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August 28, 2008 5:01 PM

McCain Congratulates Obama In New Ad

The McCain campaign today released a new ad, “Convention Night,” in which John McCain directly congratulates Barack Obama on becoming the Democratic presidential nominee.

“Senator Obama, this is truly a good day for America,” McCain says in the spot, speaking directly to the camera. “Too often the achievements of our opponents go unnoticed. So I wanted to stop and say, congratulations. How perfect that your nomination would come on this historic day. Tomorrow, we'll be back at it. But tonight Senator, job well done.”

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by dnison August 28, 2008 5:34 PM PDT
ok. it would be one thing if he aired this without all the media hoopla surrounding it but the fact that they released the video early and told every news org out there about it is flat out sickening. at least obama doesn''t need to announce when he is actually being a sincere person.
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by thinkingson August 28, 2008 6:00 PM PDT
McCain is desperately trying to soften his image after the success of the Democrats'' "family" theme achieved at the convention. his biggest hurdle comes next week when Bush speaks in the twin cities. I''d be nervous, too.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:07 PM PDT
This is nothing more than a transparent political attempt by McComa to steal some of Obama''s thunder. He thinks we have forgotten that he voted against making MLK''s birthday a federal holiday. Then he led an attempt to not have it recognised byh the State of Arizona.

McCOMA IS A BIG PHONY!!!
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by jcpok August 28, 2008 6:13 PM PDT
First Point: I think CBS must stop it''s policy of posting every McCain ad. It;s as if CBS has become McCain''s personal YouTube and I really think this runs afoul of some campaign finance laws.

Second Point: This ad makes McCain look disingenuous and/or schizophrenic, neither of which are qualities we seek in our leaders.

For the past month, McCain has been sliming Obama with the type of ads which have caused Joe Klein and others to question McCain''s integrity. Poll after poll has also established that the public views McCain''s campaign as too negative. Yet, he believes that Americans will fall for this ad and buy into the his new strain of positive messaging?

You have got to be kidding me! Given the perspective that Americans have on McCain, this ad comes off - at best - as creepy and condescending. At worst, McCain seems downright unbalanced.

This ad is horrible.
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by lsageinaz August 28, 2008 6:14 PM PDT
McCain is doing nothing more than trying to sift away a little piece of the spotlight.....
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by jackdems August 28, 2008 6:18 PM PDT
Caesure Obama has 80k fans at the BarackOpolis in Denver with Cheryl Crow.

Lord Obama had 70k fans at a rock concert in Oregon.

World Citizen Obama had 200k fans at a Berlin Rock Concert.

No Show Obama ignored troops and said the surge was a failure??

What does this tell us.

Obama has the experience to be a Concert Organizer but will be a lousy Commander in Chief.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:21 PM PDT
No Show Obama ignored troops and said the surge was a failure??

What does this tell us.

Posted by jackDems at 06:18 PM : Aug 28, 2008
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It tells us that there are still many racists out there, though, fortunately the number is shrinking.

It also tells us the Obama was 100% correct about invading Iraq. It was a mistake then and it is still a mistake - surge or no surge.
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by cdfoxtrot2 August 28, 2008 6:23 PM PDT
jcpok, I agree with everything you say. However, negative campaigning DOES work. It brought down McCain himself, in past elections. It doesn''t matter if some focus groups with a bunch of old ladies say otherwise. Negative campaigning works, and that''s partly why Kerry lost four years ago.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:30 PM PDT
No Show Obama ignored troops and said the surge was a failure??

What does this tell us.

Posted by jackDems at 06:18 PM : Aug 28, 2008
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It tells us that there are still many racists out there, though, fortunately the number is shrinking.

It also tells us the Obama was 100% correct about invading Iraq. It was a mistake then and it is still a mistake - surge or no surge.
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It also tells a little about you. Obama is the one who brought the bill before Congress to insure that returning troops got the treatment they need.

He is also the one who fought for a GI Bill for veterans - the same one McComa voted AGAINST.
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by mrmazerati August 28, 2008 6:32 PM PDT
No Show Obama ignored troops...

Posted by jackDems

Then who were all the soldiers watching him shoot that three-pointer?
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by vitterdidder August 28, 2008 6:33 PM PDT
Great ad. At least McCain has the class to do something like this. I cannot ever imagine Obama doing anything like this. Look at how he treated Hillary. What a clod he, a racist clod at that.
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by dopeydoper August 28, 2008 6:35 PM PDT
Oh give me a break Juless. Anyone could pick apart either candidate''s voting record. Is that all you got? Obama is an inexperienced freshman senator who wants to sit down and have tea with our enemies. Get a grip
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by mrmazerati August 28, 2008 6:35 PM PDT
I cannot ever imagine Obama doing anything like this.
Posted by vitterdidder

I have seen him praise her effusely on at least five different televised speeches.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:36 PM PDT
This is nothing more than a transparent political attempt by McComa to steal some of Obama''''s thunder. He thinks we have forgotten that he voted against making MLK''s birthday a federal holiday. Then he led an attempt to not have it recognised byh the State of Arizona.

McCOMA IS A BIG PHONY!!!
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by mrmazerati August 28, 2008 6:39 PM PDT
Obama is an inexperienced freshman senator who wants to sit down and have tea with our enemies.-Posted by dopeydoper

Nopey, dopey, Obama is the guy who has called every security issue correctly from Afghanistan to Pakistan to Iraq. He''s been proven right time and time again. He will use carrots and sticks to force rogue nations back into the fold, which is also the PROVEN method of dealing with enemies since the beginning of military history.
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by brianbwb-2009 August 28, 2008 6:41 PM PDT
Posted by dopeydoper

Kindly explain your grip, who are our enemies, and why?
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:42 PM PDT
McComa has a lot of experience: He has experience voting against a national holiday for MLK; he attempted to have the Arizona legislature pass a bill to NOT recognize the MLK Holiday; he voted against a bill GI Bill for Iraq veterans; he voted against offshore drilling, now he votes for it; he voted against equal pay for women; he voted against having heath care providers giving birth control pills for women, all the same time he was dropping Viagra.

McComa is a BIG PHONY.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:45 PM PDT
This is nothing more than a transparent political attempt by McComa to steal some of Obama''''s thunder. He thinks we have forgotten that he voted against making MLK''s birthday a federal holiday. Then he led an attempt to not have it recognised by the State of Arizona.

McCOMA IS A BIG PHONY!!!
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:46 PM PDT
Great ad. At least McCain has the class to do something like this.

Posted by vitterdidder at 06:33 PM : Aug 28, 2008
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McComa has a lot of class but it''s all low!
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 6:48 PM PDT
http://rednecksforobama.net/
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by republic1776 August 28, 2008 7:14 PM PDT
McCain treats Obama better than the Clintons treat him
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by August 28, 2008 7:15 PM PDT
I contacted CBS and complained that they have been steadily showing McCain''s ads on the evening news. They are trying to compete with Fox for the conservative viewer. It won''t work...the conservatives are addicted to Fox which never disappoints them.
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by bagdadshere2 August 28, 2008 7:15 PM PDT
Quit being so polite Mr. President McCain. BARRACK OSAMA doesnt deserve it. He"s trashing you and our commander in chief for the past 8 years.
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by tomcool1277 August 28, 2008 7:16 PM PDT
Though that is a good sign of Class by Amnesty Mccain, we don''t need a president that just has good class, we need a president that has good judgement like Barak Obama! Do you really think Amnesty Mccain would be congradulating Obama if Obama was really a closet muslim that wants to have tea with our enemies??? NO! Amnesty Mccain represents big oil, big business and illegals! No one else. Obama represents everyone else... especially working class americans!
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by tomcool1277 August 28, 2008 7:18 PM PDT
I contacted CBS and complained that they have been steadily showing McCain''''s ads on the evening news. They are trying to compete with Fox for the conservative viewer. It won''''t work...the conservatives are addicted to Fox which never disappoints them. Posted by sesanders1 at 07:15 PM : Aug 28, 2008
*** the only problem with that is... THAT AMNESTY MCCAIN IS NOT CONSERVATIVE! A true conservative would NOT co-sponsor an amnesty bill with Ted Kennedy(the kennedy-mccain dream act) which would have allowed over 20 million illegals to get amnesty! Why doesn''t Fox news talk about how Amnesty Mccain co-sponsored that horrible bill?
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by tomcool1277 August 28, 2008 7:20 PM PDT
Quit being so polite Mr. President McCain. BARRACK OSAMA doesnt deserve it. He"s trashing you and our commander in chief for the past 8 years. Posted by BagdadsHere2 at 07:15 PM : Aug 28, 20 **** You keep trashing our democratic nominee, so why shouldn''t Obama and the rest of us trash Amnesty Mccain and idiot Bush. Have you been asleep the last 8 years or something that you have any respect for bush, who time and time again voted for tax breaks for the wealthy, while doing NOTHING for the middle class!
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by mr2258 August 28, 2008 7:43 PM PDT
McCain --- A true Gentleman...
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 7:46 PM PDT
McCain --- A true Gentleman...

Posted by mr2258 at 07:43 PM : Aug 28, 2008
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A true pandering *** who want us to forget he voted AGAINST the MLK holiday, then tried to get the Arizona legislature to vote to not recognise it.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 7:47 PM PDT
http://rednecksforobama.net/

HOW ABOUT THAT: Redneck for Obama.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 7:48 PM PDT
http://rednecksforobama.net/

HOW ABOUT THAT: Rednecks for Obama.
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by jschmidt27 August 28, 2008 7:53 PM PDT
Remember why McCain voted against the MLK date. It was money. He wanted a holiday dropped so the government would lose money. That is the only reason and later he admitted the mistake. He did the same thing recently with the veterans bill. It was too much money the Dems were handing out with no offset. So who would like looking after taxpayer money, the Dems who throw it out like water or McCain who looks after it?
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by jschmidt27 August 28, 2008 7:54 PM PDT
Remember why McCain voted against the MLK date. It was money. He wanted a holiday dropped so the government would not lose money. That is the only reason and later he admitted the mistake. He did the same thing recently with the veterans bill. It was too much money the Dems were handing out with no offset. So who would like looking after taxpayer money, the Dems who throw it out like water or McCain who looks after it?
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 8:00 PM PDT
Remember why McCain voted against the MLK date. It was money.

Posted by jschmidt27 at 07:54 PM : Aug 28, 2008
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Pure BS. Even if true, which it is not, that does not explain his efforts to have the Arizona Legislature pass a resolution that Arizona would not observe the MLK holiday - AFTER IT BECAME THE LAW OF THE LAND.
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by ixoye_02 August 28, 2008 8:00 PM PDT
McCain is pathetic. McCain''s campaign is hiding behind attack ads and innuendo. And McCain''s campaign is take right out of Rove''s hat of political stunts....and there is just no substance to McCain''s positions because they have shifted since becoming Candidate McCain, not the "maverick" that McCain likes to claim being as a senator. I''m glad that Biden pointed out the inconsistencies and wrong positions that McCain held and is now proving to be wrong. McCain is just another Bush policy hack and would continue Bush''s policies. There is no hopeful vision that the Republicans can offer...just more fear and loathing and misery for working-class Americans.
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 8:03 PM PDT
McComa has a lot of experience: He has experience voting against a national holiday for MLK; he attempted to have the Arizona legislature pass a bill to NOT recognize the MLK Holiday; he voted against a bill GI Bill for Iraq veterans; he voted against offshore drilling, now he votes for it; he voted against equal pay for women; he voted against having heath care providers giving birth control pills for women, all the same time he was dropping Viagra.

McComa is a BIG PHONY.
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by jschmidt27 August 28, 2008 8:16 PM PDT
The guy does the gracious thing and all the Obama supporters dump on him. As I thought Obama supporters have no class at all. They will never compromise just as Obama will never unite the country. McCain has a history of reaching out to the opposition. Obviously he has wasted his time.
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by mr2258 August 28, 2008 8:19 PM PDT
If we made a national holiday for every activist when would we work.
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by mr2258 August 28, 2008 8:26 PM PDT
The only reason MLK day is a holiday is because he was black.That racist.Thats what MLK was against.
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by jschmidt27 August 28, 2008 8:28 PM PDT
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Attack_ad_producers_complain_of_Obama_0826.html
Obama campaign tries to stiffle free speech of an ad pointing out Ayers connection.
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by ixoye_02 August 28, 2008 8:29 PM PDT
to jschmidt27: How is Mccain being gracious? It seems to me that this year is the first time that I recall the Republican party/candidate running ads or making public commentary during the Democratic convention. In other words, the republicans have not been gracious enough to "shut up" while the other party is convening. I guess desperate people can''t be gracious because McCain really cannot run on any one position as McCain shape-shifts his policy points around the current neocon agenda. How convenient for the "Maverick"....NOT!!!! The only convention for the republicans next week will be in the men''s restroom stalls with the honorable senator Craig toe-tapping to the tune of "I''ve got plenty of nothing...."
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by jschmidt27 August 28, 2008 8:32 PM PDT
http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/obama_campaign_confronts_wgn_r.html
Obama campaign tries to stop writer from talking on Chicago radio station about how he wasted money in Annenberg project and his connection with Ayers.
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by starleo146 August 28, 2008 8:36 PM PDT
you hurt too bad too late to make up
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by mr2258 August 28, 2008 8:37 PM PDT
McCain---A true Gentleman.
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by jschmidt27 August 28, 2008 8:39 PM PDT
sun247- maybe you need to examine your own candidates lies, associates and flips on the issue. He is the most inexperienced cnadidate with no leadership ability we have had in at least 50 years.
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by opedanderson August 28, 2008 8:43 PM PDT
Im a HRC person, so I am begrudingly accepting BO as our candidate. I cannot vote for McCain. Having said that, I am amazed how nasty the pro-BO people are with him. As they were with HRC. Where is all this change? All I see is a changing for the worse!
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by bpai99 August 28, 2008 8:56 PM PDT
It''s a classy move by someone who has run a classless campaign so far. I contributed money to McCain''s Presidential campaign in 2000 and have been appalled at his transformation since. It''s a measure of how cynical I have become that seeing this makes me unsure: is this the real McCain coming out, one who regrets the things he has to do to win, or is this a calculated move to steal Obama''s night? I don''t take anything said by politicians at face value any more - is that a good or bad thing?
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by hungry1968 August 28, 2008 9:10 PM PDT
McCain---A true Gentleman.

Posted by mr2258 at 08:37 PM : Aug 28, 2008





A pandering dirt ball, trying DESPERATELY to get back the black vote, that he lost in his opposition to making "MLK day" a national holiday.

He''s now just trying to flip flop on this issue. First he opposed blacks, now he needs them, but still opposes Obama.
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by ioweign August 28, 2008 9:19 PM PDT
McCain---A true Gentleman.

Posted by mr2258 at 08:37 PM : Aug 28, 2008

Try telling that to Sen. Grassley or better yet - McCain''s first wife...
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 9:26 PM PDT
This is nothing more than a transparent political attempt by McComa to steal some of Obama''s thunder. He thinks we have forgotten that he voted against making MLK''s birthday a federal holiday. Then he led an attempt to not have it recognised by the State of Arizona.

McCOMA IS A BIG PHONY!!!
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by juless5 August 28, 2008 9:27 PM PDT
http://rednecksforobama.net/

HOW ABOUT THAT: Rednecks for Obama.
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