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MCCAIN HITS OBAMA HARD IN NEW TV AD
McCain: 'Troop funding'
Ben Smith's Blog —
A sharply negative spot from McCain, contrasting what he's casting as Obama's opportunism on Iraq with his steadfast support for the surge.
The ad contains some debatable claims, notably the suggestion that Obama's Senate Europe subcommittee should have been holding hearings on Afghanistan, and mixes policy and familiar national security politics:
"He voted against funding our troops," the narrator says. "John McCain has always supported our troops."
McCain up with first negative TV ad against Obama
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
John McCain's campaign is airing its first TV ad taking direct aim at Barack Obama, using the Democrat's overseas trip to criticize him on national security and to press the case that he's a flip-flopper.
"Troop Funding" compares Obama unfavorably to McCain, incorporating the new campaign mantra at the end and flashing it on the screen: "McCain, Country First."
McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said it will air in the same 11 states where they're already up on the air and on national cable.
Asked why they decided to go negative, Rogers said, "There's a big contrast in this ...
McCain Camp Rolls Out Brutal New Attack Ad On Foreign Policy
TPM Election Central —
The McCain campaign has just unleashed a brutally negative new TV ad on national cable and key battleground states, accusing Barack Obama of shifting his positions and failing to support the troops:
"He hasn't been to Iraq in years. He voted against funding our troops," the announcer says. "Positions that helped him win his nomination. Now Obama is changing to help himself become president."
"John McCain has always supported our troops and the surge that's working. McCain. Country first."
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John McCain Hits Barack Obama in New TV Ad on Foreign Policy
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
John McCain’s latest television ad: “Troop Funding”
In a hard-hitting television ad, John McCain goes afer Barack Obama on foreign policy.
The script:
ANNCR: Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on ...
McCain Releases Attack Ad In Advance Of Obama Trip
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
John McCain gets aggressive in his new ad, accusing Obama of changing his position on the Iraq for political reasons and ignoring Afghanistan in the Senate. He also released a 17-page booklet attacking Obama's foreign policy, complete with the candidate's once-used, much-mocked seal.
[WATCH]
The transcript:
ANNCR: Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan.
He hasn't been to Iraq in years.
He voted against funding our troops.
Positions that helped him win his nomination. Now Obama is changing to help ...
McCain Giving Obama the Business over Iraq*. (Fixed.)
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
This would be the old one-two, you see.
One:
....aannnnnnd then
Two:
http://www.redstate.com/static/redstate/doc/2008/07/18/OBAMA_TRAVEL_PACKET.doc
I don't know which is going to tick off Obama supporters more -
and truth be told? I can't say that I remotely care. Hey, it's not
my fault that the Democrats seem ready to nominate a candidate who,
if they had cut Hillary Clinton in half, would have ended up being
the third most qualified national security choice
among the Democrats...
Moe Lane ...
McCain's First Negative Ad
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
That's what Domenico Montanaro is calling it. McCain's new TV ad takes on Obama over Iraq:
About that vote ‘against funding our troops’…
Political Animal —
In the aggressive new McCain campaign ad, the Republican nominee hits Barack Obama on his votes against the Bush administration’s Iraq policy.
“[Obama] voted against funding our troops,” the narrator says, with the words, “Against Troop Funding” appearing on screen, in all caps. “Positions that helped him win his nomination. Now Obama is changing to help himself become president. John McCain has always supported our troops and the surge that’s working.”
Now, we know Obama isn’t “changing” on Iraq at all. In fact, McCain has criticized him ...
Country First
Say Anything —
After giving fourteen and a half minutes of video from Senator O’blurry, I thought 30 seconds of a McCain spot might be fair and balanced!
Hat tip Hot Air
Cross Posted at Proof Positive
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Photo Ops and ‘Fake Interviews’: Obama’s Excellent Overseas Adventure
Pajamas Media —
Great pictures and fawning media coverage? Yes. Real evidence of foreign policy competence? Not yet. [image] Barack Obama’s campaign trip abroad was thought to be an effort to show him operating freely on the world stage. Instead, it has been a carefully managed exercise, designed to expose Obama to no contrary or potentially embarrassing viewpoints, and most of all, to shield him against the possibility that the media might capture a gaffe. THE PREGAME Obama had a rocky week before his overseas trip. He settled on a unique approach to national security: shoot first and ask questions later. Before his major overseas adventure he set his views ...
McCain uses Obama's nixed troop visit in toughest ad yet
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
John McCain's campaign is seizing on Barack Obama's decision to cancel a planned visit to wounded American troops by airing his toughest ad yet, in which he suggests the Democrat's move came after the "Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras."
"John McCain is always there for our troops," says the narrator in "Troops."
The ad will go on the air tonight in Denver and starting tomorrow in Washington, D.C.(reaching Northern Virginia) and Harrisburg, Penn. An aide didn't say if it would be on network or only cable broadcasts.
It is very ...
McCain To Obama: Welcome Home, Troop Hater
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
John McCain is welcoming Barack Obama back to America with a hard right cross.
The message of the Republican's new attack ad that debuted Saturday both perfects and makes more harsh a theme that his campaign has been developing for weeks: specifically, that the Illinois Democrat does not care about American troops. Drawing from Obama's one tactical misstep during his week-long trip abroad -- a canceled visit with wounded troops in Germany, the details of which are still controversial -- the McCain campaign nevertheless believes they have a useful new plot point at their disposal. ...
Tracey: Small buy for two negative ads
Ben Smith's Blog —
John McCain's current message is heavily focused on Obama's national security credentials, his canceled troop visit in German, and in general on pushing back against the wave of good press and good images that came out of Obama's trip.
But McCain's television advertising campaign doesn't seem to be matching that message.
Both his first foreign policy attack, released at the beginning of Obama's trip, and the hard-hitting latest spot, appear to be directed almost entirely at the media and insiders.
The new ad has been aired in the Washington, D.C. and Denver, Evan Tracey, who tracks media buys at the ...
Senate GOP Set To Block Troop Funding Bill
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Republicans in the Senate may be walking into a political trap this week, in which their insistence on considering energy legislation leads them to block significant increases in funding for the troops in Iraq.
Going into this week, the Senate Republicans insisted that they would block all the legislative measures until an energy bill was first brought to the floor.
Democratic leadership, initially furious over the obstructionism, is now calling their bluff. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last night introduced a Department of Defense Authorization bill that would, among other things, include a 3.9 percent ...
Cindy McCain: "My Husband Is Absolutley Opposed To Any Negative Campaigning At All"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
In a recently unearthed clip of Cindy McCain she makes the claim "none of this negative stuff, you won't see that come out of our side at all." This statement would prove untrue, as the Senator would release not, one, not two, not three, but four negative ads.
Watch Mrs. McCain and the negative ads below:
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The McCain Strategy: From Autobiography To Attack
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
There is no doubt: in the past few weeks John McCain has made a conscious decision to run a negative, personalized campaign against Barack Obama. A campaign that was once focused on pushing the biographic attributes of its own candidate has now become almost uniquely intent on tearing down the opponent.
This reading is objective. In the past month, the McCain campaign has launched ten web and television advertisements. The first two spots were almost entirely devoted to McCain. The last eight contained only three brief mentions of the Arizona Republican. Indeed, of the 16 minutes and 35 seconds of space that these eight ads ...
Test Your Damned McCain Narratives
Open Left - Front Page —
Various insiders are now fretting about Obama's campaign strategy going off course, and are doing what insiders do, which is to recommend shifts in how the campaign operates. My guess is that, as with Gore and Kerry, at this point no one is in charge of the Obama campaign, there are too many competing fiefdoms for message discipline to work. That's why lobbying on the inside doesn't really work for things like message changes on a Presidential level. ...
Members of "Fringe" Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s
Political Punch —
Oh, That Joe! (No. 5 in a Series) -- Biden: Now is the Moment for me 'as a US Senator Running for President' to Put Aside Politics | Main Members of "Fringe" Alaskan Independence Party Say Palin Was a Member in 90s September 01, 2008 6:52 PM The campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., likes to herald the independence of its new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which since the 1970s has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede ...
America Last? Sarah Palin Once A Member of the Alaskan Independence Party
Firedoglake —
Alaskan Independence Party
Ouch. ABC Political punch on Palin's unAmerican past:
Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal ...
Amygdala — AMERICA SECOND. Alaska is rich in natural resources, including humor: Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States. And while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP's motto is the exact opposite -- "Alaska First -- Alaska Always." Lynette Clark, the chairman of the AIP, tells ABC News that Palin and her husband Todd were ...
McCain Founds 'Country First' PAC to Aid 2010 Efforts
News —
McCain Founds 'Country First' PAC to Aid 2010 Efforts Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) established a new PAC in December co-opting a campaign slogan to support federal candidates in coming election cycles. McCain filed paperwork founding the "Country First PAC" on December 9th, according to Federal Election Commission documents . The new PAC, headquartered in Alexandria, Va., lists Keith Davis, a New Jersey-based local Republican official. McCain will publicly announce the PAC's formation today, CNN reported, and the fund will be used to help McCain's own 2010 reelection campaign, as well as broader GOP efforts throughout the country. ...
