Shortly after Barack Obama returned from Paris, France, the ads started running about Paris, Britney. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, acted like he was already elected on his recent tour of Europe and the Middle East. That didn’t sit well with John McCain and his newly recruited band of ex-Karl Rove employees. Out with the nice guy campaign team, replaced with the veteran Swift Boat Veterans for Truth team and a powerful wave of negative ads. They ran over 4,000 TV commercials comparing Obama’s celebrity treatment in Europe and Israel to the empty, sinful ways of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The Straight Talk Express ran out of gas. This should be no surprise to Americans. It’s difficult for the person behind the media attention category to remain positive. What surprises me has been the ugliness I’ve heard in… read more
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