just saw the 'melanoma' ad against mccain...it really made me uncomfortable

[spanone]

i know a candidates health is a relevant issue, but it made me squirm.

it looks like a 527

i rather they spend money exposing the keating five....that was a matter of choice

:puke:

[babylonsister]

1. BraveNewPAC made it. I think it's a valid concern, but it was unnerving. nt

[spanone]

4. i agree it's valid, but.........i know

[undeterred]

2. I wish he would be honest about it

but if he were honest about it, I don't think he would be running for president. There is no way he is expected to live for 4 years.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. I saw it on MSNBC early this morning, I think it is a valid question and it is supposed to make you

squirm

[ErinBerin84]

5. yeah, me too....

[hisownpetard]

9. I agree. The words of the commercial are fine, but not the images.

[Eric J in MN]

6. It's a PAC. "Democracy for America"

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

[glowing]

7. You beat me.. and it came from DFA... AND it will work well with the

retirees in Florida.. Those close up picks of McCain bandaged are scary.. I don't know that melanoma is the deadliest cancer, it seems to be a more common cancer.

[TwilightGardener]

19. Melanoma is both widespread and very serious. It's curable, but once it spreads, it's

not often a good long-term outcome. Not an almost-automatic death sentence like pancreatic cancer, but still often fatal. Other forms of skin cancer are almost never lethal. Four times battling melanoma is not a good record to have.

[Teaser]

8. I'm glad a 527 is going to the Dark Side here

because O can't do it and stay viable.

[1Hippiechick]

32. Agreed. n/t

[seabeyond]

10. i think it is HUGELY relevent and should be taken somberly. a fact. and then there is palin

i say good for them

[1Hippiechick]

33. Amen. n/t

[phantom power]

11. on the other hand...

McCain is clearly too irresponsible to step down because of his health problems.
The GOP is clearly too irresponsible to ask him to step down, or to vote against him.
Palin is clearly too irresponsible to decline the VP, which she's clearly unqualified for and yet has an unusually high likelihood of ending up as president due to McCain's health and age.

Somebody has to bring this up. If not the Obama campaign, it won't be anybody else.

[spanone]

16. i think everyone knows what he's been thru...and keeping pace with the campain is unbelievable

i understand it's a valid point but i don't think an ad like this wins many fans....it makes him look all the stonger to the low percenters

[KittyWampus]

23. why do you think "everyone knows what he's been thru"? Most people are uniformed

both about McCain's health issues and the fact he never released his health records

[TwilightGardener]

24. It's not to win fans. It's to inform the public, and I don't believe many

understand the seriousness of the form of cancer he had. A sizeable portion of people in a poll didn't know Cheney was VP, so I doubt a lot of the public understands just how bad melanoma can be, or that McCain battled it repeatedly and recently.

[Barack_America]

12. I didn't care for it either. But....

I think that it's one of those ads that you're going to hate, but it will stick with you. It will make people think about an issue the media is certainly not going to raise themselves. A necessary evil, perhaps?

[southern_dem]

Yeah

That's my thinking too. I cringe, but at the same time it is very valid. God forbid, he get elected and something bad happens. The only thing worse than President McCain is President Palin.

[Overseas]

13. I wish we had known about Reagan's Alzheimers, so I want to know if

McBombBomb's many mistakes, loss of facts and scrambling of words is just carelessness, or symptomatic of a more serious condition.

Since he has had melanoma recurrences and has chosen a RECKLESS CHRISTIAN FUNDAMENTALIST as his VP, I really want to know about his health.

It is a serious concern and I AM VERY GLAD THE 527 ISSUED THE AD.


Keating 5 is already being discussed. Johnny's first bailout. At least 3 of the 5 were Democrats.

[nc4bo]

14. My 75 yo mom called me a few minutes ago and she said it SCARED her...

she immediately thought about the fact that Palin would be "one heartbeat away" from the Presidency.

So it is an uncomfortable commercial - it works, it makes people think hard, at least that's what it did for my mom.

OT - the wolf ad is the same way. Very hard to watch and shocking but effective and sends the message home.

[spanone]

18. that's good. maybe uncomfortable is good.

[vstephane]

21. If that's the case, it better be aired before the VP debate.

[nickgutierrez]

22. It's well-timed.

People are asking questions about Palin - this ad puts that risk in clear focus. It's unsettling, and it should be.

[1Hippiechick]

30. self-delete. Posted in the wrong place.

[LynneSin]

15. Makes people think twice about Palin

They should run those ads around the time of the VP debates - trust me, it'll be very effective after she comes off like a doofus (or finds an excuse to not show up)

[ClarkUSA]

17. It was the truth about McCain's melanoma prognosis by medical experts - I enjoyed it.

It's refreshing to watch relevant ads for once. Or do you want people to forget that Palin is a 3 mm. melanoma away from the White House?

[spanone]

20. i didn't enjoy it, but to answer you question, no.

[npincus]

25. President Palin.... 'nuff said.

[CakeGrrl]

26. People need to be shaken out of their "Mavericks" trance

and made to realize just how likely it is that the ridiculously unqualified Palin could step into the Presidency. Reality bites.

Thanks to the McCain campaign's efforts to keep her under wraps, far too few people know how extreme, corrupt and incompetent she really is. But the more she speaks, the more people will come to realize that McCain's health is an issue.

[1Hippiechick]

35. Mavrick - the sign at the convention read "Mavrick" LOL I guess McCain is the Mavrick Moran. n/t

[barack the house]

27. Yes, they should drop this ad. It only states what most already know really.

[nc4bo]

28. Ok mom calls me again with a complaint about the ad (my mom's a trip)

She uses closed captioning due to moderate hearing loss.

She said all the other Obama ads have closed captioning options available but this one doesn't. She repeated she thought the ad was extremely effective but could be even more so if they added some CC to it. I told her that this isn't an Obama ad, it's a PAC and he has no control over how they roll.

I don't know if the 527s will respond to an email with her comment but I'll definitely send them the suggestion to make her happy.

[ericgtr]

29. Haven't seen it but don't like the idea one bit

Not cool. We can beat McCain on the issues, there is no reason to go there.

[1Hippiechick]

31. Why all the concern? MANY of us have been waiting for the gloves to come off - be it Obama or a PAC

If the ad is effective, why not use it? It certainly isn't like the outright boldface lies that McCain and company have been smearing Obama with for 18 months.

[nc4bo]

36. If the stupid Corpwhoremedia won't go there, someone needs to. I welcome the ads.

We're going into the home stretch and negative work but like you said, these aren't lies - this is the cold hard truth. Huge difference!

If the interviews with Charlie Gibson didn't do it, then the ones with Katie Couric really should have opened some eyes.

Enter 527 to connect the dots.

[terrya]

34. I haven't seen it...but let's face it, the reviews are in on Sarah Palin.

And more and more people are not liking what they see.

That ad may be uncomfortable to watch...but anything about McCain's health needs to be talked about.