Take a look at McCain’s IMDB page (hat-tip to TPM). He’s appeared in “24,” “Wedding Crashers,” and “SNL” (twice). Can he seriously claim that Obama’s nothing more than a celebrity when he’s done his fair share of tv and movies? I know that the whole point is to mock Obama as being vacuous, but this is a weak charge.
True, McCain’s celebrity attack ads seem to have helped him make up some ground on Obama. Gallup’s daily tracking poll had Obama up by 2 on August 6th (compared to 9 on July 26th, which was his largest lead). Still, Time has Obama up 46% to 41% (though they said he’s fading a bit on the issues), and AP has him up 47% to 41%, and the latest CBS poll has him up 45% to 39%, so it seems like nothing much has changed. It’s still Obama’s election to lose, but he’s still got a lot of work to do.
More importantly, is this how McCain plans to win? By tearing Obama down instead of telling people why he should be president? Hey, it might work, but it’s a very risky strategy, and it speaks to how desperate McCain has become. After relentlessly mocking Obama about his idea to inflate tire gauges to save some gasoline, McCain just admitted that he supports it as well! His childish approach to this election is getting very old, very fast, and the press is beginning to call him on it. Look, McCain is engaged in a debate with Paris Hilton. Who’s vacuous now?
Republicans usually love these Rovian tactics, but some Republicans seem pretty fed up. Tim Pawlenty, often mentioned as a possible running mate for McCain, thinks that the GOP (and presumably McCain) should adopt Obama’s positive message (he must have found out he’s no longer in the running for VP). Some prominent Republican consultants and McCain’s former campaign adviser have derided his childish tactics. McCain’s mom said that the Paris Hilton ad was “stupid.”
John McCain: Low Road Express
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August 7th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
I love that he has an IMDB profile…great post…