Obama's first devastating ad against McCain

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/mccains-dishono.html

"This is the first truly devastating and powerful Obama ad of the fall campaign. Play it again and again, guys. It will resonate especially with the independents who once liked McCain and now see the hollow cynic he has become"

[Jim__]

1. WOW! I haven't seen that on TV yet. I hope they smother the airwaves with it - n/t

[Contrary1]

2. Bring it on, Barack! n/t

[NC_Nurse]

3. Awesome!

[pleah]

4. Now that is going to leave a mark!

K&R Good one.

[Kadie]

5. Excellent!

I hope to see that ad on tv soon and often.

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. is it on youtube yet? Can someone find the link to youtube?

[Kadie]

11. Found a youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBoDtTvg0bQ

[VP505]

14. Thank you for the link

I wanted to comment but they are disabled but at least I got to rate it.

[Liberal_in_LA]

37. Thanks. going to watch the view counts.

[Subdivisions]

6. Wait...what?

I thought Adrew Sullivan was canned from The Atlantic... :shrug:

Did I miss something?

[The Hope Mobile]

7. Its a start.

I think there should be more proof of the deception and sleaziness rather than just people stating that that is what's happening. We need hardcore video of contradictions and lies.

[movonne]

10. I guess you didn't see it....because every on had a back up from

the likes of the washington post,newsweek, etc...watch it again...

[The Hope Mobile]

16. I'm sorry. I don't mean to be a downer. I saw the statements and

who they were from . . . but I think that just like here, people will discredit sources as being too far leaning in the opposite direction and the impact will be limited.
I believe we need more video evidence, catching him red-handed, showing his true character.
Just my opinion.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

57. Did you see "Zero- an investigation into 9-11" ?

It may not be McSame... but it is evidence of rethuglicans.
You can watch the film "Zero- an Investigation into 911" here: http://forum.kucinich.us/index.php?topic=87.120
go down to entry REPLY #128. There are 17 little clips to watch.
The quote I found below is very distressing. "Rigged court system" .
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Quote
Regarding September 11, 2001, I am somewhere between OGLIH and OGMIH.  So much of that evidence was shipped out of this country ASAP after those events that I do not think anyone really has the proper hold-in-you-hand evidence that would stand up in a court of law, with no chance at all in a rigged court system which takes upon itself to appoint the President of the USA.

http://forum.kucinich.us/index.php?topic=9.msg133#msg133

OGLIH (our government let it happen)
OGMIH (our government made it happen)
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Another thing to think about is that the National Lawyers Guild had considered charges against the five Supreme court justices who appointed bush.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2606/supreme.htm and http://www.nathannewman.org/log/archives/001972.html
and now there is this site: http://prosecutegeorgebush.com/
to help us out.

[The Hope Mobile]

58. I haven't see that one yet. I will definitely check it out! Thanks!

[goodgd_yall]

21. Agree

I saw the first video bit of McCain and thought there would be more of it in the ad.

[The Hope Mobile]

23. That was my feeling. Show the contradictions between who he claims to be

and who he really is . . . or even if ANYBODY really knows who he is because he's so full of contradictions (amongst other things).

[goodgd_yall]

33. That would have been more effective. n/t

[Marr]

31. You've got thirty seconds.

There's no time to do a video documentary and compare statements. Political TV spots are about creating an impression in the minds of people who don't follow politics closely, and this ad does it well. You're left with the image of McCain the liar, the sellout, the man who wants power so bad that he'll pull any dirty trick to get it. That's the kind of impression that sticks with a person, and many will view his future statements through that lens.

I'm glad to see the Democrats are able to speak like this. I cringe every time they say something kind about McCain, or say he's an "honorable man, but...". That's not how you convince undecided voters.

[The Hope Mobile]

35. Agreed about our unfortunate and counterproductive need to couch everything in niceties

But there are 60 second ad spots that can be very compelling, I think even in 30 seconds
"no tax cuts" "permanent tax cuts" "no tax cuts" "more tax cuts" "I'm against these tax cuts", "help the oil companies"
pro and anti choice, whatever you name the topic and spend the whole time on one topic if necessary . . . then do another on a different topic
THAT tells people he's untrustworthy and they start looking for the contradictions. They know nothing he says is real so what are they voting for?

[Undercurrent]

8. Now THAT'S a campaign ad!

Wahoo!

:spelling edit:

[VP505]

12. "OUCH" but

so well deserved, especially, IMO, after telling the VIEW Ladies and their Audience that the tone of the campaign would be different had Obama gone along with his plan to do Town Hall meetings together. That excuse for running a sleazy campaign sounds so much like some petty criminal saying I wouldn't have beat him up if he would have just given me his money when I asked for it.

[curious one]

13. We need to hit him with ads like this.

[Fluffdaddy]

15. Now that what I been asking for. I hope some of my donation money was spent on that ad

[Lex]

17. Short n' sweet n' powerful.

nt

[LiberalinNC]

18. Great Ad...it started being played in the Raleigh/Durham this morning.

[Lex]

36. excellent!

:bounce:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

19. Very good. Now we just need many exposures to the msses.

[PA Democrat]

20. It's running here in western PA.

Saw it on a local channel this morning.

[treestar]

22. Love how McCranky's scrunched up face gets smaller and

smaller - nice and subtle!

[Arugula Latte]

34. "I'm melting ...

meeeeelting ..."

[Rainbowreflect]

24. Very good!

[lpbk2713]

25. I think they should have a spot like the video KO ran ...

... right after the McLame people got so indignant about the "lipstick" remark KO showed footage of McLame using the same phrase four times in the recent past. And of course McLame's audiences yucked it up when they heard him say it. If the Obama people would run this it would show what hypocrites they are.

[SeattleGirl]

26. Wow!

Excellent! Hope Barack keeps at it!

[SeattleGirl]

27. Wow!

Excellent! Hope Barack keeps at it!

[TahitiNut]

28. I've only seen that one once here in Michigan. We need to see it MANY times.

McCain = McSleaze

[ieoeja]

29. I'm still waiting on the video of him speaking to the AFL-CIO in April 2006.

When he said US born workers could not pick lettuce all day even if we were willing.

[Jokinomx]

30. I think Obama has been Bidening his time...LOL

More ads like this will start to appear. Where as mclame may have shot his load with palin (pun intended) he will be out of ammo as the race closes to November.

:kick:

[bertman]

42. Based on the last two Presidential elections, I seriously doubt the McCanus camp is out of ammo.

[obamaforme]

32. Obama said he would

[HughMoran]

38. K&R!

I didn't see this posted earlier

[SammyWinstonJack]

39. Ouch!

:yoiks: :evilgrin:

[jlj3394]

40. more!

more!

[LonelyLRLiberal]

41. Very nice - I like that it is backed up with a variety of sources. eom

[bertman]

43. Pretty decent ad, but I agree with LurkNoMore that we need visuals and sound of him flipflopping.

Citing those sources is great for all of us confirmed Obama supporters but it doesn't mean squat to the undecided. Show them McAnus stating that he opposes torture with a date stamp on it, then show them McAnus saying that he approves of torture with a date stamp on it.

There are at least 20 or 30 easy examples to use. And you can't accuse the "liberal media" of fabricating them.


Edited to say, check out the other anti-McAnus ad on DU featuring one of McPOW's fellow prisoners-of-war who says that being a POW does not make one fit to be President.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

44. Now that's more like it

I particularly like the pinpoint cites to the quotes, being an old law review nerd.

Barack, it's just this simple: KNEECAP these motherfuckers. As the late, great POTUS Harry Truman said, "As soon as you stop lying about my record, I will stop telling the truth about yours!"

[garybeck]

45. I don't think this ad is effective because it has no specifics

for those who are already programmed to think it, this will reinforce for them that the media is liberal bias. There's one thing the ad is missing - SPECIFICS!

it's actually a JOKE if you watch it a few times. it says McCain is a liar and the media says he's a liar. that's it. where's the beef? why don't they show a video of him LYING? duh.

ineffective.

[PerfectSage]

47. John McCain: I will not take the low road to the highest office in this land.

That's the video of him LYING.

[garybeck]

52. NO, that is NOT it....

unless you give an EXAMPLE of how he is not taking the low road, it is just an empty claim.

siting news headlines saying he lies is nothing but empty claims.

GEEZE! YOU'D THINK these people would get it.

you don't just say "he lies"

SHOW US HOW AND WHERE HE'S LYING!

DUH!

[DeltaLitProf]

51. And too many of the media sources can be dismissed as liberal

There are PLENTY of center-right sources who have said exactly the same about McCain's campaign.

[garybeck]

53. That's my point!

showing the headlines from the Chicago newspaper saying McCain is a sleezebag doesn't do ANYTHING.

show us HOW he is a sleezebag

show us an EXAMPLE of him being a sleezebag.

show him saying something and then disprove it, showing he is a liar



stop telling us ABOUT it.
SHOW us.

that's how you get the job done.

it's much more effective to show a video of mccain lying, than to show a headline of a newspaper that says he's a liar.

This should be a no-brainer.

The ad has the right intention but it does not accomplish its goal effectively.

[WhiteTara]

46. Great Commercial

I like their new ad director! S/he is spot on.

[Oldtimeralso]

48. Fantastic! n/t

[Oilwellian]

49. Saw it in Virginia

Played on CNN during Tweety's show...I think...or it could have been Olbermann's show. Nonetheless, I giggled like a loon when I saw it. :D

[DeltaLitProf]

50. This one is still too soft.

I think for the truly decisive ads, we have to rely on our 527s. Now would be a nice time for them to show up.

Any minute now.

Guys?

Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo?

[FVZA_Colonel]

54. The only, ONLY, thing that even approaches being an ever-so-slight problem for me

is the timing. With the new focus on the economy, I can't help but wonder if this would have been better timed to have come out five or so days ago?


But I really can't complain, it is an excellent ad, and I truly hope to see more of them.

[Borgnine]

55. Why lie? This ad gave me a boner.

Let's drown the airwaves with it.

[fortyfeetunder]

56. Shazam!

Good for Obama!

[Naturyl]

59. The hollow cynic he has become?

No. He was always one. People of integrity don't suddenly flush that integrity down a huge crapper when the game heats up. They maintain integrity, even if it means there is price to be paid.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

60. I've seen it in the DC/MD/VA market; however, I do have one complaint...

The ad ought to have an example of a lie/deception; i.e., lying about Obama's tax plan, lying about the sex education for kindergardeners, etc. I wan't specifics otherwise the average American doesn't know what "lies" reference...