Obama Ad: McCain And Palin Are No Mavericks

By: Brian Montopoli
Topics: Advertising

The Obama campaign has released a new ad responding to the McCain/Palin spot out earlier today labeling the Republican pair "Original Mavericks."

The spot, "No Maverick," will air "in key battleground states across the country beginning today," according to the campaign. No word on how often the campaign plans to run the spot or what exactly the "key battleground states" in question are.

"They call themselves mavericks," an announcer says in the ad. "Whoa. The truth is they're anything but."

"John McCain is hardly a maverick when 7 of his top campaign advisors are Washington lobbyists," the announcer says. "He's no maverick when he votes with Bush 90 percent of the time."

The spot then takes aim at McCain's new running mate.

"And Sarah Palin's no maverick either," the announcer says. "She was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records? You don't call that maverick. You call it more of the same. "

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Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.
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by missglo September 10, 2008 10:23 AM EDT: Mavericks? Old horses and a pony, Maybe. An old horse you can not teach. And a pony that has to learn everything. What a match.; Reply to this comment


by oldgoldman60 September 9, 2008 6:16 PM EDT: Pontius Pilate was a governor. Jesus Christ was a community organizer, as were his Apostles. Responsibilities? Just for the whole Christian movement!
That is the difference, Ms. Palin.; Reply to this comment


by abbe91 September 9, 2008 1:17 PM EDT: (a story that did not show up in either of his two lengthy autobiographies)

Posted by Robert6781 at 10:13 AM : Sep 09, 2008

Did you read them ?; Reply to this comment


by mattcat25 September 9, 2008 12:43 PM EDT: Alan Cranston
Dennis DeConcini
John Glenn
Donald Riegle
And, of course John S. McCain

Were accused of improperly aiding Charles H. Keating Jr. in the failed Lincoln Savings and Loan Association and interfered with the investigation where Keating through deregulation was able to make highly risky investments with depositors%u2019 money.

The more things CHANGE the more they stay the same?; Reply to this comment


by abbe91 September 9, 2008 12:34 PM EDT: "Excellent article on Palin:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITI
CS/09/08/palin.pastor/index.html"

Posted by jcnbma at 09:08 AM : Sep 09, 2008

Funny to say, but until now, I thought that it was Bush who was speaking in tongues.; Reply to this comment


by abbe91 September 9, 2008 11:02 AM EDT: "Obama''''s liberalism, his pro-tax agenda"

Less taxes for the middle class with Obama.

"and his proposed weakening of the USA Patriot Act"

the enabling act ?

"as well as fears that he would appoint to office people such as Rev. Wright and William Ayers, a former member of the Weather Underground"

What about Palin''s AIP and the assemblies of God ?

" -- will all assure the full support of Americans for MCCAIN/PALIN at the end of the day."

LOL

Posted by Robert6781 at 07:42 AM : Sep 09, 2008; Reply to this comment


by juliekay44 September 9, 2008 5:40 AM EDT: Keep hitting back at them. McCain has been lying nonstop in his ads since June and the media have ignored it. Check out factcheck.org

People have no idea how many lies McCain and Palin have told.

I also do not understand how people can become so excited about Palin when they know next to nothing about her.

Obama needs campaign contributions, the funds are getting slim and the ads cost big money.; Reply to this comment


by shingles1 September 9, 2008 5:20 AM EDT: I guess whining about the media works.

Despite the fact that the Wall Street Journal (no radical leftists there), Newsweek, the Washington Post, and the AP, ALL have articles on Palin''s support of wasteful earmarks and the Bridge to Nowhere, this coverage is nowhere to be found on either the networks or cable news. Instead, all I see are puff pieces.

Mission Accomplished.; Reply to this comment


by greenfun September 9, 2008 4:46 AM EDT: More bad news for Barry--news of his caucus fraud and even primary fraud in OH coming to light. Is it possible he never had the support of that many voters? Would that explain why he doesn''t have the support dems expected?; Reply to this comment


by nilent September 9, 2008 2:42 AM EDT: Obama and Biden have to do this live in a long long press conference. They have to call out McCain and Palin on ALL their lies...and there are scores of them by now.

The press can then pass along these questions by saying, that they come from their opponents...not the press.

That way the press doesn''t have to worry about being spanked

The ONLY reason Obama isn''t leading by 30 points is because McCain and Palin are LYING over and over and over and over again.

If Obama and Biden don''t call them out on the lies over and over and in more and more intense and sharp ways...the liars will win.

Poor John McCain has sold his sould for a chance to win this election and it''s up to Barack Obama to say NO!

Enough of this nonsense! The country and the world can''t afford to succomb to this con job. The stakes are too high.

A McCain presidency based on a foundation of lies would be a threat to our national security...and, God forbid, Palin has to step into the top slot....we just might indeed be doomed to an Armageddon of her own making....and she''ll just claim it''s "prophecy being fulfilled".; Reply to this comment