McCain spokeswoman Nicolle Wallace says she would "slit her wrists" without "campaign humor"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

John McCain compares Barack Obama to the original celebrity

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/08/john-mccain-com.html



That's Nicolle on the right, sharing a belly laugh with Karl & Krew.

They went there.

John McCain's campaign earlier today emailed supporters a new minute-long video called "The One,"
which opens like a Hollywood trailer: "In 2008, the world will be blessed," giant letters promise. "They will call him, The One." It then cuts to shots of Barack Obama at his most messianic: "We are the ones we have been waiting for" and the by-now standard photos of hundreds of thousands of cheering Germans. The spot ends with footage of a bearded and robed Charlton Heston in "The Ten Commandments" parting the Red Sea.

In a week that has already seen the McCain campaign comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, the new spot takes the, dare we say audacious, step of comparing Obama to the original celebrity.

On the campaign plane, McCain spokeswoman Nicolle Wallace defended the clip as just another harmless quip. "There is an important role for humor in political campaigns," she told reporters. "I think all of us would slit our wrists if there wasn't."

She also said the spot had a serious purpose: To buck up any McCain backers who may have been dispirited watching Obama dominate the news with his overseas trip and rally. The hope is to "make sure they understand that Barack Obama, who stands in front of tens of thousands, is not anything to be intimidated by," she said. "We're proud we're showcasing our candidate surrounded by workers."

-- Nicholas Riccardi

[AndyA]

1. Anyone have Nicolle's address? I have some razor blades for her. n/m

[flamingdem]

2. CAREFUL: McCain is suceeding in making Obama look "humorless"

Watch this because a McCain voter told me as much. They want to show Obama is politically correct and uptight.

[Barack_America]

6. You know who else is humorless? Fundies...

And I can't imagine they're going to find much humor in Obama being compared to Christ.

[OilemFirchen]

3. Except 'taint funny, Nicole.

Remember, down the arm, not across the wrist.

[Muttocracy]

4. he picks a spokeswoman who makes suicide jokes this week?! wow. nt

[madfloridian]

5. Nicole's a Rovian.

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/2430

"The move is the latest sign of increasing influence of veterans of Rove's shop in the McCain operation. Nicolle Wallace, who was communications director for Bush in the 2004 campaign (and in his White House) has joined the campaign as a senior adviser, and will travel with McCain every other week. Greg Jenkins, another veteran of Rove's operation who is a former Fox News producer and director of presidential advance in the Bush White House, was hired by Schmidt last week after a series of what McCain's advisers acknowledged were poorly executed campaign events."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. Supported by the fact that his tongue is two inches from her ear in that photo...

:scared:

[burythehatchet]

7. SLIT YOUR WRISTS NICOLE, SLIP THEM DEEP. MAKE SURE YOU CUT THROUGH THE ARTERY

You and your pathetic team ought to do the honorable thing and kill yourselves.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Take the other four in the picture with you while you're at it.

No sense wasting a blade on just one.

[Vinca]

10. Hey, Niccole. Did ya hear the one about the politician who

called his wife a cunt? It was priceless.:rofl:

[Hugabear]

11. Don't let us stop you, you fucking racist fuck

Maybe we should all start a razor blade drive here on DU, and send them all to the McCain campaign?