Nobody Cares What McCain Says
As we've all seen, John McCain has been smearing Obama constantly for a few months now. Many of the smears are contradictory, for example criticizing Obama for not going overseas and then criticizing him for not being in America. Or accusing Obama of flip-flopping on Iraq, then hitting him for remaining consistent. McCain also speaks constantly about Obama being "wrong" on the surge, being inexperienced, being an extreme liberal, and being Dr. No when it comes to energy.
And this week we've seen some new lows. McCain says Obama wants to lose the war in order to win the campaign, he says that Obama is pro-genocide, and he has accused him of ignoring the heroism of our troops.
But you know what? None of this stuff is really sinking in. Or at least, it hasn't sink in as a result of McCain saying it. Let's be honest, folks. Nobody gives a damn what McCain says. Polls show that 80% of the country turns the channel when McCain is on TV. His town hall meetings are only half full. Magazines don't want his old, ugly mug on the cover because it wouldn't sell any issues.
McCain is becoming more and more desperate, trying out unprecedented forms of smear attacks, all in the hopes that somebody will finally listen to him. But they aren't, because McCain is boring and old and has no charisma whatsoever. Have you ever seen a McCain crowd cheer wildly during one of his attacks on Obama? Nope. At best they'll do the phony Young Republican hoot and holler, or maybe a polite applause. The biggest reaction McCain gets is when he tells everyone to either clap for veterans in the audience or when he (once again) tells stories about his POW experience. Cheap applause lines.
But when it comes to McCain's ideas, or his attacks, no one gives a shit. This is a big contrast from the primary, where lots of folks really did care about Hillary's smear attacks. In fact, Obama's problem right now is overcoming many of those baseless attacks thrown at him by Hillary and her crew: that he's inexperienced, elitist, not ready to be CiC, possibly Muslim, etc. Those all had their genesis in Hillary Clinton. McCain hasn't landed a single punch on Obama, but Hillary did.
And of course, I would be remiss if I didn't note that while McCain's attacks are pointless, they take on some heft when the media parrots them 24/7. So far, however, McCain's attacks have been so ridiculous or vague that the media has yet to hitch along for the ride. Obama just haven't given them the gaffes they need to call him "unprepared".
Going forward, it will be interesting to see how things play out. People are definitely paying attention to what Obama says, so he should be able to land lots of good punches on McCain. McCain, meanwhile, will need to rely on the right wing media to get his message across.
McCain's convention speech will be one of the lowest rated ever, perhaps down there with Dole's speech in 1996. Most of the folks watching will do so for humor value, like watching a train wreck. McCain can lash out at Obama as much as he likes, but unless he gets a personality makeover it won't do him any good.
And this week we've seen some new lows. McCain says Obama wants to lose the war in order to win the campaign, he says that Obama is pro-genocide, and he has accused him of ignoring the heroism of our troops.
But you know what? None of this stuff is really sinking in. Or at least, it hasn't sink in as a result of McCain saying it. Let's be honest, folks. Nobody gives a damn what McCain says. Polls show that 80% of the country turns the channel when McCain is on TV. His town hall meetings are only half full. Magazines don't want his old, ugly mug on the cover because it wouldn't sell any issues.
McCain is becoming more and more desperate, trying out unprecedented forms of smear attacks, all in the hopes that somebody will finally listen to him. But they aren't, because McCain is boring and old and has no charisma whatsoever. Have you ever seen a McCain crowd cheer wildly during one of his attacks on Obama? Nope. At best they'll do the phony Young Republican hoot and holler, or maybe a polite applause. The biggest reaction McCain gets is when he tells everyone to either clap for veterans in the audience or when he (once again) tells stories about his POW experience. Cheap applause lines.
But when it comes to McCain's ideas, or his attacks, no one gives a shit. This is a big contrast from the primary, where lots of folks really did care about Hillary's smear attacks. In fact, Obama's problem right now is overcoming many of those baseless attacks thrown at him by Hillary and her crew: that he's inexperienced, elitist, not ready to be CiC, possibly Muslim, etc. Those all had their genesis in Hillary Clinton. McCain hasn't landed a single punch on Obama, but Hillary did.
And of course, I would be remiss if I didn't note that while McCain's attacks are pointless, they take on some heft when the media parrots them 24/7. So far, however, McCain's attacks have been so ridiculous or vague that the media has yet to hitch along for the ride. Obama just haven't given them the gaffes they need to call him "unprepared".
Going forward, it will be interesting to see how things play out. People are definitely paying attention to what Obama says, so he should be able to land lots of good punches on McCain. McCain, meanwhile, will need to rely on the right wing media to get his message across.
McCain's convention speech will be one of the lowest rated ever, perhaps down there with Dole's speech in 1996. Most of the folks watching will do so for humor value, like watching a train wreck. McCain can lash out at Obama as much as he likes, but unless he gets a personality makeover it won't do him any good.
posted by Existenz | 1:37 AM
1 Comments:
I'm tempted to watch, but I know it'll stink so I might just wait until Keith Olbermann or Dan Abrams or Maddow or someone else dissects it. I must admit, one reason to watch would be to see if the Ron Paul supporters drag his ass off the stage.
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