Is it just me or is the voiceover guy the same person for both campaigns? I guess not, they're all running together nowadays.
ted
· 1 year ago
That's actually a good ad.
I wish it was against the law to lie in political advertising...
motu
· 1 year ago
Yea! What's up with that? Can they slander & lie with absolute immunity?? Why? (except that its politics as usual...)
ezpz
· 1 year ago
Good. Too bad the media (so far) sees fit to only air the Mccain maverick ad. Chris Mathews showed that one, but not this Obama ad.
Though I'm not surprised, it still pisses me off to see the media in the tank for McCain. Don't they have children and grandchildren whose futures are at stake? Do they not see past their tax cuts, defense contracts/war profiteering noses ?
storeyy
· 1 year ago
they have money.....they don't care about people who are in need.
chandrablog
· 1 year ago
The MSM will never care for the truth. We should put liar every time we put there name like, John(liar)/Sarah(liar).
motu
· 1 year ago
How about we just use ' McLie / Palie ' ? (I know, could roll more..)
eclecticbrotha
· 1 year ago
Oh snap they finally went there.
Meanwhile, there's a related brouhaha developing between Matthew Yglesias and Marc Ambinder over this very thing. Yglesias mentioned how he was fascinated at Ambinder's attempt to claim he's not a part of the media that won't call McCain out for his problem with telling the truth, Ambinder responds in a very defensive way:
That's a start...they need to be using some version of "Lie" in every ad from here on out. Personally I think they should launch a website - TheliesofMcCainPailin08.com and then start advertising for that site as much as they are Obama. They could run a series of 10-20 different ads showing McCain and Palin making blatantly false accusations.
Obama is allowing McCain to manipulate the media right now and it's painful to watch. Every crazy word from their campaign is getting played on every network and news website as if it is truth. Also, they have Jill H. and Nancy Pf. on MSNBC damn near every day with Tucker Bounds on CNN.
McCain's message right now is reaching a lot of people and Obama's is not. Although, the national message may not be as big of a deal as the local message in most places.
ezpz
· 1 year ago
Tim, Today, MSNBC had Tucker Bounds on w/Nora O'Donnell. She allowed him to spew his talking points as if they were facts. She meekly asked a token question of him, but never refuted any of his lies outright. The question she asked was something like whether or not SP was ever FOR the bridge.
As a so called journalist, she shouldn't give tucker bounds the opportunity to lie even more. She should instead flat out *report* the facts that SP not only supported that bridge until it became an embarrassment to continue supporting it, but she actually campaigned for governor on that pro bridge issue.
Plus, she kept the money after she said "no thanks".
Steve
· 1 year ago
I wish they'd stop saying "she was for it before she was against it." That just sounds like she eventually made the right decision.
The reality is that she was for it until she found out Alaska would have to pay for it.
ezpz
· 1 year ago
Meanwhile, Karl Rove's dance partner, David Gregory just showed the Mccain maverick ad, but not this response ad by Obama.
Jed Lewison
· 1 year ago
yep. i noticed that ezpz.
BudP
· 1 year ago
They need to hammer home the fact that Palin was for the Bridge to nowhere before she was against it.
And what about the 223 million of hard earned taxpayer dollars? She KEPT the money.
Sarah 'I'd rather be whalin' Palin = More of the Same
Jed Lewison
· 1 year ago
joan walsh could not be a more useless hack.
ezpz
· 1 year ago
I agree, Jed. And I think she's the only non Republican? I'm not even sure about that. I just assumed so because she's from Salon.
Okay, now that Rachel has her own show and is not on David's Race for the WH, I can put RFTWH on the "do not watch" list.
Doggie and I are off for a walk.
:)
Steve
· 1 year ago
"They need to hammer home the fact that Palin was for the Bridge to nowhere before she was against it. "
No, they need to hammer home that she was for it until she had to pay for it.
Jallenrule
· 1 year ago
They just need to keep rolling out ads like this one-after-another. Well done, and hopefully effective.
Sean
· 1 year ago
Agreed, great ad and they do need to make sure they say for it until she had to pay for it. I think this is the main thing Obama needs to do. Instead of attacking palin directly, he needs to group McCain and Palin together and attack the Maverick and Change message they are trying to spew.
eclecticbrotha
· 1 year ago
Jed, Joan Walsh is a Clintonista praying Obama loses so she can yell "I told you so!" at the top of her lungs.
By the way, am I the only only who senses this is gonna be a kickass day for the Obama campaign? The surrogates are all on the coordinated attack. Obama is on fire in his Flint appearance then flattens McCain with the "No Maverick" ad. In less than 2 hours we get the double barrel barrage of Keith O. and Rachel.
I'm feeling much more energized than I was this weekend.
Jed Lewison
· 1 year ago
EB -- i'm right there with you brotha!
nepat
· 1 year ago
Great ad. Keep em coming. I want a new one - like this and even more aggressive - every day.
RandyH
· 1 year ago
Think Progress is counting how many times she LIES about the Bridge To Nowhere...
eclecticbrotha said earlier today that he thinks Obama needs to do BIG RALLIES everywhere he goes once again. I agree completely. Hillary and McCain mocked him previously about his big events only because they were jealous that they couldn't draw a big audience themselves. (In New Hampshire, Hillary had to haul in supporters from NY to fill High School gyms, even.) Now McCain is drawing bigger crowds who come to see Sarah, showing off his own "celebrity" ego.. Obama needs to show them how (effortlessly) it's really done. Besides, he draws energy from big crowds and the media can't resist but cover his big events in their entirety.
If anyone from the Obama camp reads this - do it. Do HUGE events everywhere you go until election day.
eclecticbrotha
· 1 year ago
Yeah, Sean, I caught the good news earlier. Rest assured they won't stop trying but its great news so far.
Lexamich
· 1 year ago
Uh, Jed, I don't know if you've seen the latest in Bury Brigade antics. They're reporting on Digg that "some" of the users complained that an article featuring Palin's "first gaffe" is inaccurate. The message is posted at the top of the page in red letters. Yet, when you click the link, there's a video right there of her saying that Fannie and Freddie were a burden on taxpayers. Well, they will be NOW, but that's besides the point.
In my view, Digg is now apart of the covert cabal attempting to undermine us all.
That warning wasn't there when I sent it out to people this morning. I only found out about it by someone I sent the link to telling me that the story may have been fake.
February
· 1 year ago
The Republicans, he added, "would make the all time all-star team for spiders the way they can spin. Ed Rendell, PA "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/08/rendell-if-i-was-palin-yo_n_124879.html
The Obama campaign needs to roll out ads daily if required. Game on!
cyndi
· 1 year ago
Actually this is not a game! This is an election where FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION for the Democrats!
SeattleAJ
· 1 year ago
Finally. I've been waiting for the day that the campaign started using the L word and applying it to McCain and his Republican allies. "Misleading", "Making stuff up", "not being truthful", "Misrepresenting" don't have the same effect that calling somebody a LIAR does. Now, if all the Obama surrogates can just start calling McCain/Palin liars and making it stick in the media....
Linton
· 1 year ago
The democrats need to fight back harder, if they dig deeply they will find stuff as to why McPalin doesn't want to talk to the media b'cos of the can of worms that might be opened, found this on this site http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/03/about-s...
Comment by Barbara Learmonth 2008-09-06 09:56:54 As a long-time Alaska state employee, I know that much of what Anne says about Palin is true, and I find the rest credible. I would add that salaries for rank and file state employees in Alaska are so low that many workers rely on 2nd jobs and/or federally funded assistance (food stamps, Medicaid, public housing) to support their families. My friend quit the state after 14 years and went to work for WalMart because they pay her better and treat her better. Staff morale is disintegrating. Many state jobs go unfilled for months or years because of poor pay. Some retirees are hired back into their old positions because the state cannot attract qualified younger candidates. But this spring, despite huge state surpluses due to rising oil prices, Palin opposed efforts to bring state salaries in line with cost of living increases
If only the MSM will be bold enough to do their work
cybergal619
· 1 year ago
Won't lauch from TJR, but was able to launch it from YouTube.
More of the same, BO Campaign!
soithoni
· 1 year ago
Jed - just a thought: would it be feasible to add a line in your SarahSixPack clock for the number of "Puff Pieces" she does. Calling the CharlieSukkup thing an "interview" is kind of a stretch. I'd hate to see you even dignify it with a "1" by that word "interview"....
How about a line that has "Oprah Puff Pieces: 1" or "National Enquirer Pieces: 1" Real Interviews: 0 Photo Ops: Too numerous to count Press Conferences: 0
Love this ad. Especially the Big Bad Texas John Cronyn music.
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I wish it was against the law to lie in political advertising...
Too bad the media (so far) sees fit to only air the Mccain maverick ad.
Chris Mathews showed that one, but not this Obama ad.
Though I'm not surprised, it still pisses me off to see the media in the tank for McCain. Don't they have children and grandchildren whose futures are at stake? Do they not see past their tax cuts, defense contracts/war profiteering noses ?
(I know, could roll more..)
Meanwhile, there's a related brouhaha developing between Matthew Yglesias and Marc Ambinder over this very thing. Yglesias mentioned how he was fascinated at Ambinder's attempt to claim he's not a part of the media that won't call McCain out for his problem with telling the truth, Ambinder responds in a very defensive way:
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008...
Obama is allowing McCain to manipulate the media right now and it's painful to watch. Every crazy word from their campaign is getting played on every network and news website as if it is truth. Also, they have Jill H. and Nancy Pf. on MSNBC damn near every day with Tucker Bounds on CNN.
McCain's message right now is reaching a lot of people and Obama's is not. Although, the national message may not be as big of a deal as the local message in most places.
She allowed him to spew his talking points as if they were facts.
She meekly asked a token question of him, but never refuted any of his lies outright.
The question she asked was something like whether or not SP was ever FOR the bridge.
As a so called journalist, she shouldn't give tucker bounds the opportunity to lie even more. She should instead flat out *report* the facts that SP not only supported that bridge until it became an embarrassment to continue supporting it, but she actually campaigned for governor on that pro bridge issue.
Plus, she kept the money after she said "no thanks".
The reality is that she was for it until she found out Alaska would have to pay for it.
And what about the 223 million of hard earned taxpayer dollars? She KEPT the money.
Sarah 'I'd rather be whalin' Palin = More of the Same
And I think she's the only non Republican?
I'm not even sure about that. I just assumed so because she's from Salon.
Okay, now that Rachel has her own show and is not on David's Race for the WH, I can put RFTWH on the "do not watch" list.
Doggie and I are off for a walk.
:)
No, they need to hammer home that she was for it until she had to pay for it.
By the way, am I the only only who senses this is gonna be a kickass day for the Obama campaign? The surrogates are all on the coordinated attack. Obama is on fire in his Flint appearance then flattens McCain with the "No Maverick" ad. In less than 2 hours we get the double barrel barrage of Keith O. and Rachel.
I'm feeling much more energized than I was this weekend.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/08/lies-nowhere/
Well, it just ended but I must say the blue pant suited lady gave me chills. She did a great job.
I just switched to the other feed of Barack in Farmington Hills, MI. Sounds like there's a little more boom in his voice today.
Here is more good news. Three weeks and we migh have our October suprise.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/08/sarah-...
If anyone from the Obama camp reads this - do it. Do HUGE events everywhere you go until election day.
In my view, Digg is now apart of the covert cabal attempting to undermine us all.
That warning wasn't there when I sent it out to people this morning. I only found out about it by someone I sent the link to telling me that the story may have been fake.
Ed Rendell, PA
"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/08/rendell-if-i-was-palin-yo_n_124879.html
http://digg.com/politics/Rendell_If_I_Was_Palin...
Rendell: If I Was Palin You'd Be Calling For My impeachment
Along those lines....
http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/6a6922...
"Alaskans 4 Obama"
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/...
Comment by Barbara Learmonth
2008-09-06 09:56:54
As a long-time Alaska state employee, I know that much of what Anne says about Palin is true, and I find the rest credible. I would add that salaries for rank and file state employees in Alaska are so low that many workers rely on 2nd jobs and/or federally funded assistance (food stamps, Medicaid, public housing) to support their families. My friend quit the state after 14 years and went to work for WalMart because they pay her better and treat her better. Staff morale is disintegrating. Many state jobs go unfilled for months or years because of poor pay. Some retirees are hired back into their old positions because the state cannot attract qualified younger candidates. But this spring, despite huge state surpluses due to rising oil prices, Palin opposed efforts to bring state salaries in line with cost of living increases
If only the MSM will be bold enough to do their work
More of the same, BO Campaign!
Calling the CharlieSukkup thing an "interview" is kind of a stretch. I'd hate to see you even dignify it with a "1" by that word "interview"....
How about a line that has "Oprah Puff Pieces: 1" or "National Enquirer Pieces: 1"
Real Interviews: 0
Photo Ops: Too numerous to count
Press Conferences: 0
Love this ad. Especially the Big Bad Texas John Cronyn music.