New John McCain Ad Shows John McCain SMOKING A CIGARETTE

The McCain/Palin campaign put out an official last-minute video last night -- a weird montage called "The Mac Is Back," that includes McCain SMOKING A CIGARETTE (in the '60s, but still) and everyone riding on an airboat. It seems like this was probably created a few weeks ago in order to try to make the ticket seem "cool" and "rebellious", and then nixed, and then thrown up last night in a "What the hell, what could it hurt?" kind of way. John McCain inhales from his coolness-boosting cigarette at :43, and don't miss the "GitRDone" license plate (why?) at 1:05:

(Via FeyFriends, who are as obsessed with the airboat as I am with the cigarette.)

Posted by Lindsay at 2:00 PM in Commercials, Politics
Tags: Election 2008 | John McCain | Rebel Without A Cause | Sarah Palin

8 Comments

The airboat shot was the best. ROCK MUSIC ROCK MUSIC ROCK MUSIC ... OLD PEOPLE ON AN AIR BOAT!!!!!

Posted by: BradOFarrell at 11/04/08 2:35 PM  | Reply
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i'm an obama supporter, cast my vote 3 weeks ago, but this ad DOES make McCain seem like a bit of a rock star...

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in a way that only jeff foxworthy could appreciate...

Posted by: Becca at 11/04/08 2:40 PM  | Reply
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Yeah - he's exactly like Iggy Pop.

Posted by: Eli! at 11/04/08 3:43 PM  | Reply
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Obama 08!

Posted by: I PEE GOLD at 11/04/08 3:45 PM  | Reply
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Hey you guy! Remember those McCain ads bashing Obama for being a "celebrity"?

Boom.

Posted by: Jenn at 11/04/08 4:13 PM  | Reply
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For some reason, this made my head hurt alot. I could only get through like 40 seconds of it.

Posted by: adam at 11/04/08 5:03 PM  | Reply
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Garage Band rocks!

Posted by: todd at 11/04/08 5:11 PM  | Reply
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my favorite part was the flashing of words

MCCAIN

MCCAIN

like subliminal advertising but really slowed down
but it worked on me

Posted by: y at 11/04/08 6:34 PM  | Reply
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