Obama and Wright: He Never Complained Once
USS Neverdock — USS Neverdock "America is often portrayed as an ignorant, unsophisticated sort of place, full of bible bashers and ruled to a dangerous extent by trashy television, superstition and religious bigotry, a place lacking in respect for evidence based knowledge. I know that is how it is portrayed because I have done my bit to paint that picture..." BBC's Washington correspondent Justin Webb

NRT PAC Obama & Wright: He Never Complained Once
The Jawa Report — October 27, 2008 NRT PAC Obama & Wright: He Never Complained Once New ad: 20 yrs and nada a word until he needed to throw him under the bus - temporarily. By Stable Hand at October 27, 2008 12:43 PM | | l digg this ...

Wright TV
Ben Smith's Blog — The National Republican Trust  PAC, which aired one harsh anti-Obama ad that it also used to fundraise on Drudge and elsewhere, says it's putting $2.5 million behind this spot in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida. The ad is exactly what many conservatives have been hoping would air for months: A Jeremiah Wright highlight reel, with a voice-over describing the pastor's long relationship with Obama. "For 20 years, Obama never complained, until he ran for president," says the ad, which labels Obama, "too radical, too risky." "This is the base giving a collective direction to where the ...

Wright TV
Riehl World View — Courtesy Ben Smith at Politico. The National Republican Trust PAC, which aired one harsh anti-Obama ad that it also used to fundraise on Drudge and elsewhere, says it's putting $2.5 million behind this spot in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida. ...

Playing The Wright Card
The Stump — The RNC finally does it, to the tune of $2.5 million. A footnote to the main show: Notice how the bolded white words onscreen morph from HATE to GOD, as in, HATE GOD. Not that anyone doubts Obama's Christianity. Oh, wait. Also: The ad is airing in three states--Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania--that Obama can now afford to lose. --Michael Crowley

Video: The Wright Stuff
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: The Wright Stuff posted at 3:05 pm on October 27, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly Politico’s Ben Smith reports that at least one PAC will go after Jeremiah Wright and his ties to Barack Obama, even if John McCain keeps it off limits to his own campaign.  The National Republican Trust PAC will run this 30-second spot in battleground states Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida: The ad raises two questions. First, is Wright fair game? The McCain campaign has sent mixed signals on this, but Barack Obama himself acknowledged that voters legitimately can consider his long association with the radical preacher ...

The Wright Stuff
JammieWearingFool — Too little, too late, perhaps, but they may as well get it out there. Just remember, Barack Obama sat there listening to this crap for 20 years, but pretended not to hear it. Sure. By the way, how's that search for a new church going? Noboody in the media seems inclined to ask. Labels: Barack Obama ...

New Wright Ad Attacks Obama in Battlegrounds
Political Radar — Previous | Main New Wright Ad Attacks Obama in Battlegrounds October 27, 2008 3:53 PM ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports: A Republican political action committee on Monday is launching a new TV ad campaign in three battleground states featuring Sen. Barack Obama alongside the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, in the latest salvo from a GOP-aligned group to use clips of Obama’s controversial former pastor. The ad, from the National Republican Trust PAC, features now-famous video of Wright declaring “God damn America,” and the “US of KKKA.” “For 20 years Barack Obama followed a preacher of hate and said nothing as Wright raged against our country,” the ad ...

The Wright Card Is Finally Played
The Anonymous Liberal — The Politico is reporting that a 527 group, the National Republican Trust PAC, is going on the air with a $2.5 million ad buy in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Here's the ad: It ends with this: Barack Obama. Too Radical. Too Risky.It might as well say "too black." I mean, who's kidding who? My guess is that this is too little too late and that it will be seen by most as desparate and diversionary. I hope so.

Republican PAC Runs Ad Hitting Obama On Wright
Say Anything — "For twenty years Obama never complained...until he ran for President.” That’s the ad, along with this one, McCain should be running. ...

The Wright Stuff
N/A — McCain said hands of on Obama and the Reverend Wright, but somehow the National Republican PAC mustn’t have gotten the message. Could it be more desperate? “Sometimes, when a political campaign has run out of ideas and senses that the prize is slipping through its fingers, it rolls up a sleeve and plunges an arm, shoulder deep, right down to the bottom of the barrel.” Yes, it could be. Cry socialism and unleash the dogs of war the war of words even if they are not quite right ...

Wright Happens
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo — The other shoe finally drops. A group called the National Republican Trust PAC is making a $2.5 million ad buy with the first Jeremiah Wright ad of the campaign. You have to wonder how this campaign would have been different if McCain hadn't chosen the Wright issue to make a stand (his only such stand, it seems) for dignity, respect, and positive campaigning. I can't be the only one who sees a far more difficult path for Obama if ads like the one below are playing regularly from August to November. By the way, why was McCain willing to go whole hog on Ayers, but still hasn't touched Wright? It makes ...

I'm a Republican and I approve this message
Babalu Blog — I'm a Republican and I approve this message Posted by Henry Louis Gomez at October 27, 2008 05:50 PM Comments Post a comment

Preacher of Hate
RIGHTWINGSPARKLE — Republican Pac is airing this in swing states. I'm so glad they are doing this. It is beyond ridiculous that McCain isn't using this. If McCain had followed a racist preacher for 20 yrs, who he named his most famous book after one of his preacher's sermons, and who believed that black people spread AIDS, I think it would be campaign issue, don't you??? Good grief. Every time I see this preacher I want to scream. Just a reminder. Obama in 2004: " Oh, I admire Wright so much. I named my book after one of his sermons. He's one of my heros. He married me and Michelle and baptised my ...

The Return of Jeremiah Wright
Power Line — After too long an absence from the campaign, Jeremiah Wright returns in this television ad which is running in several key states. It's a legitimate issue and a good ad, and if a financial panic hadn't hit at the worst possible moment, Wright and Ayers might have made a big difference in the campaign. In the climate we're facing, though, I doubt that Obama's associations, no matter how troubling they may be, are swaying many votes. Which doesn't mean that the Republicans shouldn't keep talking about them.

Jeremiah Wright returns in new ad
Hyscience — It's been far too long since we've heard about Jeremiah Wright, but now he's finally back in this television ad now running in several key states: > The Jeremiah Wright issue has always been legitimate because it hits right to the heart of Obama's lack of character and judgment. ...

Reverend Wright Makes A Comeback
Nice Deb — Better late than never: But…but…but…. Obama never heard any of it!       

A Reminder…
Flopping Aces — A POSITIVE attack ad, paid for by the National Republican Trust: “Barack Obama followed a preacher of hate and said nothing as Wright raged against our country…For 20 years, Obama never complained, until he ran for president,” Hat tip: American Power ...

The Return of Jeremiah Wright - video
USS Neverdock — Just a reminder.

He's Ba-ack!... AmeriKKKa's Favorite Racist, Anti-Semitic Pastor G-D Wright
Gateway Pundit — CHICKEN COMES HOME TO ROOST-- G-D WRIGHT ADS RELEASED IN SWING STATES-- For 20 years Barack and Michelle Obama sat in this vile, racist, anti-Semitic "church." They were married there and had their children baptized by this Jew-hating racist. Is radical Barack Obama really what America needs? Here's the script for the ad by National Republican Trust: For 20 years Barack Obama followed a preacher of hate and said nothing is Wright raged against our country. [Clip of Rev. Wright:] "Not God Bless America, God ...

An ‘Emergency Effort to Stop Barack Obama’
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — (The Secret Money blog is a joint project of the Center for Investigative Reporting and National Public Radio.) Anti-Obama ads, amid an onslaught of emails Every election season, some independent groups sizzle with controversy and impact, and others fizzle. We couldn’t ...

If He Won’t Help Himself…
No Runny Eggs — …maybe others can. John McCain has said that he will not use Jeremiah Wright as an issue in this campaign.  He believes that it is a “religious issue” and outside the bounds of political discussion.  I’m not sure how someone who Obama himself said was a “mentor,” someone who believes that the US purposely distributed AIDs to African Americans and has openly supported Kadhafi, Louis Farrakhan and Hamas isn’t a political issue but… If McCain won’t pick up Wright as an issue himself, he now has help.  the National Repulican Trust PAC has picked up advertising time in a number of states and will be ...

The Return of Jeremiah Wright - video
USS Neverdock —

Race-Tinged Attack Ads Start Flowing From Right In Campaign's Home Stretch
TPM Election Central — The outside groups on the right are starting to hit the race panic button as time runs out and things look increasingly dire. The National Republican Trust PAC, for instance, just reported to the FEC that it sank nearly $900,000 into a new ad buy, most likely for this spot hitting Obama with a bunch of footage of Jeremiah Wright's rants: The group had previously vowed to spend some $2.5 million on the spot, so this current buy falls short, but nonetheless amounts to real ad cash. (There's still more time, obviously, for the group to do a second buy.) Meanwhile, ...

Just a Reminder
Slublog — Hey...remember this guy? The left and the media squawked about this prayer, but seem to have forgotten all about Wright once it became clear Hillary Clinton would not win the nomination.

Zogby: McCain Leads
Blue Star Chronicles — John McCain has taken the lead in one day polling conducted on Friday. Read about it below and see a video. Senator John McCain John McCain is currently leading Barack Obama by one point. Drudge is reporting a lead of 48 to 47. ZOGBY SATURDAY: McCain outpolled Obama ...

New ad from The National Republican Trust PAC
Babalu Blog — New ad from The National Republican Trust PAC "For 20 years Barack Obama followed a preacher of hate and said nothing as Wright raged against our country." Posted by George Moneo at November 1, 2008 09:24 PM Comments Post a comment

GOP 527 Launches $2.5 Million Wright Ad In Battleground States
Firedoglake — As the McCain campaign starts to get some traction with a message on taxes and moves away from Ayers/Wright, the 527s pick up the slack.  This morning on Fox News Sunday, a group called the National Republican Trust PAC ran an ad linking Obama to Jeremiah Wright.  They will put $2.5 million into ...

Frame Job
BAGnewsNotes — The sleaziest move in the Obama-Wright ad running nationally now is to show Obama as more married to Jeremiah Wright than he was to his own wife on his wedding day. ...When you watch the ad, notice how the noxious text actually cancels Obama out of his own wedding picture. With the marriage photo set back ...

Wright Ad ... Running Nationally
Hotline On Call Part Deux — John McCain declared Jeremiah Wright off-limits, but a group called the National Republican Trust is airing a spot about Barack Obama's former preacher. Appeared a few minutes ago on MSNBC. The PA GOP is also running an ad featuring Wright. Too little, too late?

Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads Of 2008
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — It is tradition in every campaign for each side to denounce the other as having run the sleaziest race in modern political history. And certainly it seems like every day brings with it a new attack ad deemed "the worst one yet." While historians are generally skittish when it comes to such claims -- pointing out that past years witnessed some serious mudslinging of their own -- it is hard to dismiss just how dirty and/or memorable some of the attack ads have been this election cycle. Many times it is an outside group hurling the sludge. On several occasions the notably nasty or remarkable stuff is aired during a Congressional race. ...

Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads Of 2008
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — It is tradition in every campaign for each side to denounce the other as having run the sleaziest race in modern political history. And certainly it seems like every day brings with it a new attack ad deemed "the worst one yet." While historians are generally skittish when it comes to such claims -- pointing out that past years witnessed some serious mudslinging of their own -- it is hard to dismiss just how dirty and/or memorable some of the attack ads have been this election cycle. Many times it is an outside group hurling the sludge. On several occasions the notably nasty or remarkable stuff is aired during a Congressional race. ...

Guess What Ad I Just Saw During The Today Show?
Perfunction — I assume this was a local market buy, as it was interspersed among a couple of other local political ads (judges, councilmen, etc.). But why play it on Election Day morning in the deepest of deep red states? While I'm not exactly in a battleground state, my Congressional ...

Very Odd Red State Ad Buy This AM - [Cuffy Meigs]
Ace of Spades HQ — Very Odd Red State Ad Buy This AM - [Cuffy Meigs] Yours truly lives in the deepest of deep red states, so you could imagine my surprise when I saw this ad playing during the first commercial break of NBC's Today Show: As it was interspersed among local yokel campaign ads for judges and sheriffs, it was surely a local market buy. And it was the first time I'd ever seen that ad on real TV, not YouTube. Alabama is kinda sorta a conservative bastion --- really , believe it --- and not considered a battleground state. So why would the GOP Trust PAC waste money running it here of all places ... on Election Day morning? The obvious answer from the MSM is, well, ...

Jeremiah Wright, former pastor of Barack Obama, stars in an anti-Obama spot after all
Top of the Ticket — While Sen. John McCain has puzzled even running mate Sarah Palin for refusing to make an issue of Sen. Barack Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, others are taking up what they perceive to be the slack. Ohio airwaves have been saturated in the closing days of the campaign with clips of the former Trinity United Church of Christ pastor in an anti-Obama TV ad (or see video below) by the National Republican Trust, an independent political action committee. The group has said it will spend $2.5 million to air a 30-second spot, not just in the battleground state of Ohio, but also in Florida and Pennsylvania. The spot is as ...

No More Mister Nice Blog — THIS WAS GOING TO WIN YOU THE ELECTION? I'm too much of a cyber-klutz to embed it, so you'll have to go here to watch The Ad That Would Have Changed Everything If Only That McCain Guy Weren't So Gosh-Darn Principled: Even as his campaign fell far behind in the polls, Sen. John McCain refused to authorize the use of a fully-produced 30-second television commercial that criticized Barack Obama for his relationship with the controversial pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright. A copy of the spot, obtained by ABC News, indicates the campaign spent the time and money necessary to produce a polished final tape, even ...