July 31, 2008 1:46 PM
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"Celeb" Ad A Fundraising Tool For Both Candidates
Yesterday we told you how the McCain campaign was using its "Celeb" ad as a fundraising tool. Turns out the Obama campaign had the same idea.
"Less than 24 hours ago, the McCain campaign launched the latest and lowest in a series of misleading attack ads," campaign manager David Plouffe writes in a fundraising appeal that arrived this afternoon. "This Karl Rove-style ploy misleads people about Barack's energy plan and even mocks his ability to inspire voters and bring Americans back into the political process."
The email quotes former McCain strategist John Weaver calling the ad "childish" and says "watchdogs in the media are calling McCain's accusations 'bogus,' 'desperate,' 'wrong,' 'misleading,' 'ugly,'
'offensive,' 'reckless,' and 'a nasty turn into the gutter.'"
"In the face of these new attacks, you can help demonstrate that a movement funded by grassroots supporters giving only what they can afford is ready to take on the Republican fundraising machine and its onslaught of negativity," Plouffe writes.
The email concludes with a link to the Obama campaign's response ad.
"Less than 24 hours ago, the McCain campaign launched the latest and lowest in a series of misleading attack ads," campaign manager David Plouffe writes in a fundraising appeal that arrived this afternoon. "This Karl Rove-style ploy misleads people about Barack's energy plan and even mocks his ability to inspire voters and bring Americans back into the political process."
The email quotes former McCain strategist John Weaver calling the ad "childish" and says "watchdogs in the media are calling McCain's accusations 'bogus,' 'desperate,' 'wrong,' 'misleading,' 'ugly,'
'offensive,' 'reckless,' and 'a nasty turn into the gutter.'"
"In the face of these new attacks, you can help demonstrate that a movement funded by grassroots supporters giving only what they can afford is ready to take on the Republican fundraising machine and its onslaught of negativity," Plouffe writes.
The email concludes with a link to the Obama campaign's response ad.
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Brian Montopoli Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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