What do you think of McCain comparing Obama to Celebrities?

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Barack Obama shoots back today at John McCain in a new TV ad called "Low Road." The spot calls McCain out on what the Obama campaign describes as "false attacks and failed policies" after the Republican candidate compared his opponent's so-called celebrity status to such Hollywood tabloid targets as Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. What do you think about McCain comparing Obama to Britney and Paris? Speak out -- and your comments may end up on "The Insider" on TV tonight! 

Obama was diplomatic yesterday when he put the kibosh on McCain's ad, telling MSNBC, "I don't pay attention to what McCain says." When asked about the ad, Obama said, "although I do notice that he doesn't seem to have anything very positive to say about himself, does he?"

Photo: Preston Warner/Pacific Coast News

Published 7/30/08 by the Insider

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  • McCain did go after Obama. However Obama shot back about his shoes? Why didn't Obama DENY it? Is it true? Both shots are very childish in my opinion.
    anonymous anonymous 7/30/08 Reply
     
    • I missed the shoes comment. Was that something about McCain's $500 loafers? I read that somewhere, but I think it came from the press, not the Obama campaign.
      peterh32 68 peterh32 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends
       
  • Who runs an ad complaining about how popular the other guy is? I hear the next ad will say he's too tall and good-looking...see more
    peterh32 68 peterh32 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • I hope that both presidential candidates, if elected as the next president, will be able to lead United States. Whoever is elected will have alot of work to do as the next
    President of the United States. Good luck to both of the candidates.
    Maria Frisby
    mspennsylvania 47 mspennsylvania 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • To begin with Obama is a big joke and can't believe he as the audacity continue to run for President after saying he would not wear our US flag pin or honors our pledge of allegence. his wife also stated she wasn't proud of the USA unil after da rack o banana beat hilary! he is a terroist moustafa wantn control to bring his chickens n muslm illegals to hurt our home but will not succeed! McCain is our next President!
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
    • next thing you know we will all be eating fried chicken, watermelon, and gape soda!sorry i love steak n lobster so go McCain!!!
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
    • you need jesus in your life your comments are racists and full of self regret that you are not as intelligent as our next president Obama
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
    • for the record it is spelled grape and my 5 year old daughter can spell that how about getting yourself a little more education before trying to attack an educated man you are pure stupid
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
    • SORRY YOUR JUST A HATER BECAUSE IT IS A BLACK MAN RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. SO WHAT IF HIS WIFE STATED THAT SHE WASN'T PROUD OF AMERICA WHO IS THEY ARE ALWAYS MINDING OTHER PEOPLES BUISNESS THANKS TO BUSH OUR TROOPS ARE DYING. ALSO I WAS RAISED AS AMUSLIM AND WE ARE NOT THE WAY PEOPLE PUT US. OBAMA IS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT AND HE WILL MAKE EVERYTHING BACK TO NORMAL AND FOR MCCAIN HE'S A HATER AND IS JEALOUS BECAUSEIT'S A BLACK MAN.. AND I AM VEY PROUD OF OBAMA...see more
      anonymous 5 aneesah 8/1/08   Message Add to Friends
       
  • It seems very childish of McCain to do, but he does have a point about the experience factor.
    anonymous 5 Arlene 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • The candidates should just focus on the politics... but this battle seems far from over!
    anonymous 5 HollywoodGirl 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Everything Obama does is off limits for critique.
    Did McCain not get the memo?

    Obama has a full 144 days of experience
    in Congress, yet he may be President, thanks to the fawning
    mainstream media.

    Obama can not make a good (prewritten by others)
    speech with out a teleprompter in his ear.

    If you critique Obama, you are branded a racist.

    Obama's "America Is Bad" speech in Germany
    was beyond annoying, and the way he mangled
    the history of how the Berlin Wall came down
    was a joke.

    I'm not crazy about McCain, but Obama
    is far worse.
    rashmanly 678 rashmanly 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • i think mccain needs to quit making negative remarks about obama because that just ruining his campaign and his what u call sportsmanship in a political type)!
    i agree with barak 's reply
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • Many say Obama is inexperienced...maybeee however
    he is intelligent enough to get it figured out quickly. Bush wasn't experienced and not intelligent enough to know it. Thanks Dick.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
    • Agree totally. Nothing or no one could be worse than
      the brainpower of Bush.
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
  • Has anyone noticed that too many celebs seem to be having twins???? This cannot be coincidence and seems to be the new hollywood "thing" to do. I believe if anyone looked closely and paid attention that it seems that these older stars are taking something and then doing selective reduction. It is just too familiar that everyone is having twins or announcing they are having twins....
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • Duh, McCain is mad because he's not as popular!!!
    JoieM 271 JoieM 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • McCain is sounding like a CRANKY OLD MAN!! Is this who we want to lead us???
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
    • Do you want some running our country who is anti american???
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
  • Is this how they run a campaign? Throwing negative campaign at each other? I am not going to vote for either one of them. Where's Ross Perrot when you needed him.
    anonymous 11 shahkhan 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
    • foolish answer. That's what wrong with America. Too many like you. Make a decision
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
    • Excuse me Ross Perrot are you crazy? Yes you are he is too much like the Busch family we need a change experience has gotten us nowhere very fast opps. i forgot we moved closer to destruction because of the republicans we sank like the titanic
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
  • I think that it is a proper analogy. I see no childish sense to it. Politicians have to do what they have to do.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • I think its pretty unfair to Britney and Paris.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • I think McCain doesn't know what to do next. His campaign is in the hopper;I wish it was November. It's time for young new blood.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • I think it is ridiculous and hypocritical when McCain's daughter was recently on TMZ with her buddy Heidi Montag. He even accepted campaign money from the Hilton's and then trash their daughter. McCain's daughter Meghan seems to very friendly with celebrity and McCain should be ashamed. This is an unnecessary low blow and shows how desperately he is afraid of Obama. Let's argue politics not made up gossip. McCain needs to get his own house in order and see the fact that his comments about the HIlls and his daughters best buddy Heidi make him look like a desperate hypocrite. Heather
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • I care about our awful economy. The war in Iraq. The poor soldiers who need to come home and quit fighting "the rich man's war". It just goes to show where McCain's head is. He proves this over and over again with his views on the war. We do not need another George W
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • WELL McCain NEED SHUT UP CUZ IT AINT RITE THAT HE HAS TO COMPARE HIM TO BRITTANY AND PARIS.....OBAMA DID NOT GET HIS KIDS TAKEN AWAY .....OR GO TO JAIL.....OBAMA IS A GOOD INFLUIENCE TO AMERICA.....[[ I THINK JOHN McCAIN IS STRUGLLIN CUZ HES LOSEIN]]
    lilritchel 69 lilritchel 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
    • How can he be a good influence for our country when he does not believe in the american way. He is ANTI AMERICAN and appears to be be slapping our face with it!
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
  • I think McCain is just jealous. Barack Obama gets more publisity which upsets him. Its not his fault, he shouldn't compare him to two celebritys. JEALOUSY McCain get over it people like Obama.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • I think this is very low and wrong.
    Why would someone compare Barrack Obama to such people as Paris and Britney!
    Yes Obama has publicity but McCain doesn't so why does he have to be jelous!
    In my opinon John McCain is the next George Bush. Barrack Obama is the next President of the United States Of America!
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • I am soo sick of mccain he is just another politician who likes to tickle the americans ears I don't trust him and im a republican He lied when he said that he is against nuclear because the national boilermakers union supportes barak oboma He does support nuclear He need's to stay to the fact's and stop this negative add's they aren't working they just make him look stupid. He need's to stick with the truth and not live in the make believe world.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • To Miss PA youare so ignorant its a shame people like you still exist but wait a while PA is one of the most racist state in USA. LEARN TO SPELL BEFORE YOU GO BLOGGING THATS A DISGRACE .
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
    • to PA life is too short to embrace such such hate and racial feelings remeber that not one race built america but only one race was ever inslved in america because if idots like you
      anonymous anonymous 7/31/08
       
  • I think this commercial will do John McCain more harm than Obama. It's awfully early to start the stupid ads, isn't it?
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • I think that it's showing how childish they are becoming. It's sad but hay it's politics and was expected.
    anonymous 5 Polizei144 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Democrats say McCain is Bush 3. So Obama is BritParis 2.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • Positive or negative - it's just campaigning. Last I knew this was a run for the President of the United States and not another country - we need a proud true American for America. It's time to stand up boys and put on your big boy pants!

    ~ Detroiter, MI
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • McCain is too old to behave like a pudgy jealous toddler. His actions are so typical of how politics is played. It is time for a change. Thanks Barack for being the man you've been from the beginning. KEEP YOUR EYES, HEART, AND INTELLECT ON THE PRIZE-PRESIDENT OF THE US
    anonymous 5 Ettienna 7/31/08   Message Add to Friends Reply
     
  • Wikiipedia definition of celbrity is
    A celebrity is a widely-recognized or famous person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. ISN'T THAT WHAT HE IS. I think he is where he is because of celebrity support. Mcain calls it like it is.
    He has no experience behind him, yet he's the ceeleb choice.
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • McCain's comment is completely off track because Former President Ronald Reagan was a movie star and Former President George Busch senior had experience and that did not get us too far with our economics
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
  • that makes no sense BritParis not saying they are not smart but he is on a much higher level than those two and they are on a higher level than McCain and Busch combined
    anonymous anonymous 7/31/08 Reply
     
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