Blogger Response #6

The blog that I am discussing right now is entitled “DNC Web Ad: McCain in Lockstep with Bush” and it can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/18/dnc-web-ad-mccain-in-loc_n_92065.html . The blog talks about a new web-video posted by the Democratic National Convention. The video’s message is very clear: a McCain presidency is literally a third term for George W. Bush. The blog has the video in its entirety which is very helpful. I didn’t have to go to YouTube to access its video. I don’t think the blogger has to worry about the video being pulled because I don’t see any copyright infringement occurring. While looking for my SNL video I saw a lot of YouTube broken links because NBC Universal forced YouTube to pull some video clips.

The video shows how some of John McCain’s speeches mirror that of words said by George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. All of the audio and video clips relate to the war in Iraq, and in general the war on Terror. There is a mixture of audio with photographs of the person speaking and normal video with audio.

Early in the republican debates there were no references to George W. Bush. Now that Bush has endorsed McCain the flood gates have been opened. This video is trying to make John McCain’s approval rating to be just as low as the Presidents. The DNC is doing this while Clinton and Obama are still fighting to become the democratic presidential candidate. The fact that the republican race finished early is proving to be helpful to the DNC. The DNC can attack McCain openly whereas McCain would have to attack both Clinton and Obama. It’s like Germany in World War I trying to fight to wars on the Eastern and Western fronts.

The blog ends with McCain’s own words: If the Country doesn’t think the war was worth the risk then he won’t be President. The video ends with the message “after five years, we don’t need a third Bush Term. Bush & McCain: Wrong Then, Wrong Now.”