Posted by Damozel | First, let's have the McCain campaign's response to Madonna's swipe (which occurred at a concert in UK). Given this, it is fraught with irony.
A McCain campaign spokesman, Tucker Bounds, condemned the segment. “The comparisons are outrageous, unacceptable and crudely divisive all at the same time,” Mr Bounds said.
“It clearly shows that when it comes to supporting Barack Obama, his fellow worldwide celebrities refuse to consider any smear or attack off limits." (Times of London)
I'm waiting to hear Bounds condemn this latest from a McCain supporter...waiting...waiting.....waiting.
Maybe the Obama campaign needs to take the gloves off and sign on the 50 year old Material Girl. Americans love celebrities really. I don't know why his campaign doesn't just run with it: scores of beautiful people speaking out on behalf of Obama underscored by the message: These people support Obama. Wouldn't you like to be one of them? It could be juxtaposed with photographs of oil billionaires from Texas, fat men in golf clothes, and the McCain Girls singing "It's raining McCain."
Or they could just take a line from The Material Girl and go right over the top.
Madonna, who kicked off her “Sticky and Sweet” world tour at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff yesterday, made the swipe during a performance of Get Stupid, when Mr McCain’s image was flashed up alongside images of the Führer and Zimbabwean dictator, as well as destruction and global warming.
In a none-too-subtle contrast, Barack Obama was bracketed in a subsequent sequence alongside Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon and Al Gore. (Times of London)
Okay, I'm kidding. Let the Republicans insult the intelligence of people, such as it is, who would still vote for the Republican after eight years of Bush and Rove. That's not the way I want us to roll.
Though sometimes it's definitely a temptation. Crude and unsubtle it may be. But no more crude and unsubtle than this.
Still waiting...
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