Dems hit McCain on tone of campaign: Release new TV ad, "Honor"

[DeepModem Mom]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – Democrats stepped up their offensive to paint John McCain and his team as deliberately dishonest Monday, as Barack Obama’s campaign released a new ad that accuses the Republican nominee of “deception,” and the Democratic National Committee launched a Web site tracking GOP “lies.”

“What happened to John McCain?” asks the announcer in the 30-second spot, “Honor.” The ad quotes commentators calling the Arizona senator’s ads “vile” and filled with "dishonest smears" from a "disgraceful, dishonorable campaign."

“After voting with Bush 90 percent of the time, proposing the same disastrous economic policies… It seems ‘deception’ is all he's got left,” says the announcer. The Obama campaign said the ad was running on national cable and in “key” states....

Last week, Obama’s spokesman used similar language to describe McCain and his campaign ads, accusing the Arizona senator of “cynically running the sleaziest and least honorable campaign in modern presidential campaign history.” On Sunday, former Bush strategist Karl Rove criticized both campaigns, saying the recent McCain charges against Obama went “beyond the 100 percent truth test.”...

As the new Obama spot debuted, the DNC launched a Web site — "Count the Lies" – focused on statements from McCain and his surrogates. Democrats pointed to 51 so far since McCain effectively captured the Republican nomination....

Link to view TV ad: http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/honor_ad/


A new Obama ad is attacking the tone of McCain's campaign.

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[yourout]

1. All I have to say is......Fuck yes!

Call him what he is.....a lieing sack of vile crap.

[bluestateguy]

2. I found it rather mediocre

Not bad, just nothing special, that's all.

Our new "Swift Boat" ad by Brave New PAC is much more devastating.

[gateley]

4. I heard on NPR that they (McCain's camp) blamed the Obama camp for the

ad -- that it was done at the behest of Obama's campaign.

I'm one of the ones who thinks -- strategically -- that the swift boating is chancy. People view his POW stint emotionally -- you can't reason or present logic to counter emotions. It doesn't work.

That being said, I hope it does some good.

And I ALSO (:7) disagree on the new spot from O's campaign. I love that they used the words sleazy, lies, etc, right there in black and white. It's a big improvement from the previous ads.

[McCamy Taylor]

3. I love the use of MSM "reviews". If McCain was a film, his box office would be zip this weekend.

Very well done.