(CNN) – Barack Obama’s campaign is releasing a new ad pointing to John McCain’s support for the Iraq war as one reason for the faltering state of the U.S. economy.
“Economics … by John McCain,” says the announcer in the 30-second spot. “Support George Bush 95 percent of the time. Keep spending ten billion dollars a month for the war in Iraq while the Iraqis sell oil for record prices - giving Iraq a $79 billion oil surplus, and hurting our economy.
“Barack Obama’s plan: End the war responsibly. Better schools. No more tax breaks for oil companies. Barack Obama … the Middle Class first.”
The campaign said the ad is slated to hit the airwaves Thursday in 16 battleground states, including Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
UPDATE: “In the Senate, Barack Obama has voted in lockstep with President George W. Bush nearly half the time, including the Bush-Cheney Energy bill which gave close to 3 billion dollars in new giveaways to Big Oil – a terrible policy that John McCain opposed," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds. "The truth is Barack Obama’s plan is a job killing machine that ignores the struggling economy and raises taxes on family savings, social security and small businesses.”
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Yes... Let's bring on the heat and make Senator McCain accountable for his (lack of ) judgement on Iraq and his lack of knowledge on the US Economy and how it is affected by numerous factors.
I like fact based ads about the issues.
TO BAD THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN CAN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT.
You're an idiot if you think the economy is having trouble beacuse we are spending money in Iraq and because they sell oil.
I love how liberals claim Republicans play off fear, when Sen. Obama does nothing but try to invoke fear of the Republican party and business in each of us.
End the war responsibly? That's what the Republicans intend to do also. Better schools? That isn't a solution, I could come up with that. No more tax breaks for oil companies? Hello higher prices, less investment in new technology and fewer jobs.
We're screwed no matter who wins.
Great AD. This AD should be running within the hour to inform the uninformed what the Republicans (Bush/McCain) have done to our economy.
No more Republicans in the WHITE HOUSE!!
We know this already Sen. Obama.
McCain will push this country into a depression..ni the name of "National Security"
This is a great attack ad. Notice no personal putdowns. no blatent lies. no insulting or calling names to the candidate and his supporters.
Great job Barack!!
McSame's continuation of Bush's tax cuts for the rich, tax breaks for Big Oil and endless war will turn America into the Neo-con Banana Republic it has been heading for these past, long miserable eight years...
That is the easiest way to pound McGeezer - no matter what one thinks of the war, the U.S. simply cannot afford it.
The Hot Check Republicans need to have their deficit spending taken away from them, permanently.
I like the ad, but if the Obama campaign is leaking the ad prior to just running it, is this necessary? If it's not the Obama campaign people, then they need to shut down whoever it is that's getting the info out there early. It gives McSame's peeps an extra day to try to get something out there in opposition.
OBAMA '08
Keep telling the truth Senator Obama! Maybe one day people actually start looking around them to realize that John McCain plans to keep it all the same at best.
That's pretty funny considering that Obama voted FOR Bush's Energy Bill that gave BILLIONS of dollars to oil companies.
McCain voted AGAINST that energy bill. lol.
The ad doesn't seem to mention that...
Who is REALLY in big oil's pocket???--–Obama
McCain/Liebermann '08
Clinton/Richardson '12
The trend is, on most important issues, McCain makes a firm stand, and Obama gradually catches up, be it Georgia, Offshore drilling, condition based withdrawal from Iraq, Surveillance vote and on many other issues.
Does Obama have a firm foot any issue at all, except his adamant call to unduly tax successful enterprises?
HAHA....good luck trying to call barack the 3rd term of bush.....
OBAMA '08
Old man from town keeps lying and will lose badly.
LOVE IT!!! Like I said glad to see my donations are being spent positivley, And not on brittaney spears and paris hilton, The more i see these TRUTHFUL ADS THE MORE MONEY I DONATE KEEP THEM COMING BARACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mcain and the republicans will soon realize you will fight back you are no kerry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cynics now that ad is SOME STRAIGHT TALK!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have fun trying to keep the fact that Barack Obama voted for tax breaks to oil companies, while John McCain voted against that same bill. Good luck indeed... LOL ROTFLMGDMFAO
WHY DOES CNN ALLOW MCBUSH ADDS TO PLAY WHILE IT ONLY GIVES A TEXT FOR OBAMA ADDS? JUST CURIOUS!!!!
I SAW THE ADD ONLINE, AND I LIKED IT, THOUGH, I like to see ADDS THAT DEBUNK MCBUSH'S FACTTUALLY INCORRECT/LIE ON OBAMA TAX PLANS. AND I LIKE THE OBAMA CAMP TO HIT MCBUSH AND HIS CAMP FOR SUGGESTING SAYING OBAMA DOES NOT PUT COUNTRY FIRST. LIBERTMAN SAID YESTERDAY, MCBUSH PUTS COUNTRY FIRST WHILE OBAMA DOES NOT.
I AM AMAZED THAT MCBUSH IS UNDERMINING OBAMA'S SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY AS SOMETHING LESS BECAUSE O DID NOT SERVE IN THE MILITARY…MCBUSH, DOES THAT MEAN ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COUNTRY IN THE FORM OF VOLUNTEERISM AND IN OTHER WAYS ARE WORTHY LESS……WHAT ABOUT OBAMA'S CONTRIBUTION AS A CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER, AS STATE LEGISLATOR, AS COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, AS A PROFESSOR, AS USA SENATOR, AS A TAX PAYER……REALLY MCBUSH, SHAME ON YOU!
BREAKING NEWS!
John McCain has just ordered a SURGE in GEORGIA, I responded by ordering my kids into the basement straight from their schoolbuses, learn't McSame will soon order a DRAFT, definitely not for my kids, McWar has gone beserk
The situation with the kidnappings in mexico, please help! I haven't heard the campaigns talk about it, please please address this. I'm begging you guys if anyone take's notice please have Mr. Obama or Mr. Mccain, or any politician for that matter address it. Please!
John McSame Economics:
1.) Give more oil tax breaks to oil companies first
2.) Give $79 billion oil surplus tax breaks to Iraq first
3.) Give more offshore oil drilling licences to lobbyist & concubines in return of $2 million campaign donations first
4.) Give tax credits to companies that ship american jobs overseas to China & India first
John McSame judgement on economic policies = Americans Are a Bunch of Whiners Suffering from Mental Depression!!!!!
But Johnny does not know about the economy.
My only question here is " Why are we still there?? How many young american lives have to be lost in order to declare victory ? and for what ?? The us was unable to stop or even to threaten russia about gerogia (they know we're busy in irak|)
Wow Tucker..."Nearly half"? So that's...40 something percent?
hillary for president
Why can't CNN ever report soemthing about Obama on the ticker without having to immediately follow it up with some "McCain Snipe" update?
Obama 08'