Second Ad Links Obama And Wright

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: Advertising

Last week we saw the first ad of the campaign cycle linking Barack Obama and his controversial former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who is once again making headlines today.

This week brings the second such spot. This new ad, like the last one, uses the Wright/Obama connection to attack a local Democrat. This time around, it's House candidate Travis Childers of Mississippi, who, the ad notes, was "endorsed by liberal Barack Obama."

"...when Obama's pastor cursed America, blaming us for 9/11, Childers said nothing," an announcer says in the spot. "When Obama ridiculed rural folks for clinging to guns and religion, Childers said nothing. Travis Childers – he took took Obama's endorsement over our conservative values. Conservatives just can't trust Travis Childers."

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Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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by pesojoe April 29, 2008 12:49 PM EDT: I can not believe that all the bad of the world is white peoples fault. If whites hadn''t bought blacks from other blacks they would still be basking in the warm love of the african country from where they came. I realize all those murder hell holes and starving populations are better than America so maybe blacks should visit and see why they should stop crying and hating America. Thank God you are here and not there. I wish slavery had never happened, wow you wouldn''t be here complaining now if only your brothers hadn''t sold you in the first place! Brought to you by the church of Pesojoe.; Reply to this comment


by abmitus April 29, 2008 7:23 AM EDT: REV Wright ain''t running for POTUS, Barrack is. He can''t control the way someone else feels or what they said. Come on people, keep it real. If Hillary can''t win straight up, and she can''t, the media will step in to rescue her. *** shame.; Reply to this comment


by abmitus April 29, 2008 7:23 AM EDT: REV Wright ain''t running for POTUS, Barrack is. He can''t control the way someone else feels or what they said. Come on people, keep it real. If Hillary can''t win straight up, and she can''t, the media will step in to rescue her. *** shame.; Reply to this comment


by April 29, 2008 3:21 AM EDT: gotta figure hillary is behind rev. wright getting all this new attention. his sermons were way on the back burner on low heat; and now the press is stiring up the pot on high heat. wake up people; hillary will promise everything and give us nothing.; Reply to this comment


by pesojoe April 29, 2008 2:29 AM EDT: Please seems as though it''s time for Obama to pack up and go home! Him and his twenty year friend, Wright. I''ve no room for the hate of whites and the self pity they spew. If you don''t agree with the views of you pastor and church it wouldn''t take twenty years to find a more tolerant unbiased place to worship.; Reply to this comment


by rowdytexan2 April 28, 2008 11:21 PM EDT: Posted by MaryinVA at 01:11 PM : Apr 28, 2008

Yes, his lies are much more civil, aren''t they?; Reply to this comment


by rowdytexan2 April 28, 2008 11:20 PM EDT: And, lastly of Hillary Clinton, that if Rev. Wright would not have been her Pastor, then why did she and Bill when going through Impeachment, turn to Rev. Wright for Prayer and Support and invite him to the White House? These things should be asked and answered.

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Posted by BacaAngel at 01:50 PM : Apr 28, 2008

Rev. Wright was a guest at the White House once. He wasn''t invited back.

Rev. Wright doesn''t make his hate speeches at other churches where he can''t video tape it and sell it to the public.; Reply to this comment


by texaslj April 28, 2008 5:47 PM EDT: This is but a small sample of what Senator Obama would face in the general election. If he cannot defend himself against these minor assaults by the RNC now, he stands no chance in the general election where there will be many more issues to overcome.

Put him in the boat--he needs a swift trip home to his wife and kids.; Reply to this comment


by bacaangel April 28, 2008 4:50 PM EDT: It is time for the Republican-controlled Media to give this Wright controversy some fairness and enquire of Hillary Clinton and her surrogates the following:

Is it true that, (1) Hillary surrogate, Congresswoman Shiela Jackson Lee, is also a devotee of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright; that he''s been preaching at her home church, where she is actively involved, annually for the past 15 years and has an open invitation to return, and, that she sat in the pews for his visits and did not bat an eye?

Is it true that (2) Hillary surrogate, Rev. Marcia Dyson was not only a longtime member of Trinity United Church of Christ but also still considers Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright her pastor? That Rev. Marcia Dyson''s seminary education, in part, was sponsored by Trinity UCC and encouraged by Rev. Wright? And was it not at Trinity were she first met her husband, Rev. Dr. Michael Dyson, who''s been very vocal in his defense of Rev. Wright.?

And, lastly of Hillary Clinton, that if Rev. Wright would not have been her Pastor, then why did she and Bill when going through Impeachment, turn to Rev. Wright for Prayer and Support and invite him to the White House? These things should be asked and answered.; Reply to this comment


by maryinva April 28, 2008 4:11 PM EDT: The Reverend Wright has been unfairly villified by the media. In case the RNC and its 527 groups have been taking a snooze, America has moved on. These attack ads are just one more reason to vote Democratic in the Fall election. Senator Obama seems to offer a more civil approach to American politics, not a day too soon.; Reply to this comment

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