Is It The Obama Campaign Strategy To Play Victim?
With cries of foul coming from the Obama campaign and the media this week about recent McCain ads, it calls into question whether it is the Obama strategy to play victim. The Celeb ad, which garnered the most attention for comparing Senator Obama’s celebrity status to that of Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears doesn’t seem to merit the screams of protest that it received. This ad along with a couple others poke fun at Senator Obama’s celebrity and cult-like following, and simply ask if he is ready to lead. This isn’t a ‘Swift Boat’ attack or ‘Willy Horton’ ad; these ads use humor to puncture the media’s euphoric image of Senator Obama. They weren’t even done under the auspices of a ‘third party organization’ like most controversial ads are. The McCain campaign called Obama on an issue, and put it in ad form. Frankly Senator Clinton’s remark that, “Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, I will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, and Senator Obama w
