Campaign Video: “Out-of-touch” McCain and “elitist” Obama

Progressive Media USA, led by Media Matters’ David Brock, launched an ad on CNN and MSNBC today that suggests George W. Bush and John McCain speak the same language, literally and figuratively. As Steve Benen puts it, “The drive to define presidential candidates should always be really simple. Kerry? Flip-flopper. Obama? Elitist. Gore? Exaggerator. McCain? Bush.”

Progressive Media USA, “Out of Touch,” :30

And speaking of elitism, Jon Stewart, about seven minutes into this clip, makes a good point about the much-blogged “bitter” comment by Barack Obama: Maybe an “elite” president isn’t such a bad idea. He addresses the candidates:

“I know ‘elite’ is a bad word in politics and you want to go bowling or throw back a few beers, but the job you’re applying for, if you get it and it goes well, they might carve your head into a mountain. If you don’t think you’re better than us then what the [bleep] are you doing? …Not only do I want an elite president, I want someone who’s embarrassingly superior to me.”