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Obama ad rebuts McCain independence from Bush

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor October 16, 2008 10:31 AM


Barack Obama's campaign already has a new national cable TV ad to counter perhaps Republican rival John McCain's highlight of Wednesday night's debate.

After Obama repeated his line of attack that a McCain presidency would continue what Democrats call President Bush's failed policies, McCain declared, "Senator Obama, I am not President Bush."

The announcer responds, over a series of images showing McCain looking exasperated and McCain with Bush: "True, but you did vote with Bush 90 percent of the time. Tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthy, but almost nothing for the middle class -- same as Bush. Keep spending ten billion a month in Iraq while our own economy struggles – same as Bush."

The ad ends with McCain boasting much earlier, "I voted with the President over 90 percent of the time, higher than a lot of my even Republican colleagues."

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Good job Barak. Keep the ads up. We need to put an end to the Republican wrecklessness.

Posted by Dan October 16, 08 11:08 AM
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What a joy to see McCain 'hoist in his own petard." How delightful to see him damned out of his own mouth.

Obama, who has waged a seriously civilized campaign, doesn't HAVE to be negative about McCain...McCain does it for him!

I am sooooooooooooo enjoying this.

Posted by Patti Witherspoon October 16, 08 11:11 AM
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Amazing how the American public can't remember the constant lies of conservative Republican people in politics. A sad history for Republicans but then a lie often repeated somehow becomes truth in the minds of the ignorant and fearful.

Posted by owlafaye October 16, 08 11:11 AM
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Amazing how a lie oft repeated is soon accepted as TRUTH. The Republicans in America are intimately familiar with this. It comes from fear and ignorance, two major weaknesses of the common, uneducated man, lacking in curiosity. It is very true that Democrats are usually above average in intelligence, better educated and unencumbered by most social disadvantage such as strong religious beliefs. We must be ever vigilant to the dire consequences of having morons dictate public policy.

Posted by owlafaye October 16, 08 11:18 AM
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Watch

Posted by J October 16, 08 11:25 AM
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Na wa oh, lie lie

Posted by Fidel October 16, 08 11:50 AM
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Yes! Yes! Yes!
I pictured this ad last night as soon as McCain said the "I'm not Bush" line. Beautifully done. He is not Bush in name only.

Posted by Greg October 16, 08 12:06 PM
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"We need to encourage programs such as Teach for America and Troops to Teachers where people, after having served in the military, can go right to teaching and not have to take these examinations which -- or have the certification that some are required in some states."


Is McCain serious? This comment demonstrates his lunacy!

Posted by T Ross in CA October 16, 08 12:06 PM
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bahahahahahah

John W. Mc***BUSH*** is toast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by Soc73 October 16, 08 12:07 PM
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But Sarah Palin said that Obama is bad. She wouldn't lie, would she?

Posted by not sure October 16, 08 12:12 PM
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Ladies and gentlemen

We have just seen McCain shoot himself in the foot. Obama should pump this ad until election time. I am ready to Obama in office. November 4, The White House, America. I hope you are ready. Because change is coming. God bless everyone

Posted by Elite Outlawz October 16, 08 12:14 PM
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Yeah, it's pretty amazing to see the so called "liberal" press fawning over McCain's, "I'm not Bush" refrain last night, like that was some sort of home run for him. This apparently (to some) dramatic statement took about 30 seconds to be completely debunked, based on McCain's record, but the press seemed to eat it up like a kid starved for cheap sweets.

Meanwhile, McCain looked and sounded like an old grump with an odd smile/smirk pasted on his face, presenting no new ideas while Obama looked thoughtful and presidential. It's not an act, righties, it's the real deal.

Posted by tdub October 16, 08 12:14 PM
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This ad is hilarious!
Bye bye John...

Posted by Wilbur Evans October 16, 08 12:15 PM
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Mc Cain seems to like Joe the plumber even if they have never met.
Joe is a true Republicam he wants to make lots of money and have someone else pick up the tab!

Posted by Phil October 16, 08 12:16 PM
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"It is very true that Democrats are usually above average in intelligence, better educated "

Yeah, just keep repeating that lie and mayhap it will be accepted as truth.....

Posted by Obamamessiah October 16, 08 12:16 PM
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The old man was desperate and grumpy last night
Trying to cling on to a name called Joe
All the tricks and smirks can't make them right
Little does he realize that he is his own foe

So as they wind down this campaign
The old order changeth giving rise to new
We will not hear much about Mccain
Or the missed chances, the GOP will come to rue


Posted by Raja October 16, 08 12:21 PM
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he's not bush, exactly...

Posted by David W. Racine October 16, 08 12:23 PM
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Listen, the bottom line is that there were no knockout punches delivered in the debate. Both Obama and McCain delivered just a more descriptive show of debate 2. Now, as an independent, I wouldnt mind either one in the whitehouse. I voted for McCain in the 2000 election. And lets face facts, he should have been president then. But the man isnt the poster child for healthiest person of his generation. He has suffered very detrimental attacks to his health. He shouldve been president 8 years ago. Bottom line - who delivers in the current economic crisis better, what team members will form their cabinet etc, who can deliver us from the 8 years of deficit better. NBC profiled that under McCain's term would bring a one trillion dollar deficit at the end of 4 years while Obama's would bring $737 billion. In the parlance of the majority of Americans and economists everywhere, this stands out. Oh and Palin (Or as Bill Maher puts it, Avon Lady) would come to power. This isnt Alaska, this is our Country. She maybe smart and familiar to Americans everywhere; but presidential qualifications are quite different. Stifler's mom cannot run the Whitehouse!

Posted by Independent October 16, 08 12:25 PM
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Don’t go for the knockout Barack, it’s 11 to nothing. Just keep dancing around, but please without Michele (or you will lose my vote!)

Posted by Joe the Parachuter October 16, 08 12:36 PM
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Simply Brilliant!

Posted by amber October 16, 08 12:43 PM
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McCain was under so much pressure from Sara to keep looking at Obama to look like a winner, you need a knockout she advised. But his face gave up and the muscle started to have spasms and lost control on whether to smile, keep a stoic look, or just show his teeth in anger.” He was heard saying to himself after the debate: “Sara, Sara, Sara, what have you done to me?”

Posted by Marjon Jodan Sr. October 16, 08 12:56 PM
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Today “I am not Bush”, tomorrow “I didn’t pick Sara, she just showed up and I said YES”.

Posted by Martin Bolvin October 16, 08 01:02 PM
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Yet another debate where McCain can't seem to decide which personality he wants to come to the party! I've heard all the discussion about his health as it relates to his cancer, perhaps we should be looking deeper into his mental well-being. He seems a bit bi-polar to me at the rate he runs such an erratic campaign, constantly shifting directions of attack trying to figure out which he is most comfortable. As a Senator he has led to us to deregulation...just look at his involvement with Keating...even caused his 2nd wife, Cindy, to become a thief and drug abuser as she stole medications from her own charity organization. If that's the effect he has on his loved ones, what will he do to our Country!!!

Posted by Sarah H. - GA October 16, 08 01:03 PM
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Please vote for me, I will give you money back, not like him, that guy, who will take money away from you… ha ha ha (good one he Barack!). Listen friends, this is getting beyond by bedtime, and I am tired, do you hear, tired… So please just vote for me. And, oh, don’t forget, I am proud of Sara, her husband is a tough guy who will be president if, God forbids, something happen to me! Night night!

Posted by Jennifer Maroni October 16, 08 01:08 PM
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I heard it quite differently, McCain was beating himself after the debate and screaming where is Sara, where is Todd, IT IS OVER, go back to Wassila! Cindy take me home!

Posted by Molly Shaffer October 16, 08 01:15 PM
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Wow I'm amazed at how closed minded and gullible you liberals are.
Obama will cut taxes for 95% of americans HAHA yeah just like Bill Clinton promised and then did the opposite (As most if not all Democrats do "raise taxes").
Use your curiousity for something useful and look at Obamas televised induction into the Senate - he said he was not qualified to be president.
While in the Senate what has he actually done besides vote unpresidentedly liberal..... yeah thought so
During his expansive time in the Senate... Oh wait he's been in the Senate for how long.... yeah
Look at the actual % people pay on taxes
Fact: Corporations that outsource jobs are the same coporations that employ people in the US. The reason they outsource jobs is because they are taxed so much that it's actually cheaper to 1.)build a plant somewhere else (hundreds of millions of dollars) 2.)still pay employees though less than americans - much more than they would make if the corporation was not there 3.)Ship it to wherever the product or service needs to go.
Fact: If you make corporations pay more taxes they will infact leave the US (LOSING JOBS-INCREASING UNEMPLOYMENT-INCREASING FORCLOSURES-MAKING THEM DIP INTO GOVERNMENT MONEY(tax payers pay for like SSI)-CAUSING TAXES TO INCREASE ON OBAMAS "BELOVED" MIDDLE CLASS (which he's never been a part of making $4 million last year - getting his college education free (minority scholarships))-MAKING THE MIDDLE CLASS HAVE LESS MONEY TO PAY FOR THEIR NEEDS (eventually forcing some into the same unemployment-government funds cycle) AND WHERE DOES THAT LEAVE AMERICA (you and me)....... IN THE TOILET

If you want higher taxes, less jobs in america, abortion completely deregulated (legalized up to birth), a president that WILL NOT ACT in times of crisis (Americans getting attacked and killed in America) then by all means Vote for Obama, watch America die a slow and painful death and let the rapture come swiftly.

Posted by Chad October 16, 08 01:16 PM
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McCain's face had that frozen perpetual scowl that can only from from injected botox. His lips moved but not the rest of his face. He speech was also a bit slurred, reminiscent of Bush II's slurred wanderings. When will they start mandatory urine testing of these guys, immediately after the conclusion of the debate? On camera, of course,so we will know they're not switching in a sample, as it has been suggested that Bush II did in his fighter pilot days.

Posted by Rosenkranz October 16, 08 01:20 PM
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Independent sources say McCain got so mad after the debate he refused to get ride home with Cidy: “I will walk, I got things to think about without dis(h)traction.” Same sources say Cindy followed him saying “I told don’t pick Sara, cute doesn’t do it John!”

Posted by Javier Perez October 16, 08 01:26 PM
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From pit bull to underdog is quite an evolution is less than one month. Imagine 4-8 years of such an evolutionary speed, Americans ends up speaking Iraqi.

Posted by Saadi alhily October 16, 08 01:52 PM
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Thank you Obama for not only speaking the truth about McCain, but proving it by letting America hear it from the horses mouth. "My friends".........

Posted by Chris Weadock October 16, 08 01:55 PM
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Superior job, Senator Obama and Campaign!! Abolutely love the part showing McCain boasting, "I voted with the President over 90 percent of the time, higher than a lot of my even Republican colleagues." !! Absolutely AWESOME and TRUTHFUL venue to utilize McCain's very proud and boastful words against him! I agree, this ad MUST be shown over and over again right up to 4 NOVEMBER 2008!! True, John McCain is not GWB; however, they are joined at the hip and Johnny McCain has been in lockstep with him, not missing a beat!! They THINK ALIKE!!

Posted by NinaK October 16, 08 02:39 PM
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Hey Barrack stop looking back at Bush he is not running,you need to show us what you will do and not blaming what Bush did.
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Posted by skmj October 16, 08 02:43 PM
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Absolutely brilliant. So sad to see McCain go out like this!!!, but I am glad though!! Nothing dirty about this add. McCain's face, McCain's words..if they had added some of the stupid things Palin has said I would have fell off the couch laughing.

Posted by SD October 16, 08 03:18 PM
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so all you obama cool-aid drinkers are okay with socialism? Obama is doing what Casto did in Cuba. he promised them hope and change as well. and look at them now. It's the "Rules for Radicals" move. Wake up, America!!! before it's too late!

Posted by American October 16, 08 03:34 PM
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Socialism...hummm....looks like good ole captialism isn't working so well for the majority of us today. WE ARE IN TROUBLE guys, and we need RADICAL change. Early in the campaign I was ambivilent about the outcome thinking that McCain wouldn't be so bad. Of all the republicans that could be running I most certainly wanted it to be him because he does seem to 'mavrick' it up 10% of the time. Now I realize that a 10% change simply isn't enough. We need a RADICAL CHANGE and Obama is our best bet for middle class survival.

Posted by blueinapinkstate October 16, 08 06:15 PM
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Socialism...hummm....looks like good ole captialism isn't working so well for the majority of us today. WE ARE IN TROUBLE guys, and we need RADICAL change. Early in the campaign I was ambivilent about the outcome thinking that McCain wouldn't be so bad. Of all the republicans that could be running I most certainly wanted it to be him because he does seem to 'mavrick' it up 10% of the time. Now I realize that a 10% change isn't going to make a difference. We need a RADICAL CHANGE and Obama is our best bet for the survival of the middle class and thus AMERICA as it was intended to be by our founding fathers.

Posted by bjameson October 16, 08 06:49 PM
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90% ???

That is a huge break with his own party. You people don't understand mathematics?

Barack has voted 97% of the time with his party. That's the record of a man just trying to go along to get along, and not try to accomplish anything big or difficult.

Posted by J. Mayfield October 16, 08 07:04 PM
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The crazy thing is , there are even more clips of him saying he did everything he could to get Bush into office...TWICE!! i cant wait for them to use that video

Posted by Mvpsdad October 16, 08 07:58 PM
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Go obama i hope you win this election

Posted by savannah and kayla October 16, 08 08:02 PM
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OBAMA IS A ONE TRICK PONY.........................HIS CAMPAIGN IS 'BUSH LEAGUE'

Posted by FFED October 20, 08 08:56 AM
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OBAMA IS A ONE TRICK PONY.........................HIS CAMPAIGN IS 'BUSH LEAGUE'

Posted by FFED October 20, 08 11:38 AM
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What I don't understand is how McCain can keep saying that Obama "attacked" Joe the Plumber when he said or did absolutely nothing to hurt Joe the Plumber. Newspeople researched Joe the Plumber, not Obama or anyone on Obama's team. McCain obviously will say or do anything to win the election. Anything. What does that say about the Republican party when they have used those "swift boat" tactics over and over again and what does that say about us that we let them get away with it? When Palin was asked 3 times what magazines she read for sources of news she couldn't name a single one but then the campaign released that she reads "The Economist". Does anyone really believe that? Palin was picked to solidify the base and attack Obama constantly. Say or do anything with what looks like moral indignation and people will believe it. That is her real value. She can lie and distort better than anyone in the GOP.

Wake up people. It's time to take our country back from the Orwellian mob that has been in control of it, really from the time of Nixon. You know, the people who would say or do anything to win. Big money is in control and little money ( all of us sending in our $50-$100 checks) will hopefully take it back. We are dangerously close to losing our democracy where it takes an unbelievably incompetent and corrupt party in office to even have a chance for the opposing party to win the election. Clinton won because of the Perot factor. We should be slam dunking this but the system is so corrupt that the Republican candidate could be a convicted child molester and still get elected. We need to be vigilant and not let this opportunity get past us. Democrats....VOTE! PLEASE VOTE!

Posted by danalarrabee October 20, 08 01:11 PM
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the mean thing in this ad is the voice. it is very mean.

Posted by maz hess October 20, 08 05:33 PM
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