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Still Not Ready To Spell

It appears that would be President Camacho er,...McCain still doesn't understand that newfangled spellcheck device.

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Is it elitist of me to say that if his team can't face a copy editor, how could they face a world leader?

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viola's picture

That's the second ad in a number of days. The other one was EVERBODY. Whose doing his ads. Todd Palin?

CapnFatback's picture

Chalk this one up to post-modernity?

"Whose doing his ads."

Karen's picture

Perhaps it's done on porpoise? :)


Everyone is equally entitled to the pursuit of happiness. Wasn't that once self evident?

VegasRage's picture

Oh that's an exagerrarartion


Goodnight, Frau Blücher

Soapbubble's picture

This is probably what they have Bristol doing since she's not the campaign trail.

ysbaddaden's picture

Witches no how to spel.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

constituent's picture

exaggerate.....

WorldAsUnwill's picture

... for an excruciatingly awful attempt by McCain to be "cool" and "not all that hoary" by using 1337 ads or using text-message abbreviations.

"vote 4 me, plz, Obama n Biden h8 us."

ysbaddaden's picture

They had ads in 1337?

For what, recruiting ads for the Hundred Year War?

Victory is around the corner!!!


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

lsamsa's picture

Just react...don't think...just spew...
Now attach that process to a crisis...pretty damn scary...
And I'm not even an American, but I'm beside myself worrying until I see Obama elected...

Karen's picture

I think you could have just gone ahead and called him President Camacho, Nicole. Mike Judge fans will get it, and for the McCain crowd, you can just tell them it's a spelling error.

By the way, did anyone catch this? (I know it's off topic, but it makes me so angry, I can't wait for an open thread.)

Trick or Treat!

Do you support Obama, little girl?

I think my mommy does.

No candy for you!!!!

It's the kind of pettiness only a Republican could conceive.


Everyone is equally entitled to the pursuit of happiness. Wasn't that once self evident?

ysbaddaden's picture

What if it's her mummy?


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

constituent's picture

weirdo

ysbaddaden's picture

Mòran taing.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Taarak's picture

Candy Nazi!

Uncle Joe Mccarthy's picture

every night until thanksgiving

tp'd her entire house...shaving creamed her drive

and left the proverbial flaming bag of shit on her doorstep

Bitter Bud Hussein's picture

Obama will "spread the wealth" (at least his supporters will!) :)


Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.

Taarak's picture

Teach the children well - Repubs are mean.

cdbourbon's picture

Given all the bombast from the base-right on not appreciating so much all them big-thinkin', elitist, edumacated types they feel they just couldn't hang out with and power down a pitcher or two of tap together, it wouldn't surprise me to find that these "typos" weren't really accidental at all.

"Shoot, my friends, the Maverck spells just as good as me. That makes him quantified to rool the world!"

BlueEgyptian's picture

After listening to some of his campaign people...I'm surprised we haven't seen more of these screw-ups.

calgarylady's picture

The hits just keep coming from these assclowns. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!

Jim_n_SF's picture

Granted, I'm your typical San Francisco elitist, but will the average McCain/Palin supporter even notice or care? They seem to be talking to the low-information voters in the Real America after all.

silkpursemaker's picture

Anybody see the recent Sarah Palin letter from the RNC? The first word of the letter, THE FIRST WORD, is spelled incorrectly! They don't know how to spell Wednesday! It's spelled Wendnesday!!! I kid you not! WTF, they still use Trash 80s???

thismachinekillsfascists's picture

Actually homeschooled children do much better than public schooled children. I have a friend whose daughter entered university at age 13 and was homeschooled. I think the problem is that Palin and her types were schooled in conservative christian schools.

nylund's picture

This way McCain can claim he never accused Biden of exaggerating anything. He EXAGERRATED. Considering its a made up word, it'd be pretty hard to prove Biden didn't do it.

Plausible deniability.

ysbaddaden's picture

Haven't I told you a hunnert-million times, check your dang spellin'!!!


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Vacuus Deus's picture

No, that's how many times you told us not to "exagerrate".


Let's see how far to the right they go before they fall off of the edge of this flat world.

Taarak's picture

Spelling only makes a difference if you know how to read.

Taarak's picture

...is are children learning?

Roket's picture

"You betcha"

getalife's picture

Final USAToday/Gallup: Obama 53%, McCain 42%

They should call this one early and half of America will be celebrating.

Uncle Joe Mccarthy's picture

i believe it will be close...at least popular vote wise

the electoral college is another story

and i wont believe that obama has won until i wake up on wednesday morn and read it here and elsewhere

i remember 2000 and 2004....never again

tomorrow, after doing one job in the morning, im heading home to make calls to pa

im gonna bug the shit out of people

gonna put my unlimited calling to good use

ysbaddaden's picture

i aint buying it
Sun, 11/02/2008 - 18:44 — Uncle Joe Mccarthy
i believe it will be close...at least popular vote wise

the electoral college is another story

and i wont believe that obama has won until i wake up on wednesday morn and read it here and elsewhere

i remember 2000 and 2004....never again

tomorrow, after doing one job in the morning, im heading home to make calls to pa

im gonna bug the shit out of people
_______________________________________________________________

Most of all your ma?


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Bangkok Bob's picture

Always actin like theys smarter with this spiling stuff.

constituent's picture

wow maybe obama could pick up montana with help from paul/barr

Artist formerly known as gempei's picture

Nicole, you're talking about campaign workers who would have elitist issues with such highbrow shows like "Martha Speaks" and "Little Einsteins".


Divine Right of Kings (1600's); Divine Right of Corporations (2011)

Bitter Bud Hussein's picture

or "Yo Gabba Gabba"


Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.

ysbaddaden's picture

The Ramones have risen from the dead, and volunteered as campaign workers?


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

ysbaddaden's picture

Tapadh leat, mar sin leibh an dràsda.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Col Kilgore's picture

" High, Im, Jawn Mc Cane end eye apphoove theis massage"

Embittered Angry Anti-Republicrat Max-Hussein-1's picture

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If McPalin can't face their spelling errors...
... Just how are they supposed to face Radical Muslim Terrors?

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Starve the WAR Beast...
... Feed Americans.

ysbaddaden's picture

Just How...
Sun, 11/02/2008 - 18:50 — Embittered Angr...
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If McPalin can't face their spelling errors...
... Just how are they supposed to face Radical Muslim errors?


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

Embittered Angry Anti-Republicrat Max-Hussein-1's picture

Re: Still Not Ready To Spell New
Sun, 11/02/2008 - 18:52 — ysbaddaden
Just How...
Sun, 11/02/2008 - 18:50 — Embittered Angr...
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If McPalin can't face their spelling errors...
... Just how are they supposed to face Radical Muslim errors?

If McPalin can't face spelling terrors...
... Just how are they supposed to face their Radical Muslim errors?


Starve the WAR Beast...
... Feed Americans.

taochiapet's picture

let alone Radical Domestic Ayers!

katy's picture


Lies, Half Truths and Contradictions: Chronicle ''Hidden'' Audio on Obama

It's not true.

But the Drudge Report, the Republican National Committee and apparently even GOP VP candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fell for completely fabricated news from a shady website called Newsbusters today suggesting the San Francisco Chronicle has ''hidden'' audio with Sen. Barack Obama regarding his statements on coal.

''Barack Obama explained his plan to the San Francisco Chronicle this year,'' she told a rally in Ohio Sunday. ''He said that sure, if the industry wants to build coal-fired power plants, then they can go ahead and try, he says, but they can do it only in a way that will bankrupt the coal industry.''

She added, ''And you've got to listen to the tape.''

''Why is the audiotape just now surfacing?'' Palin asked the crowd, according to a report from CBS News. Someone in the crowd shouted, ''Liberal media!'

Let's be very clear: the Chronicle did not, and has never, hidden any interview, audio or video, of Obama from its readers.
[...]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/...

katy's picture

Lies, Half Truths and Contradictions: Chronicle ''Hidden'' Audio ...
San Francisco Chronicle - 51 minutes ago
But the Drudge Report, the Republican National Committee and apparently even GOP VP candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fell for completely fabricated news from a shady website called Newsbusters today suggesting the San Francisco Chronicle has ...
Obama Called Out for Comments about Bankrupting Coal Industry WSAZ-TV
Palin Goes After Obama on Coal Comments FOXNews
WND.com - Washington Times - ABC News - Kansas City Star
all 35 news articles »
http://news.google.com/?ncl=1265904939&hl=en&topic=h

k1mgy's picture

What an embarresmant.

McCain-Failin. If they win, we're leavin'.

wvguy's picture

What's funny to me is this is how half the republican trolls spell here. Also, I used to belong to an archery-related web forum. I got in too many fights there over politics. The conservatives could barely write a sentence without a spelling error. Often the error was in the very concept we were debating (e.g. wellfair).

Taarak's picture

I had a debate about wellfair once. It was decided that wells were much too small a venue for any fair.

Riley's picture

Ahmadinejad is not the relevant leader of Iran, the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is.

Can't spell. Can't get their facts right either.

mr teaspoon's picture

If an Obama ad was under criticism for something like this, you'd point out just how petty it is, and rightfully so.

Jesus Christ, it's not like there's a lack of material to criticize McCain's campaign on.

Nicole Belle's picture

I'd write it off to hastiness or tiredness and go about my day.

This is something like the sixth ad they've put out with spelling errors. That's a pattern of sloppiness and inattention to detail that I do think is noteworthy. These ads are supposed to be seen by many eyes before they're signed off on. Don't you think someone--anyone--on that campaign could be bothered to check for spelling?

We have spelling errors on this blog all the time, but we're a blog run out of a guy's home by a bunch of people who all have other jobs. We're not running for the highest damn office in the land.

I've made a bunch of allusions to the movie Idiocracy today. The McCain campaign embodies for me proof that we're heading down that path.

tyree's picture

been posting on here ever since the blog started , im not a great speller and i dont correct anyone who mispells a word or hits a wrong key and screws up a word in thier posts ,in fact ive had a few lurkers from out there say the reason they decided to post on here was because they saw anyone could post and not be ashamed they couldnt write or spell as good as many posters who come here, all you do when you redicule others that have poor spelling abilitys is keep some posters who have an opinion staying in the shadows , the world belongs to all of us not just the well educated !

taochiapet's picture

sure enough tyree, but this isn't about a blog, it's about a professionally [sic] run campaign for the highest office in the country and most powerful on earth.

would you be so similarly tolerant of your bank teller not caring to use a calculator, despite admitting that he didn't do arithmetic so well?

tyree's picture

i guess its a matter of mistakes , i can even forgive joe biden talking about franklin d rooseveldt being on tv in 1929 talking about the depresion,

Trittydi's picture

TV - a brand new invention - was indeed used in 1929. No one actually owned TV's at that time -- but the technology had been developed and and was being experimented with.

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tyree's picture

im aware that tv was invented on an experimental level, but it wasnt being used by the american public on any scale at all in 1929 and the second world war put tv on the back burner and was not avalible to the public untill around 49 or 1950, you missed my point , everyone makes mistakes,

JudyLou's picture

shine thru your unique style! I'm a former proofreader and copy editor, and my angle today is that in informal writing or speaking, if I can understand what somebody's trying to say (and true, such "translating" can get it wrong), then I'm OK w/errors like the above. The problems in that ad are (1) it's not an INFORMAL situation, and (2) somebody was paid good money to write it, and correct spelling should've been part of the package. I expect that a lot of people never even noticed the misspelling.

The upshot is that the error is counterproductive to their message b/c we've focused on the error and not on the message. They lose!

Trittydi's picture

Re-thug-lics -- the party of immature, voraciously rapacious, despotic, doughy white, cowardly, angry troglodytes, bigots, racists, perverts, xenophobes, pedophiles, murderers, war criminals, homophobes, misogynists, self-hating women, fetid wombs and consummate chronic liars.

And Spelling-bee losers.
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Apphouse50's picture

Good lord, how great would it be to have a president who doesn't spurn literacy?!?

anney's picture

really bothered by incorrect spelling, though I don't usually say anything unless it's a total dufus anyway -- many people don't usually like it and think it's unimportant.

But sometimes it's so bad that I have to read something 2-3 times to understand what's being said. It is really annoying. I grew up an avid reader, and that's likely to keep one's spelling pretty clean. The advent of the internet with everybody typing and making mistakes certainly has its effects. Seeing mistakes endlessly eventually enters the brain and one can certainly make the same mistakes because they're learned. OTOH, typos are usually easily recognizable.

Anyway, as someone said above, maybe this is the McCain camp's reach-out to the ignorant, since they do it so frequently. Or maybe they're just ignorant themselves.

Kathy in St. Louis's picture

get good help these days. Perhaps that young girl with the B carved in her face with the proof-reader for the campaign. She seems to be gone.

ysbaddaden's picture

Mebbe this is why she didn't have an A.


Diabolus est Deus Inversus

TheNextDylan's picture

http://www.misspelled.com/common/e.htm

exagerate, exagerate, exagerate (correct it)

trailrunnr's picture

The misspelling was definitely done on purpose. Remember "Think Different"? Intentional mistakes grab our attention whether we know it or not. I would bet that most folks will not really notice the misspelling, but advertisers know ...

Taarak's picture

You may be write.

Monorail's picture

There is always a chance that the news will pick up the story and run the commercial nationally (for free).

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