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May 2nd, 2008 11 Comments

In his new ad about his Bush-style no care health care “plan”, John McCain identifies himself on screen as “President McCain”. I guess we just decided to call of the election and have George Bush designate his successor just like that?

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11 Responses to “John McCain Calls Himself “President McCain””

  1. somejackass says:
    May 2, 2008 at 2:47 pm

    Heh. I wouldn’t be surprised to see whomever emerges from the Democratic muck to take the same tactic. What I find interesting about the ad is that it’s visual style looks a lot like what you’d expect for a Defense contractor.

  2. Duros62 says:
    May 2, 2008 at 4:11 pm

    That is the apex of arrogance, right there. Did anyone tell him about that or does he think he won already?

  3. Vanessa says:
    May 2, 2008 at 4:35 pm

    Obama does it too in his new ad. It is an effective tactic to gain the votes of people who don’t think.

  4. SpiderJ says:
    May 2, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Does Obama call himself “President Obama” or does he say “When I am President”?

    The latter is typical stuff, akin to the convention announcements of “The next President of the United States…”

    The former is ill-advised.

  5. Duros62 says:
    May 2, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    The former is ill-advised.

    Making it a title graphic is REALLY ill-advised.

  6. jrcjr says:
    May 2, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    well how is he supposed to look presidential?

  7. Sean D. Martin says:
    May 2, 2008 at 11:32 pm

    OW: “I guess we just decided to call of the election…”

    Oops.

  8. Jake says:
    May 3, 2008 at 1:45 am

    We should also see President Hillary Clinton.

  9. Georgette Orwell says:
    May 3, 2008 at 9:02 am

    Couldn’t get the video to run, but if the transcript is correct, he doesn’t even use proper grammar. It’s “There are,” not “There is.” Shouldn’t *someone* have caught that before it ran?
    Oh, wait. I forgot. Presidents no longer have to be able to manage their native language well enough to be understood. Arrgggghhhh.

  10. Vanessa says:
    May 3, 2008 at 11:16 am

    Spider J,

    The ad says: “Barack Obama. President.”

    It’s not quite the same as “President McCain” (just typing that makes me sick to my stomach) and now that I look at it again it seems that the Obama campaign is presenting it more like a proposal and less like a certainty.

    Anyhow, the important information in this ad is obviously what Obama has to say about the proposed gas tax.

    Here it is:

    http://commercial.videosift.com/video/Obamas-New-Ad-on-the-Gas-Tax

  11. Vanessa says:
    May 3, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    I meant to say the proposed moratorium on the gas tax.