corner.nationalreview.com - 8/26/2008
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Just got off the phone with Steve Schmidt, who had this to say about the Obama Ayers ad:
That they've made a strategic decision to air a commercial about William Ayers is perplexing. I don't understand it, but put that aside. The ad is misleading. It states the McCain campaign is running an ad on the issue and it's not. This a pattern of attacking from a platform of disingenuousness when ...
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Staring into the abyss
The Poor Man Institute —
... Later, Rich Lowry channels some McCain campaign flack complaining that Obama is unfairly linking McCain to the ad linking unfairly linking Obama to SOHNEHO, and presumably tresspassing on his lawn. This appears to be an eventuality that the McCain campaign was not prepared for - that having your sockpuppets drag up obscure shit from the Sixties makes you sound like a old fool who is obsessed with the fucking Sixties, and everybody starts looking for an assisted living home for you, preferably some place too far away to allow for regular visits. But the McCain campaign plans to ...
Delighted, Not Amazed
Right Wing Nation —
... right over Althouse’s head.
Ed Driscoll has a suggestion for Obama:
Short of digging up Leonard Bernstein, at this point, there’s really only one option left for Obama: start flaying about, yelling, “Make! Them! Stop!”–which is what another presidential candidate was doing right around this time four years ago.
I suspect that’s exactly what they’ll start doing. Meanwhile, Team McCain responds.
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Strangely Timed Obama Response Ad on William Ayers
blogs.abcnews.com 8/26/2008 — ABC News' Tahman Bradley Reports: As Michelle Obama prepares for a primetime speech that will talk about her and Barack Obama's American values, the Obama campaign is using a new television ad to take on the issue of Obama's association...
Ayers Attack Ad Sparks Obama Counterattack —
Drudge Retort
Barack Obama struck back at an American Issues Project ad linking him to '60s Weather Underground radical William Ayers, producing a rapid response ad and urging protests against stations that continue to air the commercial. "People ... don't want the political discourse cheapened with these false, negative attacks," Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor said.
Obama Resorts to Tyrant Tactics to Suppress Revealing Ad —
Moonbattery
The Obama machine is going to great lengths to prevent people from seeing this ad:
From AP :
Obama not only aired a response ad to the spot linking him to William Ayers, but he sought to block stations [airing] the commercial by warning station managers and asking the Justice Department to intervene. The campaign also planned to compel advertisers to pressure stations that continue ...