Who's the Stuffy Old Candidate?

While the Paris Hilton response to John McCain's ad mocking Barack Obama as a man simply famous for being famous is something some people have actually spent time analyzing (Ann Althouse's readers have done a great deal), and the response is dismissive of Obama— Hilton wisely only refers to him as "the other guy," though I'm sure Timmy Noah, Max Blumenthal and David Gergen will find racial overtones in that as the well—the lasting effect of the ad will be based on how the two Presidential campaigns reacted.

Obama's campaign reacted with a huffy "Whatever," while McCain's camp quickly embraced it, and used it to execute a bit of political judo, noting that even a vacuous blonde starlet of no special talents has crafted an energy plan more viable than Obama's.

The old man showed an ability to laugh at himself and roll with the punches, while a humorless and stiff Obama campaign showed itself unable handle even a playful needling.

McCain may have the chronological advantage in age, but Obama's stiff old fogey routine turned this bit of unexpected theater into a clear McCain camp win.

Some words of advice for the Obama camp, courtesy of Sgt Hulka.




"Lighten up, Francis."

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at 10:14 AM

Comments

1 The ability to laugh at oneself is the mark of a true adult and McCain has done it.

Posted by: Shoprat at August 06, 2008 01:03 PM (MgLNf)

2 Geez what do you guys expect? He causes oceans to fall... air to rid itself of CO2... lions and lambs to lie down with one another... tires (made with petroleum BTW) to over-inflate themselves... Germans to march lockstep in synchronization, mesmerized by his charismatic 'leadership' (like thats never happened before)...

all that and you expect a sense of humor too?????

Posted by: GL at August 06, 2008 02:23 PM (vpAFg)

3 "lighten up,Francis" is just such a perfect comment on Obama's whole campaign it really made me laugh.....but, as clueless as they seem to be, I'll bet they won't get that memo........
post racial? not so much.
post humor...absolutely!

Posted by: christmasghost at August 06, 2008 04:07 PM (kIX1b)

4 Have ya seen that Barack Hussein Obama is asking if Republicans "take pride in being ignorant" for having the nerve to make fun of his claim that properly inflated tires would save "just as much" oil as we'd get from drilling.

Of course, this assumes that the majority of Americans are too stupid to realize that tires should be properly inflated, but then in Barack Hussein Obama's mind, everyone that doesn't fall down in a faint at his feet must be "bitter" and is too busy "cling[ing] to guns and religion" to go out and check their tires.

Posted by: C-C-G at August 06, 2008 05:55 PM (irkBP)

5 I'm amused by this, immensely! I've posted, and I've linked. As I've said, that's the plan on the conservative side, I think. The commies just want all but the politburo to tighten their belts and worship their glory. Ptheh.

Posted by: cmblake6 at August 06, 2008 10:47 PM (xRgHx)

6 Really, is McCain saying (like Paris actually says) that drilling is going to be a good short-term solution until new technologies are available? Because it sounds smart and all, but it's not true. Drilling now won't help oil prices for 10-20 years. MAYBE building some more refineries would help, but since that's not possible to do in the short term, it's not an answer either.

Read a book.

Posted by: Doctorb at August 07, 2008 10:09 PM (DGLui)






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