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Obama hits McCain's cars in MI ad

 

Published 9/23/2008 by Carrie Dann at First Read

From NBC's Carrie DannAll politics is local, and in beleaguered Michigan, that means cars, cars, cars. A new Obama ad up in Michigan today hits McCain not just on the number of cars he and his wife own, but the three foreign autos in their fleet.  The spot pits that fact, first reported this weekend by NEWSWEEK, against a September 8th clip in which the GOP nominee tells a Denver television station that he’s “bought American literally all of my life.” NEWSWEEK reported Saturday that the...( read more ) (link)

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