John McCain Calls Himself “President McCain”

Published May 2, 2008 in John McCain, Newsweek, Politics and Republicans.

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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1 somejackass
May 2nd, 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
May 2nd, 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
May 2nd, 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
May 2nd, 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
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm

The former is ill-advised.

Making it a title graphic is REALLY ill-advised.
6 jrcjr
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:18 pm

well how is he supposed to look presidential?
7 Sean D. Martin
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:32 pm

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

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

We should also see President Hillary Clinton.
9 Georgette Orwell
May 3rd, 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
May 3rd, 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
May 3rd, 2008 at 10:06 pm

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