Marathon Pundit: ABC News on McCain's "celebrity ad"

ABC World News Tonight did a story this evening on the John McCain campaign's latest ad, which likens Barack Obama to Hollywood celebrities. It's a fair comparison. In the last month, Obama and his family appeared on that hard-hitting political television show, Access Hollywood, was interviewed by the cerebral journal Glamour, and he and the other three Obamas are on the cover of the most recent People Magazine, which many literary critics have favorably compared to US News & World Report.

Here's a partial transcript from that ABC News report:

ABC's David Wright: "And today, McCain comparing Obama to empty celebrities, all sizzle, no substance. John McCain has been trying to raise doubts about his opponent. Today in Colorado, he was at it again."

John McCain: "The bottom line is that Senator Obama's words, for all their eloquence and passion, don't mean all that much."

Wright: "McCain has recently said Obama would rather lose a war to win an election. He's called him 'Dr. No' on energy reforms, and run ads blaming Obama for high gas prices."

McCain Ad: "He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead?"

Wright: "Today, McCain unveiled a new ad in eleven states, flashing images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, suggesting Obama is just another vapid celebrity."

McCain Ad: "Higher taxes, more foreign oil. That's the real Obama."

Stuart Rothenberg: "Nobody's going to confuse Paris Hilton with Senator Barack Obama. But over time, the attempt to raise questions about his substance, that could very well work."

Of course, Obama does have substance. In the ABC News story, there is a video clip of the Cult of Change leader saying, "We don't need the same old tired answers."

But that's what Obama offers the American public, the failed liberal dogma of the late 1960s, wrapped up in pretty bow and re-christened "Change." Last year the non-partisan National Journal, after analyzing the votes of all 100 senators, declared Obama the upper chamber's most liberal member.

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