In New Ad, McCain Dubbed "The Original Maverick"
The campaign of John McCain dubs the Arizona senator "the original maverick" in a new 30-second television ad out today, "Broken."
"Washington's broken," an announcer says as the spot opens with a black-and-white shot of the Capitol. "John McCain knows it. We're worse off than we were four years ago." As he says "we're worse off," a shot of a gas pump fills the screen.
"Only McCain has taken on big tobacco, drug companies, fought corruption in both parties," the announcer continues as the spot shifts to color and McCain is shown. "He'll reform Wall Street, battle Big Oil, make America prosper again."
"He's the original maverick," the announcer says. The words "The ORIGINAL MAVERICK" appear onscreen. The ad closes with the announcer saying, "One is ready to lead: McCain."
"Washington is broken," the phrase that opens the ad, became former McCain rival (and current potential running mate) Mitt Romney's catch phrase in the run-up to the New Hampshire primary. Romney was looking to make the case that it would take a Washington outsider like himself – not a "lifelong politician" like McCain – to fix Washington's problems. (Read more about that here.)
The McCain camp says the spot will air in "key states," though it does not specify where.
Watch it:
UPDATE: Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton responds to the spot: “Senator McCain wants Americans to forget that during the Republican primary, he said that Americans were better off than we were eight years ago, and that he thinks we’ve made ‘great progress economically.’ He wants us to forget that he’s fully embraced the Bush policies he once opposed, and bragged about supporting those policies ‘more than 90 percent of time.’ The truth is, being a maverick isn’t practicing the same kind of politics we have seen from Washington for decades, it isn’t having a campaign run by Washington lobbyists, and it’s certainly not promoting the same policies that have led America down the wrong path these past eight years."
"Washington's broken," an announcer says as the spot opens with a black-and-white shot of the Capitol. "John McCain knows it. We're worse off than we were four years ago." As he says "we're worse off," a shot of a gas pump fills the screen.
"Only McCain has taken on big tobacco, drug companies, fought corruption in both parties," the announcer continues as the spot shifts to color and McCain is shown. "He'll reform Wall Street, battle Big Oil, make America prosper again."
"He's the original maverick," the announcer says. The words "The ORIGINAL MAVERICK" appear onscreen. The ad closes with the announcer saying, "One is ready to lead: McCain."
"Washington is broken," the phrase that opens the ad, became former McCain rival (and current potential running mate) Mitt Romney's catch phrase in the run-up to the New Hampshire primary. Romney was looking to make the case that it would take a Washington outsider like himself – not a "lifelong politician" like McCain – to fix Washington's problems. (Read more about that here.)
The McCain camp says the spot will air in "key states," though it does not specify where.
Watch it:
UPDATE: Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton responds to the spot: “Senator McCain wants Americans to forget that during the Republican primary, he said that Americans were better off than we were eight years ago, and that he thinks we’ve made ‘great progress economically.’ He wants us to forget that he’s fully embraced the Bush policies he once opposed, and bragged about supporting those policies ‘more than 90 percent of time.’ The truth is, being a maverick isn’t practicing the same kind of politics we have seen from Washington for decades, it isn’t having a campaign run by Washington lobbyists, and it’s certainly not promoting the same policies that have led America down the wrong path these past eight years."
John McCain is past his maverick days, and has caved to the Right Wing Bush Agenda and Policy.
It%u2019s time to vote for change and in favor of the better interests of the Average American Middle Class Worker.
The real problem are large corporate interests who own us and out government and are doing their best to take over the world. Fortunately in other countries they are not as ignorant and complacent. Support revolution everywhere.
And why is he vowing to ''battle Big Oil''? Sounds like shameless opportunism to me. Not to mention hard to do if you''re taking $2 million of their money in campaign contributions.
Now that sure is not the person I want to fix it (someone who was there while it was broken). And at every turn, McCain has voted against his public position (torture, Immigration, Bu$h''s tax cuts etc).
I want someone with out ties to Big Oil, Big Pharm, Wal-Mart etc.
I am voting OBAMA for US President!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDJxDUgpLlc&eurl=http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/5/123057/3838/498/562914
What an idiot!
Won''t work. Its abuse, I reported it, and I will continue to do so, as will other right minded posters on these comment boards.
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What an idiot!
Will the media report this or will "Free Pass" McCain get another freebie?
McSame likes to pretend he''s a "maverick", but he has flip-flopped on every position he ever held during his "maverick" days! Most recently, he flipped his long standing opposition to off-shore drilling (after receiving big campaign donations from the oil companies). How does that make him a "maverick"?
Throughout his "maverick" years, Johnny McLame was opposed to torture, because he knew it DOES NOT WORK, and he told about his experience in ''Nam to back that up. Now that he can''t seem to remember what lies he told his captors-- was it the famous Green Bay Packers, as he usually claims, or was it the then-unknown-losers, the Pittsburg Steelers, as he recently claimed while pandering to the people of Pittsburg? --he has decided to SUPPORT TORTURE becuase that''s what the blood-thirsty mo.rons who vote repug want! How does that make him a "maverick"?
Johnny McCain is IN.SANE! THAT''s his only "maverick" characteristic.
This is really becoming a blatant and egregious example of the extraordinarily special treatment being afforded McCain by the media.
I''m a LOT better off now than I was 8 years ago. Our mortgage is paid down to almost nothing. Our income has increase drmatically, far exceeding inflation. We buy pretty much whatever we want to, and we''re middle class.
We don''t mismanage our budget so close to the line that a spike in gas prices causes calamity, and we don''t get our politics from the lies (and likes) of Michael Moore (guess what, he''s in it for the MONEY, and he makes it by leading the ignorant down the garden path - Moore Tools, we call you LOL).
If you can''t hack it, get back to blaming the source, yourself, rather than any convenient target the bandwagon happens upon.
2.6% of borrowers may face foreclosure (that''s higher than the percentage that IS in foreclosure). The other 97.4% of us who know how to figure out a payment and a budget are doing just fine, thank you.
He makes is abundantly clear that the GOP REALLY had to scrape the bottom of the barrel to get a candidate as thoroughly UNQUALIFIED as McCain!
First, why is McCain contradicting what he said just a few months ago? During the primary, he indicated we are better off than we were 8 years ago. Now, he says were worse. Which is it? Why is he so confused? Is it possibly pandering?
Second, by almost any economic measure (real incomes, access to health care, net worth, savings rate, job creation/loss, etc.), the average American is significantly worse off now than they were when Bush took office. These are just facts based on empirical evidence. In fact, it is highly likely that Bush will be considered the worst President in terms of economic performance since Herbert Hoover.
Your post is more of an indication of your indifference to the people harmed by Bush''s disastrous economic policies than it is an indication of economic knowledge. As for the latter, it appears you have very little.
You may be "better off", but the COUNTRY is NOT.
One of the biggest LIES repugs like to spew is this "self-reliant" crappola. They like to think they are all "self-made winners" and that everyone who isn''t winning is either too lazy, or too stu.pid, or just too "liberal" to deal with economic realities. But the world DOES NOT work that way.
The last "great white hope" of the repug party, GW Bush, took the country from unprecedented surplus to unprecedented debt in just a few short years. He redistributed the wealth in this country from the many, gave it to the few, and he has destroyed this country''s infrastructure (transportation, jobs, healthcare, education, etc.) in the process. If we continue down this path, soon the many will be nothing more than slaves to the few. There will be no middle. So, if you haven''t yet risen to the level of multi-billion-dollar international corporation, and if Johnny McSame wins this election, you can just kiss whatever small gains you''ve made goodbye! It won''t matter one bit how good you think you are at managing your finances!
You are better off, congratulations. Is the country better off? Are you happy that the US Govt under Bush has run the country from a $1 trill surplus to a $9 trill deficit? Will your kids be better off, or if you do not have kids - will future generations benefit from this President? And if this country goes into a depression, which is not out of the question by any means - will you be better off then? Look deeper into what this country needs than your own personal situation.
A womanizer, who cheats on his wife (always has, always will) with a serious gambling addiction.
How is that original. All that is, is a fraud!
Oh, I know his supporters know he is a dirty old man and they don''t care, but they would never have the courage to admit that this man is a a Zero! Zero integrity! Zero honor!
McCain shifts on energy policy ...
Wow, he is recycling ... Romney''s catch phrase.
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by luvienne
August 6, 2008 4:10 PM PDT
- He fits right in line with Bush. A want to be politician. Really just a DUD. Homer Simpson has a better grasp on what''s going on than Mccain.
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