Jonathan Martin’s Big Fizzle

Late last night and into the wee hours of the morning the blogostupid was buzzing about Jonathan Martin’s Politico post:

McCain camp making news in the morning

On what, they won’t say.

“We’ll have something to talk about,” is all a campaign aide would allow.

Check back again in this space or over on our front-page in the morning.

Speculation was running rampant everywhere. Martin just did a follow-up and ... it’s a steaming pile o’ non-story:

That “news” in the morning

Sure enough, it’s Bill Ayers.

The McCain campaign is launching a web ad accusing Obama of trying to hide his ties to the 60s-era radical.

“Too risky for America,” the ad concludes.

The idea here is to keep Ayers in the mix without spending precious dollars to put real points behind it on TV. Republicans know that cable TV stations will play the spot for free, regardless of it being a web ad.

Republicans also know that megaphonies like Martin will eagerly amplify their useless crap and not be remotely upset or embarrassed that they’ve, once again, been played for fools. A principled journalist would never run with a tip from that McCain camp source again. If you know that journalist, please introduce him or her to Martin.

Posted by Kevin K. on 10/09/08 at 08:53 AM • Permalink

Categories: Politics • Election '08 • St. McSame • Barack Obama • Nutters • Sarah Palin • Poliblogs • Our Stupid Media • Skull Hampers •

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Christ, that’s all it was? Pfffft.

I gotta say, the political ad wars here in FL are wall-to-freaking-wall! There’s not a day I don’t get something in the mail. And every commercial break on TV has at least one McCain or Obama ad. From my non-scientific observation, I think Obama is spending more here.

Comment by Betty Cracker on 10/09/08 at 09:18 AM

Ohio is being bombarded, too. The ads for local politicians are just starting up, bookended by all the Obama and McCain ads. I have to say, the dark, foreboding McCain ads are having the opposite effect on me. Instead of striking fear in my heart, they crack me up. It’s amazing to see how very low their campaign management has sunk. They’re definitely operating on the premise that the more lies you tell and the more ominous you make them, the more people will listen.

I’m glad the Obama campaign knows this and continues to counter their disgusting claims.

Comment by donnah on 10/09/08 at 09:28 AM

GAMECHANGER!
Why don’t they just release that stupid Rick Astley viral youtube thing and be done with it.

The Palin mob up close, shes just like US! Also…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxzmaXAg9E

Comment by douglas on 10/09/08 at 03:36 PM

My email to Jonathan Douchenozzle:

I mean, doesn’t it embarrass you that your tiny little sentence fragments draw thousands of incoherent wingnut mouthbreathers to breathlessly post links to World News Daily and other sub-tabloid trash?

This is your following? You get paid for this?

Visit The Field to see what it feels like to have thoughtful, literate readers. And to post material that actually advances the discussion of politics instead of acting as a press-agent for the Republican Party’s death-throes.

You are as big a loser as John McCain.

Comment by Allan on 10/09/08 at 03:49 PM