McCain Campaign Links Obama To Rezko In New Ad

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: Advertising

The McCain campaign has unveiled a stark new ad hitting Barack Obama for his connection to Tony Resko, his former fundraiser, who was convicted on corruption charges. The spot is a response to an earlier ad from the Obama campaign hitting McCain for not knowing how many homes he owns.

"Barack Obama knows a lot about housing problems," an announcer says in the spot. "One of his biggest fundraisers helped him buy his million dollar mansion. Purchasing part of the property he couldn't afford. From Obama, Rezko got political favors, including $14 million from taxpayers. Now, he's a convicted felon facing jail. That's a housing problem."

Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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by mattcat25 August 22, 2008 3:02 PM EDT: if you believe in redistribution of our wealth your not a capitalist you''''re a socialist.

socialism is dead.
Posted by bswalker121

bs, you stated "redistribution of our wealth" as in "OUR?" (yours, mine and everyone?)

The founding fathers of the United States established a more perfect union to insure that a monarch and/or dictator could not steal the wealth of the people (by the people for the people).

The Conservative Agenda is/has attempted to strip the Federal Treasury and divert Funds to the Private Sector. The Republicans in the Congress and President Bush have cut taxes to the wealthy and have put forth policy to force the living standard of the American Middle Class into poverty and redirect the wealth to the upper 1% wealthy.

Average Americans need to enforce our democracy and vote in favor of OUR better interests.; Reply to this comment


by bswalker121 August 22, 2008 1:09 PM EDT: fools barrowed beyond their means and obama promises to bail them out.

he promises them $1000 tax rebate.

talk about pandering for votes.

real solutions are McCain''s policies.

tax incentives for businesses to keep jobs here in America is part of the solution.

if you believe in redistribution of our wealth your not a capitalist you''re a socialist.

socialism is dead.; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 August 22, 2008 12:26 PM EDT: John "grampy" McCain to too old to be an effective President.; Reply to this comment


by jackdems August 22, 2008 10:18 AM EDT: The People who are losing there houses , should of not purchased in the first place.

They are better off having there homes go into forclosure, they get free rent and instead of having a 4000 mortgage for a McMansion, they can go back to renting for less than 1000. Forclosures are a win win situation.; Reply to this comment


by grammawhamma August 22, 2008 7:28 AM EDT: LOL!! The democrats are getting really nervous and its showing. They should have picked Hillary but now they''re stuck with Barack!; Reply to this comment


by tar08 August 22, 2008 2:17 AM EDT: Texaslib, the Rezko issue is a real issue, however with obama being the media darling and not subject to scrutiny (or gaffs), you and other libs cry smear and false accusations - whaaa. Obama and Rezko were in bed in the real estate deal to purchase his house. But media will not look into it. Cannot ruin your media darlings image. Like all politicians today that profess to look out for the middle class, watch your wallet because they all five fingers in your pants while shaking your hand with their other hand. Obama''s a dishonest empty suit.; Reply to this comment


by luckdress August 22, 2008 2:14 AM EDT: I heard Rezko raised over $3 million for GW Bush at a time Rezko was said to be commiting a crime, but GW is still in the White House not in jail.
Housing is not McCain''s only problem. He has a Shiite/Sunni problem. Doesn''t know what ''rich'' means.

He has a campaign chief who''s on the payroll of the Republic of Georgia, another Ayad Allawi who will lead us to war against Russian in a McCain Regime.

John McCain in short is a SHALLOW MAN. It doesn''t take 26 years in the Senate to figure out what is wrong with Washington. McSHALLOW is part of the problem that needs fixing in Washignton - He is unfit to be president.; Reply to this comment


by tar08 August 22, 2008 2:11 AM EDT: CBS Nightly News ran a non-story. So McCain has 7 homes and didn''t want to disclose it, he married into wealth, I guess that''s unAmerican. Where were the questions when John Kerry ran for President in 04? Oh that''s right he''s a democrat and media doesn''t want to scrutinize democrats. Well the real story is the underhanded real estate deal that Obama and Rezko conducted. Obama,what a hypocrite. This was a land deal that we in the middle class could not even conceive or afford. Where''s the journalistic prowess? It''s non-existant because CBS is falling all over their tongues fawning over Hussein Obama!; Reply to this comment


by c0mm0n_sense August 22, 2008 2:10 AM EDT: It makes me sick that Obama has all that money and can''''''''t send his brother a few hundred bucks.

Posted by C0MM0N_SENSE,

Yeah, the well off tend to cling to their money.

Its a cruel world and it is strange Obama has not given him comething.

However, it does not change the fact Obama is the better choice for America.; Reply to this comment


by texaslib August 21, 2008 10:31 PM EDT: "You''re John McCain, a fallen hero who wanted to become president so desperately that you sold yourself to Charlie Keating, the wealthy con man who bears such an incredible resemblance to The Joker."

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/1989-11-29/news/mccain-the-most-reprehensible-of-the-keating-five/1; Reply to this comment