New McCain Ad: It's Obama Who Has A "Housing Problem"
TPM Election Central — The McCain people are now out with their own attack on the subject of houses -- in this case, returning fire at Barack Obama for the real-estate deal he had with Tony Rezko, who has since been convicted for political corruption: "Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems," the announcer warns, before laying out the details of the case, and alleging that Obama gave Rezko $14 million in taxpayer money through corrupt political influence. Oddly enough, the ad then ends on some cheery music, and the disclaimer from John McCain that he approved this message. ...

The gloves are off (UPDATE: REZKO VIDEO ADDED)
Sister Toldjah — Marc Ambinder details a new ad the McCain campaign is getting ready to run against Obama that relates to his ties to convicted felon Tony Rezko, as well as a new ad done by a 527, which will air in Ohio and Michigan, that links Obama and Bill Ayers. Here’s the 527 ad: Team Obama is crying foul over the 527 ad, claiming that the 527 group is a “front group” for Mccain. They’re also not happy about the news of McCain’s upcoming Rezko ad (which I haven’t seen) but hey, they opened the door with the ...

McCain cites Rezko in pushback spot
Jonathan Martin's Blog — ... And here it is.

Calling It
Oliver Willis — Ok, this is the hard hitting balls to the wall ad McCain sent out in response to his housing gaffe. Really? That’s it? Oh my, the noodle is limp. ...

McCain Ad - Hussein’s Housing Problem
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New McCain TV Ad Hits Obama Back -- on Rezko
Political Punch — Obama Says the Decision Has Been Made | Main New McCain TV Ad Hits Obama Back -- on Rezko August 21, 2008 6:55 PM The spot is titled "Housing Problem." "Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems," says the narrator. "One of his 'biggest fundraisers' helped him buy his million-dollar mansion. Purchasing part of the property he couldn't afford. From Obama, Rezko got 'political favor' including '14 million from taxpayers.' Now, he's a convicted felon, facing jail. That's a housing problem." - jpt August 21, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (0) TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: ...

McCain ad: “Housing problem”
Hot Air » Top Picks — McCain ad: “Housing problem” posted at 6:56 pm on August 21, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly It didn’t take long for John McCain to answer Barack Obama’s tweak on his supposed riches. Team McCain has a bona-fide television spot that will “air in key states” — most likely the same states in which Obama ran his ad. Obama can’t pretend he didn’t set the stage for this: Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems. One of his “biggest fundraisers” helped him buy his million-dollar mansion. Purchasing part of the property he couldn’t afford. From Obama, Rezko got “political favors” ...

McCain: 'Housing Problem'
Ben Smith's Blog — As reported, McCain tries to segue from housing to Rezko. The ad, said to be airing in key states, makes no reference to McCain's gaffe, but seems in its punch line to assume the viewer's aware of it.

Matt Lewis: "Housing Problem"
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Racist McCain Ad Questions Whether a Black Man Should Be Allowed to Buy a Nice House
Ace of Spades HQ — Racist McCain Ad Questions Whether a Black Man Should Be Allowed to Buy a Nice House Also, at the very end, there's a picture of a White Man, but I think that's McCain himself, so I'm not exactly how to score that. I'm going to mark that down as "subtle racism" until Joshie Marshall and the brain-trust at TMP explicate it for me. For those keeping score at home, that's three racist ads, two stirrings of age-old fears about miscegenation, one incidence of "subtle racism," one error and one fielder's choice. Liberals call this "one of the darkest days in the history of political campaigning." Karl Rove calls it "Thursday."

Housing Problems
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Obama Understands Housing Problems
Bitchin' in the Kitchen — I like this ad from McCain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjC2AlWy6CI

McCain Targets Obama's Glass House
44 — Ad Watch McCain Targets Obama's Glass House By Howard Kurtz The Ad: Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems. One of his biggest fundraisers helped him buy his million-dollar mansion. Purchasing part of the property he couldn't afford. From Obama, Rezko got political favors including 14 million from taxpayers. Now, he's a convicted felon, facing jail. That's a housing problem. Analysis: This John McCain ad attempts to drag back into the news Obama's dealings with a corrupt fundraiser, which the senator from Illinois has already described as a "boneheaded" mistake. The facts are generally accurate. Tony Rezko was an Obama ...

New McCain Ad Points To Obama's 'Housing Problem"
Hyscience — Remember what I said about glass houses? It looks as though Team McCain is coming out with some heavy, and I do mean heavy, rocks at Obama's glass house: Ouch! HT - Sister Toldjah Related: And while McCain's people have fun... ...

McCain to Obama: OK, Pencil Neck, You Still Want to Keep Talking About Houses?
JammieWearingFool — The relentless attacks continue. No doubt another weak cry of smears is forthcoming. Just let us know what's not true . I must say, I'm impressed by the rapid response from the McCain team. Just when the Obamatons are getting in the groove thinking they're cute with the houses nonstory ...

"Housing Problem"
Hotline On Call Part Deux — New John McCain spot running in "key states" highlights Barack Obama's relationship with convicted felon Tony Rezko, noting that he helped Obama purchase his million-dollar mansion. Obama has never been linked to any Rezko-related wrongdoing. Script For "Housing Problem" (TV :30) ANNCR: Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems. One of his "biggest fundraisers" helped him buy his million-dollar mansion. Purchasing part of the property he couldn't afford. ...

McCain Releases "Housing Problems" On the Obama-Rezko Affair
Gateway Pundit — That didn't take long... John McCain released his "Housing Problem" ad tonight on the Obama-Rezko relationship. This follows the ad earlier today released by American Issues Project on the Obama-Ayers relationship. Does this mean the Obama-Jeremiah Wright ad is coming out tomorrow?

Ad Critic: McCain Rezko Spot
The Next Right — Finally.  Here's hoping it's well done and that there are many more to follow. Update: Here's the spot, and a quick review: This is a generally solid ad with one major flaw.  The opening line "Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems" and the closing line "that's a housing problem" are complete inside baseball.  No one who hasn't been paying neurotically close attention this race (ok, like me and probably everyone reading this blog) knows what the heck the spot means by this.  It's a comeback to the ...

McCain Ad Connects Obama With Convicted Felon Rezko
Stop The ACLU — The friends you choose to have reflect greatly upon your judgement and character. Hat tip: Sister Toldjah who rightly says, “the gloves are off”. Indeed, they are.

Video: Barack Obama Has a Housing Problem
(Obsolete Feed) — You can get all the details on Obama’s dealings with Tony Rezko in this PDF. There’s a Chicago Sun-Times piece worth reading as well. Join the Blogs of War Readers Facebook group and meet cool conservative thinkers from around the ...

Rapid response: Obama and McCain's lightning-quick attack "house" ads prove a point
Top of the Ticket — Politics, like so many things in this age of Twitter and the 24-hour news cycle, is speeding up. A candidate's gaffe sometimes took days or weeks to swell into a matter of swirling debate. Now, the fur almost always starting flying right away. Today provided the perfect example of this new political paradigm. This morning, just hours after John McCain told a Politico.com reporter that he wasn't quite sure how many houses he owned, Barack Obama pounced. The Illinois senator scoffed at McCain's blunder in a speech this morning, and the campaign ...

Hard Hits on Obama
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Democrats Really Wanted To Go There?
A Blog For All — So, today's latest and greatest kerfuffle revolved around a question posed of Sen. John McCain over how many homes he owned. He couldn't give a definitive answer and said that his staffers would have to get back to them. Democrats quickly pounced on this. Why? Well, they thought they had a gotcha moment, but I think they didn't entirely game this out, but we'll get to that in a moment. They quickly attacked McCain, as seen in this video with Gov. Tim Kaine doing the attacking . It's got all the usual leftist tripe, including class warfare and belittling McCain because he's managed to accumulate wealth and supposedly is ...

Candidates who live in ill-gotten houses…
neo-neocon — …shouldn’t throw stones. But sometimes they do, and this is what they get in response: The Obama campaign must think they had a winner, casting McCain’s remark that he didn’t know how many houses he owns as evidence he doesn’t understand working Americans. It must have seemed somewhat akin to Bush Senior’s 1992 amazement at grocery scanners that had been in operation for years, which made Bush seem elitist and out of touch (even though it turns out the story was a distortion perpetrated by none other than the NY ...

New Ads from the McCain Campaign
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Count It Up
pandagon.net - these things don't just blame themselves — by Jesse Taylor Here’s John McCain’s response ad to his not knowing how many homes he owns: I say he just uses this Powerline defense: The latest campaign kerfuffle is Obama’s effort to make hay out of John ...

Obama's housing problem
USS Neverdock —

Housing Problem
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — McCain's counter-attack:

I’ll See Your Housing Ad, and Raise You One
Say Anything — Tony Rezko still technically “owns” 5/6 of the lot next to Obama’s. Yeah. If I had a half a million dollar piece of property, I’d sell off just enough so that I couldn’t do anything with the rest of it, except leave it there for the neighbors! Right! There’s a Google satellite image over at the American Thinker, that shows what a good neighbor Obama is in landscaping and taking care of Mr. Rezko’s property as if it were his own! The wall and the trees surround both lots. Looks like ...

McCain's Ad Response to House Attacks: Rezko
The Hill's Blog Briefing Room — McCain's Ad Response to House Attacks: Rezko John McCain's campaign last night jumped into the ad war over McCain's uncertainty of how many houses he owns. Several hours after Barack Obama's campaign put out its own ad on the gaffe, McCain's campaign had readied its response, which focuses on Obama's ties to fundraiser, real estate developer, and convicted felon Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who raised money for Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate run and helped Obama buy his Chicago home. Rezko is emerging as the primary comeback to liberal attacks over McCain's comment, as the Republican National Committee sought to highlight ...

The Negative Phase
The Corner — Friday, August 22, 2008 [image] The Negative Phase [ Yuval Levin ] The McCain campaign has put out an ad responding to Obama s housing ad from yesterday. It s incredible how tough this race has become in the past week or so, with both camps going negative pretty effectively even though both candidates have wanted to project an image that rejects negative campaigning until recently. On the whole it helps McCain, I think, just given the dynamics of the race. A negative campaign tends to undermine both candidates preferred campaign narratives, but that does much more damage to Obama, since he is much more ...

MCCAIN AD: HOUSING PROBLEM
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Ya Brought It on Yourself!
Talking Points Memo — About four years ago I described what I called the Republicans' 'bitch slap' theory of electoral politics. Stuff like the Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry and McCain's Celeb/P Diddy assault on Obama aren't really about the attacks themselves. In themselves, they're often too cartoonish to be believed in any literal sense. What they're about is smacking the other guy around and making him take it. There's no better way to demonstrate someone's lack of toughness or strength than to attack them and show they are either unwilling or unable to defend themselves -- thus the rough slang I used above. That not only makes the other ...

Housing Problems
Classical Values — Housing Problems The RNC has a page up covering Obama-Rezko Shady Deals . H/T Pal2Pal

Daily Digest: The One with Obama's VP Pick!
techPresident — No, not really. The Web on the Candidates The Age of Instant Response Dawns: In the period between breakfast and dinner yesterday, John McCain's inability to total up the number of homes he and his wife Cindy own went from a story on Politico.com to a full blown campaign meme. The flames were fed by "Seven," a 30-second ad whipped together by the Obama campaign's press team. The spot has since garnered a startling half a million views on YouTube. Compounding the response: creative content thrown together by third parties, ...

OBAMA’S “GLASS HOUSE” OFFENSIVE
Right Wing Nut House — Face it, friends. Forget all the media hype you’ve heard about the superiority of Obama’s campaign. Forget everything you’ve heard about what geniuses these guys are. The fact is, these fellows are not very smart. And they have proved it by jumping on a McCain gaffe without realizing they were leaping into a pool of quicksand. First, either of these men who tries to portray themselves as a “Man of the People” or “more in touch” with average Americans should be horsewhipped. Neither of these gents has a clue how most of us live and both probably hit their knees every night thanking God ...

SC’s Dawson Pushes RNC Ambitions at McCain’s Expense
The Next Right — The South Carolina State Republican Party’s new national McCain ad looks like a crass attempt by State Party Chairman Katon Dawson to boost his own RNC Chair campaign even if he damages John McCain in the process.  Dawson is considered one of the leading candidates to become the next RNC Chairman if McCain loses and has been openly running for the job since at least 2007. Dawson just announced that he’s running the ad in Minnesota during the national convention next week, according to him as a way to help McCain by rebutting Obama’s ...

McCain Picks Palin
The American Mind — What should we make of Gov. Sarah Palin as Sen. John McCain’s Vice Presidential pick? Well, she’s got more executive experience than McCain, Obama, and Biden combined. Palin hurts McCain’s recent attacks on Obama’s inexperience. However, it puts Democrats in a precarious position. If they knock Palin for not being experienced enough to be Vice President (one heartbeat way from being President) what does it say about Obama, a man with even less experience? This assumes McCain will keep on using the inexperience attack. There are a handful of moments when a Presidential candidate ...

Obama Has A Housing Problem
Classical Values — Obama Has A Housing Problem H/T Uppity Woman

McCain Backs Up The Dump Truck
Oliver Willis — Did anyone with even half of a brain not see this coming? You can put your hand down, Gov. Palin. With just a month to go until Election Day, McCain’s team has decided that its emphasis on the senator’s biography as a war hero, experienced lawmaker and straight-talking maverick is insufficient to close a growing gap with Obama. The Arizonan’s campaign is also eager to move the conversation away from the economy, an issue that strongly favors Obama and has helped him to a lead in many recent polls. “We’re going to get a little tougher,” a senior Republican operative ...