McCain Defends Britney Ad

During a town hall meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday, Sen. McCain defended his campaign ad painting Barack Obama as a self-obsessed celebrity along the lines of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears.

"We are proud of that commercial," said the presumptive Republican nominee. "There are differences and we are drawing those differences. But what we are talking about here is substance and not style. And what we are talking about is who has an agenda for the future. Campaigns are tough but I am proud of the campaign we have run I am proud of the issue we have tried to address to the American people. And I wish Sen. Obama would join me to discuss this."

The statement came after a young member of the audience -- a self-proclaimed admirer of the Senator -- told McCain that she was troubled by the recent tone of his campaign ads. McCain insisted that he was basing his candidacy "on what we should do for Americans here at home."

If McCain found himself looking for a better explanation for his recent spate of Obama attacks, it came from the next questioner.

"I'm 18 and I have to say, Obama terrifies me. You have to call him on every shot," she said. "Don't let him get away with it ... We can't afford it.

Following applause, the Arizona Republican replied: "I respect and admire Sen. Obama, we just have stark differences and those have to be drawn. He wants to raise your taxes and I want to keep them low ... whether we should have choice and competition for our children as I was discussing or are we going to let the teachers unions set the agenda."

Comments

[lisakaz2]

Great irony: Brit is a Booo$hie and the Hiltons already gave the max to McB---. But these pasties women are somehow emblematic of O??? Go figure.

[Bitsko]

Bingo! The CIA must have planned this years ago.

[TheEmptinessOfTruthiness]

Is this fodder for a counter attack since McCorp is actively defending the ad?

[lisakaz2]

Jon Stewart reported the Hiltons' donation; Brit's defense of Booo$hie is fairly well known.

[JiminNC]

I find it hard to believe this POS can suggest he is waiting on O to discuss issues. He has avoided issues by a nonstop false attack.

"I am proud of the campaign we have run I am proud of the issue we have tried to address to the American people. And I wish Sen. Obama would join me to discuss this."

BFS you hollowed out shell of a "hero." O bama will join you at the debates and we will all get to see you slowly implode like a rotten pumpkin.

"He wants to raise your taxes and I want to keep them low"

Our taxes are low? Oh, you are again talking to your millionaire friends (friends of your wife anyway McPreNup)

[Kalima]

Well if the main thread is holding up my posts, I'll bring it here.

" with McCain contending that he had been wrongly accused of planning a racial attack and Obama countering that his opponent was inventing a controversy to avoid talking about the issues."
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Which issues would they be?
I have only heard him speak about Iraq, drilling, Iran and gay marriage and his claim is
laughable because he can't even speak with any coherence about these, his favourite issues.

[mouselion]

It's always just purty colors...

Good night...

[neocon666]

As the sportscaster Howard Coselle would have put it, John McCain is now "a shadow of his former self".

[suzyhein]

where is sweeet sydney when a girl needs some poetry in her life?

[Bitsko]

Does the imagination dwell the most
Upon a woman won or woman lost?
If on the lost, admit you turned aside
From a great labyrinth out of pride,
Cowardice, some silly over-subtle thought
Or anything called conscience once;
And that if memory recur, the sun's
Under eclipse and the day blotted out.

-- W.B. Yeats, from "The Tower"

[suzyhein]

i think that i shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree.

[Agentlady007]

Ah, poems about tragedy. My favorite.
Raised with Shakespear and corn syrup perhaps?

[kdublya]

Ships that pass in the night,
and speak each other in passing,
only a signal shown,
and a distant voice in the darkness;

So on the ocean of life,
we pass and speak one another,
only a look and a voice,
then darkness again and a silence.

[suzyhein]

purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

[ShamusNYC]

Right. And McC's not a celebrity - and he didn't use his status to get Cindy when he was still married. Obama grew up much poorer than McCain and many more obstacles.

Why is he proud of this ad? It says nothing about him - it looks like a kid made it.

Oh, wait! They weren't sure that they could communicate effectively to the lowest common denominator (and aren't all those folks FANS of Britney & Paris)?

[suzyhein]

wheremybabs?

mommymissyou!

[dadw5boys]

All Mc Cain has left is name calling. Typical Republican move when they are wrong and will never admit it.

[Bitsko]

Translation:

"He's black and black men scare the #$@! out of me!"

"If I saw a black man giving a state of the union speech, that would terrify me."

"He has a college degree and that terrifies me."

"I might get arrested someday for beating up my twelve year old wife, and he would terrify me if he was my cell mate."

[suzyhein]

omg i just realized i assumed you a female cuz you said "waiting for the pasta to boil". what does that say about my life. sad. sexist etc. FORSHOOTH FOR SHAME!

[Bitsko]

Not female, sexist ch1mp, but do I have five sisters, all winos, most on probation or parole.

[superbust]

Who's black?
I dont see color.

[Bitsko]

Black is the absence of color, man.

[suzyhein]

oh biscuit. you funny!

[Bitsko]

you cute.

[dadw5boys]

He left his disabled wife for a younger richer woman????

No not Mc Cain his has all those family values. He would never leave the woman who took care of his kids the whole time he was in Vietnam and waited for him without ever cheating.

He what, got a marrage license before he was divorced?

Not Mc Cain and all those Family Values?


That would mean he was committiing adultery too!!!!
He would not commit bigg o me would he????

Not Mc Cain he is so wornderful just ask him he will tell you!!

[wanj]

Just like the McBush camp had two ads ready whether O went to see the injured soldiers or not, they also had the "race" card ready. The minute they put out the ad, they were looking for an opening to drop RACE! And ohhh yes, they finally got the chance... they drop a racist ad, then claim to be victims of racism...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20080731/cm_huffpost/116042_200807311150

[phughez]

"I am proud of the issue we have tried to address to the American people," said McCain. What a sentence. His brain is not connected to a real thought. Who's 'we' in this sentence-- McCain and a cast of his multiple personalities? How is it possible to be proud of an 'issue'? Proud of an ad? Perhaps McCain will spend the rest of his campaign extolling the virtues of his negative ads. Not a stretch to say that McCain's focus this campaign so far has been on ads, not issues. Meanwhile, Obama continues to run an honorable campaign focused on the issues.

[suzyhein]

now im sure. they banned the word ch1mp. wow.

[superbust]

I dont mind when they ban words, it makes posting a challenge. I get upset when they ban me....as they have done twice. I feel like sybil sometimes.

[suzyhein]

hmmmmm. another clue.

[lissak]

There is no way O bama can even begin to reach the celebrity status of Paris or Britney. Has he ever been in jail or rehab? When was his last DUI? Has he ever flashed the media? He probably even wears underwear.