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Maybe i am selling media elites short. On MSNBC a few moments ago, Ron Brownstein said that someone needs to ask McCain why he ran an ad juxtaposing two young, blond women with Barack Obama. Brownstein noted the parallel to the Harold Ford ads that I commented on yesterday. Just before that, Andrea Mitchell asked McCain campaign manager Rick Davis some important questions about the celebrity ad and ended up laughing at Davis’s responses, making clear that she sees the ad as junk. Davis lost his cool and said next time he was on, he hoped the discussion would be more substantive. Maybe it will be if the McCain campaign stops running ridiculously unsubstantive ads that demean the campaign.
The Politico claims the McCain celebrity ad is “gaining traction”. Not from what I see. Thank you Ron Brownstein and Andrea Mitchell for doing some real journalism, and please keep it up.
I was feeling sorry for McCain for being such a loser, but now I just wish he’d go away. As you noted a couple of days ago, Obama seems to be holding up to these pathetic attacks well and he is to be admired for his grace under fire. What sort of person would decide to vote for McCain after such nastiness? He and his party truly have the audacity of hopelessness.
I agree, but I’m a bit concerned about how the media is covering these negative attacks..I am seeing some good signs, as I mentioned, but for the most part, the “coverage” consists of running McCain’s attack ads over and over. yesterday, people were actually asking (on MSNBC I think) whether Obama is too skinny to be president…