Wa-HOO! Obama releases new ad featuring the Bush twins! (George & John, not Barbara and Jenna)...

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Barack Hits Back: Ad Says McCain Taking Low Road

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/barack-hits-back-ad-says_n_115960.html

Responding to a harsh personal attack from John McCain, Barack Obama released a television ad late Wednesday evening accusing the the Arizona Republican's campaign of dirty, superficial politics.

The spot, titled "The Low Road," witnesses the Illinois Democrat playing his trump card: tying McCain to George W. Bush, both in politics and in policy.

VIDEO of the ad HERE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/30/barack-hits-back-ad-says_n_115960.html

"He's practicing the politics of the past: John McCain," reads the ad. "His attacks on Barack Obama: not true, false, baloney, the low road, baseless. John McCain same old politics same failed policies."

A picture of the presumptive Republican nominee shaking hands with the soon-to-be-departed president fills the screen.

"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."

The advertisement comes hours after the McCain camp caused a stir of its own when it put out a spot comparing Obama to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, both in terms of international celebrity and (more subtly) lack of substance. The Obama campaign and the Senator himself denounced the ad, but their rebuttal advertisement is a stronger repudiation. This spot, at once, positions the Senator as above the fray while tying McCain to the widely-unpopular tactics of the Bush years.

[gateley]

1. You KNOW they really wanted to use that armpit shot! nt

[Franks Wild Years]

4. Gradual build-up.

I think that shot will be the icing on the cake in ads run around debate time.

[Muttocracy]

8. speaking of cake, the Katrina cake photo is good too. nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

2. Cool. Beans.

:thumbsup:

[WeDidIt]

3. That's the only picture in the ad where McCain looks happy.

The other pictures make him look old, grumpy, constipated, and pissed off.

[Island Blue]

5. Which wears the Hello Kitty t-shirt in the ad? n/t

[Cha]

6. They do look alike..

I think it's a killer ad!

[Diane R]

7. I love how this ad keeps saying 'Old', and has it printed right under Grampy. Very good subliminal.

[Median Democrat]

9. Great Ad - However, When Big Media Ignores It - Trolls Will Attack Obama

They still don't recognize the fact that Big Media is subsidizing McCain's campaign with hundreds of hours of free air play while this ad will get a token mention without any play by the national media as noted in this article:

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/07/30/mccain-s-savvy-ad-strategy.aspx