McCain camp accuses Obama camp of 'Swift Boat-style' attack (PAC ad featuring fellow POW)

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

John McCain’s campaign accused Barack Obama’s Monday of encouraging a “Swift Boat-style” attack ad, produced by an independent group, that debuted this week on national cable. McCain-Palin spokesman Michael Goldfarb pointed to news reports as evidence the spot from Brave New PAC and Democracy for America had been launched “apparently at the behest of the Obama campaign.”

In the 30-second ad, McCain’s fellow prisoner of war Philip Butler describes the Republican nominee as “unfit to lead” – making the spot one of the first to mention McCain’s POW stint in a negative context. "The prisoner of war experience is not a good prerequisite for president of the United States," says Carter. "He was known as a very volatile guy and he would blow up and go like a Roman candle. John McCain is not someone I would like to see with his finger near the red button."

The ad’s release comes amid reports that the conservative American Issues Project is planning a multi-million dollar negative ad buy aimed at the Democratic nominee.

None of these groups are allowed to communicate or coordinate with the campaigns in any way because of federal campaign finance regulations....

In the news stories cited by the McCain team, unnamed sources within and close to the Obama campaign — which had publicly called for liberal groups not to run negative ads on his behalf – said they would no longer be raising those objections. The reports also noted a recent public silence from the Obama campaign on the issue. The Illinois senator’s campaign has publicly denied a shift in their position. John McCain’s campaign has not made a similar request of conservative organizations.

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/mccain-camp-accuses-obama-camp-of-swift-boat-style-attack/

[annabanana]

1. Pretty damn funny, considering that McCain has one of the original

SWIFTBOATERS doing 527s for him.. I mean really

[musette_sf]

2. live by the sword

die by the sword

tough sh!t, McCain, you were for it (Kerry) before you were against it (your own damn ass)

[Blasphemer]

3. Live by the sword, die by the sword

I'm sure they were looking forward to their swift boating going unanswered. It's just desserts and at least in this case, it's based in truth.

[bluestateguy]

4. Payback is a bitch...and so is your running mate

nt

[aquart]

19. Haven't learned much, have you?

But if I can, you can. Can the "bitch." Can the sexist slurs. If she's the lipstick, don't YOU be the pig.

[heliarc]

26. I second this criticism. nt

[Jersey Ginny]

31. Sorry, but she is a Bitch. n/t

[natureman]

38. My logic says she is a Bitch

Lets See! She said the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is lipstick. So I imagine Sarah at times doesn't wear lipstip and she claims she is a hockey mom. Logic says that she is a pitbull. Since she is a female, a pitbull, and recently proven she can have offspring, doesn't this prove she is a bitch? My wife is a Veterinarian and after consulting her I am pretty sure my logic is sound.

[Retrograde]

5. McCain can dish it out

but can't that it. If you can't stand the heat...

[GOPNotForMe]

6. Yes! Take the bait, McCain. Bring up the ad so we can get it running over and over again

on cable news! McCain's adviser himself said that this issue won't be about issues, so what else do we have to talk about but McCain's bad temper and inability to lead the nation.

[tanyev]

7. Oh, puh-lease. What a party of whiners.

[Overseas]

8. Sorry McSame-- our guys are telling the truth, thus not Swift Boating. /eom

[DJ13]

9. For a "war hero" he sure is a whiner

[firedupdem]

10. They steal without shame. Earlier today I heard him say

enough is enough! Fuck off McDiapers!

[Bluzmann57]

11. Well boo friggin' hoo!

So when someone comes out aggressively against a repub it's dirty? All I can say is fuck you McCain and the same goes for your party. Try telling the truth sometime and maybe the Obama campaign will call off the dogs, so to speak.

[brianna69]

12. This is priceless

The McCain camp can cry me a river.For people who specialize in lies and sleazy attacks they sure can't take incoming fire when it comes their way.

[TwilightGardener]

13. It's not Obama's campaign running a smear, unlike McLame's

campaign OPENLY running smears against Obama. Sorry, McPOW, this is one man's opinion--tough shit if you don't like it, you fucking psycho.

[Vinca]

14. BWAAAAA! BWAAAAAA! They're pickin' on the old guy.

:rofl:

[Bette Noir]

15. Tee hee!

McCain can dish it out, but he can't take it.

Did he really think his lipstick/pig campaign was going to make us go easy on him?

Whiner. Weiner. These are not mutually exclusive.

[gratuitous]

16. Is McCain now saying the Swift Boaters were a bunch of liars?

Well, that surely can't be the case, because I don't recall McCain standing up for his fellow Vietnam veteran at all in 2004. Surely if someone was spreading a lot of lies about a fellow veteran, Straight-Talkin' Johnny Maverick would have been the first one to jump up and call foul.

Right?

[blm]

22. He spoke against the swifts one day and the next told Kerry campaign they couldn't USE his remarks

in any ads against the swifts. Rove got to McCain right away on that, probably with pictures of McCain and his lobbyist girlfriend.

[Politicalboi]

17. What's next?

A Big number 72. Shhhhhhh! Don't mention his age. How dare you. Picking on old men and women how low will Obama go? Damn it it's Johnny's turn :sarcasm:

[AndyTiedye]

18. If Anything, That Ad Was Rather Mild

I would have put the voice at least partially over the visuals from the "Daisy" ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKs-bTL-pRg

[kaygore]

20. Hmmmm...does this mean that they realize the Swiftboating

is merely smearing?????

Our Bushbot congresswoman accused some of us activists of Swiftboating her and I wondered the same thing except that we were pointing out the truth.

[Solly Mack]

21. Snort. Republicans are accusing someone of "swift boat attacks"?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/30/mccain-truth-squad-defender-was-swift-boat-vet-member/

[scarface2004]

23. tell me who invented 'swift boating'??

john makane, that s who! fuck that asshole!!

[CatBO]

24. Yay! And I funded it!

It's the truth. McCain is an unstable crackpot who shouldn't be let anywhere near nuclear codes.

[wilt the stilt]

25. quoting Tom hanks

there no crying in politics

[blueclown]

27. Karma is a bitch!

Signed,

- John Kerry

[TrogL]

28. Typical authoritarian thinking

Do something wrong. Then accuse the person you've done it to of doing it.

[truthisfreedom]

29. Thanks for drawing attention to it, McLame camp!

Thanks for advertising it in the MSM!

[Submariner]

30. Ditto to McLame camp, otherwise I might have missed it! Thanks again

Silly Freeperheads.

[timeoutofjoint]

32. Its down and dirty till the 4th of NOV

[Pattib]

33. ha-ha! McCain thought Obama was just going to roll over....not this election, old man!!

[morgan2]

34. when are the mccain maybe the manchurian candidate ads coming

take the kid gloves off..

[nc4bo]

35. Waaaaahhhh - hitting a raw nerve pukes? nt

[mrJJ]

36. I like the Longer ad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdzeTq6YPg0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70

[progressivebydesign]

37. Guess it was okay for them to do that to you when Bush was paying the bill...

... but you just "moved on" from the scathing and immoral attacks on your family launched by Bush's campaign in 2000. That was fine, right? So fine that you hired the very same scumbags to work on your campaign.

The truth hurts... get over it.

[Aristus]

39. Cry me a river, you shrivelled old buzzard.

Where's the "flip-the-bird" emoticon when you need it?

[Democat]

40. Burn, baby, burn!

Go Obama - destroy McCain and Palin!