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Submitted by lambert on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 9:04am

After the 9/11 pause, Obama decides to alienate another constituency by running a new ad whose theme -- and I know this will surprise you -- is that McCain is old.*

[pounds forehead on desk, or would, if the desk hadn't been broken up for firewood].

Jeebus, why don't they try something subtle: Like an ad of McCain floating away on an ice floe holding a can of dog food, say.

I wonder how the lunch with Bill Clinton went?

UPDATE Actually, there are two ads; see here. The one I just posted on is called Still. There's a second ad called -- and I know this will surprise you -- Real Change. Better, although ludicrously it starts out with "We've heard a lot about change this year" -- which is a confession of how much McCain and Palin managed to tarnish hopey-changey in a few short weeks. If it's the opening gun in a battle for economic populism (how'd that lunch go?), well and good, but since the ad ends with "genuinely bring people together" I doubt that will happen. It's the same attempt to square the circle that's hobbled Obama from the beginning: Selling hopey-changey while promising change will happen without conflict. Still flailing.

Watch out, though: If you don't clear your cookies after being on the Obama site, you'll be bombarded with Obama ads everywhere else you go on the net.

NOTE * "Insane"? Fine. "Sexist"? Double fine. "More wars?" Quadruple fine/ But "old"? McCain's been running hard for the Presidency for a year. That's gruelling, and Obama, at least in the primaries, didn't work as hard as Hillary (and maybe didn't need to, because of the online fundraising).

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Submitted by elixir on

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on BO's campaign. Obama doesn't really have anything "shiny" to offer right now, so, relying on Bill and Hillary to carry the water and douse the fire is their only "hope."

I love this job!

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Submitted by Davidson on

I admit, he is the weakest candidate I have even heard of in terms of credentials and campaigning, but McCain is so bad and the Republican brand is do damn dead, it's difficult for me to see how he loses. I don't think Palin is going to be McCain's life saver. As soon as she begins to fade, I think Obama will barely edge McCain across the finish line.

And I say this as someone who's rather, um, displeased with Obama and won't be voting for him (I've decided not to vote for McCain to defeat Obama; it's too crazy).

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Submitted by Damon on

And, talk about selective editing.

BTW, it's going to be incredibly hard for McCain to win, even while Obama bombs. But, I can imagine scenarios, and some are looking more plausible than ever.

Let's just put it this way, if anyone could possibly reverse a tsunami, it's the omnipotent and Messianic Obama. And, if anyone could resurrect the vile and busted Republican brand, it would be the Lazarian McCain.