John McCain advertising alongside Al Jazeera on YouTube
John McCain has joined Barack Obama in lining Google's pockets with cash from his admittedly smaller campaign warchest. But a couple of flubs here could hurt the candidate. First, I seriously doubt his target demographic is watching much Al Jazeera. And he used a jowl-free photo from his youth, not something up to date — which is typical of creepy older men looking to rob the cradle on social networks, not a candidate who's trying to sell himself as a rigorously honest plain-talker. Maybe Pablo Chavez, senior policy counsel at Google who's contributed $3,750 to the McCain campaign, could send a note suggesting some changes in the the ad buy instead of a check next month. (Screenshot by Steve Rhodes)