In an effort to keep my gmail inbox fair and balanced, I recently signed up for McCain’s internet offerings (as I’m already in the Obama loop).

Is it just me or is McCain’s material a bit more ‘direct.’ Take a look at two recent letters from each campaign, sent August 11:

Obama:

John McCain and the Republican National Committee are trying to convince you that you’ve been swept up and tricked into wanting change.

They want you to believe that everything is just fine — that we need to stay the course and elect someone who’s voted with George Bush 95% of the time.

To sell this ridiculous idea, McCain and the RNC are using huge checks from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs to run negative ads attacking Barack Obama and the millions of volunteers and donors who have joined this campaign for change.

While supporters like you are out knocking on doors, registering new voters, and organizing in your local communities, our opponents are not even trying to match your efforts. Instead, they’re spending millions to spread the smear that Barack is just a “celebrity” and that our grassroots movement is just a bunch of mindless fans.

So who is John McCain really attacking? Real people like Brandon, a carpenter from McCall, ID. Stephanie, a registered nurse from Phoenix, AZ. And Pamela, a retired teacher from Franklin, WV.

These are actual people who have made donations to our campaign this week.

Join supporters like Brandon, Stephanie, and Pamela in fighting back against McCain’s negative attacks. Make a donation of $25 or more today.

Your donation will help this movement reach a goal that few believed was possible — 2,000,000 individual supporters owning a piece of this campaign.

And if you make a donation now, your gift will match the gift of a first-time donor. You can double your impact today by inspiring someone else to step up and own a piece of this campaign.

You can even choose to exchange a personal note with them about why you’re supporting this movement.

Will you bring a new supporter into this movement with a donation of $25 or more?

Two million donors is an incredible number — a number that was previously unimaginable for presidential campaigns. And it’s a number this campaign never dreamed we could reach before the convention.

But because so many supporters have stepped up to own a piece of this movement in the face of McCain’s attacks, we are just days away from making history.

And with only 85 days until the election, we can’t afford to do any less.

Make a matching donation of $25 or more today and help reach this historic goal.

McCain is trying to undermine your hope, and we can expect even more misleading attack ads in the weeks ahead. His friends in Big Oil and other special interests are more than happy to keep fueling his efforts with huge checks. They want to keep Washington just the way it is.

Today, you can show John McCain that his attacks won’t slow us down. In fact, his attacks will make us even more determined to build and strengthen this movement.

Help reach this historic milestone of 2 million donors by matching another supporter’s donation of $25 or more today.

Thank you for building this movement for change,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

And now McCain:

McCain Team -

We want you to be the first to see our new ad, “Fan Club.” You can view it right now by following this link.

We can all agree that Senator Barack Obama is one of the world’s biggest celebrities and every celebrity needs a fan club filled with adoring fans and Senator Obama certainly has his fair share. You might even be tempted to join this fan club.

If you love Senator Barack Obama enough to join his fan club you’ll love higher taxes, massive federal spending, government-run health care and higher gas prices. Despite Senator Obama’s lack of experience and readiness to lead, he’s still considered dreamy and deserves an amazing fan club - he just doesn’t deserve to be our next president.

John McCain stands ready to lead our country as the next President of the United States. He has laid out a plan to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and strengthen our economy through lower taxes and job creation. He is prepared to serve as our next commander in chief.

But John McCain will need all of our help to get elected in the fall. And that’s why I’m asking you to make an immediate contribution of any amount up to the legal limit of $2,300 by following this link. August is the final month we can accept primary contributions, and your financial support is needed now more than ever.

Please take a minute to watch our new ad, “Fan Club” and make a donation or pass along to your friends and family. Thanks for your time.

Sincerely,
Rick Davis
Campaign Manager

See what I’m sayin? Although the McCain spin machine does get 2 points for ending their little video with Wayne and Garth, of SNL’s ‘Wayne’s World.’ What’s it been… 15 years since Wayne and Garth were relevant?