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Obama Campaign Strategy Video
You may recall a strategy video put out by John McCain’s campaign earlier this year. Now the Obama campaign has released its own video staring Campaign Manager David Plouffe. As was the McCain video, it’s a bit dry.
New McCain Ad: "Energy Security – Putting Country First"
I really need to get over being impressed with the presentation of these John McCain ads. However, I wonder if people will miss the message and just see the pretty pictures.
His latest ad once again ties our energy crisis to National Security. He’s figured out that the economy is the number one issue and the only way that he can look like a candidate that’s better able to handle it than Barack Obama is to make it about our national security. That’s clearly McCain’s strength, and the ad tries to remind us of that by labeling his policy on energy, “Energy Security.”
He ends with the tag line, “Putting Country First – McCain” I think that’s an interesting and not altogether bad slogan, but one that doesn’t translate to much more than a patriotic sentiment.
I have also noticed that most of the new ads for McCain don’t have any sound from him. They even wait quite a few beats before having him intone, “I’m John McCain and I approved this message.” I think they’ve figured out that their candidate will never be as slick or cool as Obama so they’re trying to make up for it with their campaign ads.
McCain Doesn’t Show Up for Vote, Claims credit for Passing GI Bill he Opposed
From the carpetbaggerreport.com: What does McCain mean by ‘we’ in this context? “I’m happy to tell you that we probably agreed to an increase in educational benefits…” Claiming credit for a bill you opposed and didn’t vote for is the ultimate form of credit claiming and McCain is just the person to go where every person with half a brain would know not to go.
McCain: Carter "Lousy" President
From the Department of People Living in Glass Houses: John McCain has gone after President Carter. Apparently, this is part of some bizarre plan they have to link Obama to a President whose administration was so long ago that no one under the age of 40 even remotely recalls and/or cares about unless they were a child like Alex P. Keaton.
From CNN:
John McCain directed his trademark straight talk toward a former president, flatly calling Jimmy Carter a “lousy” commander in chief. But in an interview with the Las Vegas Sun published Friday, McCain was decidedly more blunt than he has been in the past. McCain, who is a proponent of nuclear reprocessing, was asked why he thought Carter was against the process when he was president. “Yes, because Carter was a lousy president,” McCain quipped. “This is the same guy who kissed Brezhnev.” McCain’s comments are in reference to the now famous moment when Carter and then Soviet Union leader Leonid Brezhnev kissed after signing the SALT II treaty in 1979. Both the agreement and the kiss were widely panned by Republicans.
This shows how old and out of touch McCain is with what’s going on in the world.
Video: Obama Speaks at Unity Rally
You can see Hillary’s speech HERE.
Video: Hillary Speaks at Unity Rally
You can see Obama’s speech HERE.
Odd Couple on their Way to Unity Rally
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are appearing together at their rally in Unity, NH today. The happy couple waived good-bye to supporters as they boarded the plane this morning. According to CNN:
The former rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination left Washington together Friday morning for the flight to New Hampshire.They shared a polite kiss on arrival and sat together on the plane.
Do you really have to kiss? Weird. CNN aired exclusive cell phone pictures and video from the private fundraiser last night where Clinton and Obama appeared together.
The rally in Unity will be carried live at 1pmET on CNN and MSNBC.
Update:
Hillary and Obama’s speeches are HERE.
Colbert Report: Congressman Robert Wexler Refuses Copycat Game
Colbert on Congressman Robert Wexler: My first guest from Florida says he’s proud to be a liberal. That’s what happens when you’re out in the sun all day!
Daily Show Video: North Korea’s Downgraded Status
Stewart on decision to remove Iran from Axis of Evil: What’s got two legs, a cabinet, and 207 days left to be President. It’s Still President George W. Bush. And he remains as committed as ever to his “I don’t talk to no terrorists” policy.
(showing bush in Israel saying you can’t talk to terrorists)
When it comes to the war on terror Bush is no Neville Chamberlain no weak kneed panty waste English appeaser. He’s Wilt Chamberlain dominating the paint, running the give and go, telling the terrorists “No, not in my house!” An then on the weekends he’s Richard chamberlain, a simple priest torn between his lover for god and his love for a woman.
So when North Korea, the cute one in the Axis of Evil, tried to put one over on us by giving up the details of their nuclear program. You can imagine our still President stood strong.
(cut to Bush saying he’s rescinding his designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terror)
Mr. President, you’re going to take the word of a mad man? North Korea’s no longer a part of the Axis of Evil? What the hell? There were three countries. Iraq is already out of the Axis, North Korea’s out. What’s left? A dot of evil? Fixed coordinate of perfidy? North Korea may not be evil. They’re not off the hook. They’re just being downgraded to a slightly less menacing category. I’m going to go with douchebag gaggle. So the Axis of Evil is no more, just another stupid phrase our President proffered that has gone by the wayside, but don’t worry he’s got plenty more.
Then Stewart shows the scariest clip, Obama using the same language as Bush when it comes to gas prices: “I’d love to just waive a magic wand….”
Stewart: Why is oil the only commodity that politicians feel like they need magic to resolve? We could lower the price of wheat if only I had the amulet of righteousness. Just because oil’s controlled by a bunch of guys in white robes, doesn’t make them magic!
(cut to Bush first saying we need to break our addiction to oil, then two years later saying we need to make more oil)
Stewart: So our new energy policy is “I have a cocaine addiction. I’m out of cocaine. Let’s say we turn the kids’ rooms into cocaineries.”
