It's all about meeeeeeeee!

[elfs]

So, John McCain posted this ad, "Convention Night," congratulating Barack Obama on his nomination. Many who've seen the ad call it classy, and dignified.

I have to disagree.

John McCain is watching his future slip away. He's fighting with everything he's got, but in the process he's losing more and more of his legacy, his campaigning has turned ugly, and he has even lost sense of what honor and dignity mean. It's clear to me what's happening: John McCain used to be a celebrity. He's been in movies, he's been on Leno, Letterman, and Saturday Night Live. Now he's watching the next generation, a vibrant, powerful young man, take from him everything. When Obama went to Europe, the cameras followed him in a way they did not follow McCcain. (Nevermind that McCain damn near taunted the press into following Obama.) The attention that has been the feedbag of McCain's existence, the constant press fawning, has turned dark and ugly, and McCain doesn't know what to do with himself anymore.

I have no doubt that some part of McCain thinks the ad tonight was sincere. But I also have no doubt that posting it at the same time as Obama's speech was a calculated way to drag the press's attention back to John McCain as soon as possible. (See, I'm feeding his narcissism right here.) He couldn't wait to inject himself back into the conversation as soon as possible.

At the end of the ad, McCain says, "We'll be at it again tomorrow." But after the sucker punch of Obama's speech tonight, I bet McCain's not much looking forward to it after all.

Comments

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

At this point, I don't think the Reps have a clue how to fight back. And if that wasn't enough, a pair of hurricanes bearing down on the southeast US may draw away a massive part of the country's attention from their own convention next week. Lousy timing. The last things those folks there need is another whammy from the sea.

Speaking of the weather, remember that clownboat reverend who wanted his followers to pray for rain in Denver tonight? Guess nobody was listening...

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Karl Rove was whining, "Man, we Republican can't get a break!" Waaaaah!

You know, the secularists among my friends have long said that reality has a pronounced liberal bias. Now, it seems even God in working against Republican interests.

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

Their mistake was assuming any deity was on their side in the first place.

[kengr]

Oh, I guess you hadn't heard. There was flooding in Denver.

A couple days ago a mysterious sprinkler system malfunction flooded the skybox that Fox had just had set up for their use.

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

"I can get us a rainout."

[sierra-nevada.livejournal.com]

McCain could try speaking some truth again (I think he called it "straight talk") ... alas, that would likely really piss off the republican base.