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McCain-Palin Camp Releases Devastating New Ad "Ayers"
Gateway Pundit —
The gloves are off... The McCain-Palin Campaign released a new ad today "Ayers" on Barack Obama's longtime relationship with terrorist Bill Ayers: Via HotAir Here's the script for the ad: ANNCR: Barack Obama and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Friends. They've worked together for years. But Obama tries to hide it. Why? Obama launched his political career in Ayers' living room. Ayers and Obama ran a radical ...
New McCain Ad: Ayers
Wizbang —
The McCain campaign must have some polling on this that shows Americans are seriously concerned about Obama's relationship with a domestic terrorist because now the campaign is going head long into the subject. It's a damning ad, which is 1:40 long, indicating that it's an internet ad only. Ed Morrissey speculates that the campaign may buy 90 second slots in battleground states since it ends with the standard broadcast announcement of "I approve this message." Here's the text: ANNCR: Barack Obama and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Friends. They've worked together for years. ...
Too Risque - Needs A Coverup
Classical Values —
Too Risque - Needs A Coverup It seems that Mr. Obama is not proud of his friends . It also looks like McCain is going after this with everything he has got. I suspect this is not the end of this subject, either. I'd expect at least one more ad featuring John Murtaugh, the son of the judge whose home got bombed by the Weather Underground. Murtaugh, who is running for the New York state legislature, has already released a statement through the McCain campaign attacking Obama for associating with an unrepentant leader of the terrorist organization that tried to kill him as a ...
Gloves, Off
Ross Douthat —
Well, we'll see how this plays on Main Street:
As Ed Morrissey says, this will put an awful lot of pressure on McCain to "say it to his face" at the next debate.
On a not-unrelated note, Nate Silver notes that in the first three debates, Obama/Biden used the phrase "middle class" twenty one times, while McCain/Palin used it twice. And alas, it's not because John McCain read Grand New Party and decided to start saying "working class" instead.
New McCain Ad: Ayers, Obama, and a punch in the face.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... It's not going to stay one: it's actually 90 seconds and has the
McCain "I approved this message" added on, which means that (as
Ed notes) you should expect to see it in TV ads pretty, pretty
soon. Ed also notes that this is going to guarantee that we're
going to hear about it in the debate: Obama rather publicly
challenged McCain to say it to his face, and I think that McCain
will be rather happy to oblige him. ...
Why I Give Obama a Pass on Ayers
PoliGazette —
... Trailing in the polls, the McCain campaign has increasingly sought to highlight Obama’s links with Weathermen terrorist Bill Ayers as a means to call into question Obama’s judgment and candor. While understandable as a political tactic, these attacks are ultimately misguided as an attempt at substance. ...
McCain’s Ayers Ad
Patterico's Pontifications —
Via Hot Air we see that the McCain camp has a new ad about Obama and Ayers:
Barack Obama and domestic terrorist Bill Ayers. Friends. They’ve worked together for years. But Obama tries to hide it. Why?
Obama launched his political career in Ayers’ living room. Ayers and Obama ran a radical “education” foundation, together. They wrote the foundation’s by-laws, together. Obama was the foundation’s first chairman. Reports say they, “distributed more than $100 million to ...
New Ad: McCain Drops Ayers Bomb
Nice Deb —
... Not backing down:
This is good, but like I said previously, the McCain campaign needs to keep piling on. Bring up the other bad associations, including Rev. Wright.
Hat tip: Hot Air
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Don’t let the psy-ops throw you
The Anchoress —
... Himself and His plan for you in that moment. Not in the next moment, not in the past moment. Work on the present moment. If you can get a real grasp of that - and if you can remember that past and future are also constructs, because time itself is illusory - then you have no need to hyperventilate.
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Go read Matthew, go read the Sermon on the Mount. It’s all about that.
But if you are interested, here’s more on Ayers and Obama.
I frankly think McCain should be hammering the ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
... . The new McCain web ad emphasizing ties between Ayers and Obama puts pressure on McCain to bring it up in person at the next debate, Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey writes. McCain is just trying to hijack free media with the ad due to his weak money situation, blogs ...
Attack, Attack, Attack
Jules Crittenden —
... Mr. McCain has never been comfortable talking about the economy, and in these final weeks of his nearly two-year, second-time quest of the presidency, with polls showing him losing increasing ground to Mr. Obama, Mr. McCain and his advisers have made the calculation that negative attacks will move at least some voters. That’s all fine, but I watched that debate the other night. McCain offered specifics on the economy. Obama did not, except when pressed. Hotair with the new McCain Ayers ad . Here’s Blogger Interrupted, outraged that some people confuse palling around with ...
And so it all comes down to Ayers...
The Reaction —
... Today, as McCain-backer Ed Morrissey notes, "Team McCain has a new ad out this morning called 'Ayers', a comprehensive attack on Obama on his relationship with... Ayers." "This ad demonstrates that McCain has no intention of nibbling around the edges on Ayers. He will go after Obama with everything he has on this subject." (For more on the ad, see the ...
Continuing Debate about Ayers
PoliGazette —
Earlier today, I wrote about the reasons why I personally give Obama a pass with regards to any association with former Weathermen terrorist Billy Ayers.?? I stand behind my analysis — the fact that someone serves on boards or committees with a radical does not make one a radical also.
I concede, however, that reasonable people can disagree and draw much less charitable interpretations of the evidence.?? Examples include Donald Douglas at American Power, Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, and of course our own editor-in-chief.
Pity that the side critical of ...
And So It All Comes Down to Ayers…
The Moderate Voice —
... Yesterday, as McCain-backer Ed Morrissey noted, “Team McCain has a new ad out this morning called ‘Ayers’, a comprehensive attack on Obama on his relationship with… Ayers.” “This ad demonstrates that McCain has no intention of nibbling around the edges on Ayers. He will go after Obama with everything he has on this subject.” (For more on the ad, see the ...
