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McCain’s “Obama love” ad yanked due to … copyright claim?

Sort by Hot Air (Free subscription) - 26/07/2008

Looks like it. Here’s the YouTube page where the clip used to be; the campaign webpage showcasing the two alternate versions now redirects. […] Read the rest »

Mocking The Media Always Helps

Sort by The Daily Dish (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

By Patrick Appel McCain really is taking tips from the Clinton campaign: I agree with Ben Smith: In truth, and while there are other dynamics going on, the central issue is just sheer volume. There's vastly more public interest in,...

More Media Bashing From The McCain Campaign

Sort by Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

ROCHESTER, NH -- "We no longer expect the media to do their jobs," one of McCain's top aides told me yesterday. "We're just going to have to do it for them." Media-bashing is a time-honored tradition patented by Republicans in the 1970s as a key feature of grievance politics. So successful, in fact, that it's become a mainstay of the new liberal activism. Unlike other conservatives, until now, McCain...

Is Barack Obama Losing His YouTube Mojo?

Sort by Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) - 24/07/2008

If elections were held on YouTube, Barack Obama would win hands-down -- so far. But the McCain campaign is making inroads on the Web, aided by some good old-fashioned attack ad. McCain has beaten Obama in terms of viewers on YouTube (GOOG) on three of the last five days, thanks to the success of two attack ads: " Obama Love ," a montage of press fauning over Obama, and " Pump ", which blames Obama...

Media darling whines when reporters’ eyes wander

Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 23/07/2008

Well, I’ve finally seen everything. John McCain, who enjoys more media affection than any political figure in recent memory, has taken to complaining that reporters are overly fond of Barack Obama. Honestly, hearing the McCain campaign whine about someone getting fawning media coverage is a bit like hearing Barry Bonds accuse someone getting an unfair advantage [...]

Obamamania: Even The McCain Campaign Hopes To Profit From It

Sort by Threat Level (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

John McCain may be the object of scorn among the denizens of the internet for his self-professed computer illiteracy -- but it's his campaign that's probably having the last laugh this Tuesday after launching a brilliant new fund-raising drive online. Not Just Obama Girl: Apparently,...

In The Tanks

Sort by Swampland (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

Dispatches from the Summer of Love, aka Working the Refs: More here . More here . More here . More here .

Even a Blind Joe Klein Finds a Truffle Now and Then

Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 23/07/2008

Joke Line, on McCain's statement that "Obama would rather lose a war in order to win an election: "This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It smacks of desperation. It renews questions about whether McCain has the right temperament for the presidency."

Three Related Stories

Sort by Power Line (Free subscription) - 24/07/2008

The McCain campaign has launched a new web video called Obama Love . It's pretty funny: But the problem it documents humorously is real. William Tate added up the numbers for Investors Business Daily . Journalists donate money to Democrats over Republicans by more than a 10 to 1 margin, and even that ratio understates the case: Reporters consistently tell us that while it's true that they're all Democrats,...

McCain Campaign Questions Media’s ‘Love’ of Obama

Sort by Washington Wire (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

Susan Davis reports on the presidential race. “Did you feel that thrill running up your leg yet'” That's what John McCain's campaign asks in their latest Web video, “Obama Love,” that pokes fun of what they view as the media's fawning coverage of rival Barack Obama. The three-minute video, set to Frankie Valli's “Can't Take [...]

Contempt vs. Resentment (cont'd)

Sort by The Plank (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

Clearly, with this new web ad whining about the press coverage of Obama, the McCain campaign is eager for Chris's resentment argument to trump my contempt one: I expect this will be the next McCain web ad: -- Jason Zengerle

Media Darling [TalkLeft]

Sort by The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

Subtitle - I told you so . Via TPM , McCain is whining that Obama is the Media Darling: The campaign of John McCain -- who once described the media as his "base" -- has come up with a pretty creative way to portray the media as "in love" with Barack Obama, blasting two versions of this video right into the in-boxes of the swooning reporters themselves... Of course, most of the clips are from when...

Love is in the Air

Sort by Red State (Free subscription) - 23/07/2008

In Obama's Eyes, I Am Complete

Sort by The Blog (Free subscription) - 22/07/2008

It's official: The media are consumed by the fire of their love for Barack Obama. Between Newsweek covers, Elle , and numerous TV personalities, the media can't keep their eyes off Obama: And the public is catching on. As I noted earlier today, a new Rasmussen report shows that "49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help the Democrat with their coverage." And 45 percent think that "most...

McCain Campaign Makes Awkward Anti-Obama Video

Sort by Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) - 23/07/2008

Someone at the McCain campaign edited together this video from TV clips thinking that, all together, it would be rock-solid proof of the media's forbidden Obama lust. But, really, it's just hilarious . Chris Matthews's "I got a thrill up my leg" line is in there, as well as footage of NBC's Lee Cowan being wowed by Obama's Philadelphia speech and a bunch of reporters clamoring like ninnies for the...