Who's being laughed at?
By many accounts, John McCain's "Celebrity" attack ads against Obama are a success, so much so that he's loading the airwaves with a series of them.
However, it makes me wonder if McCain supporters should be celebrating this kind of success, or if they should be offended.
What these ads say to voters is: Since you're too lazy to be interested in the issues, we'll just entertain you with some personality-bashing. You'll buy right into the fact that a brilliant, well-educated man with a distinguished career and a loving family is just like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.
These ads say to you: You, the voter, are not smart enough to care about the issues that directly affect your lives, like health care, the Iraqi war, the energy crisis, the economy. So instead of talking about how McCain or Obama intend to deal with these very real problems, we'll create a diversion that you'll buy into.
John McCain must think you're awfully shallow.
Of course, a man who comes from one of the richest families in Arizona, who can't remember the last time he pumped gas into his own car, who has 11 houses and is married to an heiress worth over $100 million, and who admitted he doesn't even know how to turn on a computer, probably doesn't know much about the issues affecting everyday Americans.
It doesn't look like McCain's making fun of Obama. Seems to me he's laughing at you, the voter.
Ellen Tinsman
Trout Run
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