{"id":1029,"date":"2008-08-24T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2008-08-24T19:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2008-08-24T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2008-08-24T22:15:39","slug":"what-republicans-think-of-john-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1029","title":{"rendered":"What Republicans Think Of John McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John McCain has released a flurry of hastily produced ads following the announcement of Joe Biden as Barack Obama&#8217;s running mate. The ads feature Democrats, including Biden saying uncomplimentary things about Obama. But mostly they feature the desperation of McCain as he grasps for something with which to prop up his pathetic campaign. The latest ad closes with the tag line, <em>&#8220;The Truth Hurts.&#8221;<\/em> McCain is precisely correct about that, though not in the way he imagines. There are some serious problems with this advertising strategy that will shortly become evident.<\/p>\n<p>First, the quotes from Democrats were made primarily when they were competing with Obama for the nomination. Most voters are fully aware that remarks made in the heat of a campaign are quickly retracted and forgotten after a nominee is selected. What&#8217;s more, McCain is just as vulnerable to such attack ads featuring Republicans disparaging him and his policies. In fact he is more vulnerable, because there are many instances of Republicans bashing McCain throughout the years who were not political opponents. This video presents just a few examples.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cb0osbXJwIw&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>McCain&#8217;s problems don&#8217;t lie just in what fellow Republicans say about him. His vulnerability also extends to the many <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=942\" target=\"_blank\">ill-tempered rants<\/a> he has directed at his colleagues. For instance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>&#8220;Fuck you&#8230;This is chickenshit stuff.&#8221;<\/em> Directed at Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in an immigration debate.<\/li>\n<li><em>&#8220;Only an asshole would put together a budget like this&#8230;I wouldn&#8217;t call you an asshole unless you really were an asshole.&#8221;<\/em> Directed at Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) while marking up legislation.<\/li>\n<li>Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) to McCain during a debate on MIA&#8217;s: <em>&#8220;Are you calling me stupid?&#8221;<\/em> McCain: <em>&#8220;No. I&#8217;m calling you a fucking jerk!&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The media, as usual, is continuing to donate airtime to McCain&#8217;s propaganda. The recent ads were announced by the campaign, but they have never purchased air time to broadcast them. The thinly disguised intent here is simply to get the press to contribute free air time to McCain. And the press is complying like the little zombie poodles that they are. Therefore, as usual, it will be up to the blogosphere to enlighten the voting population. So keep spreading the word, because the word is the truth, and, as we all know&#8230;the Truth Hurts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John McCain has released a flurry of hastily produced ads following the announcement of Joe Biden as Barack Obama&#8217;s running mate. The ads feature Democrats, including Biden saying uncomplimentary things about Obama. But mostly they feature the desperation of McCain as he grasps for something with which to prop up his pathetic campaign. The latest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,1,8],"tags":[183,377,103],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-censorship","category-general","category-propaganda","tag-barack-obama","tag-joe-biden","tag-john-mccain"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-gB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1028,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1028","url_meta":{"origin":1029,"position":0},"title":"Barack Obama Picks Joe Biden &#8211; So Does John McCain","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/23\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It didn't take long for news of Barack Obama's selection of Joe Biden as his vice presidential running mate to stir John McCain's campaign PR machine. 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