McCain: Obama ignored Latin America
A new Spanish-language web ad from Republican John McCain needles Democratic rival Barack Obama for ignoring Latin America on his foreign tour.
It uses footage from Obama's speech last week to 200,000 people in Berlin, addressed to the "people of Berlin, people of the world."
"The world according to Barack Obama," it says on the screen, before a series of quick cuts showing him mentioning countries and cities around the globe -- one after another -- with none of them in Central or South America.
"And the Latinos?" appears on the screen. "Did he perhaps forget about us?"
The video is an appeal to Hispanic voters, who could play a key role in several battleground states. According to recent polls, McCain has a lot of ground to make up.
A national survey released by the Pew Hispanic Center last week showed Obama leading among Latino voters 66 percent to 23 percent. And in Florida, where both are stumping today, a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday found Hispanic voters favoring Obama 56 percent to McCain's 36 percent even as the poll showed an overall statistical tie.



this old doddering pasty fool is a desperate jackAss. mccain is so transparent. His JEALOUSY of brilliant, new kid Obama is valid though. if I was an old has been , like him, whose claim to fame is getting locked up for a screwed up war that USA shouldnt have fought anyway, I would be jealous too. TOO BAD bozo mccain. you will lose. and I THINK THE WAY MCCAIN TREATS HIS WIFE IS HORRENDOUS. he cALLS HER NAMES LIKE THE C WORD IN PUBLIC and he treats her like a stepford wife dog. THATS ENOUGH FOR ANYONE NOT TO VOTE FOR THIS CROAKING FOOL.
the bottom line is the latinos would much rather vote for Obama then this racist borderline white elitist anyway.
Here we go again! JOHN MCCAIN, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO FOR THIS COUNTRY! We are all sick of the attack ads! You were slamming Obama for not visiting Irag, then slamming him when he DID! Now you are slamming him for not going to Latin America??!! Come on.....give it a rest. I don't think McCain HAS ANY IDEA WHAT HE WILL DO FOR AMERICA! So, the only thing he can do is ATTACK!
Your comments regarding McCain as an old, doddering, pasty fool are offensive. You can be a young, healthy looking fool as well. Transparent, desperate, jealous, yes John McCain will lose this election because he's already lost himself.
mccain's campaign is just noise.
McCain 2008. I voted for Clinton and at the start I was leaning towards Obama but now I am going to vote for McCain. Obama is just a preacher with no real solutions.
Today John McCain is one day OLDER.
He has said he doesn't know too much about economy and he doesn't know how to use internet.
A president like that would be a joke.
Love the USA, vote for Obama.
Wow, Jay Mastter, and what exactly are McCain's solutions other than more of the same failed policies that the GOP and Bush regime offered and which have left us mired in a dishonest war that is costing us billions, a failing economy, loss of our rights, and an increasingly damaged environment? I'd love to know what McNasty's solutions are, but apparently he is just too busy listening to Karl Rove. Or are you just another McNasty "low road" smear meister trying to pass yourself off as a disgruntled Democratic? Have fun voting Repugnican, and good luck with your future if he wins - you'll need it.
McCain used the word "US" is he nuts......he has nothing in common with Hispanics, so he shouldn't use language to associate himself with them on a personal level.......
Besides Obama was over in Europe, talking about all of europe........thats why it was called a European Tour......hes been here talking about everyone in America thats why he left out America.....
Why dont you take an even "lower" road and say Obama forgot about Icelanders or Aliens on other planets........
For a man who might be the OLDEST president in our history, sure has a lot of growing up to do!!!!!!!!!!!!!
INSTEAD OF ALLOWING MCCAIN TO DISTRACT US FROM THE REAL ISSUES, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW HIS RECORD SINCE THIS IS WHAT WE AS AMERICANS SHOULD REALLY BE CONCERNED WITH:
September 2007: McCain voted against the Webb amendment calling for adequate troop rest between deployments. At the time, nearly 65% of people polled in a CNN poll indicted that "things are going either moderately badly or very badly in Iraq.
July 2007: McCain voted against a plan to drawdown troop levels in Iraq. At the time, an ABC poll found that 63% thought the invasion was not worth it, and a CBS News poll found that 72% of respondents wanted troops out within 2 years.
March 2007: McCain was too busy to vote on a bill that would require the start of a drawdown in troop levels within 120 days with a goal of withdrawing nearly all combat troops within one year. Around this time, an NBC News poll found that 55% of respondents indicated that the US goal of achieving victory in Iraq is not possible. This number has not moved significantly since then.
February 2007: For such a strong supporter of the escalation, McCain didn’t even bother to show up and vote against a resolution condemning it. However, at the time a CNN poll found that only 16% of respondents wanted to send more troops to Iraq (that number has since declined to around 10%), while 60% said that some or all should be withdrawn. This number has since gone up to around 70%.
June 2006: McCain voted against a resolution that Bush start withdrawing troops but with no timeline to do so.
May 2006: McCain voted against an amendment that would provide $20 million to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for health care facilities.
April 2006: McCain was one of only 13 Senators to vote against $430,000,000 for the Department of Veteran Affairs for Medical Services for outpatient care and treatment for veterans.
March 2006: McCain voted against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for by closing corporate tax loopholes.
March 2004: McCain once again voted for abusive tax loopholes over veterans when he voted against creating a reserve fund to allow for an increase in Veterans' medical care by $1.8 billion by eliminating abusive tax loopholes. Jeez, McCain really loves those tax loopholes for corporations, since he voted for them over our veterans' needs.
October 2003: McCain voted to table an amendment by Senator Dodd that called for an additional $322,000,000 for safety equipment for United States forces in Iraq and to reduce the amount provided for reconstruction in Iraq by $322,000,000.
April 2003: McCain urged other Senate members to table a vote (which never passed) to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests.
August 2001: McCain voted against increasing the amount available for medical care for veterans by $650,000,000. To his credit, he also voted against the 2001 Bush tax cuts, which he now supports making permanent, despite the dire financial condition this country is in, and despite the fact that he indicated in 2001 that these tax cuts unfairly benefited the very wealthy at the expense of the middle class.
So there it is. John McCain is yet another republican former military veteran who likes to talk a big game when it comes to having the support of the military. Yet, time and time again, he has gone out of his way to vote against the needs of those who are serving in our military. If he can’t even see his way to actually doing what the troops want, or what the veterans need, and he doesn’t have the support of veterans, then how can he be a credible commander in chief?
If Obama gets elected it won't be his face on the dollar bill that people will have to worry about, it will be his hand on your wallet.
"If Obama gets elected it won't be his face on the dollar bill that people will have to worry about, it will be his hand on your wallet."
Right, because we're doing SO well with "fiscally conservative" Dumbya and his record-setting deficit, recession and massive trade imbalance. Plus, he's really managed to keep US jobs right here at home huh?
Save it pal.
oBAMA WAS IN bERLIN FOR A ANNIVIVSRY . Mr McCain was in Canada a few weeks ago for an economic conference. What about a economic conference in the U.S maybe China will open some factories for us to work at for slave labor pays.
McCain said he would run a different campaign. He sure has! He has really hit below the belt with the ads he is proud of. Is he running scare? I think so.
I think people are tired of his lies and twisted innuendos. Please see him for what he is, another Bush.
exploiting black-brown tensions... race card indeed.
what a patronizing way to address latin americans with that corny music
why dont you just make a commercial about fried chicken to lure blacks to your campaign?
McCain is the better choice for United States president. I sincerely hope he does win. It will be a blessing to the entire world.
I Love Barack Obama he is really cool i think he will be really good president because he likes people and stuff
John McCain is by far the most serious candidate for the President of the United States. If we had put him in in 2000 he would hav e beenn a better president than President Bush and the war with terrorism would be far more advanced and our victory more complete.
To use age discrimination which his opposition opposes the reason for not hitring him with all the very rude remarks does not advance Obama in my veiw.
Let us stick with the issues here like pro-life, marriage between 1 man and 1 woman, domestic economic issues like getting good paying jobs with medical and retirement benefits to the American worker by drilling for oil in our own country, and demdanding employers live up to their social responcibility to American workers and how to peacefully resolve the illegal alien problem and get people in the system instead of criminalizing them for trying to advance themselves in low paying jobs many born in the USA workers won't do.
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