Posted on 07/19/2008 2:45:57 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
This advertisement for Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, was introduced on Friday and is running on national cable networks and on television stations in 11 battleground states, including Pennsylvania and Ohio.
PRODUCER McCain Media Team
THE SCRIPT A man announces, “Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan. He hasn’t been to Iraq in years, he voted against funding our troops — positions that helped him win his nomination. Now Obama is changing to help himself become president. John McCain has always supported our troops and the surge that’s working. McCain: Country first.” Mr. McCain says, “I’m John McCain, and I approve this message.”
ON THE SCREEN The advertisement opens on a cut-out photograph of Mr. Obama holding a microphone and grinning as the screen behind him changes from a map of Afghanistan to a map of Iraq. The background flashes negative messages — “Hasn’t Been to Iraq in Years;” “Against Troop Funding” — and opinionated newspaper headlines about him, including one that reads “Obama, the Candidate of ‘Change My Mind.’ ” After another photograph of Mr. Obama grinning, the advertisement switches to still photos of Mr. McCain in front of flags, ending with a new slogan for him, “Country First.”
ACCURACY Mr. McCain’s regular assertion that Mr. Obama has not held hearings on Afghanistan during his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s subcommittee on European affairs is accurate. And Mr. Obama has not tended closely to his duties as chairman of that subcommittee, focusing instead on his presidential campaign.
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This ia a good kick in the Jimmy for BHO. I hope McCain Kepps on Kicking him in the Jimmy
I notice they claim this ad is accurate. I know it is but the MSN is claiming it is a “negative” ad. Yep, it may be negative but it is true. I guess they think McCain should run “pro Obama” ads. What a bunch of a**hats!
I thought the ad was very well written and performed alright, but they need a DEEPER voice doing it. Like, Powers Boothe.
Along that line of thinking, How long until the MSM refuses a McCain ad because its too “negative?”
They’re not just “opposing ads” to the MSM.....
They’re “ATTACK ads”.
Attacking a black opponent = racism
therefore, McCain is a Racist.
Obama Overseas Campaign Swing Underway ( Questions and Briefing Book )
McCain is trying to help the Press Corp and Obama.
How much you want to bet Obama will stay in Afghanistan (on the ground) less than 12 hours?
We won’t know for awhile,...the Media is putting up a smokescreen......
I’ll donate $5 for each hour Obama spends on the ground with our troops to USO.
The N Y Slimes rejected McCain’s op-ed. Looks like they’ve already started.
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