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Matt Lewis: New McCain Ad: 'Tiny'
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 New McCain Ad: 'Tiny' Posted by: Matt Lewis at 7:15 AM
McCain ad: “Tiny”
Hot Air » Top Picks —
McCain ad: “Tiny” posted at 8:15 am on August 27, 2008 by Ed Morrissey Send to a Friend | printer-friendly John McCain will spend this week reminding people of the fundamental unreadiness of Barack Obama to lead the nation in perilous times. Yesterday, he used Hillary Clinton as his unwitting spokesperson, but today he uses … Barack Obama. His extemporaneous comments on the lack of threat from “tiny” Iran in May get featured in “Tiny” today: Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism. Developing nuclear capabilities to “generate power” but threatening to eliminate Israel. Obama says Iran ...
McCain Ad: 'Tiny'
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
A new McCain TV ad says Obama is "dangerously unprepared to be president." The campaign did not say exactly where or when the ad would be aired. A Wall Street Journal article yesterday reported that... ...
McCain Spot Hits Obama on Iran
The Page by Mark Halperin —
Ominous TV ad plays up danger from Iran, while quoting Obama calling it a “tiny” country that “doesn’t pose a serious threat.” Click above to watch.
Concludes: “Obama: dangerously unprepared to be ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
New McCain Ad: Obama "Dangerously Unprepared" To Deal With Iran
The McCain campaign has a new ad out, which the campaign says will run in "key states," attacking Obama as "dangerously unprepared to be president" and confront the threat of Iran. The ad -- and it's a good question whether this will seriously run anywhere -- seems tailor-made to counter today's Dem convention theme of national security:
Tonight: Bill Clinton And Joe Biden To Address Convention
Tonight's theme for the Democratic Convention is national security, but two speakers ...
"Dangerously Unprepared to be President"
Power Line —
John McCain's new ad, called "Tiny," is about Barack Obama's failure to understand the threat posed by Iran: I might be mistaken, but I believe the tag line, "dangerously unprepared to be President," represents a ramping up of McCain's criticism of Obama's lack of qualifications for the office.
‘Tiny’: New McCain Ad Calls Obama ‘Dangerously Unprepared To Be President’
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
New McCain Ad Badly Distorts Obama's Words About Iran
TPM Election Central —
The new McCain ad released this morning attacking Obama on Iran rips Obama's words out of context so egregiously that it amounts to a distortion at best and an outright smear at worst.
The ad's narrator says: "Obama says Obama is a 'tiny' country. 'Doesn't post a serious threat.' Terrorism? Destroying Israel? Those aren't serious threats?"
The quote where Obama supposedly said that Iran "doesn't pose a serious threat" was delivered by him on May 18, 2008, according to the date flashed by the ad itself.
But in juxtaposing that truncated quote with ...
McCain Ad: Obama 'Dangerously Unprepared'
News —
McCain Ad: Obama 'Dangerously Unprepared' John McCain's new ad calls Barack Obama "dangerously unprepared to be president" and criticizes him for past his statements about Iran. Read the transcript and watch the ad below. Script For "Tiny" (TV :30) ANNCR: Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism. Developing nuclear capabilities to "generate power" but threatening to eliminate Israel. Obama says Iran is a "tiny" country, "doesn't pose a serious threat". Terrorism, destroying Israel, those aren't "serious threats"? Obama — dangerously unprepared to be president. JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I ...
McCain ad turns to foreign policy
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Another day in Denver brings another McCain ad served up for the voracious mouths at the cable nets who have many hours to fill before and after the marquee speakers.
With some of tonight's speakers, especially Joe Biden, intending to focus on foreign policy, McCain's camp focuses their attention on what they portray as Obama's minimizing of the threat posed by Israel.
In doing so, they take some liberties with the quote they attribute to Obama. & nbsp; & nbsp; In the ad's telling, Obama said Iran was & quot;tiny & quot; and & quot;doesn't pose a serious threat. & ...
John McCain's New Ad: 'Tiny'
Hyscience —
McCain uses Obama's extemporaneous comments on the lack of threat from "tiny" Iran in thisnew ad:
And just in case Team Obama claims McCain's ad distorts what he really said, here's the video of what he said and it's actually worse than in McCain's ad:
Michelle Malkin offers some interesting commentary on 'Tiny' and Obama's incredible naivete. ...
New McCain Ad: 'Obama, Dangerously Unprepared'
JammieWearingFool —
New McCain Ad: 'Obama, Dangerously Unprepared' posted by JammieWearingFool @ 11:13 AM Digg! | links to this post [image] [image]
From the Fact Check Desk: Did Obama Say Iran is a 'Tiny' Country that 'Doesn't Pose a Serious Threat'?
Political Punch —
Yes He Can? (Be Commander-in-Chief) | Main From the Fact Check Desk: Did Obama Say Iran is a 'Tiny' Country that 'Doesn't Pose a Serious Threat'? August 27, 2008 11:13 AM We in the media have given a lot of airtime to the TV ads of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., this week, starring as they do Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY. There's been evidence emerging that McCain's campaign isn't really running these ads anywhere, according to the Campaign Media Analysis Group. “These were basically video press releases,” CMAG’s Evan Tracey tells the Wall Street Journal . OK, so that's kind of dishonest of the McCain ...
McCain: Too Reckless to Lead
democracyarsenal.org —
John McCain has an ad up trying to scare the American people about Iran and saying Obama doesn't take the threat seriously enough. I think it's time to take the gloves off and paint McCain as the reckless and dangerous overeager warrior that he is.
If I was the Obama campaign I would probably go with something like this:
John McCain. He was a cheerleader for George Bush and Dick Cheney's war
in Iraq. He has said we should bomb Iran. He's willing to get
into major escalations with China and Russia. He thought war with
North Korea was inevitable. He even called ...
McCain: 'Tiny'
Ben Smith's Blog —
McCain has been releasing a series of ads more or less on the Democratic convention's own themes, and today's is security.
Today's uses Obama quotes on Iran and Israel to call Obama & quot;dangerously unprepared. & quot;
The ad conflates Obama's quotes about America's security and Israel's, suggesting I suppose that they're identical, and stretches fairly badly out of context.
Obama has said that Iran doesn't pose the same kind of threat to the U.S. that the Soviet Union did (which seems indisputable). But McCain is hoping the nuance doesn't go over so well here, and the ...
New McCain "Ad" Calls Obama "Dangerously Unprepared"
The Atlantic Politics Channel —
A new McCain campaign "ad" (airing presumably on cable in a few states) is notable for the narrator's tag line: "Barack Obama. Dangerously unprepared to be president."
Smears And Fears
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
My main worry with John McCain is foreign policy. What do I worry about? That everything that has been awry with this administration would be made worse by his. Seeing the world as a series of enemies to be attacked rather than as a series of relationships to be managed and a series of foes to be undermined has proven of limited use. Even the successful removal of the Taliban has led, six years later, to a long and grueling counter-insurgency with no end in sight and a reconstituted al Qaeda in a nuclear-armed, unstable state. The invasion of Iraq - in the abstract, a noble cause against an evil enemy - has caused the deaths ...
McCain Ad: Obama "Dangerously Unprepared" To Be President
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
John McCain's new ad hits Barack Obama with a specific and harsh assault on Iran policy. Watch:
The AP, for its part, calls the ad misleading:
The ad is misleading because it states that Obama said Iran is "tiny" and "doesn't pose a serious threat" without noting that Obama was comparing the threat Iran poses today to the Soviet Union, the nuclear-armed adversary of the U.S. during the Cold War.
Transcript:
Script For "Tiny" (TV :30)
ANNCR: Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of ...
New McCain Ad on Obama and Iran
Weekly Standard Blog —
"Tiny"
Hotline On Call Part Deux —
New John McCain spot running in "key states" alleges that Barack Obama has minimized the threat posed by Iran.
Script For "Tiny" (TV :30)
ANNCR: Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism.
Developing nuclear capabilities to "generate power" but threatening to eliminate Israel.
Obama says Iran is a "tiny" country, "doesn't pose a serious threat".
Terrorism, destroying Israel, those aren't "serious threats"?
Obama -- dangerously unprepared to be ...
Barack Obama - Dangerously Unprepared to Be President
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
New John McCain Ad: Tiny
Team McCain attacks Barack Obama on foreign policy and most notably on calling Iran a “TINY” threat. McCain has slammed Obama previously on Obama’s remarks.
“Before I ...
McCain Attack Ad Makes an Issue of Iran
44 —
I am an independent voter who supported both McCain and Obama from last year. But McCain's comments over the last few months have convinced me now. I typically do not like negative campaigning, but the Obama people (and Joe Biden) need to make this clear: McCain escalates every world crisis. He will trigger an international confrontation. It is sad to say but he is a warmonger. I say it with great sadness because I was expecting much more and have been greatly disappointed with his rhetoric. America needs to use its power wisely to be effective. It cannot seek to intervene everywhere. It must reserve its strength for ...
MCain Should Not Need To Lie To Win
JustOneMinute —
Call me delusional but I think McCain could beat the engaging but insubstantial Obama on his own merits and does not need to rely on distortions as in this ad : Today's new McCain ad -- "Tiny," which you can watch HERE -- crosses a new line into dishonesty, however, beyond whether or not it's actually airing anywhere. The script reads; "Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism. Developing nuclear capabilities to 'generate power' but threatening to eliminate Israel. "Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat,'" the ad continues. "Terrorism, destroying Israel, those ...
McCain and Scheunemann’s Iran Connection
Wonk Room —
In the wake of John McCain’s latest tacit admission that he’s got nothing to offer Americans other than fear itself — last month it was Iran, last week it was Russia, today it’s Iran again — it’s worth pointing out that John McCain and his foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann have a longstanding relationship with an Iranian collaborator.
I’m referring of course to Ahmad Chalabi, the notorious Iraqi former exile who was the source of much of the bad WMD intelligence used by the Bush administration to justify the Iraq war. Chalabi has now been effectively ...
"Tiny"
Ace of Spades HQ —
"Tiny" McCain's new ad. Well, maybe not a threat to Caesar Obama.
Brainster's Blog — What the-? Jake Tapper tries a little fact-checking: Today's new McCain ad -- "Tiny," which you can watch HERE -- crosses a new line into dishonesty, however, beyond whether or not it's actually airing anywhere. Alright, cool, a new line being crossed in dishonesty, this sounds interesting: The script reads; "Iran. Radical Islamic government. Known sponsors of terrorism. Developing nuclear capabilities to 'generate power' but threatening to eliminate Israel. "Obama says Iran is a 'tiny' country, 'doesn't pose a serious threat,'" ...
Is John McCain Too Reckless To Lead?
DownWithTyranny! —
Ron Paul supporters welcome the Hate Fest to St Paul The theme of the St Paul HateFest seems to have shaped up into a two-tiered outreach: 1- Obama is not ready to lead 2- Obama is _______ (fill in anything a reactionary or bigot hates most) The giveaway? The spate of vicious, ...
Just Words. Just a “Tiny Country.”
Boots and Sabers —
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"Obama: Dangerously unprepared to be President"
Doug Ross @ Journal —
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 "Obama: Dangerously unprepared to be President" John McCain's ads continue to hammer Barack Obama on his inexperience and verbal gaffes . This particular ad is called "Tiny" , representing Obama's description of the threat posed by a nuclear Iran. [image] McCain's campaign didn't take my suggestion that they target ACORN with an ad entitled "Ask about our 'Crack-for-Votes' program". Hat tip : Powerline Labels: Democrats , Obama , War // posted by directorblue @ 9:45 PM Permalink | Comments | Trackback ...
McCain ad on Iran and Israel
Israel Matzav —
McCain ad on Iran and Israel Just in case anyone has missed it, it's a must see. ( Hat Tip: NY Nana via Little Green Footballs ). posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:57 AM [image] [image]
A Big Spot Called Tiny
The Next Right —
This one hits hard. A spot titled "Tiny", was just released by the McCain Campaign in perfect timing before Obama's big nomination speech.
For decades, foreign policy, military and security issues have been a perceived weakness for national Democrats - an achilles heal, if you will. Also, national security and dealing with outside threats of terrorism or war have been a largely solidifying issue for religious conservatives and more fiscal libertarian Republicans.
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The Cold War under Reagan and Bush's unmovable determination to ...
Robert Naiman: McCain Hypes the "Threat" from Iran
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
It may be Russia that recently sent its troops across international borders in violation of the UN Charter in a "humanitarian intervention" to protect the South Ossetians (can the Russians get Samantha Power to do PR for them about the "Responsibility to Protect"?), but Iran, apparently, remains the bogey of choice for McCain and the neocons, as indicated by McCain's "tiny" ad. Apparently the neocons think Iran will work better to "scare the hell out of the American people," in the phrase attributed to Senator Vandenberg. Russia has one big demerit as a neocon bogey: it has too much ability to defend itself. It has ...
60 Minutes Ask’s Obama - “Are You Punch Drunk?”
Flopping Aces —
Well, we can’t say the 52% of the public who voted for Obama were not warned that he was dangerously unprepared:
His Vice-President said the same thing:
As well as the man himself:
And we can all see it for ourselves:
STEVE KROFT VO:
ON THE SUBJECT OT THE AILING AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY THE PRESIDENT SAID HE IS STILL COMMITTED TO HELPING GENERAL MOTORS ...
