How low can Johnny McGutter go?
So low even the Post’s Howie Kurtz can no longer ignore it.
McCain’s Ad Formula Employs Lowest Common Denominator
By featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in an attack ad against Barack Obama, the senator from Arizona has risked charges of silliness to draw attention to his frequently overshadowed campaign. And on one level, it has worked: Television, with its love of pop culture, has replayed the spot hundreds of times, and the NBC, MSNBC and Fox morning shows had aides to McCain and Obama debating it Thursday.
At the same time, analysts questioned what message McCain was sending by interspersing footage of his Democratic opponent before a huge crowd in Berlin with that of two socialites famous for their irresponsible antics.
Fairly tepid stuff — compare it to Bob Herbert’s scathing analysis (”Spare me any more drivel about the high-mindedness of John McCain. . . . Both ads were foul, poisonous and emanated from the upper reaches of the Republican Party. “) in the Times — but for Howie talking about a Republican, them’s close to fighting words.
Why would anyone vote for this senile old piece of shit?
‘Cause he’s not skinny and black and stuff?