Old Testament New Hero
by Matthew Caston
August 4, 2008
Last week Barack Obama was a celebrity with popularity rivaling that of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, but this week he has been paralleled with one of the greatest heroes of the Old Testament, courtesy of John McCain.
The new ad can be seen at the John McCain homepage at johnmccain.com and is a must see. In the ad entitled “The One” McCain compares Barack Obama to Moses of the Old Testament. Yep, Moses. McCain paints Obama as a prophet using quotes from his speeches that have been taken totally out of context . “We are the ones we have been waiting for and “a light will shine down upon you. You will experience an epiphany and you will say to yourself, I have to vote for Barack,’ are powerful, serious statements but in the context of McCain’s ad they are hilarious. During the ad a clip from a movie depicting Moses is inserted to further drive the comparison home. In the clip, Moses is seen parting the Red Sea. As the sea parts Obamas Presidential Seal emerges.
The ad goes on to say that Obama “may be the one, but is he ready to lead?” Its a pretty funny ad, but it raises many questions. If Obama truly is “the One,” doesnԒt that mean he’s automatically ready to lead? Another question that arises is: If Obama is Moses, then doesn’t that make McCain the power-obsessed, slave driving, anti-Semitic Pharaoh? If Obama is the one that’s going to lead us to the promised land, why does McCain want to stop him?
If humor was what McCain was going for he did pretty good this time. It is an entertaining ad but politics isnt supposed to be entertaining. If this was “Last Comic Standing” then I would vote for McCain, but its not. I’ll give it to McCain and his team, The One” is a very funny ad, but this is a serious political race and I’m not voting for the guy that makes me laugh. Sorry McCain, maybe you should campaign to be President of Comedy Central.
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