Obama launches his own 3 AM Ad....

[earthlover]

It didn't take long -- not even a full day, actually -- for Barack Obama's campaign to launch a TV ad directly rebutting a much-discussed spot from Hillary Clinton questioning his readiness to be commander-in-chief.

Obama's spot (watch it here) uses eerily similar footage of a child sleeping, a similar phone ring as Clinton's, and similar language -- then tries to turn the issue away from experience to judgment.

"It's 3 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep," the narrator says. "But there’s a phone ringing in the White House. Something's happening in the world. When that call gets answered, shouldn’t the president be the one -- the only one -- who had judgment and courage to oppose the Iraq war from the start. Who understood the real threat to America was al-Qaeda, in Afghanistan, not Iraq. Who led the effort to secure loose nuclear weapons around the globe.

"In a dangerous world, it’s judgment that matters," the announcer concludes.


http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/02/obama_launches_2.html

[zabet]

1. First he condemned her ad,

and then he copied it.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. Playing politcs. This is beyond the pale!

:argh:

[AtomicKitten]

3. Obama is a brilliant tactical strategist. She played the fear card and he made her eat it.

[WCGreen]

4. He is pretty good at deflecting those bombs being tossed his

way..

[AtomicKitten]

5. it's been referred to as his political jujitsu and he indeed is gifted in that regard