The not so common man

McCain’s latest ad, one of the more ridiculous I have ever seen BTW, attempts to mock Obama’s celebrity status by flashing images of Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and a few thousand Germans while “Obama, Obama” is chanted in the background. Call me crazy but trying to discredit your opponent by pointing out that he is popular strikes me as somewhat counterintuitive. And if the real aim here was to portray Obama as an out of touch elitist, well Jake Tapper just crucified that theme today.

Whose daughter is friends with Heidi from MTV's The Hills?

Whose wife once told Vogue, explaining the purchase of a 7th or 8th house, this one a beach house, "When I bought the first one, my husband, who is not a beach person, said, 'Oh this is such a waste of money; the kids will never go. Then it got to the point where they used it so much I couldn't get in the place. So I bought another one.”

Whose family credit cards have been known to ring up more than $500,000 in charges in one month?

Just askin'…

Tapper is absolutely correct. And if the press were not so generally in the bag for McCain, one would think that more reporters would ask the ancient Senator how he can claim to be the man of the people in this campaign while wearing $500 Italian loafers. I have nothing against McCain’s choice of footwear. I am sure that Paris and Brittany would not bat an eyelash at dropping 500 bucks on a pair of shoes but it seems damned hypocritical for him to claim the mantle of the common man while rocking a pair of Ferragamo’s that cost almost as much as the average weekly salary.