McCain Ad Blasts Obama's Troop Snafu
The Atlantic Politics Channel — The ad will run in Colorado and Pennsylvania. Anncr: Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan. He hadn't been to Iraq in years. He voted against funding our troops. And now, he made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras. John McCain is ...

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 ...

New McCain Ads Attack Obama's Canceled Troop Visit
The Caucus — July 26 0 comments New McCain Ads Attack Obama’s Canceled Troop Visit A canceled meeting with wounded troops in Germany continues to reverberate as Barack Obama returns home, serving as fodder for a new ad from John McCain’s campaign. July 26 1 comments Sunday’s Breakfast Menu, July 27 The candidates themselves are the highlight of this Sunday’s talk schedule, with both making multiple appearances. July 26 49 comments The Early Word: Both Candidates Compared to Bush Foreign leaders preview life after President Bush with Barack Obama’s visit, while the White House and John McCain appear to be diverging on ...

McCain Hammers Obama on Troop Cancellation
Power Line — In recent days, John McCain has stepped up the pace of his attacks on Barack Obama. Now he's lost no time in going after Obama for canceling his visit to wounded soldiers in Germany, even though he had time to go to the gym and sightsee in Berlin. This is the new YouTube ad: Brutal. In the end, this character-revealing blunder may be the only thing voters remember about Obama's international excursion.

New McCain ad: Obama didn’t visit the troops in Germany because he couldn’t bring cameras
Hot Air » Top Picks — New McCain ad: Obama didn’t visit the troops in Germany because he couldn’t bring cameras posted at 5:48 pm on July 26, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly This is a sequel to the attack ad McCain dropped on him at the beginning of his trip, retaining some of the same points about Obama’s NATO subcommittee and his having steered clear of Iraq for almost three years. It’s also a sequel of sorts to the “Pump” ad from a few days ago suggesting that Obama uniquely was somehow to blame for soaring gas prices; anyone who believes that will, I guess, also believe that he’d torpedo a ...

The AP Admits We Are Winning In Iraq
Flopping Aces — If you wanted us out of Iraq a few years ago, if you wanted us to run like cowards because the going was a bit tough, if you uttered the words “not in my name” while speaking about Iraq, then you cannot claim the victory that pretty much everyone has now come to the conclusion Iraq is. When the AP, the news organization that did its best to spin and misinform any news on the war to prevent anyone from saying Bush was right, writes that we have won in Iraq….then you can be pretty sure that the left has no where else to run to except their echo chambers at DummiesU and ...

Berlin
Maggie's Farm — Quote from Surber: Maliki got Obama off the hook in Iraq. But Berlin was a bridge too far. He became a rock star. And like many American celebrities on a high from European adulation, Obama knocked his native nation.   I know my country has not perfected itself. ...

Brutal McCain Ad Hammers Obama On Troop Visit Cancellation
Hyscience — ... as in seriously brutal! McCain's lost no time in going after Obama for canceling his visit to wounded soldiers in Germany, even though he had time to go to the gym and sightsee in Berlin (HT - Powerline) As John at Powerline notes, in the end, this character-revealing blunder may very well be the only thing voters remember about Obama's international "excursion." ...

New McCain ad hits Obama for troop visit (or lack thereof)
Ben Smith's Blog — J-Mart has more thoughts, and notes that this ad represents a shift from attacks on policy matters to an attack on character. UPDATE: Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor responds, "John McCain is an honorable man who is running an increasingly dishonorable campaign. Senator McCain knows full well that Senator Obama strongly supports and honors our troops, which is what makes this attack so disingenuous. Senator Obama was honored to meet with our men and women in uniform in Iraq and Afghanistan this week and has visited wounded soldiers at Walter Reed numerous times. This politicization of our ...

McCain Ad: Obama Isn't There For The Troops Unless Cameras Are Around
TPM Election Central — The McCain campaign has this brutal new attack ad against Barack Obama, making the blatantly false charge that he doesn't care about the troops unless there are cameras around: "And now, he made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops," the announcer says. "Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras." "John McCain is always there for our troops." As we reported yesterday, the Pentagon told Obama that the issue here was not that he couldn't bring cameras, but that he only had campaign staff with him ...

About that gym visit cited in McCain's new ad
Jonathan Martin's Blog — McCain's campaign didn't have footage of Obama's actual trip to the gym Wednesday in Germany, so for the portion of their new ad when they ding the Democrat for making time to work out they flash imagery of Obama shooting hoops. The problem, as noted by many emailers, is that the shots are taken are from a gym on an American military post.   That's right, McCain's camp went after Obama for ditching a trip to see wounded troops with images of Obama's visit to see American military personnel stationed in Kuwait last weekend. Good thing for McCain, the picture is too ...

Yglesias Award Nominee
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — by Chris Bodenner "[McCain's newest attack ad] is sequel of sorts to the "Pump" ad from a few days ago suggesting that Obama uniquely was somehow to blame for soaring gas prices; anyone who believes that will, I guess, also believe that he'd torpedo a visit to see wounded troops because there'd be no flashbulbs popping in his face. Not only does that not fit the facts — he left his pool reporters outside when he visited Walter Reed a few weeks ago, and as I noted last night, his spokesman says the plan at Landstuhl was to keep the press on the plane — but even under the worst ...

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. ...

McCain Uses Obama’s Cancelled Troops Visit in New TV Ad
The Page by Mark Halperin - TIME.com — The presumptive GOP nominee uses Obama’s decision to skip a scheduled visit with U.S. troops in Germany against him in new TV spot. “He made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow ...

"Fawning" Foreigners: Obama Big, McCain Small
democracyarsenal.org — The McCain Campaign has finally found its line of attack against Barack Obama's widely heralded global tour. Ever since Obama canceled a trip to visit wounded soldiers in Germany, based on logistical disagreements with the Pentagon, McCain has used the snafu to argue that Obama -- you guessed it -- does not support the troops.  A new ad, released on Saturday, assails Obama for prioritizing limelight and exercise over honoring American soldiers:   And now, he made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him ...

McCain Ad Blasts Obama's "Troop" Visit Snafu
The Atlantic Politics Channel — The ad will run in Colorado and Pennsylvania. Anncr: Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan. He hadn't been to Iraq in years. He voted against funding our troops. And now, he made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring ...

McCain Ad Hits Obama Over Blowing Off Troops
Ace of Spades HQ — McCain Ad Hits Obama Over Blowing Off Troops Obama almost made it through his World Tour without screwing up but he couldn't quite do it and even the MSM has followed up on the troop visit story ...

The Real McCain
The Anonymous Liberal — I've previously observed that John McCain has not exactly been running the "respectful campaign focused on the issues" that he promised to run.  Today, however, he reached a new low.  His new ad, well, just take a look... This is the kind of ad that would be cheap and dishonorable if it was run by a fly-by-night 527 group. But, sure enough, McCain himself "approves this message." He approves the false statements. He approves using the troops as props in cheap demagoguery. He approves implying that his opponent doesn't place "country first."  How honorable. ...

McCain Ad Says Obama Visited Gym Instead of Troops
44 — McCain Ad Says Obama Visited Gym Instead of Troops By Michael D. Shear Sen. John McCain lashed out at his Democratic rival in a tough new television ad Saturday, accusing him of "going to the gym" while in Germany instead of visiting wounded soldiers, and of doing so because the hospitals would not let television cameras film the visits. The Republican senator also repeats the charge in an interview to be aired Sunday morning, saying on ABC's "This Week" that "if I had been told by the Pentagon that I couldn't visit those troops, and I was there and wanted to be there, I guarantee you, there would have been a seismic event." ...

New McCain Ad Bashes Obama for Not Visiting Troops Using Footage of Obama Visiting Troops
Political Punch — Obama to NYT: ‘A Week of Great Press’ but ‘We Don't BUY Our Own Hype’ | Main New McCain Ad Bashes Obama for Not Visiting Troops Using Footage of Obama Visiting Troops July 26, 2008 10:53 PM Sen. Barack Obama's landing at Chicago's Midway airport this evening was greeted with the news that rival Sen. John McCain launched a new TV ad attacking Obama for that canceled visit to see wounded troops in Germany. Obama told me earlier today that the trip was canceled because of "a concern that maybe our visit was going to be perceived as political. And the last thing that I want to do is have injured ...

Country First
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When the going gets tough, McCain gets disgraceful
Political Animal — It’s nothing short of breathtaking to watch a once honorable man want the presidency so desperately, he’s willing to flush his credibility and reputation down the toilet. John McCain’s new TV ad marks a turning point, not only in this presidential campaign, but as a measurement of McCain’s increasingly absent character. “Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan,” the ad’s announcer says. “He hadn’t been to Iraq in years. He voted against funding our troops. And now, he made time to ...

New McCain Ad Slams Obama For Cancelling Visit With Wounded Troops
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McCain Takes Obama To Task Over Troop Treatment
RedState: Conservative News and Community — Obama Prefers A Workout Or A Martini To Visiting Troops Without Photograghers If it doesn't make good campaign propaganda, provide useful campaign imagery, or lend itself to raising campaign funds, Obama isn't interested. We know Obama doesn't really care about what is happening in Afghanistan. If he did care, Obama would have conducted hearings on Afghanistan. Obama never held a single hearing on Afghanistan: Barack Obama: "I became Chairman of this committee at the beginning of this campaign, at the beginning of 2007. So it is true that we haven't had oversight ...

It's the disrespect, stupid
The Reaction — By Creature If this is John McCain's idea of a civil campaign, I hate to see what a nasty is. Beyond the lies, see Benen for a rundown, this ad--and the tenor of John McCain's entire campaign--is just plain disrespectful. Not only should Obama not stand for it, the entire Democratic party should be up in arms today. Webb, Biden, Dodd, Clinton (x2), they should all be on the TV screaming bloody murder today, tomorrow, and the next day. Democrats have been disrespected, their ...

McCain Slams Obama for Dissing Troops
Outside The Beltway | OTB — McCain Slams Obama for Dissing Troops In his latest ad, “Troops,” John McCain is trying to make hay of Barack Obama’s decision not to visit the troops in Landstuhl, Germany once he found out he couldn’t bring his campaign staff: The key sound byte: “He made time to go to the gym, but canceled a visit with wounded troops. Seems the Pentagon wouldn’t allow him to bring cameras.” This strikes me as a weak attack and a poor campaign strategy. First, Obama can rightly blame the Pentagon for the canceled trip even though it’s technically true that he was free to go in his capacity as a United States Senator if he left ...

Country First
Say Anything — McCain starts to raise the bar on Obama. Hat tip Right Wing Sparkle Cross Posted at Proof Positive ...

McCain Ad Pounces On Obama's Decision to Blow Off Wounded Troops Because He Couldn't Bring Cameras
Gateway Pundit — Antiwar Democrat Barack Obama, who voted against the successful troop surge and who finally got around to visiting Afghanistan, decided to blow off the wounded troops ...

Radical Country Club Ivory Tower Negro Elitist Snubs Troops
Lawyers, Guns and Money — While engaging in quasi-fascist workout regimen on foreign soil. Via the Straight Talk Express.

Visiting The Troops
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel The ad McCain released yesterday attacks Obama for not visiting injured troops during his time in Germany, because "the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras," a statement which is reportedly false.  Here is what TPM is reporting: "A Pentagon spokesperson confirms to me that because of longstanding Department of Defense regulations, Pentagon officials told Obama aides that he couldn't visit the base with campaign staff. This left Obama with little choice but to cancel the trip, ...

The Day After
Political Animal — THE DAY AFTER.... I've never been a big John McCain fan. Even in the 2001-2004 era, when he was flirting with the left and opposing the most neanderthal elements in his own party, I didn't really warm to him. To me, he mostly seemed like a standard issue conservative who had discovered a good schtick during the 2000 campaign and was milking it for all it was worth, pandering to a press and pundit corps that, he had learned, routinely goes gaga over politicians who supposedly reject the shibboleths of both parties and simply speak their mind. I never really bought it, but at the same time, politics is politics. McCain was hardly ...

A Stunningly Dishonest Campaign Ad
Comments from Left Field — Here is John McCain’s campaign ad accusing Barack Obama of blowing off wounded American troops in Germany so he could go to the gym: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49hC9TpP_rY As I have blogged at Comments from Left Field, this accusation, which has been picked up and ...

"Troops"
Hotline On Call Part Deux — John McCain goes hard negative in a new TV spot running in CO, PA and Northern Virginia, criticizing Barack Obama for failing to hold a "single Senate hearing on Afghanistan," not traveling to Iraq for years, frequenting the gym and canceling scheduled visits to wounded troops at Ramstein and Landstuhl. Obama camp spokesman Tommy Vietor issued this statement: "As Senator Obama said today, the last thing he wanted was to have injured soldiers get pulled into the back-and-forth of a political campaign. That's why we imagine Senator McCain would be surprised that his ...

Sean Hannity Inspiration For Latest McCain Attack Ad?
News Hounds — According to ABC News, the John McCain campaign blasted an email on Friday (7/25/08) quoting Sean Hannity's attack on Barack Obama. A day later, Hannity's message was the framework of McCain's latest attack ad. ABC implies that Hannity inspired the ad but I suspect it was the other way around. Either way, it's a revealing glimpse at just how intertwined Hannity and the Republican Party are. ABC reported: On Friday, among the blizzard of daily e-mails the ever-vigilant McCain press office sends, was one under the headline "In Case You Missed It: Hannity on Barack Obama's Cancelled Military Visits." ...

links for 2008-07-28
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — Day By Day by Chris Muir July 27, 2008 (tags: Day By Barack Obama John McCain NBC) John Edward’s Role at the Denver Democrat Convention? (tags: John Edwards) The Campaign ...

The Slime of the Ancient Mariner
Balloon Juice — Just a quick update on the “respectful campaign” being run by St. John McCain. This all happened in the last week: 1.) Released a ridiculous ad claiming Obama was responsible for high gas prices: ...

When a presidential campaign gets caught lying, it should be news
Political Animal — We talked yesterday about the new ad from the McCain campaign, which marked a new, dishonorable low in an already-embarrassing presidential campaign. The 30-second spot features one deceptive claim after another. Reporters no doubt realize that the scurrilous ad is a work of fiction, but as Greg Sargent noted today, news outlets are simply unwilling to pass this information along to the public. CNN has a piece here, The New York Times has one here, The Washington Post has write-ups here and here, and the Associated Press has one here. ...

Incompetent: McCain ad attacks Obama for not visiting the troops by using video of Obama visiting the troops
Crooks and Liars —   We all know the McCain campaign is becoming increasingly desperate with their scurrilous and baseless attacks on Senator Obama. When you think about it, there really is no other option for them since they’re on the wrong side of literally every single issue. But if you’re going to smear your opponent, you should probably aim to help your cause rather than hurt it. McCain latest ad, called “Troops,” attacks Obama as some kind of troop-hater because he didn’t bother to visit with wounded soldiers during his trip overseas. The only problem? The ad contains footage of Obama ...

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 ...

Daily Blog Buzz: Obama's Turbulent Re-entry
Weekly Standard Blog — Barack Obama returned home to lots of press about his World Tour--but not the press he had hoped for. The candidate has been criticized for canceling his visit to wounded U.S. troops in Landstuhl, Germany. ABC's Jake Tapper says, "The campaign had initially said that Sen. Obama had said he thought it might be inappropriate to visit the troops since the campaign was funding his European swing." Then an Obama adviser said that the Pentagon disapproved of the visit because it was a "campaign event." Then, according to Tapper, "the Pentagon said that wasn't true, that Obama was more than welcome to come, it was just ...

Chuck Hagel on McCain attack ad: He’s “treading on some very thin ground here”
Crooks and Liars — Sens Chuck Hagel and Jack Reed appeared on “Face The Nation” Sunday to talk about their recent trip overseas with Barack Obama, and although they may hail from different political parties, both senators agreed that John McCain’s latest misleading ad is divisive and inappropriate.  Download | Play  Download | Play Hagel: “I think John is treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives and when we start to get into, `You’re less patriotic than me. I’m ...

For The Troops
Classical Values — [image] previous entry | main July 28, 2008 For The Troops posted by Simon on 07.28.08 at 07:13 PM TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://classicalvalues.com/cgi-bin/pings.cgi/6953 Comments Post a comment You may use basic HTML for formatting. Name: Email Address: URL: Remember Me? Yes No Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)

Barack Obama Watch: Playing Politics With Iraq
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — John McCain’s latest television ad, Troops Is Barack Obama playing politics with the Iraq War? Isn’t it obvious? But, John McCain does NOT have to paint Obama as a typical,duplicitous, lying ...

McCain, The (Subtle) Race Card, And Obama, The Uppity Gym Rat
BAGnewsNotes — In my "ObamaPhobia" talk at NetrootsNation, I detailed a pattern of negative media coverage built around racist stereotypes as well as false rumors of Obama as a closet Muslim.  My focus, of course, was on how this framing plays out at the visual level.  In McCain's latest attack ad, I see his campaign starting to draw on some of these same themes. The "Troops" ad tries to impugn Obama by alleging he skipped a visit with injured troops in Kuwait because the Pentagon wouldn't let him film it.  Here's the link to view the whole ...

John McCain: Webster’s Definition of Hypocrisy
South Dakota Humanist — Soon after I moved my blogging efforts from my old site to this one, I had a few people ask me why I switched. Besides the fact that I felt the definition of a moderate in South Dakota had changed so much it no longer applied to me, my 3 year run digging deeply into the political process had opened my eyes to just how much hypocrisy was being displayed by politicians and that realization gave me a whole new direction to follow. That position was further solidified when something wonderful happened, John McCain won the GOP primary. Almost daily McCain gives me fodder for the blog, you know the Obama attack ad that blamed ...

Barack Obama Watch: The 11 Reasons I Did Not Visit the Troops in Germany
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — John McCain’s latest television ad, Troops Team Obama’s excuses for Barack Obama’s GAFFE in not visitng the troops while in Germany (but managing to make it to the gym) is becoming laughable. Here are the ...

Didn’t McCain’s camp say they would run a “respectful campaign?” Romney knows!
Crooks and Liars — Remember this memo? To: Campaign Leadership From: Rick Davis, Subject: McCain Message, Date: 3/11/2008 John McCain is now the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party. It is critical, as we prepare to face off with whomever the Democrats ...

Live by the Poll, Die by the Poll
The American Spectator — According to a poll conducted June 18-19, Barack Obama had a15-point lead over John McCain. A poll conducted July 25-27, however, showed McCain with a 4-point lead over the Democrat. Given this 19-point swing in favor of the Republican candidate over a period of 38 days, if the trend continues at the current rate, on what date will Obama's support reach zero? (Extra credit: If the Democrat gets no votes, will McCain get 100 percent? If not, please estimate the percentage of the total popular vote that will be won by Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney and Ralph Nader.) While you run through those equations with your ...

“What Happened, Cindy?”
Comments from Left Field — John Amato has the Obama campaign’s latest ad, responding to John McCain’s two recent attack ads, here and here. It’s not just Obama supporters who are criticizing McCain’s recent ads: John Weaver, for years one of John McCain’s closest friends and confidants, has been in exile since his resignation from McCain’s presidential campaign last year. With the exception of an occasional interview, he has, by his own account, bit his tongue as McCain’s campaign has ...

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: ...

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 ...

Is Obama’s Victory a Statistical Certainty?
The American Spectator — Analogies from sports are often employed to describe the competitive clash of politics and I've used a baseball metaphor myself to describe the current presidential campaign. However, my eyebrows were raised when I learned that Internet poll guru Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight (538 = total number of Electoral College votes) comes to political punditry from a background of baseball statistics . (See the Newsweek article here .) The real problem with this is that, unlike the cold reality of baseball statistics, campaign polls are a flawed instrument that yield only an approximation of public ...

So Much Deception in a Single 30-Second McCain Ad
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — We already know beyond any doubt that John McCain long ago abandoned any semblance of the honorable campaign he vowed to run against Barack Obama. But the faux maverick has reached the point where he can't even manage to run a 30-second television ad without a single lie included. Take a look at this television gem that McCain has been running for about a month in which he does everything he can to dishonestly paint Obama as unsupportive of America's military men and women: There's so much deception in this one ad that I'm going to have to deconstruct it in ...

Bob Geiger: So Much Deception in a Single 30-Second McCain Ad
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — We already know beyond any doubt that John McCain long ago abandoned any semblance of the honorable campaign he vowed to run against Barack Obama. But the faux maverick has reached the point where he can't even manage to run a 30-second television ad without a single lie included. Take a look at this television gem that McCain has been running for about a month in which he does everything he can to dishonestly paint Obama as unsupportive of America's military men and women: There's so much deception in this one ad that I'm going to have to deconstruct it ...

Part Two: So Much Deception in a Single 30-Second McCain Ad
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely — It can be difficult to pick which one of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's television ads against Barack Obama contains the most lies and distortions, but I wrote about one yesterday that I think comes close. It's been running in key states for about a month and pulls out the full Karl-Rove playbook to make people think that Obama has no regard for America's troops and Veterans and that John McCain should be their hero. In part one yesterday, we used McCain's own Senate voting record to blow away his claim that he has "always supported our troops." Today we look at the rest of what is truly ...

Bob Geiger: Part Two: So Much Deception in a Single 30-Second McCain Ad
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — It can be difficult to pick which one of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's television ads against Barack Obama contains the most lies and distortions, but I wrote about one yesterday that I think comes close. It's been running in key states for about a month and pulls out the full Karl-Rove playbook to make people think that Obama has no regard for America's troops and Veterans and that John McCain should be their hero. In part one yesterday, we used McCain's own Senate voting record to blow away his claim that he has "always supported our troops." Today we look at the rest of what is ...