McCain’s mystery ad to Obama revealed: Congratulations; Update: “We wish more of his ads took that tone,” says Team Barry
posted at 4:40 pm on August 28, 2008 by Allahpundit
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McCain says: “Senator Obama, this is truly a good day for America. Too often the achievements of our opponents go unnoticed. So I wanted to stop and say, congratulations. How perfect that your nomination would come on this historic day. Tomorrow, we’ll be back at it. But tonight Senator, job well done.”
Not just classy but shrewd, as it’ll buy back some of the goodwill he may have squandered over the past month by hitting Obama so hard. McCain’s done an admirable job during the campaign of trying to rehabilitate the GOP’s image on race to what little extent he can, made more admirable by the fact that in this year of all years it won’t do him any good with black voters. I’m relieved my prediction was wrong and our e-mailer’s was right.
Update: Here’s the video. Belated exit question: Which nutroots blogger will be the first to call him “patronizing”?
Update: One other shrewd aspect to this is that if Obama attacks him in the speech, it makes him look ungracious.
Update: The Obama camp grumbles an obligatory thank you.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe — who did not know the content of the ad until we read him the script — just told us that the McCain ad is “a very nice gesture. We wish more of his ads took that tone, but it’s a very nice gesture.”
Plouffe said the Obama campaign would run a similar ad next week congratulating McCain on his nomination.
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I’m gonna assume this was a joke.
/iSarc
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 28, 2008 at 6:03 PM
stop talking to alphie guys. the poor thing is just beside itself with grief that its messiah has feet of clay.
funky chicken on August 28, 2008 at 6:03 PM
look dude, it’s okay that you are a liberal and want your guys to win and our guys to lose, that’s fine. Just keep on track with issues that can’t be quickly overturned by your own logic. Or lack thereof. It’s just a simple request. That’s all.
wise_man on August 28, 2008 at 6:04 PM
This is some amateur trolling right here folks.
Melchiz on August 28, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Just pointing out that McCain hasn’t led a very honorable life, wise.
Let’s just agree McCain can fake honor when there’s a buck in it for him, okay?
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 6:06 PM
McCain is a good sport. Well done.
Geronimo on August 28, 2008 at 6:08 PM
“Where am I? Am I on Crossfire? I thought they canceled that show!”
Melchiz on August 28, 2008 at 6:09 PM
McCain cheated on his wife. Lots of people do that.
Obama made friends with domestic terrorists, black supremacists, and money launderers. I don’t know too many who do that.
Take the intellectual dishonesty to a site more befitting, like Kos or HuffPo.
MadisonConservative on August 28, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Say, coming in a little late, I have to ask: Did the Obama content reviewers had time to check for subliminal phallic symbols, hints of racism, and the like?
Or were they all assigned to persecute Stanley Kurtz as he review the truckload of documents from Obama’s days with Ayers on the Annennberg? Or were they dispatched to DC like the Wicked-Witch-of-the-West’s monkeys to hound the Department of Justice about the Ayers ad?
BuckeyeSam on August 28, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Write English much?
ganeshpuri89 on August 28, 2008 at 6:12 PM
Honor is a personal thing, Madison…not a competition.
Either you have it or you don’t.
McCain doesn’t.
Not by any normal standard….maybe the Bitter Bumpkins buy his 30 second act.
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 6:13 PM
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 5:38 PM
The gutter, you damn right, and in the gutter is where he should stay when he talking about that arrogant self-centered pretentious annoying prick……the messiah!
try again later on August 28, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Which one of the 2 completely lied about how he would obey public campaign finance rules in the general election, once he found there was a buck in it for him?
Chuck Schick on August 28, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Oops 1.
Did the Obama content reviewers have
hadtime to check for subliminal phallic symbols, hints of racism, and the like?Oops 2.
Or were they all assigned to persecute Stanley Kurtz as he reviews
reviewthe truckload of documents from Obama’s days with Ayers on the Annennberg board?Next time I’ll proofread. Sorry.
BuckeyeSam on August 28, 2008 at 6:16 PM
Wow. Some real angst here gang. McCain did a nice thing — the Obama camp accepted. A rare moment of peace on the campaign trail. Everyone relax.
McCain’s stock has risen in my book.
http://thepajamapundit.com/
thePajamaPundit on August 28, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Alright, I’m new here folks (but a longtime reader), but I have plenty of experience with people sowing seeds of drama in forums and the like. Judging by alphie’s comment history, this man is a troll. Not a passionate Left-winger, not a devil’s advocate, a troll.
I strongly believe that his comments have but one purpose: to inflame members through statements outrageous enough to trigger outcry, but subtle enough for us to believe. Don’t buy into it.
Melchiz on August 28, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Haha, Chuck,
McCain dumped his wheelchair-bound wife to marry for money.
No amount of fraternity hazing erases a stain on your character that big.
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Alphie, where the hell was all your whining about Kerry marrying women solely for their money?
Speedwagon82 on August 28, 2008 at 6:20 PM
No, not at all.
I hear that George Rama-Lama Obama was planning on veturing to Denver from his shack, but it will take him the next 132 years (on his dollar a month salary) to save up for the plane tickets.
seanrobins on August 28, 2008 at 6:21 PM
At the :19 mark, the gritted teeth/half smile. Like a piranha smiling at you through the fish tank glass …
Now its time to take a big wet bite outta n0bamas azz.
Benjamin9 on August 28, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Very smart. He sounds stately and Plouffe took the bait and came off like a brat.
If McCain had put out an add with this tone a few months ago I would have been annoyed. He has a history of being a little too mild with his adversaries. He’s shown lately that the kid gloves are off so this ad shouldn’t leave a sour taste is his voters mouths. It should just serve to ingratiate him with some swing voters.
twoarmman on August 28, 2008 at 6:22 PM
I think that until you go through 5+ years of torture by enemy agents, and have to deal with readjusting to life after that kind of extraordinary experience, you don’t have a single right to make that judgment. When you’ve been held prisoner for the better part of a decade, are constantly beaten and mentally broken down after suffering a crash that leaves you crippled for the rest of your life, and then have to lay all that down on your wife whom you were kept from for all that time, and then avoid any such negative reactions (drinking, drugs, infidelity), then you can go ahead and throw all the first stones you like.
If you haven’t, and let me make it clear, I know you haven’t, then you are a spineless little keyboard jockey sniping at someone who had more guts in his fingernail clippings than you could ever hope to hold in your entire lifetime. The leftovers of an enema would hold more respect than you ever could. Honor is as beyond your comprehension as the size of the universe. You’re an example of Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection failing miserably.
And the funny thing is, I don’t even support McCain. You, on the other hand, couldn’t get me to piss on you if you were on fire.
MadisonConservative on August 28, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Mad, alphie thinks it’s dog cheated on him by licking another persons hand.
Don’t dumb yourself down. You know it likes that.
upinak on August 28, 2008 at 6:23 PM
alphie… are you saying the people in wheelchairs cannot have broken marriages, too? isn’t that a bit hateful and intolerant on your part? after all, the disabled are people too, just like you and me…
seanrobins on August 28, 2008 at 6:24 PM
I actually think this could be a legitimate exercise. The little I do know about that situation, it is quite unfortunate. It is certainly at odds with my morals and standards. However, do I think it’s worse than befriending a terrorist bombing murderer? Not in the least.
I find it easier to forgive someone who commits a transgression of the carnal nature as opposed to a mortal one. It seems most reasonable people would agree.
anuts on August 28, 2008 at 6:24 PM
McCain has no honor? No courage? Listen idiot. Refusing release as a POW for four years unless all of your fellow POW’s are released as well is honor, is moral courage. McCain refused early release for four years. Now get lost.
ganeshpuri89 on August 28, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Hello Aphie,
I’ve asked you these questions before but either you missed them, I missed your reply, or you ignored them. Perhaps you’ll be able to answer them this time:
How old are you?
What is your gender?
How did you come to your liberal philosophy? Personal life experience? University professors? Friends? Family tradition?
Why do you waste your time here?
Thanks in advance for you reply.
Rod on August 28, 2008 at 6:25 PM
oh, alphie,… I guess bill “BJ” clinton was a sort of honorable guy, eh? i’m having trouble understanding your definition of honorable.
seanrobins on August 28, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I should hate this ad, but it’s just classy all the way around.
SouthernGent on August 28, 2008 at 6:26 PM
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 6:17 PM
You act as if you KNOW the truths about the relations McCain has had. When, in fact, you do not know the truths.
Nice try, but none of us know the ins and outs of what happened with him and his women. Please get a grip and give it up.
bridgetown on August 28, 2008 at 6:26 PM
I wonder if Obama will do the same this when McCain accepts the nomination…
If he doesn’t, will people say he isn’t as gracious? If he does, will say he was just forced to by McCain’s ad?
twoarmman on August 28, 2008 at 6:27 PM
I
his first wife, you dolt.
trailboss on August 28, 2008 at 6:27 PM
trailboss on August 28, 2008 at 6:27 PM
LOL
bridgetown on August 28, 2008 at 6:28 PM
As long as people like you continue to uphold honor with a balance of passion and rational thought, I will remain hopeful for the future of our society. The corruption of logic and cheapening of intellectual discourse will certainly follow the corrosion of honor.
Melchiz on August 28, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Classy maverick.
baxtrice on August 28, 2008 at 6:28 PM
bridge,
Ron and Nancy Reagan were so disgusted by McCain’s immoral life that they banned him from their house.
I trust their judgment when it comes to moral issues, don’t you?
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 6:28 PM
Alphie, McCain’s first wife supports his candidacy and one of her son’s, whom McCain adopted, works in Cindy’s distributorship. The affected parties have come to terms with this matter; why haven’t you.
Shifting gears, I still don’t understand how Obama sat in the pews of his church and never once forcefully confronted that foul-mouthed pastor about his lies, his hate, and the un-Americanism. I suppose his presence there was only politically motivated.
At any rate, Obama told us in a mediocre speech in March that he wanted to lead a national discussion on race. But he doesn’t possess the moral authority to do so. When he sat on his hands during all those years, he allowed Wright to sow the seeds of hate and resentment in his congregants for far too long. Think about that. Think about have an intelligent discussion about race with anyone from Obama’s church. Obama’s silence was the height of cowardice. If Obama had been in McCain’s shoes in the Hanoi Hilton, he would have been on the first flight out of there when given the chance for early release.
BuckeyeSam on August 28, 2008 at 6:28 PM
You don’t know the ins and outs of that marriage. You’ve gotten every single fact of his father-in-law wrong so far. Do 5 years as a POW and come back and try to assimilate back into a marriage and see how well you do. You have no basis to criticize anyone.
Obama killed a law that would resuscitate a poisoned infant who survived abortion, and then got caught lying about it. He also chums around with criminals, domestic terrorists and race-baiting lunatic pastors, and doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about.
Obama’s winning the depravity contest so far.
Chuck Schick on August 28, 2008 at 6:32 PM
The obama campaign has already taken the classless route, in responding to McCain very gracious congradulations.
The left always takes the low, classless road.
Simply compare the right’s compassionate reaction when some big leftie dies (like, Ted Kennedy…coming to a theater near you), or the left’s sick and disgusting reaction to the death (or the time leading up to it), of Tony Snow.
seanrobins on August 28, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Ron was married twice, bub. He’s the only US president to have ever divorced. Explain away.
MadisonConservative on August 28, 2008 at 6:32 PM
This confuses me because when Nancy endorsed McCain, she spoke of their 30 year friendship……so, enlighten me, eh?
bridgetown on August 28, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Alphie, if you are really stupid enough to think this Democrat “unity” is anything more than a show for a few days, you really belong as an Obama supporter.
Speedwagon82 on August 28, 2008 at 6:33 PM
By the way, you moron…
Are you aware (probably not) of the prenup??? What’s hers is hers, and his is his….
that’s why he didn’t know exactly how many houses he owns… because he doesn’t own any of them…..
seanrobins on August 28, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Can someone guess who will be the first news commentator to have an orgasm during the speech tonight? I’m not even sure if it will be a male or a female.
Goodale on August 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Link please…
Gee Alphie, I think your comments are cute and foolish, but if you consistently state these things and not link, don’t you think you should be banned for “bomb” throwing?
right2bright on August 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM
right2bright on August 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM
No! No Banning anyone! Better to Educate them and others!
:)
bridgetown on August 28, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Chris Matthews. You can bank on that. *winks*
baxtrice on August 28, 2008 at 6:37 PM
Oh and alphie, if you are going to do character assassination on the Maverick here, just remember, that there are demons in the closet of EVERY politician – no matter what affiliation, so pull your panties out of yer asscrack.
baxtrice on August 28, 2008 at 6:40 PM
He knows the rules…my challenge was to him, lets see if he abides.
right2bright on August 28, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Do you read much? He was replying to someone going by the name of wise_man.
your_worst_enemy on August 28, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Here ya go right:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-divorce11-2008jul11,0,5924926,full.story
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 6:42 PM
If you notice, alphie never defends anyone, he/she/it just attacks McCain.
alphie = troll
OC Chuck on August 28, 2008 at 6:42 PM
OMG, this is some SERIOUS pwnage. Serious.
fossten on August 28, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Please indulge me here. What energizes trolls is the response they find their flaming can generate. They measure their success by the number of angry replies and level of uproar/degradation they can produce… as disruption of the blog into disfunctionality is their driving objective.
Short of administrative moderation of their comments, the best management is for other members to ignore them, to decline to respond to them at all.
Don’t feed the beast. :)
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 6:43 PM
I guess that’s the problem with “conservatives” and McCain, pete…you start out defending his divorce and end up defending abortion.
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 6:45 PM
LOL! Oh noes. your_worst_enemy doesn’t like me.
Oh noes.
Hey dude. It’s my last name. I broke it up into two parts. You want to make fun of my screen name? Then knock yourself out, dude.
wise_man on August 28, 2008 at 6:47 PM
big. fat. target. easy shot.
trailboss on August 28, 2008 at 6:47 PM
EUGH. This brings “tingle up my leg” a completely new meaning.
I need to go drink some brain bleach now.
*doesn’t eat – too disgusted at the moment*
Grue in the Attic on August 28, 2008 at 6:49 PM
I stand corrected and regret the error.
ganeshpuri89 on August 28, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Now the real issues to consider are:
-Did Obama have any attacks in the script for his speech tonight? (If so, will his writers remove them?) I’m going to say no to the attacks, because he likes to pretend that he’s above such things, and his underlings should do it for him in order to preserve his image.
-Will Obama acknowledge McCain’s gracious message at any point in the near future? I don’t care what his team says, will the O-man himself provide a clear response?
-Will Olbermann and Matthews make out on live television as they listen to Obama’s speech? Clearly, yes. Knowing those two, it might get a little violent, but they like to mix it up, right?
Melchiz on August 28, 2008 at 6:51 PM
I stopped Grue from eating! I hope I won the new car, because a cruise package is not good during Hurricane season.
LOL
baxtrice on August 28, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Or you can go for what’s behind DOOR NUMBER THREE….
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 28, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Grue is from Zork, I’m the Fool from the Jungle of Nool, and my German shepherd has a crush on that collie who posts here. I love this place!
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 6:56 PM
This influx of noobs has been largely a good thing.
fossten on August 28, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Thanks, this means more to me than you might know. :)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 28, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Number of Obama ads congratulating McCain?
Yakko77 on August 28, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Alphie, I know your just looking for a fight. Nobody in politics or even on this blog is perfect. I believe myself to be a pretty conservative person but I do have some liberal viewpoints as well. Even though it is true that Sen. McCain cheated on his wife he is definitely not the first politician (or president for that matter) to do it nor will he be the last. Shoot, I have never been married but I have cheated on a girlfriend before (I felt bad about it for 3 or 4 months, learned my lesson.) I have many, many faults, Presidents bush, clinton, bush 1, reagan, carter…etc..all had many faults. It is what makes us human. But McCain has also shown his good as well in not only the POW situation but in being in the senate doing public service for 26 years, reaching across the aisle and working with democrats to get stuff done, putting his political career on the line when he had bet so much on the surge that obama said wouldnt work and he knew it would. I believe when it comes down to it, and its the day of the election and people seriously think about who they are going to vote for they will compare obama’s non-experience and questionable moves and relationships and super liberal voting record to McCains longer record of his accomplishments, work in the senate, and above all love for country and character and they will make the obvious decision. People will see through Obama, they will not fall for a jimmy carter like president for the second time in a row.
SoCalInfidel on August 28, 2008 at 7:10 PM
F U N N Y .
Califemme on August 28, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Real conservatives consider this way too long to be suckling at the government teat, SoC.
The switch from conservatives to self-hating socialists is quite a flip flop for the Republican party.
alphie on August 28, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I agree. My last post was intended not to disparage them in any way, but to convey that I enjoy folks like Grue and the Dr. with the collie. I learn from them too.
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 7:16 PM
How can he be suckling at the government teet if he’s stinking rich?
Chuck Schick on August 28, 2008 at 7:20 PM
what’s with you people?
I was replying to some that was incorrectly chastising someone that had replied to you, and used the word “wise”.
I couldn’t care less what nickname you use on these forums, and dont have an opinion either way.
Stop picking fights that don’t exist.
your_worst_enemy on August 28, 2008 at 7:23 PM
I must say…I am a business owner in southern california…I am all for capitalism…I believe it creates more jobs and gives americans as a whole a better opportunity and a better quality of life…I would not consider the republican party self-hating socialists….I believe the Democrats take that trophy considering all the tax and spend bills they want to put in place and because they blame every little problem that happens in the world on America…I believe that could not be farther from the truth..I will say that Pres. Bush has spent more than anyone else has, but we have had events happen in the past 8 years that not only did no one see coming, but we had to react to it in a way that we have never done before. Could you imagine if Al Gore was in office during the time of the Sept 11 attacks…I believe he would have been such a weak appeaser and it would have put us in a much worse position. I dont want to argue with you, but I dont apreciate the attacks you keep putting on republicans and people who blog here in general. Pres bush had to make decisions that no other pres has had to make. I personally think he did alot wrong as well, im not defending him here. But I believe when we look back in 20 years we will discover that he did alot right as well.. One question for you though…When it comes down to it and there is a grave threat to the safety of our nation, how well do you think Obama, if he is president, will handle it?
SoCalInfidel on August 28, 2008 at 7:24 PM
gawd,
You forget. There are FOUR books in the Bible about his first coming.
Tommygun on August 28, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Okay, I know guys — don’t feed the troll, but as a newbie/noob who finally got signed up and have been reading for quite some time I just want to get something off my chest.
RE:
Look man, most posters here are pretty nice to you, they want you to be civilized instead of coming here to our (that is, a conservative) site and shitting on us and our beliefs. Still you post idiotic and (to use the POPULAR term of this election cycle) divisive rants to rile up the visitors and start fights. Just once, ONCE, have a little respect for the views of others and realize that you are in the house of someone else – be Respectful.
Just my two cents from a longtime reader and newly baptized commenter. Take it or leave it.
I will no longer feed the troll.
baxtrice on August 28, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Lol…I wish I could stop feeding trolls…but sometimes they just seem so skinny and frail that I cannot help it :)
SoCalInfidel on August 28, 2008 at 7:28 PM
HERE HERE!!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 28, 2008 at 7:28 PM
That just means you have a big
heartsnark gland.;)
baxtrice on August 28, 2008 at 7:30 PM
I am so sorry. I completely mis read what you said, and I apologize. There are a few childish people that mock my login name because they disagree with me, call me “wise” man or _man or wise shill. I thought that this was more of the same. I am very sorry I didn’t get what you said. It was my mistake, your_worst_enemy. Sorry.
wise_man on August 28, 2008 at 7:32 PM
I dunno if thats a good thing or a bad thing….but thank you (I think)
SoCalInfidel on August 28, 2008 at 7:36 PM
So who is the boss of the new medium?
jimboslice on August 28, 2008 at 7:38 PM
For a hangout, this place would be more fun than Cheers, if only AP and Ed would buy us a round on the house once in awhile.
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Captain and Coke please!
SoCalInfidel on August 28, 2008 at 7:41 PM
Single malt, please. Preferably old enough to vote. Or better yet, old enough to drink!
Stefka on August 28, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Make mine Cheap Red Wine. I’m going to try to stay up long enough to sample Barry-O’s words tonight.
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Please don’t feed the alphie! Don’t drink the kool-aid!
BTW, love the name, Grue. I *still* have Zork 1-3 on my Infocom Anthology. I used to play them on my Commodore 64, now have them on CD Rom for my pc. Hello sailor!
bryan2369 on August 28, 2008 at 7:52 PM
Charles Shaw it is then
SoCalInfidel on August 28, 2008 at 7:54 PM
Me too. Suggests a good wit, I think. Enjoyed the post about Zork too. Clever.
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM
way to fit in, new guy!
*eats*
sulla on August 28, 2008 at 8:04 PM
Here’s some Brain Bleach if anybody wants to stock up for tonight!
RushBaby on August 28, 2008 at 8:06 PM
Chug-a-lug. Tanks!
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 8:10 PM
Details, details.
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Is it cheaper than Charles Shaw?
Info will be appreciated.
petefrt on August 28, 2008 at 8:25 PM
Nice! Can you hear the wind coming out of Obambi’s vitriol toward him tonight? :D
PersonalLiberty on August 28, 2008 at 8:46 PM
I know where you’re coming from. Some call me Madison “Conservative”.
MadisonConservative on August 28, 2008 at 8:55 PM
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