Happy Birthday Barack! McCain’s “Gift”…

So today is Barack Obama’s birthday, 4 days before my own birthday might I add and I was surprised that John McCain gave him such a nice gift. In case you missed this gift, I would suggest watching Danish boys dramatically interpret Abba songs on YouTube (I swear I was working)—At least that is where I saw this “gift” for the first time. While we all remember the beauty that was the Paris, Brittney, Barack trifecta ad, I was unaware that McCain was running a parallel banner ad campaign on Myspace, real classy John. That’s right, this beauty right here was paid for by the McCain campaign.

Personally I found the ad a little confusing. I would have thought the question mark was for Nicole Ritchie or Lindsay Lohan (who my mom tragically refers to as LiLo). Then again, I assumed that when clicking the ad I would have to answer a poll entitled “who is the bigger slut”, shoot a monkey with a shotgun shaped cursor, get infected with a virus and then “win” a free iPhone… But Barack Obama?! Naw, I just didn’t believe it.

I just would have expected McCain to get a hint from the press that this ad campaign is tragically desperate, off base and just not resonating well with the public. The only thing more confusing than the ad itself is who McCain was trying to target with this flashy little banner (asides from the vicious blogosphere). I just don’t get it. Chances are the only people watching esoteric YouTube films are either too young to vote, apathetic, not republican or some combination in-between. The guy doesn’t even use the Internet, so why should he be using your tax dollars (public funded campaign (well public financing doesn’t start for a month—but still)) on YouTube mockery?