New McCain ad: The media’s got a crush on Obama; Update: The Daily Show on “Barack O’Boner”
posted at 12:18 pm on July 22, 2008 by Allahpundit
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If the soundtrack doesn’t put you in the mood, no worries — there’s an alternate version at the campaign website. Funny and shrewd in how it uses the press to endear McCain to the base, but this makes two ads in two days touching on Obama’s popularity. The left smells jealousy, and in this case it’s no wonder: Poor Maverick’s been jilted by his true love in favor of a younger man. Don’t worry, John, they’ll come back to you! (Well, no, they won’t.)
Update: Stewart and crew pile on.
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Finally, McCain takes the gloves off! It’s about time, John. Now you just need to attack the candidate, rather than attacking the fact the media like the candidate.
Outlander on July 22, 2008 at 12:20 PM
One of the best political ads this year.
like something out of the daily show
triple on July 22, 2008 at 12:21 PM
But is it true love?
natesnake on July 22, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Running against the media will get McCain nowhere. They’ll bury him. Run against Obama.
BJ* on July 22, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Me likee.
StephC on July 22, 2008 at 12:24 PM
Crappy font effects. Fail.
spmat on July 22, 2008 at 12:24 PM
I think this would have been a better soundtrack.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on July 22, 2008 at 12:25 PM
I feel ill. Looping Chris Mathews should be considered cruel and unusual.
Les in NC on July 22, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Ugh, that fawning coverage makes me wanna barf. The goofy women on the plane would have made me smash a window and willingly let myself be sucked into the ether.
Bishop on July 22, 2008 at 12:27 PM
A quicky in the caterer’s kitchen doesn’t equate to love.
You’re more than a sweet piece of milky white tail Mr. Matthews. You’re a tender human being with dreams and aspirations.
Don’t let Barry put you in a box. You’re beautiful on the inside too.
natesnake on July 22, 2008 at 12:27 PM
My leg fell asleep when Mathews was talking.
infidel on July 22, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Oh, too bad! Your not “The Maverick” anymore, John. Did you really think it would last? If you did, your a dipsh*t and have worse judgment than Obama.
Troy Rasmussen on July 22, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Fine, but it seems to me that he just hasn’t “closed the sale”, so to speak. Aren’t viewers left thinking “so what?”
I just think they should have put in the final point: therefore, no one ought to believe what the press is reporting about Sen. Obama.
That said, it’s all pretty cute…I like seeing Matthew’s words shoved right back down his throat.
Blaise on July 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM
This has all the characteristics of a BUBBLE.
I wonder.
Pythagoras on July 22, 2008 at 12:36 PM
I give up. I may as well cash in on this. I think I’ll start giving tours to the Pilgrims who travel to Obama’s birth place. I hear he was born in a log cabin in Illinois…
In a manger.
trubble on July 22, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Have we ever seen a candidate as fun as McCain? Perhaps Reagan, perhaps. To run an ad campaign like this, man I wish this would hit TV, is fantastic.
Win or lose, McCain is having a hell of a lot of fun.
Did anyone watch the Conan interview?
Vincenzo on July 22, 2008 at 12:40 PM
That was beautiful. Like shooting fish in a barrel.
ElectricPhase on July 22, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Wow.
I remember when the media had the same affection with McCain, that was until he was chosen to be the Republican nominee, then the thrill was gone.
RobertInAustin on July 22, 2008 at 12:42 PM
hahaha great ad
trailortrash on July 22, 2008 at 12:43 PM
i’m taking hope in the results of the 1948 election. Dewey defeats truman ran the headline all the media expceted Dewey to sweep the election. dewey remained above the fray. Truman did a whistle stop 355 speeches and travel 35,000 miles by train.
Truman won. The point is the Americian people want a man of the people this time around. They thought/think BHO is that man. If the reps paint BHO as an elite snob that could care less about Americian people (gas prices, higher taxes, economic plocies. making our children unsafe, bringing us into another cold war with Iran) then McCain can win this thing.
unseen on July 22, 2008 at 12:43 PM
A gift from the world to us? LO F’ing L
WisCon on July 22, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Too bad they didn’t include the Rolling Stone Magazine cover with the christ like glow around Obama.
wise_man on July 22, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Oil prices will hit $300 a barrel in 10 years if the United States fails to reduce its dependence on foreign imports, billionaire oil investor T. Boone Pickens said on Tuesday.
The United States imports nearly 70 percent of its oil now and Pickens said the world’s top petroleum-consuming nation would import 80 percent in a decade if it does not aggressively tap its own natural gas and renewable resources.
“If we continue to drift, oil will hit $300 a barrel in 10 years,” Pickens said during testimony at a Senate hearing.
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSN2228084120080722?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&rpc=23&sp=true
Now how is BHO going to fix this by not drilling?
unseen on July 22, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Agreed. It’s a funny (in a sickening way) ad, but they’re telling the public what it already knows. McCain can’t beat the media, but he can beat Obama — if he buys ads that hit Obama on things like his tax-and-spend liberalism, his appease-and-surrender foreign policy ideas, and his “wait for the wind” energy policies.
AZCoyote on July 22, 2008 at 12:51 PM
McCain needs to get these ads to a larger audience. This one in particular will have the MSM show their true colors when it comes out.
If telling the truth about a democrat is ‘Swift Boating’ what will they call telling the truth about the MSM?
jukin on July 22, 2008 at 12:51 PM
The scientific term, Little Cwissy, is “premature ejaculation”.
Jungliszt on July 22, 2008 at 12:55 PM
Good ad.
I have to admit a feeling of satisfaction seeing McCain’s base turn on him so completely.
edgehead on July 22, 2008 at 12:56 PM
I stopped taking network news seriously a long time ago.
This irresponsible news coverage is whoring to a level beyond belief.
Kini on July 22, 2008 at 12:57 PM
This ad tells it like it is. Hope people are watching.
katieanne on July 22, 2008 at 12:58 PM
The media are incapable of shame.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on July 22, 2008 at 12:58 PM
Osama Obama can’t handle this kind of mockery. It’s as if the McCain People are jabbing at You Know Who!
I think it’s great. Sometimes, ridicule is a more direct, effective weapon than long lists of boring facts.
Let the lefties howl. They asked for it, and finally they’re getting it.
MrScribbler on July 22, 2008 at 12:59 PM
People wonder why Obama is looking “older” recently. It’s to counter-act the newbie-in-jeans POP phenomenon perception. He’s suddenly got some gray. I think in time he may look like Moran Freeman’s father.
Marcus on July 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Be interesting to watch Hardball tonight and see Chris Matthews’ reaction to the ad.
piraticalbob on July 22, 2008 at 1:00 PM
If telling the truth about a democrat is ‘Swift Boating’ what will they call telling the truth about the MSM?
political suicide?
max1 on July 22, 2008 at 1:01 PM
I think someone on his staff is having a lot of fun. McCain hasn’t had fun since reconstruction.
Big John will likely denounce the ad and throw it’s creator under the bus.
edgehead on July 22, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Fidel’s greiving soon-to-be widow, the leftwing press, has found love again.
RBMN on July 22, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Chrissy does believe this twerp is a Messiah. What is he talking about. The world didn’t deliver diddly-squat to us.
And a gift? Grift would be more apropo.
OT but worth mentioning ……
During Obambi the Orator’s press conference in Jordan today:
“Let me be perfectly clear. Israel is a very good friend of Israel.”
Doh!
fogw on July 22, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Are there any Republicans willing to admit just how craptastic our candidate is?
This ad sucks. For starters, what dumbass creates an ad wherein an opponent’s name is mentioned over and over again? Secondly,
McCain looks like an idiot trying to bust the MSM chops when his very candidacy is based on their fervor for him.
Every move McCain makes is done in direct relation to something Obama does. McCain had a small advantage in getting Obama to hit the war zone. But that backfired with Maliki’s flub.
***
Without Jimmy Carter, we might not have had a Reagan. Do we want John McCain, a half-cocked, not-so-intelligent, doddering man who is only marginally “aware of the internet?” Or do we want to nurture, prep and deploy our next great Republican POTUS.
It’s all about 2012.
The Race Card on July 22, 2008 at 1:06 PM
That is my favorite political ad of all time.
Shivas Irons on July 22, 2008 at 1:07 PM
He has to attack the media - an attack on Obama is RACISM.
Rick on July 22, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Oh no he d’nt???
haha
carbon_footprint on July 22, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Great idea.
But, horribly lame execution. Poorly designed supers, poor writing, Retarded Capitalization Of Each Word, weak choice of clips, stupid repetition of clips.
This could have been amazing but it’s a pice o’ sh*t.
Can Republicans not do satire?
Dave Rywall on July 22, 2008 at 1:11 PM
No, it’s all about 2008. If Obama is elected in 2008, our country may not resemble a country in 2012.
carbon_footprint on July 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Please detail for me the McCain ads which have been called “racist.” Clearly you have a specific example in mind.
The Race Card on July 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM
There was a time when the media had a crush on McCain, like during the Republican primary process, but he should have know that they would never take him home to meet mom in the end.
MB4 on July 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM
I think it’s a worthy effort to show people that the media prefers Obama if it can convince them that they are being manipulated to like him as well. Hopefully then they can step back and make a more objective evaluation.
kc8ukw on July 22, 2008 at 1:15 PM
So I take it you didn’t think they would end up taking Juan home to meet mom either.
MB4 on July 22, 2008 at 1:15 PM
You want McCain as your President? Do you think that Barack Obama will fare any better than GWB in this war effort? Are you afraid that the country will like him so much that a Republican can’t steal 2012?
McCain has caused many people to the right of me to piss their values away. James Dobson, who basically accused McCain of authorizing baby murder, is a prime example.
The Race Card on July 22, 2008 at 1:15 PM
I don’t know about you, but I’m not willing to put up with liberal judges being appointed all over the country in federal district courts, appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court. It will undermine all the work that’s been done to date. In essence, we’ll be starting from scratch again. Additionally, I don’t want to spend more on taxes, gas and a bunch of new federal programs that I don’t support - all because I’m waiting for the next Reagan. There is no guarantee that there will be another Reagan; and, what’s to say we don’t get stuck with 8 years of Barry just because of his popularity - remember Bubba?
Rick on July 22, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Jon Stewart, he is just doing this under orders.
RobertInAustin on July 22, 2008 at 1:16 PM
They have pills for that now!
upinak on July 22, 2008 at 1:17 PM
Hell’s bells, in 10 years we may well be looking back fondly to five years ago when the price of oil was “only” $300 a barrel.
MB4 on July 22, 2008 at 1:18 PM
I was being sarcastic.
Rick on July 22, 2008 at 1:18 PM
I look forward to SNL this week. I bet Amy Pohlen, who did such a spot-on “Hillary” can do a great Lara Logan breathless-adoration interview.
Wethal on July 22, 2008 at 1:19 PM
The God damned ingrates, after all he has done for them.
MB4 on July 22, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Well give me some more time already!
I’m getting there.
MB4 on July 22, 2008 at 1:22 PM
I couldn’t watch the McCain ad, but the Daily Show clip was pretty damn funny. It really shows how the MSM is in love with Obama.
Torch on July 22, 2008 at 1:22 PM
Or you can let yourself get swept away by Obamamania - and let your legs tingle for the next 8-10 years.
Rick on July 22, 2008 at 1:22 PM
New question:
Why is Jon Stewart criticizing the press for fawning over Obama? Is he pushing back against the liberals who were attacking him for teasing Obama for the New Yorker cartoon?
Outlander on July 22, 2008 at 1:24 PM
I just hope they have enough condoms over there.
RBMN on July 22, 2008 at 1:25 PM
It’s amusing watching Matthews audition for an Obama administration Press Secretary gig. Could the guy be more artificial and transparent? I wonder if he’s looking at MSNBC’s financial woes, its continued loss of credibility (even among his Left-leaning industry peers), his laughing-stock status, his maturation in an industry where there were rumblings of a Rachel Maddow moving into MSNBC’s lineup (at his expense what with his contract renewal up for next year), and his fond remembrance of the Carter years which I’m sure he’s convinced himself weren’t that bad, and decided that now would be a good time for a career change.
Nothing could explain such a strong drive to the hoop for his new love, Barack.
As to the McCain ad, yeah, it documents the obvious, and sometimes the obvious isn’t that obvious to those with just a superficial interest in politics. Hopefully this meme will get soaked up into the public consciousness to such degree that everyone recognizes the blatant industry bias. As to whether or not this will turn into votes in McCain’s favor? Who knows.
Who could have predicted that Barack Obama, the most unqualified cardboard cutout to ever become Presidential nominee (because for all intents and purposes, he is), could actually be considered viable Presidential material? He may well become President without 1) ever running so much as a lemonade stand, 2) produced novel, peer-reviewed material even though he was an “editor,” 3) fulfilled a single, federally elected position, or 4) recognized a collection of racists, one of which preached to him for ~20yrs. And that’s just for starters. It shows that anything is possible, even to potentially devastating effect to the country, and that predicting the impact of a materially factual political ad is about as accurate as predicting which empty shell is going to inhabit the White House.
AnonymousDrivel on July 22, 2008 at 1:25 PM
O’Boner indeed. Check out the front page of the Chicago Sun-Times: “Lynn Sweet Aboard O-Force One!” is the headline, exclamation point and all. She’s aboard it all right.
Sensible Mom on July 22, 2008 at 1:26 PM
It’s kind of dim of McCain to openly diss the media, given how much of a free ride he’s gotten himself from the press over the years.
starfleet_dude on July 22, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Maybe they’re laying the ground work for the real attacks to come. Keep pounding away on the media bias for a while, and then bust out the harshest criticism of Obama prefaced with: “since the media aren’t holding Obama accountable for anything, and he’s too wimpy to meet head to head…”.
forest on July 22, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Your words not mine.
Duly ignored.
1GooDDaDDy on July 22, 2008 at 1:29 PM
I was being sarcastic, but I guess you didn’t catch that!
upinak on July 22, 2008 at 1:32 PM
“Ba-rack O’Boner”
perfect
franksalterego on July 22, 2008 at 1:32 PM
I don’t understand why McCain thinks it is a good idea to put an ad out with people praising Obama. Are these people running McCain’s campaign that stupid?
Why waste more money praising Obama? I can’t believe this was actually produced by a campaign that wants to win.
It’s just sad. McCain is a lousy candidate. He could hammer Obama on his positions (changing positions), but instead he wastes time showing how much people like Obama. McCain wants to lose I guess.
ThackerAgency on July 22, 2008 at 1:34 PM
Yes, if the choice is between McCain and Obama, absolutely not a bit of pause there. And no, I am not afraid of this country liking Obama so much. I’m confident that most of the country sees through him and I have HOPE that many of the other blind followers will see the LIGHT.
carbon_footprint on July 22, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Answered before you asked it.
RobertInAustin on July 22, 2008 at 1:35 PM
What the-?
You must have seen a completely different ad than the one I just did.
wise_man on July 22, 2008 at 1:36 PM
yeah, and I agree with The Race Card.
ThackerAgency on July 22, 2008 at 1:36 PM
More people should. Maybe then they would go away.
wise_man on July 22, 2008 at 1:37 PM
Barack OBoner! The BEST! The Daily Show hits a home run with this one!
sabbott on July 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM
I don’t know wise_man, the ad I saw was a 3 minute highlight reel of people saying how much they like Obama. A ShamWOW commercial couldn’t have been more persuasive that Obama is the way to go.
ThackerAgency on July 22, 2008 at 1:38 PM
I remember watching the Daily Show when Stewart took over from Kilborn in 1999.
Stewart and Kilborn took cheap shots at Clinton, but it was never even close to the kind of stuff we have seen them take at Bush and co. I am sure with Obama in office the comedy will return to the levels of the pre-Bush years.
I am sure The Daily Show will learn from the mistakes it has made with Bush as POTUS. There is nothing worse than trying to watch a comedy show and have them get all morally worked up with outrage. Kinda detracts from the effectiveness of the bong hits.
RobertInAustin on July 22, 2008 at 1:41 PM
So was I.
Rick on July 22, 2008 at 1:41 PM
MB4 on July 22, 2008 at 1:18 PM
true. If we do not increase reserves and supply of NG, OIL and coal than we are screwed. What happens when our tanks run out of oil, or are fighters? Will the cost of training and equiping the army become so much that America can no longer field the A game? Will we be invaded because the dems gave up our nuclear weapons, starved our tanks and jets and demolished are economic powerhouse in the search of balance with the environment?
unseen on July 22, 2008 at 1:43 PM
I think you have found their play book.
RobertInAustin on July 22, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Hey-bama, beau-bama, foal-bama, Euro-bama,
Nay-bama, doh-bama, shoal-bama, yo-yo-bama
Chris met Obamalade down in Old Cooke County
Struttin’ his stuff on the dais
He said, “Hello,
Hey, Chris, you wanna gimme a leg up?” Ohhh!
ForNow on July 22, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Dick Morris got it right when he said McCain has to constantly show Obama against himself. There’s lots of footage to use showing those flip flops, gaffes, etc.
PC14 on July 22, 2008 at 1:48 PM
The cinematic term for this is Deliverance (Cue the banjos…twang-a twang twang twa-a-ang).
whitetop on July 22, 2008 at 1:51 PM
“Oh no, McCain’s only gotten 6 positive Time Magazine cover stories compared to Obama’s 7! Bias!”
And yet despite the tired meme of the media being in Obama’s pocket (A large portion of the footage, and soon to be most of it not even from the past 6 months) despite the constant stream of articles deriding him posted here from virtually every mainstream media outlet daily. They both get overwhelmingly positive coverage from the news outlets but the Republicans are such whiners, going on and on about the “Liberal Media”.
Typhonsentra on July 22, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Outlander - Jon Stewart may be a liberal but he is 100% objective on his show. He doesn’t give a sh*t who he makes fun of. Have you ever watched his show? Oh wait - probably not.
Dave Rywall on July 22, 2008 at 1:58 PM
I think you have found their play book.
RobertInAustin on July 22, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Let’s hope not. But with Pelosi wanting no drilling AND a release of the SPR what else could it be?
unseen on July 22, 2008 at 2:02 PM
The Race Card,
If Obama gets in he will trumpeted by liberals as the BEST PRESIDENT EVAH no matter what evidence we try to produce otherwise.
terryannonline on July 22, 2008 at 2:04 PM
LOL!
Thanks for the laugh, Dave.
wise_man on July 22, 2008 at 2:05 PM
That’s hilarious.
Probably will cost Stewart some ratings point for messing with the Messiah…
drjohn on July 22, 2008 at 2:05 PM
I don’t think this was necessarily for public consumption so much as for the media. Perhaps the mcCain camp recalls what happened when SNL did that great satire on the Dem debates in which Hillary got all the hard questions, and Obama got tossed wiffleballs.
At the next debate, Gibson and Stephanopolous actually asked Obama some hard questions. Obama sounded awful in answering some.
It’a win-win for McCain., If Obama avoids the press too much, they could turn on him (”We made you! We can undo you!”). If Obama does let press near him with tougher questions, it’s more off-message gaffes.
Of course the McCain NYTimes kerfuffle was a lovely bit of serendipity for McCain.
Wethal on July 22, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Take off the blinders, please. Are you even paying attention to what’s going on around you? The three major networks have sent their national anchors to cover the Obama tour; the New York Times has refused to print McCain’s op-ed response to Obama (which had his printed); national polls reflecting that the media is not being fair in their coverage; and msm reporters and commentators admitting that they’ve gotten caught up in the Obama hysteria (or get tingly leg syndrome listening to him).
Granted, McCain used to be a media darling, but never to this extreme (and definitely not this election cycle). Obama is the news - McCain has to try hard to just be mentioned in the news.
Rick on July 22, 2008 at 2:16 PM
If McCain wins the election will the MSM notice?
elduende on July 22, 2008 at 2:18 PM
It’s an interesting moment in which a Presidential candidate turns all liberal men gay.
drjohn on July 22, 2008 at 2:21 PM
wise_man, I guess you never watch the show either. He has taken mighty dumps on Hillary, the toothless democrats, Ted Kennedy, Obama, Pelosi bla bla bla etc etc etc - both sides of the aisle get it from him. It’s not my fault your party blinders are on so tight.
Dave Rywall on July 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Reminiscent of Clinton- if Obama promised to keep abortion legal would Chrissie Mathews offer Obama a bl………?
Sorry- couldn’t help myself.
;-)
drjohn on July 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM
McCain is such a whiner; at least Gramm got that part right. After enjoying years of coziness with the press (they were his “base” remember?), he’s just jealous that he’s not gettin g facetime anymore. Heck, even Hot Air is all Obama all the time.
Grow Fins on July 22, 2008 at 2:24 PM
You must realize that you just quoted me to tell me that you are ignoring me.
What’s your angle? You can’t be that thick. Michael Savage is on your side.
The Race Card on July 22, 2008 at 2:28 PM
You actually went all wayback machine on me and quoted me from days ago.
If I weren’t worried about you, I’d be flattered I’m sure.
The Race Card on July 22, 2008 at 2:29 PM
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