RNC Launches 'Obama Is A Celeb' Website

John McCain's "Celeb" ad, which he portrayed Barack Obama as an intellectually vacant pop star, made several members of the GOP recoil. Most notably, McCain's former campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, derided the spot as trivial and childish.

But Republicans believe they have a winning issue. And on Friday, the Republican National Committee showed no sign of slowing in its push to label Obama as vacuous celebrity.

The committee announced the creation of a new interactive Web site, www.WhoSaidItCelebrityEdition.com, in which users are presented a blind quote and tasked with choosing which celebrity (Obama and three others) said it.

The game does a decent job of furthering the Obama-is-just-another-celeb meme, primarily because the RNC cherry picks the shallowest, most nondescript quotes. For example: "I didn't expect it to come so quickly. It's been hard to keep up with. There's been articles in the papers that say I've got too big for my boots but people who know me say I'm just the same"? (For the record, soccer star David Beckham, not Barack Obama, is the author of that line). Or, "You have only a short period of time in your life to make your mark, and I'm there now." (George Clooney).

But one can easily imagine the Democratic alternative. It would probably look something like this:

Who said the following about the Iraq War: George Bush, Dick Cheney, John McCain, or Paul Wolfowitz? "There's no doubt in my mind that once these people are gone that we will be welcomed as liberators."

Comments

[nellie]

I am getting such a good laugh from the Republicans this morning!

[FloridaShutterBug]

If I ever forget why I changed my registration from Republican to Democrat the Republicans will remind me. Thanks guys!

[CindyM2008]

Yet more childishness from the RNC. After helping the screw up GW B ush, guess they have nothing better to do.

[Knowitall]

Right, Let's pull up some of the "Bushisms" of the past 8 years if you want a laugh. And he's still doing it--Watch Letterman's great moments in presidential history for a sample. There is no way the RNC could be saying that Obama is as vacuus as Bush or less intelligent than McCain. They couldn't be, because if they are, they will lose. Obama can blow them both out of the water.

[dRwOOD]

in the mean time......... Exxon/Mobile shatters profit records while we pay $4.00 dollars @ the pump. I don't even want imagine what it is going to take to heat my house this winter. Prediction; Electric heater sales will be through the roof this season..........

[thegreatgiginthesky]

The repubs will be along to tell you that exxon profits mean nothing and that it is all imaginary.

[calijon]

i think their preferred word is psychological

[harriscrl3]

I expect this will work until the first debate when all of America see who the blond airhead is. Here's a hint who said Iraq and Pakistan share a border.

Carol

[nellie]

I suspect this will get Britney obsessed couch potatoes who never would have voted to think to themselves "Hey, a celebrity candidate, a friend of Britney! Think I'll go to the polls this time!"

[FiveFortyOne]

I'm looking forward to the debates too. In fact I'm looking forward to that church town hall thing in California on the 12th. I fully expect Sen. Obama to do well. But I also tell myself Sen. Kerry "won" the 2004 debates, didn't he?

[Concerned1]

John McCain and the rest of the Repugs are jealous. If it was the opposite, they would have no problem. The repugs need attention and they are stomping their feet and complaining that the media is covering Obama too much. Cannot wait until the debates.

[FiveFortyOne]

You know, this is really starting to annoy me. Why do Republicans have to belittle their opponents?

[Grunty1]

What else could they possibly run on?

Mc'Cain personally is a grumpy old man with lots of years in DC, but little to nothing to show for it.
The GOP has a party has no agenda that it could publically declare and stand a chance of winning
The GOP's record for the last 8 years speaks for itself: greed, theft and failure.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

Because they can never win in a true battle of wits. The idea is to smear and dissemble the argument so much that people won't know what is what.

[Daly]

because most simple hard working Americans buy it; if they fell for the flag pin, they will fall for anything

[Jasel]

Because that's the only leg they have to stand on. You think they could actually beat him on the important issues?

[poco767b]

“An evil exists that threatens every man, woman and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland.” Who said it?
Bush, McCain, Hitler or Donald Rumsfeld?

Answer :: Both Bush and Hitler.

[KSH]

You can not be serious...lol The GOP has gone to a new level of low. It's actually pretty funny

[suzyku]

This country canNOT be this stupid can it? To fall for these tactics again? After twice electing the current idiot, could it be possible the people of this country would be dumb enough to do this again and drag the country so far down the hole that we can never get up?!!

[thegreatgiginthesky]

Ms. ku, there are vast swaths of population that still think that O is a muslim. Does that answer your question?

[on2them]

Only time will tell but I am hoping it ain't so...

[legoh]

so juvenile this is.

Mc's campaign platform is let's talk about anything except the stuff that really matters.

The sad is that Americans fall for it every time.

[Grunty1]

He cannot talk about anything that really matters, because the GOP is the wrong side of all of those issues.

[Enlightened22]

Huffi, do you make that stuff up or the GOP campaign is that pathetic, childish and stupid?

[Levittown]

The press and TV shows that run the articles for free ( its an ad and should be paid for ) are giving free coverage which is not accoring to the law. Where is the FCC on this ?

[Zogtastic]

Nope... it's for real.

http://www.gop.com/CelebrityQuiz/

I had to copy/paste the link, but it led to that site.

[poco767b]

Celebrity is the new pejorative.
Like 'elite' before it and so many others, all it succeeds in doing is dividing a nation.

[mj11051]

Reeks of desperation and hopefully it will come back and but McGrumpy in the butt.

[hi5dud3n355]

lolol @ republicans