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Most exciting McCain ad ever
This better be good. McCain aide Brian Rogers sends out an expectations-raising email on an ad McCain is releasing today:, which he calls "exciting and unprecedented." Communications director Jill Hazelbaker teased it on Morning Joe this morning: MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Apparently the McCain campaign has an ad rolling out tonight. What's it about? JILL HAZELBAKER: Well, Mika, this ...
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The Bestest Ad Ever
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — I can hardly wait: ...this is a historic ad. I think this is the first of its kind. Senator McCain is going to speak direct to camera to Barack Obama. I’m not going to give away many more details than that. But suffice to say it’s going to be a very exciting ad, and I think it’s going to get a lot of attention...I'm going to keep a lid on it. But I think it's newsworthy to note that Senator McCain is going to have an ad that's going to air in battleground states around the time that Senator Obama is speaking tonight. And he’s going to be talking directly to ...

Oh noes! He's looking right at me!
Nitpicker — I can't tell you how frightened I am by the possibility of John McCain's ad he plans on airing tonight! MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Apparently the McCain campaign has an ad rolling out tonight. What's it about? JILL HAZELBAKER: Well, Mika, this is a historic ad. I think this is the first of its kind. Senator McCain is going to speak direct to camera to Barack Obama. I’m not going to give away many more details than that. But suffice to say it’s going to be a very exciting ad, and I think it’s going to get a lot of attention BRZEZINSKI: Jill, you’ve got to give us ...

McCain To Release Major Exciting Ad Tonight
Pirate's Cove — Personally, I seriously doubt McCain will announce his VP pick this Thursday. It would be classless, and, I think he and his folks know that. But, this should be interesting. An ad released while The Messiah rises on his platform like Zeus or Addonis, to preach from the backdrop of Mt. Olympis. Via The Politico, who caught this during Morning Joe (along with 30 other people) MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Apparently the McCain campaign has an ad rolling out tonight. What’s it about? JILL HAZELBAKER: Well, Mika, this is a historic ad. I ...

McCain To Release Major Exciting Ad Tonight
Stop The ACLU — Personally, I seriously doubt McCain will announce his VP pick this Thursday. It would be classless, and, I think he and his folks know that. But, this should be interesting. An ad released while The Messiah rises on his platform like Zeus or Addonis, to preach from the backdrop of Mt. Olympis. Via The Politico , who caught this during Morning Joe (along with 30 other people) MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Apparently the McCain campaign has an ad rolling out tonight. What’s it about? JILL HAZELBAKER: Well, Mika, this is a historic ad. I think this is the first of its kind. Senator McCain is ...

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