McCain Spoofs Clinton in New Ad (3:00am Phone Call)

[kevinmc]

The McCain campaign plans to begin airing a new ad on national cable TV starting Thursday, aides said tonight. The spot, which attacks Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the economy, may be the earliest attack ad ever aired by a candidate for president who has already secured his party’s nomination and is aiming at the other party. The campaign initially put the spot up on the Web but decided today to air it on TV as well.

The ad mocks a Clinton spot that began airing Wednesday, which asks voters who they want in the White House answering a 3 a.m. phone call about an economic crisis. The spot aims to paint Clinton as the strongest candidate to challenge McCain. She criticizes his approach to the current problems and said he would “let the phone keep on ringing.”

It’s easy to see how the McCain campaign was able to churn out a response spot so quickly. It uses identical footage, stolen right from the Clinton ad. The only difference is that it closes with a photo of McCain, replacing the photo of Clinton in the original.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/04/03/mccain-spoofs-clinton-in-new-ad/?mod=WSJBlog

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[ncrainbowgrrl]

1. that's not a spoof, unless i missed something by not reading the article...

that's plagiarism, imo....

[flor de jasmim]

2. FOREVER DOOMED TO BE CONTACTED AT 3 a.m.

Actually, considering that at 3 a.m. it is 9 a.m. in Central European Time (covers most of Europe, with the U.K. and Portugal being one hour earlier), probably noon in the Middle East and maybe 8-9 p.m. in Japan, it's not too unreasonable an hour!!

[SpiralHawk]

3. "The vibes are sublime at that hour." - Swami Spiral Hawk

[MiniMe]

4. Nobody answers the phone, nothing is done, and the economy goes belly up

Thats the message I get out of the commercial.

[aikoaiko]

5. is that technically a spoof?