Blog Entries tagged 'Ads'

Pandering

krasney@fas.harvard.edu — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

One of McCain's new ads (one of the few positive ones I've seen so far):

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4KIvRTg6KQ&feature=user

Methinks McCain anticipated a conversation like this:

A: "McCain has been really negative on the campaign trail. Didn't he call for a 'respectful campaign?'"

B: "What are you talking about? Didn't you see that one really gracious one where he congratu [...]

McCain's New "The One" Web Ad - What the Hell?

krasney@fas.harvard.edu — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

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McCain's campagn has come out with this new ad in order to highlight Obama's alleged arrogance, and sarcastically jab at his popularity and bombast as the root of a potential Messiah complex.

For McCain to do this would take advantage of early data that suggests that Obama's displaying presidential qualities this early on in the game causes some to percieve him as elitist/arrogant and would therefore energize them to support McCain, despite the [...]

Obamamania like Beatlemania?

krasney@fas.harvard.edu — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +0100

The GOP has been quick to paint Obama as a vapid celebrity, with no genuine merits beyond his celebrity. Republican pundits have compared Obama's drawing huge crowds in Germany to Hitler speeches.

It seems that the same dynamic that is governing Obama's popularity-liberal ideas; a new, young look; and a "movement" rather than just content-sounds more like the Beatles and Beatlemania than any of these other comparisons. Thousands of people energized over [...]

McCain's "Celeb" Attack Ad and Obama's Response

krasney@fas.harvard.edu — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:00:00 +0100

I've been watching the McCain "Celeb" attack ad a few times now, trying to parse out the subtler meanings of the imagery behind it. Here's the ad:

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First, a word on content:

"He's the biggest celebrity in the world. But is he ready to lead?"

Attacking Obama's comparative experience will probably be McCain's bread and butter for this campaign. Fair enough. Just four years ago, we were intro [...]