HP who got a $21 million severance package plus another $21 million in stock, pension etc. She's one of his economic advisors - She's the one who said "Let me give you a real, live example, which I've been hearing a lot about from women. There are many health insurance plans that will cover Viagra but won't cover birth control medication. Those women would like a choice." This should get a lot of airtime. And let's bring Phil Gramm back out with the "nation of whiners" stuff. He's vice chairman of UBS, a Swiss bank deep in the mortgage crisis and has lobbied on behalf of predatory lenders. And Meg Whitman, former Chairman of E-Bay, has been under suspicion for insider trading. Let's hammer away at these fools also.
August 22, 2008 6:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Maui Wowwie!
That shit just chills me out. Obama must've smoked a different strain on his vacation.
I stand corrected, Senator -- balls shown; some faith restored.
August 22, 2008 6:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does anyone know where this ad is being played? What kind of ad buy its getting? This is a devastating ad that I honestly think is a game changer.
I can't stop watching it! I love the new Obama!
August 22, 2008 6:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
One more day like yesterday and today and McNasty's 'Depend' will spring a leak.
August 22, 2008 7:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've been in the concern camp for weeks now (like, since June).
If he comes out like swinging like this, and keeps it coming thorough November, I'll very publicly and joyously eat my words.
If it keeps coming through early or mid October, I'll be reassured.
August 22, 2008 7:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
I watched the "American Prayer" video posted above. I then came upon another one titled "Yes We Can". I don't know if it's been posted here before, but the link is below. Check out the number of views it has:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXyqcx-mYY&feature=related
August 22, 2008 7:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
my donation to obama with this little message:
this is the obama we all have been waiting for....i love the new ads....now i feel energized again...you will keep getting my small donations if you keep this coming....democrats have to fight mccain's untruthful smears with hard cold truth that stings like a bee....
"country club economics"--we love it at www.tpmelectioncentral.com
obama needs to repeat those three words every day, every minute, every second....repetition is the key...stay on the offensive...mccain has mucho gaffes...we cannot appear weak...i vote on the issues, but america at large loses faith in the weak candidate...hit mccain hard, so long as you keep it factual, it cannot be refuted....the media will try to say you are negative, but we are the supporters, and we say YOU and your team are BRILLIANT!!!! keep them coming...
this needs to go viralllllllllllllllllllll
August 22, 2008 8:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
My one fear about effectively knocking McCain down for a 9 count is that the Repugs might end up nominating someone else.
August 22, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think our Obama is still pulling his punches until after the Repugnican convention. The Repugs could still choose someone else if Obama knocks McThuseleh out before the Repug Convention. That would be bad. Mc is a fish in a barrel.
August 23, 2008 1:43 AM | Reply | Permalink
revjmike, two minds with a single thought. LOL.
August 23, 2008 1:46 AM | Reply | Permalink
cher, exactly right. We should all go right now to barackobama.com and deposit $5 right now! Positive reinforcement.
August 23, 2008 1:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
If anybody on this page is interested in objective reviews of these ads -- and I am not so sure any of you are, being as how this is BlindLoyaltyLand -- check out factcheck.org and they'll tell you how much of this ad is true.
And the fact is, McCain didn't answer because his wife's trust owns several homes for family members and/or for investment, and McCain didn't want to misstate the facts.
And for being honest and making sure that he gives an accurate reply, you morons ridicule him.
BTW, Obama made over $4 million last year and he lives in a very pricey mansion, in case that escaped your attention.
August 23, 2008 2:19 AM | Reply | Permalink
In case any of you are interested in the facts -- and I am not sure that any of you are, given the generally low tone of the comments here and the fact that this is BlindLoyaltyLand -- go to factcheck.org and they'll tell you how much of this ad is true.
One fact you no doubt ignored is that McCain hesitated because his wife's trust owns some houses for family members and/or investment, and since he was unsure of the number he deferred to his staff, who could look into it and get back to the press with a correct answer.
So for being honest and trying to provide an accurate answer, you morons ridicule him. How childish. But I guess other, more important and substantive issues are way over your heads.
BTW, Obama made over $4 million last year and lives in a very pricey house in an exclusive neighborhood, so he ain't exactly hurting.
And Joe Biden lives in Greenville, Delaware, the wealthiest, most exclusive neighborhood in all of Delaware, so he must have a few bucks too. I've never heard anyone accuse Joe Biden of being a populist.
August 23, 2008 2:26 AM | Reply | Permalink
But Obama's $4 million income last year, his wife's annual $350,000 from the University of Chicago, and their $1 million+ mansion don't bother you? And have you ever met anyone who came out of Harvard Law who wasn't elitist and/or filled with a sense of entitlement? (If you haven't met anyone from Harvard Law, let me tell you, the answer is NO.)
August 23, 2008 2:34 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oops . . . sorry. This got posted somehow before I was done with it.
August 23, 2008 2:40 AM | Reply | Permalink