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August 6, 2008 11:20 AM

New McCain Spot: Can A "Celebrity" Help Your Family?

The McCain campaign is out with a new television ad, "Family," asking if Obama – "the biggest celebrity in the world" – is "ready to help your family."

The spot opens with that question, chants of "Obama," and flashbulbs, much like the McCain camp's "Celeb" spot featuring newly-self-proclaimed presidential candidate Paris Hilton.

"The real Obama promises higher taxes, more government spending – so fewer jobs," an announcer says. "Renewable energy to transform our economy, create jobs and energy independence, that's John McCain."

The 30-second spot will air in "key states," according to the campaign, which does not clarify exactly which states it considers key.



Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton emailed a response to the spot to reporters this morning: “Is the biggest proponent of George Bush’s tired, failed policies ready to bring about change? Another day brings another dishonest attack from John McCain. While Senator McCain knows that Senator Obama has proposed cutting taxes for 95% of American families, what he’s not telling us is that he wants to give $4 billion in tax breaks to the oil companies, continue giving tax breaks to corporations that ship our job overseas, and provide no direct tax relief for more than 100 million middle-class families. It’s time to retire these old policies and bring new energy to America."

In other McCain advertising news, the presumptive GOP nominee's campaign has announced that it will spend $6 million on TV ads during the Beijing summer Olympics. A few weeks ago, Obama's campaign said it would buy $5 million in Olympic ads. So get ready for some presidential politics with your pole vault. The games start on Friday.
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by mattcat25 August 6, 2008 12:00 PM PDT
Even Paris Hilton can figure out a simple solution to our energy problem...

Everything has been blocked by the Oil Rich Republican Party, and this is the reason our nation has an energy problem.


VOTE THE CORRUPT REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE...would be a start.

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by ariel133 August 6, 2008 12:05 PM PDT
Take big comapnies out? - what do you get? Poor people who are just trying to make a living. Now those companies provide a service to our Defense structure. Who will do that job? A housewife, Lawyer, former Govenor. If that is the case we''ll be speaking another language real quick in the country. You Dems need to go home stay warm and leave the Defense structure alone. You have proven you don''''t know what you are doing and do not have a clue as to what to do. Your idea of prosperity is spend money needlessly under the cloak of higher taxes, more freebies for low income, pad your pocket and say what a good job you did. Our infrastucture is crumbling, people are moving away and you pick on the employees trying to make a living and say those companies are war profiteers. I''ll bet you Dems have alot of what those companies make right in your own home and I am sure some of you have verizon cell phones, land lines, cable TV and internet let alone other electonic components made by these companies.. Sham on you..You are two faced.
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by mrtutto August 6, 2008 12:10 PM PDT
Somebody please fire whoever is managing McCain''s campaign. I really get the feeling that John McCain is running for class president.
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by mrtutto August 6, 2008 12:13 PM PDT
Based on the last couple of McCain ads, you would think that he is running for CLASS PRESIDENT.
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by mattcat25 August 6, 2008 1:17 PM PDT
Take big comapnies out?
Posted by Ariel133



The results of the Conservative Corrupt Agenda are very apparent that the Republicans do not care about America and Americans. The only thing the Conservatives care about is taking the wealth away from the people and stuffing it into the pockets of selected private sector COMAPNIES.

The Privatization of the Iraq War was at the root of President Bush%u2019s impeachable offense against the American People when he lied all of us into an unnecessary war that has cost almost $1 Trillion Dollars.

The Republicans want the %u201CFree Market%u201D when they can manipulate it, and they want %u201CSocialism%u201D when they have to be bailed out. It%u2019s all make a buck on the other guy%u2019s hard luck.

The American People need to hold the Republican Party responsible, Vote Out Corruption in Government.



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by memekiller August 6, 2008 1:25 PM PDT
When a media darling like McCain gets called on by Paris Hilton to bring some substance to his campaign, the man is traversing some pretty shallow waters.
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by peterp111 August 6, 2008 2:09 PM PDT
It is Obama who does not want to change anything- then does- then he doesn''t- then he does- like Pelosi in Congress- first you see me, now you don''t-- If you are afraid it should be with Obama, who will destroy this great country- He is the next Liar..Pitiful you think voting a "D" will bring you "CHANGE" Voting a "D" will bring you DOO DOO ...He is condencending and disrespecting to Americans
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by ragnar30066 August 6, 2008 2:33 PM PDT
Has anyone noticed?

Since McCain has come out for domestic drilling the price of gas has started sliding, which Obama said wouldn''t happen for 10 years after the resumption of actual drilling, much less just the threat of it.

It appears that Obama is no better judge of policy than he is about the people.

And by the way, Obama''s standing in the polls have been dropping as fast as the price of gas.
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by rol_38 August 6, 2008 2:57 PM PDT
NCCAIN IS THE OLDEST CELEBRITY IN THE WORLD, IS HE READY TO LEAD? NO, OF COURSE NOT!

I am a republican and an ex-marine; I can plainly say, McCain is never and was never a hero, he is and was a pathetic failure who fabricated his so-called "POW" to exploit the situation and to catapult himself into politics but HE IS NOT READY TO LEAD!

LOOKING AT HIS AD AGAINST OBAMA, BRITNEy AND PARIS, I LAUGHED KNOWING FULLY WELL MCCAIN IS THE BIGGEST GRANDPA OF CELEBRITY!!

Give me a break, McCain! McCain is alraedy at the back pockets of oil giants that is why he is so keen on off-shore drilling. I will VOTE OBAMA, ME AND A CLUB OG 1000 MEMBERS!!! AM PATRIOTIC!!
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by memekiller August 6, 2008 3:14 PM PDT
Ragnar,

I''ll let Paul Krugman answer that meme: "In other news, Republicans credited their speeches for the fact that the sun rose today."
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by timmycoffee August 6, 2008 6:11 PM PDT
Obama celebrity- another McCain code. for black minstrel- Obama the dancing monkey. McCain is truly pathetic!
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by trbundro1277 August 6, 2008 11:53 PM PDT
New McCain Spot: Can A "Celebrity" Help Your Family?
*** I''m sure that a celebrity can help my family more than Amnesty Mccain and the rich oil companies!
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by trbundro1277 August 6, 2008 11:57 PM PDT
It is Obama who does not want to change anything- then does- then he doesn''''t- then he does- like Pelosi in Congress- first you see me, now you don''''t-- If you are afraid it should be with Obama, who will destroy this great country- He is the next Liar..Pitiful you think voting a "D" will bring you "CHANGE" Voting a "D" will bring you DOO DOO ...He is condencending and disrespecting to Americans
Posted by Peterp111 at 02:09 PM : Aug 06, 2008
***Don''t you see, while I agree with some of your points, Obama is still the lesser of 2 evils! Amnesty Mccain only represents more of the same that Bush has done the last 8 years of letting big business and Oil companies get everything, while people at the bottom get nothing! Why can''t you put up a better candidate than Amnesty Mccain? So you want rich people and illegal mexicans to continue getting everything??? If only Mccain didn''t want to give tax cuts to the oil companies and amnesty to illegals.. I"ll still take Obama over Amnesty Mccain any day of the week!
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