Does John McCain Know Who He Is?

If a candidate for President kicks off the general election by copying his opponent's slogan and his website, what does that mean?

John McCain wants to be President, right? He's wanted to be President for many years.  Presumably, he's had a long time to think about what he wants to do as President, and the issues that he thinks are important.  So as the general election kicks off, you might expect that the first thing McCain would do is put those things front and center in his campaign, right?  

No.  The first thing McCain has basically been to plagiarize his opponent's campaign. If you go to his website, many parts of it have recently been blatantly copied from the Obama internet team.  In fact, the similarity is so striking, I would say it comes pretty close to being intellectual property theft.    

Now, I could understand if McCain recognized the functionality benefits of the Team Obama web layout, and decided it wanted to reap some of those benefits for its own website. That would be innovative.  But basically cutting and pasting html is not innovation, my friends.

So what gives?  Does John McCain think that the netroots supporters who are giving Obama the advantage in the race are simply attracted by his nice shiny website, and now that McCain has pilfered the design elements, that we will be split between the two camps?  

Does John McCain know who he is?  Is he so lost about how to run his campaign he figures that his best shot at winning is to rip off his opponent's website, as well as ripping off his slogan?  If this what McCain's got, this is over, my friends.  



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Re: Does John McCain Know Who He Is? (2.00 / 1)

Cross posted on el diablo naranja


Go back to Hussein Texas
by gobacktotexas on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 10:29:32 AM EST

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Kos is in Spanish now?  Cool!


accepting McLettuce is like being 9 years old and forced to eat your own cooking
by Sychotic1 on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 10:31:51 AM EST
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Re: Does John McCain Know Who He Is? (2.00 / 1)

Wow...his site HAS changed a lot!  It used to be this dour, gray menace...it was like surfing the internet for pictures of rainy days.  Gotta be honest...I kind of liked it that way.  It conveyed the message I like to see from McCain.  

Anyway, if he starts quoting Jay Z to his traveling press, we'll know we're in trouble.


No way. No how. No McCain.
by freedom78 on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 10:35:32 AM EST

Playing catch-up (none / 0)

I have a feeling that John will be a half-mile behind for this whole marathon if he's only now understanding the importance of a solid web presence.


In this avalanche, the pebbles get to vote.

That One/Another Fella '08

by Dracomicron on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 10:41:12 AM EST

Maybe he thinks that (2.00 / 1)

if he copies Obama's stuff, folks'll won't notice that he's copying Dumbya


by UrbanRedneck on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 10:46:12 AM EST

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I love the 4 tabs:

"Decision Center"
"General Election"
"Obama and Iraq"
"Golf Gear"

Yes, McCain branded golf gear is one of his top 4 messages.


John McCain
by Mandoliniment on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 11:01:48 AM EST

OMG! (none / 0)

I thought that was snark, but went to check just to be sure.

Maybe Obama can teach McCain what it means to be serious about politics. If you're using the above the fold part of your presidential website to hawk golf gear, you must not have much else to say.


by PhilFR on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 11:06:06 AM EST
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Re: Does John McCain Know Who He Is? (none / 0)

I dont like to say this typically, but... lulz.


"Tell me about your work ethic." "Well, I don't think ethnics do no work. I mean, that's they problem, really." "Overt racial prejudice. Impressive."
by vcalzone on Fri Jun 06, 2008 at 11:35:10 AM EST
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