by Frank James
On the heels of last night's debate, Sen. John McCain has a new ad up today in which he soothingly tells Americans that all will be better if they "stand" with him and help him restore the nation to peace and prosperity.
Actually, peace isn't mentioned at all in the ad. If all you had to go on was this ad, you'd never know the nation was currently fighting two wars.
Without mentioning their names McCain slams, right out of the box, President Bush and Sen. Barack Obama, his Democratic rival for the presidency.
McCain, who's a lot calmer in the ad than in last night's debate said:
The last eight years haven't worked very well, have they?
I'll make the next four better.
Your savings, your job and your financial security are under siege.
Washington is making it worse - bankrupting us with their spending.
Telling us paying higher taxes is "patriotic"?
And saying we need to "spread the wealth around"?...
The ad's opening makes McCain sound like a inattentive husband promising a fed-up wife that things will get better if she please, please doesn't walk out the door.
Then McCain becomes a pychotherapist, explaining to us why we're anxious. Shouldn't he be blaming our parents or something?
This soft, almost gauzy McCain ad is a clear attempt to undo some of the Mccain's self-inflicted damage, the negative attacks that have blown back on his campaign in the form of lower favorability ratings in several polls.
Comments
The FACTS are clear. McCain enabled Bush. 4 years ago in 2004 Bush was running for reelection. If McCain disagreed with the direction and policies of the Bush Administration he could have put Country First and challenged President Bush in the Primary race. FACT is McCain was a wholehearted supporter of giving Bush 4 more years to work his Bush Magic. These are FACTS.
Posted by: janet | October 16, 2008 10:21 AM
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"restore the nation to peace and prosperity."
Considering that McCain wants an American military presence in Iraq for the next 50 - 100 years, that's NOT going to bring "peace" to us. let alone "prosperity". McCain still hasn't figured out that the $650 billion dollars spent on the Iraq occupation is "off-budget" and has yet to be included in the federal deficit.
quote:
"The last eight years haven't worked very well, have they?"
Considering that you've pretty much voted for Bush's policies for the last 8 years, are you man enough top accept your share of the blame? I didn't think so.
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"I'll make the next four better."
Yeah - how? By dumping over $1 trillion dollars in new debt onto the backs of the American taxpayer, and ballooning the $10 trillion dollar national debt? (his support for the $850 billion bailout plus his plan to spend $300 billion buying mortgages).
America can't afford McCain as president.
Posted by: BC | October 16, 2008 11:07 AM
I know in the heat of a debate it is some times difficult to point out the errors in rational thought as presented by your opponent but McCain's comment that Obama should have challenged Bush in 2004, this after declaring he was not Bush, was almost too good to be true. Obama either did not connect the dots or decided that it was too easy a rejoinder when he failed to inquire why, if Bush was the failure now being depicted by McCain, why McCain did not "put his country first" and challenge Bush in the 2004 primaries. McCain has drifted so far from his former moderate positions on taxes, choice for women and regulation of businesses, etc. he can no longer be believable at any level. His ambition to be president has resulted in his becoming a hand puppet for the Rove type operatives who view this as a game whilr the country suffers.
Posted by: Frank | October 16, 2008 11:43 AM