The latest McCain ad is a shameless attempt to vilify a politician whose biggest sin is that he's incredibly popular. The message being promulgated by this ad is that Obama's popularity that cuts across many demographics is somehow correlated with current scandals of young Hollywood (represented by images of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears). Interestingly, if the message is trying to construe that Obama is not representative of mainstream America and is the "Hollywood" candidate, then why juxtapose those images with images of Obama giving speeches to thousands of people? If that isn't mainstream populist, then I don't know what is.
This ad shows me the type of campaign we can expect McCain to run: a dirty, sleazy one that will resort to political mudslinging. Race-baiting will be a part of the McCain strategy for sure and the public and media should prepare themselves for that. I guess McCain figured after South Carolina in 2000 if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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