Shortly after apologizing for distorting the facts in the "Troops" ad, John McCain approved a different advert that was more desperate and badly executed. The ad attempts to label Barack Obama as a celebrity and thus not qualified to be a legitimate candidate to be President of the United States of America.
Unfortunately for McCain, he must have forgot that he supports and supported a celebrity in the 1980 General Election. When it came to voting for a military man (Jimmy Carter) or a celebrity actor turned Governor of California (Ronald Reagan), McCain and all Republicans are proud to have supported Reagan. They boast about their participation in the Reagan coalition. This makes McCain's arguments on Obama as shortsighted. How can he complain about the eloquence, charisma, and hope that Obama provides when McCain embraced it as a Reagan supporter?
Stephen Colbert makes a great point in his segment of "The Word" on The Colbert Report. How can Republicans claim that Democrats are endorsing a celebrity when it was the Republicans that supported Reagan as President and Governor of California and of course the current Governor used to be an actor? Furthermore, Colbert claims that the McCain strategy may backfire because the masses would not mind a celebrity in office since they like celebrities. The humorous and satirical approach sheds light onto the desperate measures that McCain is willing to take.
As a young Hispanic male, the "Celeb" ad was foolish and stupid in my opinion. The ad did not make any logical sense and it was a waste of money by McCain camp. They should offer an apology to its donors for mismanaging their funds. The adverts rhetorical question should have been a statement but because it was phrased as a question, "Is he ready to lead," it can be refuted. The question acknowledges that Obama is able to lead but is he "ready" is their main concern. As a swing voter, I would argue that he is since he was nominated and he is considered a legitimate candidate. The fact that they attempt to discredit his ability to lead by juxtaposing him to other celebrities is downright shameful.
