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Election in TMZ's Hands - Everyone Stay Calm

Posted Aug 18th 2008 9:16AM by TMZ Staff

John McCainJohn McCain is a thief, shamelessly stealing from the TMZ playbook to get elected. This according to a little thing called TIME magazine.

Columnist James Poniewozik ridicules McCain for "running a TMZ campaign," saying McCain's tactics are akin to TMZ publishing "DUI write-ups and nipple slips." Bum rap, we think. Click here for nip slips and mugshot galleries.

Poniewozik claims the ad showing Obama with a zillion flash bulbs going off is a cheap shot: "Like a snarky blog, the McCain campaign argues that Mr. Thinks He's All That is overexposed." The dude says McCain's ad "implies that Obama is an empty suit, a D lister," framing him like TMZ and others "frame celebrities like [Britney] Spears by appealing to a mix of fascination and resentment."

For the record, we have not come to bury Britney, we have come to praise her.

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1. McCain08!!!!

Posted at 9:36AM on Aug 18th 2008 by tkennedy

2. Obama IS an empty suit and a D lister, just like the writer James whatever his name is from Time.

Posted at 9:40AM on Aug 18th 2008 by Twigz

3. Thank God people are starting to realize that McCain is the obvious choice to protect and preserve the country and Obama is nothing more than another one of Oprah's media creations like Dr. Phil and Rachel Ray.

Posted at 9:43AM on Aug 18th 2008 by PerezSux

4. McCain all the way!! Thankfully America wasn't dumb enough to give Hillary the nomination.

Posted at 9:51AM on Aug 18th 2008 by upyours101

5. Polls don't represent a good part of America. Obama is wasting everyones time and money. There is no way a black man is gonna be elected. That is the truth.

Posted at 9:55AM on Aug 18th 2008 by This election is such a joke

6. I don't want Mccain obama or tmz running things .....I am leaving !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:53AM on Aug 18th 2008 by Divashels

7. No way! TMZ promoting a democrat?!

TMZ, you are just another left-wing tool!!! And McCain will probably win because you promote Obama. So please keep it up!

Thanks for the non-support!!!!! It's helping TREMENDOUSLY!!!!

Posted at 9:56AM on Aug 18th 2008 by Brilliant Genius

8. He knows that Obama has a LOT of the younger crowd, so he was just trying to appeal to the new voters. Good idea in theroy, but it did end up biting him in the ass in the end.

Posted at 10:04AM on Aug 18th 2008 by me me me

9. The media is mostly Obama supporters & as far as TMZ, I don't think so.

Posted at 4:13PM on Aug 19th 2008 by Reine

10. I think somebody might be a little miffed that their superstar isn't preforming as well as he should be considering how badly the republicans have screwed up over the last several years and how much the media in general is wetting their pants over Obama. Americans are swift to recognize whiners, this tactic will likely backfire.

Posted at 10:11AM on Aug 18th 2008 by Insert comical name here

11. In the 3rd paragraph, 1st sentence, don't you mean "Obama"?

Posted at 10:30AM on Aug 18th 2008 by ladyli1

12. RE: 6. Polls don't represent a good part of America. Obama is wasting everyones time and money. There is no way a black man is gonna be elected. That is the truth.
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This mental giant pretty much sums up the political opinions of most TMZers. He says that polls, which heretofore in the history of elections have shown to be rather accurate (why we continue to use them), are now invalid. He further suggests that because he is a racist and won't vote for someone with a different ethnic background from himself, Obama can't be elected as President. This person is a classic example of why America is in the shape we're in. Ignorance, fear, and denial of reality.

As an Independent, I've given consideration to both candidates. Have you?



Posted at 10:42AM on Aug 18th 2008 by are you thinking for yourself?

13. Can't wait until November!

Posted at 10:46AM on Aug 18th 2008 by Kelli

14. McCAIN HAS NO MORALS, OR GOOD FAITH. HE IS DISGUSTING. HOW DARE HIM SAY OBAMA IS A EMPTY SUIT. McCAIN IS A EMPTY HEAD!

Posted at 10:51AM on Aug 18th 2008 by DIMPLES

15. the people of america do not run this country!! the people who pay for the politicians run this country!!

Posted at 10:50AM on Aug 18th 2008 by lonzo_joe

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