McCain Makes Pitch For Clinton Voters...With ABBA Video

In a (somewhat?) tongue-in-cheek pitch for disaffected Hillary Clinton voters, the official John McCain campaign blog today posted an item that professed the Arizona Senator's love of All Things ABBA, along with a YouTube video of the Swedish pop sensation's 1977 hit "Take A Chance On Me."

You can head over to the McCain Report to check out the post. A screengrab is below.

Watch the ABBA video below:

Comments

[DRaymond]

How incredibly patronizing. Ignore all the issues ladies, let me play some old familiar melody and have you 'take a chance' on him? Even though He'll take your cause back to the early 70's, you know, before roe v. wade and sexual discrimination suits.

What really shocks me is who's minding the store for McCain? The campaign has been coming up with nothing but lame pitches wor weeks

[paganprince]

Lame is right. Seriously, ABBA? Pop music? Liberal Swedish Pop Music! He just doesn't seem to have a clue. His whole campaign is going to be like a slow train wreck...

[LiarLiarIraqsOnFire]

He couldn't find an American Band? Makes me wonder about his PATRIOTISM!

[TocinoHumano]

Yeah, those Swedes, with their socialized medicine and their unwillingness to get mixed up in other people's wars! They're a threat to world peace. And show me anywhere in that video where any of the band members was wearing a flag pin. Clearly they hate America!

[obxjohn]

LOL

[Ozy]

Ewwwwww ABBA save us from McCain wrecking your song!

[JScott]

L A M E!!!!!!!!

[Mogamboguru]

AAAAhhhhh -

you will LOVE THIS ONE:

From http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/02/he-battled-the.html

As published on 19th of February 2008, already:

Abba won't "take a chance" on M c C a i n

He battled the Vietcong but now John M c C a i n has apparently come a-cropper against the Swedes.

Abba_132368a The Republican candidate, who had already been banned by John Mellencamp, the American rocker, from using his hits 'Our Country' and 'Pink Houses', found out that he has few fans in Scandinavia when he tried to adopt Abba's "Take a chance on me" as his campaign song. After running into difficulties with the Swedish supergroup, M c C a i n lamented to reporters on board his plane that it wasn't as easy to play the song as he thought.

“It gets expensive in a big hurry and if you’re not careful you can alienate some Swedes,” he joked.“If word gets out to Stockholm that we’re using Abba music, then there’ll be a
worsening in U.S.-Swedish relations.”

He'll just have to pray that the conservative wing of the Republican party doesn't similarly reject his advances..

The use of that ABBA-song and video by M c C a i n WAS AND IS ILLEGAL!!!

And - by the way: Borg Uveaus is RABID for royalties for his ABBA-songs.

WOOOHOOO! Would somebody notify the O b a m a -campaign of that fact, please...?

[thepoliticalcat]

Oh,this is great.

[peterg76]

Oh, crap, you mean he's planning to invade Sweden and steal their intellectual property?

[thefixisin]

Ex-Hillary supporter here Mcinsane are you reaching into the seventys to try and steal a few votes. You and your party are pityful! Go Obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[veteran1964]

God.....Isn't ABBA in nursing homes now? This guy needs to get his alternative rock mood going. Where is he living? The Sta-Puff guy is losing his mind anyway.

[wndrwrthg]

I believe one of the group recently passed away.

[aristonice]

When he makes a reference to Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (which featured lots of ABBA!), then I will give the guy props.

[hip dibler]

i'm sure ABBA really appreciates mccain using thier music for his bullshit.

[Stagehnd1]

Why because older womanand other woman like Mama Mia which features ABBA? Is "Take a chance on me" going to be his campaign song? LMAO!!!

[pzdoff]

John McCain is soooooo...­COOL......­ABBA......­...WOW!!!!­!

[shengirl]

twenty three skiddoo!

[TocinoHumano]

Far out, man! Let's do your thing! Wanna hear me rap?

[Forsetti]

With all of the negative reports coming out from within the RNC his song should be S.O.S.

[repugnicansfearme]

And he will be SOL.

[PC0207]

And I'm CTHU! Hilarious!!

[lisakaz2]

Yeah, what's it gonna cost? Only thousands more lives, billions more dollars, Roe and Griswold decisions, the Constitution en total. No biggie, huh?

[Obama08Supporter]

Yo got it, anyone that falls for this man is not thinking about themselves, their children, or grand-childen. There is NOTHING he can do to entice me to his side. I may be a liitle nerdy, but I not crazy. I am living with the Rupugs lies right now and it is killing family members, friends, and allies everyday.

I might add that anyone that openly goes after any person that may be verneral right now in such a way, it pathetic. Now I understand what his wife felt, the one that he threw away for a rich arm piece. Devastated.

[shengirl]

let's not forget his support of privatizing Social Security

[peterg76]

I applaud his honesty in admitting "I'm a Marionette". But McCain is still mentally ill.

[levibatgirl]

It's as bad as taking a chance flying with him as the pilot.

[dr4Will]

John , you have our support--you are a much better option for America than the most liberal Senator in America--God bless McCain!!!

[PoliJunkie]

Troll!

[TocinoHumano]

Not even a troll--just a hole. And you know what kind of hole! ;)

[levibatgirl]

Oh look. A talking points drive by.

[Forsetti]

"The most liberal Senator in America"-just a tremendous post especially since it is a baseless statement. "Liberal", according to whom, Fox News, Pat Buchanan, Ann Colter...? Parroting sound bites adds nothing to a discussion.

[TocinoHumano]

"The most liberal Senator in America"?!?!?!? That's all they've got? This is going to be SOOOOOO easy, like shooting GOP fish in a barrel--with a grenade launcher!

BTW, has anyone contacted Bernie Sanders (a self-described socialist) to ask him how he feels about being passed over for National Journal's "Most Liberal Senator" award?

Gawd, these Republi-clowns are desperate!