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McCain Spreads The Love
Published 7/22/2008 at mediabistro.com: TVNewser
... Well actually two ads. On McCain's web site, he's asking people to vote which version is their favorite. The ads are essentially the same — compilations of clips showing various degrees of media love for Obama, set to different love songs. ...

There’s Love in the Air For Obama, and McCain Isn’t Gonna Take It
Published 7/22/2008 by david at Jossip
... Hmmm, maybe John McCain does get the Internet. After all, on his website, McCain is having supporters vote which of two YouTube-y ads should make it to actual television. But that’s not even where the real fun begins, because the two ads squarely attack the media for engaging Obamamania! Oh snapples, it’s the McCain Complain Train. ...

Death of a Meme: The Media Loves Obama
Published 7/22/2008 by Jeff Bercovici at Portfolio.com: Mixed Media
You call this an attack ad? Showing remarkable desperation considering how much time remains until the election, John McCain's campaign has assembled a three-minute video of clips that ostensibly prove the political press is "in the tank," as the saying goes, for his opponent, Barack Obama. Watch: McCain's campaign says it will let supporters vote on the best version of the ad and then air the winner on TV. But there are so, so many reasons not to do that, starting with this one: It makes McCain look pathetic. This is why we're supposed to vote for him ...

Natasha Vargas-Cooper: Five Staffers McCain Should Fire
Published 7/24/2008 by Natasha Vargas-Cooper at Huffington Post Entertainment Blog
... 2. Russ Schriefer and Stuart Stevens - Ad Consultants - On Tuesday your backwards ass campaign sent an electronic mail message that asked recipients to choose between two ads to air on TV. Each ad was a two-minute montage of pundits-gone-wild for Obama. Played back-to-back, it was four straight minutes of talking heads extolling on the wonderfully intoxicating things about your opponent!! Are you telling me that you can't find some soulless, slick, ad wizard hacks that are willing to sex up your image and fear monger for you?! ...