Obama Love (Video)
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McCain Camp Mocks Media “Love” for Obama
The Page by Mark Halperin — Campaign makes web video montage of reporters “swooning” over the Illinois Senator set to “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” Features Chris Matthews, Lee Cowan, Lou Dobbs and Tucker Carlson among others. ...

McCain camp targets media "love" for Obama
Jonathan Martin's Blog — The McCain campaign is picking up where Saturday Night Live left off: Guilting reporters for purportedly being soft on Barack Obama. They've begun a contest on their website under the headline: "The Media is in LOVE with Barack" "Pick the best song for their devotion," they ask readers, offering the same compilation video of TV news clips gushing over the Democratic candidate set to two different love ballads. Asked why they are engaging in media-bashing, McCain spokesman Brian Rogers replied: "Love for 'The One' is in the air." McCain ...

McCain Campaign Targets Media "Love" For Obama In New Video
TPM Election Central — The campaign of John McCain -- who once described the media as his "base" -- has come up with an intriguing way to portray the media as "in love" with Barack Obama, blasting this video right into the in-boxes of the swooning reporters themselves... It actually is a pretty funny idea, we have to admit. Still, that said, McCain is no stranger to media adulation. The McCain camp is holding an online contest for folks to decide between two versions of the "Obama love" vid. The first is above; the second is after the jump. Version two: ...

The Media’s Love Scandal
Bitchin' in the Kitchen — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfogMFL7UJo

Obama love?
Ben Smith's Blog — McCain mocks the media, trying to coax the creaky conservative grievance apparatus back to life, overwhelmed as it is presently by its liberal counterpart. "It's pretty obvious that the media has a bizarre fascination with Barack Obama. Some may even say it's a love affair. We want you to be the judge. We've compiled two videos of the more outrageous moments of this not so secret love affair," says the campaign email to supporters.  "The media is in love with Barack Obama. If it wasn't so serious, it would be funny." In truth, and while there are other dynamics going on, the ...

John McCain Ad: Hey, Have You Noticed the Media Has Taken a Shine to Obama?
Ace of Spades HQ — John McCain Ad: Hey, Have You Noticed the Media Has Taken a Shine to Obama? Heh. John McCain's old friend Chris Matthews gets a lot of screen time.

In The Tanks
Swampland — Dispatches from the Summer of Love, aka Working the Refs: More here. More here. More here. More here. More here.

McCain camp releases "Obama Love"
Michael Calderone's Blog — You think the McCain campaign is bitter about Obama coverage? Yesterday, they were leaking to Drudge about the NY Times, and today the campaign releases a greatest hits collection of fawning media behavior: "Obama Love" It's ironic given that McCain, who's joked about his reporter "base," is now taking on the media (including pundits like Chris Matthews who have gushed for years about the "maverick" Senator).

New John McCain Ads Show Media In Love With Obama
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Two new ads from John McCain's campaign — one of which the campaign says will make it on air — show what they call the media's "love affair" with Barack Obama. The ads feature news personalities — including Joe Scarborough, Tucker Carlson, Lou Dobbs, and Howie Kurtz — discussing Obama-mania in the media, highlight now-infamous statements from the likes of MSNBC's Chris Matthews and NBC's Lee Cowan, and even bring back some Hillary Clinton supporters' statements of media bias towards Obama. The campaign is currently featuring both videos on its website and asking users to vote to see which one makes ...

More Media Bashing From The McCain Campaign
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ROCHESTER, NH -- "We no longer expect the media to do their jobs," one of McCain's top aides told me yesterday. "We're just going to have to do it for them." Media-bashing is a time-honored tradition patented by Republicans in the 1970s as a key feature of grievance politics. So successful, in fact, that it's become a mainstay of the new liberal activism. Unlike other conservatives, until now, McCain hasn't had to worry about bypassing the media and hasn't been a media decredentialist. (Truth is, the media, like most other major American institutions, has been slowly losing influence since the 60s.) Today, ...

Someone's feeling a little jealous...
Blah3 Feed — Wow. Maybe Phil Gramm was right about that 'nation of whiners' thing - except maybe he should have qualified it and said 'a nation of Republican whiners. Is the McThuselah campaign consciously trying to re-define the word 'pathetic?'

Obama Love
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So, McCain Is Still Running, Right?
Hyscience — Given the lack of coverage, compared to Obama, one could only guess. Unquestionably, the media is indeed in the tank for Obama (HT Ace): And, as one can clearly see in his framing of blaming it on the Republicans and McCain, Marc Ambinder has jumped into the tank as well. Has this dude gone deaf and blind, or is he just dumb? (Be sure to go to the McCain website and vote for the media's Obama love anthem. Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is winning. ) Related: Daily Blog ...

Media darling whines when reporters’ eyes wander
Political Animal — Well, I’ve finally seen everything. John McCain, who enjoys more media affection than any political figure in recent memory, has taken to complaining that reporters are overly fond of Barack Obama. The video is a three-minute montage the McCain campaign put together with “evidence” of the media’s pro-Obama bias. Most of the clip is made up of comments from Chris Matthews and remarks from various surrogates for the Clinton campaign during the Democratic primary. The release of the video is part of a new contest the McCain campaign ...

Mocking The Media Always Helps
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel McCain really is taking tips from the Clinton campaign: I agree with Ben Smith: In truth, and while there are other dynamics going on, the central issue is just sheer volume. There's vastly more public interest in, and coverage of, Obama. His rise is a better, newer, story. That means that McCain's message has been muted; but his missteps are too. He's been able, in particular, to make it this far with a domestic policy agenda whose sheer vagueness wouldn't have ...

MEDIA'S RED HOT BURNING LOVE For Obama-- The Video
Gateway Pundit — Yep. This about sums it up... Here's a nauseating video put together by the McCain Campaign that shows the media's tingly gooey lip-smacking love for Obama: There's another video that is just as revolting. You can vote on your favorite HERE. The sad thing is... They can't even hide it well anymore and it doesn't look like they even care. It's like some kind of weird lovespell.

Barack Obama Watch: You Are Just Too Good to Be True
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — The MSM, including the major television networks are in the tank, you say? NBC News is unwatchable and the other networks are not much better. Gad……… Technorati Tags: Barack Obama ...

In Obama's Eyes, I Am Complete
Weekly Standard Blog — It's official: The media are consumed by the fire of their love for Barack Obama: And the public is catching on. As I noted earlier today, a new Rasmussen report shows that "49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help the Democrat with their coverage." And 45 percent think that "most reporters would hide information if it hurt the candidate they wanted to win." How could the public possibly come to that conclusion? At the McCain website, you can vote for the media's Obama love anthem. Frankie Valli's "Can't Take My Eyes ...

New McCain Ad Mock’s Media Adoration Of Hussein
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —

McCain on Obama as Media Darling
TalkLeft — Subtitle - I told you so. Via TPM, McCain is whining that Obama is the Media Darling: The campaign of John McCain -- who once described the media as his "base" -- has come up with a pretty creative way to portray the media as "in love" with Barack Obama, blasting two versions of this video right into the in-boxes of the swooning reporters themselves... Of course, most of the clips are from when Obama was running against Hillary Clinton. But still, I have been vindicated. Told you he is the Media Darling. Speaking for me ...

The MSM’s Crush on Obama
GayPatriot — Awwwwww, puppy love! Doesn’t this just give you a tingling feeling up your leg? – John (Average Gay Joe)

"Obama Love"
Hotline On Call Part Deux — Doesn't this new John McCain vid ... ... remind you of this? Can John McCain get a humor bump off of his campaign's newest vid? Much as Hillary Clinton did when SNL ran the Tina Fey weekend update commentary and two sympathetic sketches about the Dem debates ...

Media darling whines when reporters’ eyes wander
Crooks and Liars — Well, I’ve finally seen everything. John McCain, who enjoys more media affection than any political figure in recent memory, has taken to complaining that reporters are overly fond of Barack Obama. ...

McCain's Base Has Left Him for a Younger Man
Daily Kos — It's time for some straight talk, my friends. My base has deserted me, falling for the new, fresh and vastly more interesting face in town. And I'm pissy. And I want to whine about it. Endlessly. All over the Google and the Internets. Here's my latest: ...

Obama Love (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women — We already know the media is a joke. At least they're good for some laughs. One can only hope this turns out a lot better than some of the other things the media sold us. Like that idiot in the White House. And his war. ...

Puppy Love
Moonbattery — Just how much do the shallow left-wing phonies who dominate the media love the image they've created for the adolescent Marxist they're trying to install in the White House? This gives an idea: ...

The Media Hearts Obama - And Isn’t Even Trying To Hide It Anymore
Say Anything — This is GOOD. And it shows just how ridiculous the left wing media is becoming in its adoration of the Messiah. Heh. ...

Is It Love?
Six Meat Buffet — Or just the flu? I know I feel sick after watching it.

Under Homo Suspicion: Great Video of Media's Non-Stop Obama Man Crush
Debbie Schlussel — By Debbie Schlussel The John McCain campaign has two videos--which are essentially the same but set to different music--of Chris Matthews, Tucker Carlson, and many other media figures sucking up to Barack Obama. It's really sickening. And many of the comments--sad to say--border on gay, some cross over the boundary. Matthews talking about the thrill going up his leg, Carlson talking about the love a ninth grade boy feels. Barf: Good video, but would have been better if they set it to this song: ...

Even a Blind Joe Klein Finds a Truffle Now and Then
Firedoglake — Joke Line, on McCain's statement "Obama would rather lose a war in order to win an election:" This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It smacks of desperation. It renews questions about whether McCain has the ...

7/23: Another Foreign Policy Gaffe?
Blogometer — July 23, 2008 7/23: Another Foreign Policy Gaffe? Liberal bloggers are hammering John McCain for incorrectly asserting that the Iraq troop surge "began the Anbar Awakening" (in reality, the Anbar Awakening began months before the surge strategy was implemented). Liberal bloggers are describing McCain's statement as a "breathtaking" mistake that "disqualifies him from being president" . They're also tying McCain's remark to his other Iraq-related misstatements -- such as confusing Shiites and Sunnis and making an incorrect statement about troop levels -- and arguing that the presumptive ...

Hell Hath No Fury...
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — by Chris Bodenner (On the book jacket: "The media loves McCain. We're his base." -- Chris Matthews, MSNBC)

Three Related Stories
Power Line — The McCain campaign has launched a new web video called Obama Love . It's pretty funny: But the problem it documents humorously is real. William Tate added up the numbers for Investors Business Daily . Journalists donate money to Democrats over Republicans by more than a 10 to 1 margin, and even that ratio understates the case: issues04072408.gif Reporters consistently tell us that while it's true that they're all Democrats, it doesn't influence their news coverage. Which leads us to the remarkable case of John Edwards . I personally don't care whom Edwards sleeps with, but then I didn't care about David ...

Big Brother’s Money Trail: Media Donations Favor Dems 100-1 - With Video
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — So, I see Bash’s post about Hussein trashing Fox News, n`nat … And I had to laugh, but hold back the minimal contents of my morning stomach … EVERY single Marine and Army guy that I know that has done multiple tours in Iraq and A-stan have said the same damn thing to me when they return … “The fucking media’s coverage of the war(s) scares the hell out of them more than actually being there … and thank Christ for FNC, because they are at least correct and accurate half the time …” Putting Money Where Mouths ...

The end of the media affair with Obama? Yeah, right. [Karl]
protein wisdom — TNR’s Gabriel Sherman suggests that the establishment media is “breaking up” with Barack Obama  — he treats them so bad! HotAir’s Allahpundit , focusing on a quote near the end from a reporter claiming, “They’re terrified of people poking around Obama’s life,” writes: After reading it, I can’t decide if the takeaway is (1) that the press is a bunch of whiny, self-entitled five-year-olds, per the comically overwrought reactions from Adam Nagourney and the reporters Obama ditched to meet with Hillary, (2) that TNR, which published a similar piece about Hillary last year, has an odd fondness for stories about ...

Ex-media darling annoyed at new media darling
Alarming News — Ex-media darling annoyed at new media darling Cool ad by the John McCain camp: Posted by Karol at July 25, 2008 12:08 PM | TrackBack Technorati Tags: John+McCain Barack+Obama

McCain’s “Obama love” ad yanked due to … copyright claim?
Hot Air » Top Picks — McCain’s “Obama love” ad yanked due to … copyright claim? posted at 12:55 pm on July 26, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Looks like it. Here’s the YouTube page where the clip used to be; the campaign webpage showcasing the two alternate versions now redirects. To quote my favorite liberal vis-a-vis Team Barry, “Is Team McCain even playing the same game?” The video, set to Frankie Valli’s “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” had the makings of a rare viral hit for McCain. It had been viewed more than 200,000 times in its first three day on the Web, and helped McCain ...

Video: McCain’s “Obama love” ad reappears, now with generic romantic music
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: McCain’s “Obama love” ad reappears, now with generic romantic music posted at 7:20 pm on July 26, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly That wasn’t so hard , was it?

Clueless Lehrer: What Obama Bias?
JammieWearingFool — Safely ensconced in his media bubble, PBS anchor Jiom Lehrer laughably concludes there's no media bias toward Barack Obama. Jim Lehrer, anchor of "The NewsHour" on PBS, doesn't believe the media are favoring Barack Obama. "I don't see that," Lehrer, 74, told me. "There's an ebb and a flow to the news, and it will dictate how much news coverage there is going to be. The word 'bias' does not sit with me." Well Mr. Lehrer, if the word "bias" does not sit well with you, does "in the tank for", "in love with", "adoring", "fawning" or "shill" work for you? Maybe Mr. Lehrer needs to watch Obama Love, which is nothing more than ...

Frankie Valli record label NOT in 'love'
Jonathan Martin's Blog — After getting much attention for their creative attack on Obama's media "love," set to the dulcet tones of Frankie Valli, the McCain camp had to retreat a bit. Seems that Warner Music Group, Valli's label, didn't want to be involved in the campaign. So now McCain's camp has re-posted the video to some generic love-dovey big band music that is nowhere near as cool. (Via Wired)

The McCain Strategy: From Autobiography To Attack
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — There is no doubt: in the past few weeks John McCain has made a conscious decision to run a negative, personalized campaign against Barack Obama. A campaign that was once focused on pushing the biographic attributes of its own candidate has now become almost uniquely intent on tearing down the opponent. This reading is objective. In the past month, the McCain campaign has launched ten web and television advertisements. The first two spots were almost entirely devoted to McCain. The last eight contained only three brief mentions of the Arizona Republican. Indeed, of the 16 minutes and 35 seconds of space that these eight ...

Washington Post Admits Pro-Obama Bias
Wizbang — For weeks, almost months now, conservatives have written or spoken about the media's love for Barack Obama (John McCain even had a video of media personalities professing their admiration for him set to music). Deborah Howell, the Washington Post's Ombudsman, finally admitted in an article today that her own newspaper is heavily biased in favor of Barack Obama : Democrat Barack Obama has had about a 3 to 1 advantage over Republican John McCain in Post Page 1 stories since Obama became his party's presumptive nominee June 4. Obama has generated a lot of news by being the first African American nominee, and he is less ...

The Coming Media Bailout
Antiwar.com Original — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which usually concerns itself with "consumer protection" issues, is now taking an interest in the journalism industry. The financially strapped New York Times reports :"The commission is planning two days of workshops in December – titled ‘From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?’ – to examine the state of the news industry." This ominous development ought to scare the pants off of anyone concerned with the maintenance of a free society – and the continued existence of dissent in an increasingly conformist profession where "journalists" are ...