McCain Camp: "We see him {McCain} more as a global leader than a global celebrity.”

[sabra]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/new-mccain-ad-m.html

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Asked why the campaign chose these particular celebrities to compare with Obama, campaign manager Rick Davis answered matter of factly, as though the comparison were obvious and indisputable: "What we decided to do was find the top 3 international celebrities in the world. Britney and Paris came in second and 3rd," he said.

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The McCain campaign officials say they are not worried that voters may perceive the ad as another negative attack from their candidate. Or as sour grapes that their candidate, who has traveled widely, does not seem to draw such large crowds.

“I’d love to think that john McCain was a big international celebrity, but he’s not," Davis said. "We see him more as a global leader than a global celebrity.”

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[Thrill]

1. Too bad people around the world see him as a fucking idiot

[Skwmom]

2. A global leader doesn't back the biggest debacle in U.S. history.

[margotb822]

3. Because he's shown so much global leadership?

And so many people around the world admire him?

http://www.gallup.com/poll/109018/Britons-French-Germans-Solidly-Back-Obama.aspx

Maybe McCain should try a world tour and see how the people like his "leadership." I doubt they'll even show up...

[Tempest]

4. A global leader?

He thinks Czechoslovakia still exists, Putin was president of Germany, doesn't know the difference between Somalia and Sudan and doesn't know the difference between Sunni and Shias in Iraq.

[ellacott]

5. How did they research the top 3 celebreties?

They would have found out that they could have used better choices. The dumb fools don't realize that they chose people who were more popular in this country.