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A couple of new McCain ads continue to pound the “Obama is inexperienced” theme.
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Barack Obama will “tax our economy deeper into recession.”
Sound Bite: “The fact is, Barack Obama’s not ready. Yet.”
Preconditions
Obama may not have “preconditions” to meeting with Iran’s leaders, but Iran does: The US must “cease support of Israel” and “remove our military forces from the Mideast.”
Sound Bite: “What will Obama do? Will he admit he was wrong or will he accept Iran’s demands? Tough question.”
This new Obama ad quotes John McCain saying he might have to rely on his VP for expertise on economic matters. Cut to a clip of Sarah Palin and her trademark wink.
John McCain is a tired, old man who doesn’t have a clue how to get out of the mess we’re in, so he “wants to tear Barack Obama down.”
Sound Bite: “It’s time for a president who’ll change the economy not change the subject.”
The Obama campaign didn’t much like the pointed interview Barbara West of WFTV in Orlando conducted with Joe Biden, so they cancelled a scheduled interview with Jill Biden. More here.
Sound Bite:
[Barbara West] “How is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?”
[Biden] “Are you joking? Is this a joke?”
As he heads into the homestretch, Barack Obama tells what he’ll do as President — you’ve heard it all before.
Sound Bite: “The question’s not ‘Are you better off than you were four years ago?’ We all know the answer to that. The real question is ‘Will our country be better off four years from now?’ ”
An outfit called Bring Ohio Back has produced a number of anti-McCain ads. (The ads don’t mention Obama.) And if you’re courting the Joe Six-Pack vote, what better location for the spots than in a neighborhood bar.
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The latest ad from Barack Obama encapsulates his campaign narrative for the next three weeks:
Sound Bite: “With no plan to fix our economy, smears are all McCain has left.”
With three-plus weeks to go, Barack Obama is working Ohio hard. And no wonder. Eking out a win there might seal the deal. Yesterday in Portsmouth, a folksy Obama (lapsing occasionally into his downhome accent — dropping “g’s” and all) tells a story about trying to convince the diehard Republican owner of a local diner to “give us a chance for four years, you might get more customers.”
Sound Bite: “I can take four more weeks of John McCain’s attacks but America can’t take four more years of John McCain’s-George Bush looklalike policies.”
John McCain proposed some kind of government buy-back of “bad” mortgages during Tuesday night’s debate. He provided more details yesterday. In this new 30-second spot, Obama says it’s a bad idea.
Sound Bite: “McCain would shift the burden from lenders to taxpayers, guaranteeing a loss of taxpayer money.”
Polls show that North Carolina may be in play for Barack Obama so he’s spending some ad money there. This spot says Washington “sold out” Carolina mills (Hey, that’s where John Edwards’ daddy used to work!) and that John McCain supports “shipping jobs overseas.”
And she gets off some pretty good lines.
Sound Bite: “The last thing I want . . . is to put mavericks in charge of the United States economy at this moment of need. Mavericks in Washington and on Wall Street got us into this mess. Let’s have some adult supervision again . . . “
It’s a nice bit and Obama should use it. But be honest: Aren’t you relieved you won’t have to listen to her everyday for the next four years?
Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe says his man has a chance to win in North Carolina, Virginia and Ohio because of increased Democratic registration and, of course, the miserable economy. He also tries to make the case that raising the McCain-Keating issue is relevant.
John McCain has “no plan to lift our economy up,” says this new 30-second ad, ”so he wants “to tear Barack Obama down.”
Sound Bite: “It’s time for a president who’ll change the economy, not change the subject.”
John McCain is “erratic in crisis” and “out of touch” says this new 30-second spot from Barack Obama. (Oh yeah, McCain=Bush.)
Sound Bite: “No wonder his campaign wants to change the subject, turn the page on the financial crisis by launching dishonest, dishonorable assaults against Barack Obama.
