New Obama Ad: McCain = Bush, Failed Politics & Policies Of The Past
By Logan Murphy Wednesday Jul 30, 2008 8:45am
After a barrage of false, negative attacks from Republican John McCain, Barack Obama fires back with a new ad which sends a clear message that he's not going to sit back and let the false accusations stand. The ad hits the aging Arizona Senator at his weakest point -- George Bush. True, showing pictures of McCain hand in hand with Bush is like taking candy from a baby, but it works. In the end, the ad builds on the growing sentiment that the McCain camp is running scared and leaves Obama looking...dare I say it?
Presidential.
Announcer: He's practicing the politics of the past.
John McCain. His attacks on Barack Obama:
"not true"
"false"
"baloney"
"the low road"
"baseless."
John McCain. Same old politics. Same failed policies.
Barack Obama supports a $1,000 middle class tax cut.
An energy plan that takes on oil companies, develops alternative fuels, and breaks the grip of foreign oil.
That's change we can believe in.
Obama: I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message.
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McGrampa is moments away from including Hitler and bin Laden in his next smear ad against Senator Obama.
"True, showing pictures of McCain hand in hand with Bush is like taking candy from a baby, but it works."
It works and Obama needs to do it more. The more Obama does this the more McCain will be associated with failed policies. Obama needs to keep hammering that home.
Good one. Aimed straight at the target and hit it clean and quick.
Obama = Quality, Youth, Character.
McCain = Cheap, Old, Dodgy.
I hate to be snarky, but the music is a tad too Aaron Copeland-lite for me, but it's a good ad nonetheless.
I hate to say it, but if the Dems don't start throwing shit and fast, the GOP's gonna enhance Rove's one trick of the politics of fear to Room 101 levels.
McGrampa is running the worst campaign in the history of politics. Amen.
I still don't think that Obama has a chance. The only thing that matters is the people (Diebold) who count the votes. It's a shame; although I realise that Obama is backed by the same wealthy interests as many others - I would like to have seen if he could rise to the occasion.
Corporations uber alles.
That's good. We need more! The airwaves should begin flooding with this stuff. All they have to do is go to the tape - all those hearings - of Gonzo, Doan, Taylor, et al. It's like taking candy from a baby. Make it clear that the Culture of Political Corruption will continue unabated under McCain. I'm not seeing that. Why?
Mcain disses Obama for his youth good looks, flueny, etc. but two of McCain's spokespersons (Tucker Bounds 30ish, Jill Hazelbaker, 26)
have many of the qualities that he rails against.
"Oh no Obama just attacked his military record"
or some stupid narrative
MSM will defend "Dishonest John"
McCain's youthful spokespersons seem to be calling the shots and correcting him in their public appearances.
There's a real strength of character showing in this riposte by Obama. Sure, he didn't exactly impress me with his waffling on FISA, but I'm impressed by his even, level-headed tone. I don't feel like I need to worry about Obama starting another pointless war of aggression.
Clueless, hot on the trigger, irresponsible - these are terms that can be stapled to Straitjacket Johnny. Bush's legacy is sticking to Johnny's fancy shoes like the crap it is.
Exxon made the largest quarterly profits ever, and Obama should point this out and tie McCain to Exxon and Bush in his next ad.
McAyn is putting the rabbit back in the hat when it comes to his "Maverick" talking point.
Great ad! They more like this with more photos of GW & McC together.
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 7:
Following on the heels of the worst administration in history. Ironic? I think not.
Let's hope for a 180 degree trun starting in November.
Obama '08.
I wonder if McCain is running the campaign or if it's running him? I mean is the McCain we're seeing the real man or the man his campaign is trying to make him out to be.
He just seems uncomfortable when he's backed into a corner with a question. He seems to say what he thinks then his campaign person comes out to say that wasn't exactly what he thinks.
He would probably do better if he used his own judgment and was more himself. The Rove people who are running his show may be ruining his show.
I love those black and white shots. It makes McMethuselah look even older and creepier.
This ad sucks. Where is the creepy McCain smile? Where is the video of him hugging Bush at that fundraiser in 2004? If this is the best they can do, well, looks like another candyass democrat is going to lose himself an election.
The MSM is already saying Obama has "gone negative" so he's no better than McCain. I see this more as self defense - pointing out that McCain's claims have been deemed false by so many people. No matter what he does, they will criticize.
pissed off patricia @ 18:
Notice how many qualities his spokespersons have in common with Barack Obama (especially Tucker Bounds), it's as if it's showing which type of person is best suited for President
mcinfla @ 21:
This is the kind of quick response that Kerry failed to do. If McCain continues his negative attacks, Sen. Obama will continue to fire back.
MSNBC just showed McGrampa in 'Wedding Crashers'. McGrampa = Hollywood elitist celebrity.
eric @ 22:
I guess my brain is napping or something, but I'm not following your comment. I'm not familiar with Tucker Bounds. Which qualities are you referring too?
That ad sucks. Liar, liar pants on fire? That's ridiculous!. Why not hit McCain on where it really hurts? Like his serial contradictions on well, everything? The guy contradicts himself on major policy positions within the same sentence!
McFrankenChipmunk is a liar!
P.S. When is he finally going to eat those walnuts he’s storing within his cheeks?
As a follow-up to this ad I'd like to see my candidate for Obama's bumper-sticker:
McCain= SAME old same OLD
Obama=CHANGE
The ad is smooth in that it simply allows others to say that what McCain is saying is bs. It points out that bs-ing is old fashion politics. We all know that bs-ing is lying. Lies are something this administration has been doing since about day one. Then showing McCain and bush together ties them and lies together.
pissed off patricia @ 25:
Tucker Bounds is a spokesman for John McCain and says brilliant things like this:
“While Barack Obama took a premature victory lap today in the heart of Berlin, proclaiming himself a ‘citizen of the world,’ John McCain continued to make his case to the American citizens who will decide this election,” Spokesperson Tucker Bounds said in an e-mailed statement, “Barack Obama offered eloquent praise for this country, but the contrast is clear. John McCain has dedicated his life to serving, improving and protecting America. Barack Obama spent an afternoon talking about it.”
Phil @ 26:
I disagree on the suckitude, but I agree that the Obama campaign needs to take it to McSame much harder. There are literally dozens of video clips of McCane contradicting himself and/or saying things that are demonstrably false. My personal favorite would be the excellent twofer of him admitting he's no expert on the economy followed by his denial that he said it, all in living color.
Also, the Obama campaign should never, ever stop displaying pictures of bush and McCrazy hugging, kissing, and sharing birthday cake. It should be something like a catchphrase for Obama's campaign, where people watch the ads waiting for them to show McBush hugging the Current Occupant ever so tenderly. I know the Obama campaign bought ad time during the Olympics. That would be a great time to show the "mavericky" man-love to people who are between the 28% dead-enders and 42% potential McCain voters, who don't know just how alike bush and McCain are.
I guess my point would be that McCain sucks it long and hard, and no lying is necessary to advertise that fact, so somebody should get on that.
This is effective but McCain will have serious impact driving the $4 gas issue and domestic drilling. American voters are, for the most part, dumb and all they will care about is the cost of gas.
I like this . Hit back with class. Now we need to head for the throat (527's) like Freedom's
CrotchWatch.Bushs' policies have not been a failure.
They achieved what they were supposed to achieve.
Your under the mistaken assumption that this government is supposed to actually work on YOUR behalf.
It doesn't. And it won't.
McSame ... May the Fleas of a thousand camels rest upon his Prophets beard.
seagull.girl @ 30:
Thank you so much for that link.
Tax cuts? That's what Obama's riposte leads off with? Tax cuts? Isn't that the Republican cure for whatever ails us?
I think the ad is weak and underscores the fact that, in the end, "change" is just another marketing slogan intended to get folks excited while not rocking the corporatist status quo.
I thought this ad was just about perfect.
pissed off patricia @ 25:
Tucker Bounds is a young fluent, young, popular type, well dressed, and according to Raw Story and Dan Abrams on Beat the Press he has to correct McCain's gaffes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF-HORes8qA
Also there is Jill Hazelbaker, 26
http://www.glamour.com/news/articles/2007/12/powerwomen?currentPage=2
It's nice that the NY Times has started to notice the extent of the sleaze tactics by the right. But McNasty is adopting Rovian tactics because he knows he'll get away with it.
So when will the rest of the "liberal" media notice that the Bush administration has been improperly politicizing the Justice Dept., the EPA, the FDA, the DHS, and the GSA etc. for the past eight years?
Obama, if the MSM doesn't mind that McSame is willing to open up the sleaze gates, I don't mind if you start brutally attacking the crimes Cheney and company been committing, and tying that stinking albatross around St. John's neck.
There was no need to throw "the kitchen sink" into this ad. Never use a bomb when one shot will do. There is plenty of material to use to hit back if McCain continues in the direction he has been of late.
eric @ 14:
Exactly! The record profit is wonderful news for our resident oil men, Cheney & Bush. Their secret meetings with their oil buds have paid off handsomely for everyone except for the American people. Why do you think they have given so much $$$ to McCain's campaign? They want that gravy train to keep on rollin.
Obama definately needs to drill (pun intended) this point home!
Unfortunately, attack ads work. Obama has to do the same or else he will get "Roved". I think that this type of ad is right on target.
eric @ 39:
Thank you for those links. So these are his young caretakers.
StirFry @ 33:
Agreed. It's time to kick this angry old liar's ass non-stop until November. ABSOLUTELY NO MERCY. And Progressives who don't want to get really dirty with these wicked fucks(because we're soooo above fighting), please stay home.
Joe O. @ 2:
Not bad Barack. Keep it up!
Congressional candidates need to do this too! The repukes in congress voted 100% with chimpy and corporations against America everytime. They ARE Bush, every single one of those GOP SOB's! Let them live with that consequence!
"The ad hits the aging Arizona Senator at his weakest point"... Come on Logan, what kind of writing is that? Aren't we all aging?
[this foto] otta be on every piece of DNC publicity
Wow. "Obama goes negative".
Can't wait for the headline.
Everyone "goes negative". Horse race crap makes me wanna puke.
there's a foto of every GOPuke incumbent smilng proudly w/ the chimp, somewhere
these should be plastered all over every district where there's a Puke incumbent
Ehhh. This ad is a step in the right direction, but by itself it's kind of weak. It just doesn't have any real emotional punch. A picture is worth a thousand words, and there's only one picture in the ad making the link between McSame and past Republican failures. They need to start making real use of all the pics and video of McCain looking confused and bewildered, and everything they've got of him with Bush.
And what was with that fruity little thought bubble pic of Obama waving like a pop star? Ummm...hello? Obama campaign? You must have gotten great "presidential-looking" footage of Obama on his world tour, so start using it already!
Sorry, but I don't think this ad is that strong. Using quotes from MSNBC and other journalistic sources feeds into the Right-wingers' view that the media is on Obama's side. This, on the other hand, is an effective ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI&feature=related
Forget what media outlets say about McCain's attacks on Obama, just use Pawpaw McCain's own words against him.
This ad is a good start but McSame and his low life campaign team know they can appeal to American's baser instincts and they will continue to get down in the mud and fight dirty with lies and fear.
It's the Republican way and it seems to work for them.
Here we go again, taking the high road. :( Go after McCain.
Cut the legs out from under him. We Democrats always
underestimate the power of a negative campaign. Remember
we are dealing with the American voter. They believe negative
crap & we have the truth about McCain to hit him hard. Ask
Kerry a real war hero how the high road helped his campaign?
This was a good ad, although I would have shown many more shots of St. McCain hugging and staring lovingly at his boy-king to send the message home.
BOOOORRRRINNGGGG!!!
So this is the best Obama's got?
Proof once again, the Milquetoasts are running the show again in the Democratic Party.
Not. Impressed At. All.
I wonder if the MSM will be celebrating McSame's 72nd birthday on August 29th. Or will they quietly sweep that one under the bed pan.
Johnny @ 57:
If they do you can bet there will be barbeque and sprinkly doughnuts.
I saw the McSuuurge ads...pathetically desperate and childish.
I think Obama's running the perfect campaign, if he gets too aggro in his responses to McBains lame attack ads..it might not be as effective as his current strategy of levelheaded ads calling out the BS.
And they'll adapt as need be...
Logan...gettin' uppity and presumptuous, are we?
;)
Dr. Hussein Matt @ 1:
Don't forget Stalin!!! Gotta include a Commie!
bayville @ 56:
Darn. And we were really trying to impress you.
Real stroke of media brilliance to use cheese as a backdrop for your candidate.
I have a lot of hope for Obama, but I had a lot for Kerry too. Unfortunately most advertising in this country, political or otherwise, is targeted to an 8th grade intellect. The American Idol masses can grasp Brittney and Paris, go "hawr hawr!", and the associations made in spite of 200K Europeans seeing the obvious. This is Rove 101 - take your opponents biggest strength, the one you can't hope to compete against, and make it his biggest weakness.
There is SO much red meat from the past 8 years empirically sitting on the table for them waiting to be used and neither Obama nor any other Dem seems willing to point to any of the numerous 800 pound gorillas sitting in the room. They'll passively endure ads like McCain's last one, or feebly patsy slap back with something like this, but the association is all the Cons care about. This is my worry. That this is the plan. Hand over the White House, the legislature, back to the Cons under the auspices of "having principle enough to run a 'clean' campaign". They took the high road and failed so no one can question their commitment to their ethics, while we endure another 4 years of crushing debt, an elective war based on lies, and more corporate consolidation of power. That's what's at stake, and no Dem, no matter how charismatic, seems to be willing to consider this enough to rip off the neo-con veneer and hackery to show that all the emperors have no clothes.
Obama's brought a pillow to a gun fight with this "come back" ad. When Diebold and the others steal our voting process once again, and make it look close thanks to those "narrow poll margins at the end", I have zero confidence that Obama wont do the same as Kerry - slink back to the senate with his tail between his legs and lay low for 8 months till we forget his name. He sure as hell wont fight.
Eric Almighty @ 31:
Yeah, seriously, you could do a whole series of commercials like that. Have McCain say one thing, than show his campaign's "clarifications." Or have him say one thing, than show him contradicting himself, and have some narrator spell it out, or just ask the question "which is it?"
It suggest all sorts of things about McCain, he's a liar, he's not ready to lead/doesn't know what the hell he's talking about, or that he's senile. And the truth could be all of the above.
Keep running slop ads like this to make folks like "Liberal AND Proud" happy and then in January, we can all meet in Washington for President McSlo-Poke's Inauguration party.
We all have LOTTO dreams. Mine sometimes come and go the way of that fast 1200 hp center console boat or the beach with perfect waves and just me..well, you get the picture. But my latest dream is that every time Sen. McCain tries to attack Sen. Obama in his "campaign" (smear) ads, I launch a commercial debunking them on every network INCLUDING FOX. Shoot, I pay for it, they play it! I know, its so, what's the word, maybe "Rove-ian" isn't it but if it gets people to wake up and stop listening to the BS, then it would've been well worth it!
whining american @ 52:
Yes, exactly - this is the kind of thing the Obama campaign itself should be putting out there.
It just doesn't make a strong enough statement to go after McCain's ads and try to turn people off from his ads. People don't really process ads that carefully on a conscious level anyway, because they expect them to be mostly negative and repetitive, and they tune out the fine details. This Obama ad just holds out water and says, "hey, did you know it's wet?" Duh!!
The emotional resonance of an ad is all people really get from it. If Obama wants to win, his ads need to turn people off from McCain himself.
Use McCain's own words to show him as a serial flip-flopper who can't keep straight even during a single interview who he's pandering to at the moment. Show people the clear ties between where the GOP gets their money (like Big Oil) and how McCain votes. Show how tepid he is on actually supporting sick and injured veterans - man, get VoteVets on board, they know how to make better ads than this.
If you don't get voters to internalize McCain's connection to "bad things" (rampant corporatism, crashing economy, global warming, religious intolerance, inadequate support of vets, BUSH BUSH BUSH etc), Obama's really hurting his own chances.
mcBush wants obama to play/fight dirty.....that's part of the trap........i don't believe obama is ready yet. maybe
mcBush will hang himself......
Obly @ 67:
you guys are absolutely right....it's another bush term.
keep feeding that to the public.....i noticed even so of the (R) talking heads are trying to say obama is like bush....they're trying everything.
I was just reading a yahoo news item on the McCain attack ads. It mentions the Huff post on the defense for Sen. Obama but it also mentions that the GOP is still harping on the use of the seal that looks presidential. That was so de-bunked so long ago and they're still dredging it up. GOP = Losers, big time LOSERS
John Sidney McCain is a pathological liar. He has never told the truth about anything including his academy and naval experience down to his POW status and being a hero. He covers up everything. WHY DOESN'T McCAIN COME CLEAN!!! How many scandals has he been involved in already. I know the saving and loans scandal with the Bushes. All of us wouls make a difference if we learned his truths and stat spreading them on the net with our cheeto stained fingers.
Rollo Tomassi @ 63:
He's betting on intelligent, informed voters. The idiots won't vote for him anyway so why stoop to McCaine's level.
Obly @ 67:
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Here's another one on U-Tube. Remember, this is the first election that uses the internet. The internet can not be controlled- yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgF39TRCPPE
Eric Almighty @ 31:
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Be patience. The ads will come out but not by the Obama folks but from folks like MoveOn and U Tube. I agree, McBush is skating by right now.
pissed off patricia @ 41:
exactly. though it may be frustrating at times, obama needs to stay on the high road at all times. no exceptions.
once he gets suckered into fighting back tit for tat, he's no better than mccain. and the media and the people will pick up on this right away.
Not sure the ad was the best, but the fact that Obama did not engage in the same trash talk as McCain gives me hope for a meaningful debate from one side.
haymaker @ 75:
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That's the ticket. McBush is already looking childish and Obama is keeping cool. Don't lay down with dogs, you get fleas.
I thought his ad was great and right on...but of course the Corporate News was playing their usual "fair and balanced" trip by claiming both campaigns were "going negative", even though the Obama ad was simply a defense of Obama and clips from the various news organizations that pointed out out how false a lot of the charges in the McKrusty ads were...
And WaPo and the NY Times both did come out with editorials bashing the McKrusty ads, so we did get a little dose of reality from some of the MSM...
Notice that
McCain ads talk about Obama
Obama ads talk about Obama
?
Racket @ 79:
And you point?
july 30 will mark the beginning of the end for Obama. The Republicans are just better at politics. The Democrats will sit by as Obama is smeared and destroyed, with nothing off limits or too low. The smears are coming from all directions and the media is repeating them nonstop. Too bad. The US is on the brink and this election will push it over the edge. Only the very wealthy and the poor will be left when the great heist is complete. We will look like Brazil at its' low point.
lmab @ 81:
What happens after today? Give us more details?
After today the Democrats and the Obama camp continue following the John Kerry campaign strategy of inevitable obscurity.
lmab @ 83:
You talk like you know something but I am beginning to see you don't know jack.
g. @ 84:
Hopefully, I'm wrong......Just feels familiar. Meanwhile, just keep your head in the sand.
lmab @ 81:
The difference between the U.S. and Brazil is that Brazil is on the rise, while the U.S. continues its decline into corporate fascism / oligarchy. And none too soon.
Even when Obama strikes back, he does it with dignity. McCain on the other hand, hints the low side of politics and humanity. A base that couldn't be more baseless. We need a visionary leader like Obama. We need change. Vote for Obama! Visit WHYOBAMA08.ORG!
McCain is a CHEATER.
McCain is a LIAR.
McCain is a HYPOCRITE.
McCain is a PANDERER.
McCain is DANGEROUS. He loves War.
Spirit of Nuremburg @ 86:
Brazil's been on the rise for 60 years, and they've never risen. The US has nearly always been an oligarchy, why realizing it is is a shock, I dunno.
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