I'm getting tired of this. McCain puts out yet another ad attacking Obama as being out of touch.

[TeamJordan23]

Latest attack spot suggests Obama's out of touch with the average American because of his celebrity, economic policies.

"Life in the spotlight must be grand, but for the rest of us times are tough.... Painful taxes, hard choices for your budget. Not ready to lead. That's the real Obama."

Watch it above. Read script here.

Changes line of attack on Obama and taxes, saying he "voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000," when in the past the figure they cited was $32,000.

Ad will be cycled into thier battleground state buy.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/08/08/new-mccain-spot-frames-the-real-obama-as-an-elitist/

Obama needs to respond stronger to these types of ads in my opinion

[Coexist]

1. what? pedigreed Naval aristocracy, married to an heiress, who owns 8 homes and wears $500 shoes

who thinks nothing of charging a half mil a month on credit cards said what???

[GoesTo11]

13. My friend, you just wrote some winning ad copy \nt

[Coexist]

22. maybe the DNC will use it!

[Carrieyazel]

16. The Obama camp won't run and ad saying these things.

They want to be above the fray, and they won't go there. A fatal mistake, if they don't push back EFFECTIVELY.

[Skwmom]

25. The DNC, Move-on, the Unions and other outside groups can run these ads.

[zanne]

2. McCain will use higher taxes and fear in his propaganda.

I'm betting that the closer we get to the election, the fear factor will show it's ugly head. Terra!

[DangerDave921]

3. Getting tired already???

It's only August! This is small potatoes. Wait till October comes!

[TeamJordan23]

5. I'm getting tired of lukeworm responses from the Obama campaign.

[enough]

4. Get used to it, or stop paying attention. This is not going to change.

[Occam Bandage]

6. I'd like to see Obama actually contest this line. Jetting off to Hawaii

isn't a great counterpoint.

[Inuca]

10. He needs to rest and

he and his advisors need to THINK. Shooting from the hip in a frantic back and forth is not necessarily the best option.

[Occam Bandage]

24 hours is the standard time to craft a response ad in politics.

On the other hand, it seems the Obama campaign has decided that responding to effective attack ads is beneath them.

[Inuca]

26. I am sure that the whole campaign is NOT

going on vacation nor is it going to take a one week nap. I also hope that they will deploy a whole bunch of high power and effective surrogates. As to your comment about responding to ads, I am not sure what it is based on.

[cliffordu]

17. Counterpoint? I thought this trip was planned well in advance of the commercial.

Perhaps the commercial is counterpoint to the trip.

Or maybe Obama is actually FROM Hawaii, and is going to see family.

Or maybe he's a 'leetist lefty goofin on the beaches with all the other swarthy rich Liberals.

[Occam Bandage]

27. Yes, the trip was pre-planned. And it fits nicely into McCain's claim that Obama

is an effete celebrity who would rather preen for cameras and hang out in exotic locales than fight for American families.

[cliffordu]

28. One photo of Obama and his ancient grandmother will be all that it takes to

dispel that.

I don't know how THAT will fit nicely with anything McCain wants to say.

edit for speling(sic)

[OwnedByFerrets]

7. Lies and innuendo are all they have....

he cant campaign on the issues.

[Occam Bandage]

9. And all they need, usually.

[SteelPenguin]

8. What you mean 'us' white man?

Times are tough for you? With your brutally cheap government health care triple pay (social security, senate, military pension) and your millionare heiress wife, 8 houses, and $540 shoes?

Fuck you, dickwad.

[jenmito]

11. He's drilling the same "out of touch, celeb" message into voters' heads. Obama needs to respond

with just as consistent a message about MCCAIN and how he's not a maverick, a 3rd Bush term, etc.

[Thrill]

12. Its one thing to attack. But to just flat out lie is disgusting

[Thrill]

14. As usual. He never says anything good about himself. Only attacking Obama

Hopefully people see this

[CitizenPatriot]

15. mccain is out of touch

rachel m reminded us that this must be ABOUT mccain. so long as it is about obama responding to attacks, it is about obama's character (game plan for repugs). well, crap, I didn't see Rachel talk about this cuz I missed her yesterday! and it wasn't on Youtube-- but I read about it here and it made sense. How do you dispute the LIES but not focus on them? o course, problem is MSM picks up McSame's lies as talking points.

We need to go out and ASK questions about mcCain everywhere we can. His war record? Hmmm...His wife's financials? How many houses? In a google-able way:-)

Oh, yeah. Obama who went on scholarship is out of touch, you LYING, MISLEADING piece of GARBAGE.

mccain out of touch
McCain out of touch
McCain liar
McCain rich liar
McCain friend lie

just cuz...

[L0oniX]

18. "I disagree with what the majority of the American people want." --John McCain

Yep ...ain't that the truth.

"I ‘Don’t See How It Matters’ That I Don’t Know The Price Of Gas" --John McCain
"Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war." --John McCain

[uponit7771]

19. McSame can do this because not a lot of people KNOW about McSame. Media focuses on Obama a lot...

...and doesn't ask critical questions

[uponit7771]

20. ...and media doesn't call their "maverick" on being a lying asshole either. They let him slip...

...constantly while gaffing his way through interviews (or even editing out the gaffes).

The media should be called on this.

[Canuckistanian]

21. "the rest of us"??

Moneybags McCain spills more at lunch than Obama makes in a year.

[beachmom]

23. It's because McCain has no ground game. He is trying to create ABO

Anyone But Obama

There are a couple of parallels to '04 here: Bush/Rove DID have a good ground game in the works and there was a major sentiment of ABB. Although Kerry didn't go super negative, many outside liberal groups did with all kinds of negative ads.

It didn't work.

Also, the anti-Bush feelings rose out of the grassroots. I feel like there is a manufactured feel to creating ABO. It may work partially, but not to the degree ABB was.

[Skwmom]

24. Easy Response.

Life with owning 8 houses, spending over 100,000 a year on household help, flying around in a private jet, and wearing $500 shoes must be grand, but for the rest of us times are tough.

John McCain wants to give more tax breaks to him and his wealthy friends.

He promises to continue the policies of the Bush Administration.

Painful times, hard choices for your budget. Yet McCain worries about giving Oil Companies and wealthy friends more tax breaks. That’s the real McCain.

This OPENS THE DOOR to disclose facts about the REAL McCain. I hope some group takes advantage of it.

[gal]

29. McCain can't operate a computer and Obama is out of touch?

That should be the response ad.