What to Make of McCain and the Anti-Obama Campaign Ad
If you haven’t heard, the Republican Party plans to run a negative Senator Obama campaign ad in North Carolina. Senator John McCain , the Republican Party presidential hopeful, has condemned the ad and asked the party not to play it. Unfortunately for Senator McCain and Senator Obama, the party just isn’t listening. How is that possible? Why isn’t the Republican Party listening to the man they have selected as their presidential candidate? Does anyone see a problem with a presidential candidate that can’t get his own party to listen? It’s not really a problem, however, because this whole controversy is just for show.
Here’s how “the show” breaks down
- Republican Party creates a negative campaign ad and somehow it gets leaked to the media
- Senator John McCain takes the high road and condemns the ad and asks the party not to air it
- Republican Party sticks by their guns to air the ad and now the media is buzzing about the ad and what this means for Senator McCain. Of course, to report on that story or discuss it on a talk show, they have to show the ad, or at least the most negative portion of it.
- At the last minute the Republican Party will listen to Senator McCain and pull the ad
- Senator McCain will be applauded for his moral character and leadership abilities
- The Republican Party takes a slap on the wrist for creating such an ad, but all will be forgiven because in the end they did the right thing — they pulled the ad
- In the end, however, the Republican Party got exactly what they wanted and then some: the negative ad was seen by millions of people, it now lives forever on YouTube, air time/Internet time didn’t cost them a penny, and Senator McCain looks like a saint
Don’ believe me? Just wait, the ad is supposed to start airing in North Carolina during the Monday (4/28) 6:00 PM news. If I’m right, it won’t run. Then will you believe in my description of “the show?”
on April 28th, 2008 at 1:57 am
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on April 28th, 2008 at 8:20 am
LOL. I think you may be right. If so, it is a great move that matches “the show” put on by the other candidates. All of the presidential candidates are putting on fictional shows to get the election. ALL of them!!
For instance, my big “thing” is the 2nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Both Hillary and Barack claim to support the people’s right to keep and bear arms. However, both of these candidate have taken strong stands against the 2nd Amendment and voted in opposition the 2nd Amendment. Their “pro-2nd Amendment” stand is just “show” too.
Bottom line, do not believe any “show” placed before you by presidential candidates. Do your research. Look at what the candidates have done, not what they say they have done.
Disclaimer: I do not have a dog in this hunt. I do not like any of the choices. I will vote for McCain because I view him as the least of the “evils”.
on April 29th, 2008 at 6:38 am
I’m with Tom on this one. Do your own homework on the candidates and don’t let any advertising good or bad do your thinking for you. As a Republican, I’m still aghast that the best candidate we could present to the nation was John McCain.
on April 29th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Okay, new theory: the Reverend Wright is on McCain’s or Clinton’s payroll.
on April 30th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Hey, I heard that the individual who set up the news conference for Wright may have been a Hillary supporter. Brilliant! Dirty, but brilliant.
on May 1st, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Rev. Wright is a dream come true for Hillary and McCain. Just give the guy a microphone, cut him loose and he’ll do the rest. The guy just doesn’t know when to quit. I’m not saying he should recant everything he’s said, but he should at least have enough brains to get out of the spotlight.
on May 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Just goes to show that these things are orchestrated in far greater detail than the average American realizes!
on May 20th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Absolutely — and yet they think they’re “so clever” when they do this stuff.
Thanks for the comment
on May 21st, 2008 at 11:16 am
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