Obama ad hammers McCain on economy comment

[Nambe]

Source: CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand

Barack Obama’s campaign released a television ad Tuesday that says a Monday comment by John McCain suggests he is “disturbingly out of touch” with the economic problems of ordinary Americans.

There is no narrator in the 30 second spot, called “Fundamentals.” Urgent music plays as Monday’s headlines flash on the screen: the collapse of Lehman brothers, the turmoil of the markets, massive job losses and thousands of daily foreclosures.

“And John McCain says?” flashes on a black screen, followed by a clip of McCain’s Monday morning comment, played twice: “I think our economy, still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong.

“How can John McCain fix our economy if he doesn’t understand it’s broken?” reads the screen, as an image of McCain and Bush together appears. ...

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[Windy]

1. Fantastic ad!!! Its on barackobama.com

Nails him with facts and then his statement about the "fundamentals of our economy are strong"!

The Ad just wrote itself!

WTG Barack!

[truthisfreedom]

7. I can't find the ads on his site... clues?

[VeggieTart]

9. Just saw it on Rachel Maddow

Fucking brilliant. I think the stats and McCain's cluelessness says it all.

[Lautremont]

2. That ad won't win over any Freepers.

They need a narrator. Words, you know - words are hard.

[Fired Up Democrat]

3. that is obama's best ad yet

email to everyone you know.

[Rainbowreflect]

4. My conservative coworker thought the ad was good.

She thinks McCain is an idiot.

[DeepModem Mom]

5. I think there's been quite a bit of TV pundit talk about this ad. K&R

[StrongBad]

6. That was really freakin quick

Makes me wonder if Obama is always going to wait for McCain to slip up to pounce with rapid ad production.

[central scrutinizer]

8. on this issue that is good strategy

by responding rather than initiating the attack he avoids claims that he is trying to take advantage of the disaster. McCain is forced to move first because this meltdown happened due to the policies he has been championing. But Obama needs to get out their first with his plan to box McCain in.