(CNN) – John McCain’s campaign is running a Spanish language ad in battleground states that blames Barack Obama and Senate Democrats for the failure of attempts to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws - even though the Republican nominee and his Democratic counterpart cast identical votes in the key Senate showdowns on that issue last year
“Obama and his congressional allies say they are on the side of immigrants. But are they?” asks the announcer in the 30-second spot, “Which Side Are They On?”
“The press reports that their efforts were 'poison pills' that made immigration reform fail,” he continues. “The result: No guest worker program. No path to citizenship. No secure borders. No reform. Is that being on our side? Obama and his Congressional allies ready to block immigration reform, but not ready to lead.”
But Obama and McCain cast identical votes in the major congressional showdowns on the issue last year. Both men cast votes in favor of an unsuccessful early June effort to end a filibuster. Later that month, they voted again to end debate on the issue – but again failed to shut down the filibuster effort, led for the most part by Republican senators.
The ad will air in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, all crucial fall states with significant Hispanic voting populations.
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More of the same. It is true that McCain will lose is honor to win an election!
The Repugs are well known for distortions and lies. And it just keeps coming. No more of the same, and definitely NO McCAIN!!!! This Hillary Clinton supporter is voting for Obama in November. Let's go Democrats and win this election in November!!!!!!!!!!
...he's at it again! Throwing around mud and saying lies – hoping that something will stick!
Fortunately, the only stick is the one growing between McPinocchio's eyes!
Shocker, McCain camp lying? Say it isn't so. What's sad is that Americans are stupid enough to believe it all.
Obama stand a better chance of winning the washinton guba race if only the republicans will do the right thing and not vote him out beeing a black man.
Is that all Mccain is about: lying? This is amazing. Outright lies. not even partially true. Isn't there a law against this kind of behavior. I mean, there are a lot of stupid people in America who will see one of Mccain's lie fest ads and they will believe what they are hearing. It will be a shame if Mccain wins. I hope the electoral college isn't as easily fooled as the American people.
IMMIGRANTS!! Thats whats wrong with the U. S. now day and time. They come here take all the jobs no taxes for them then they send it back to Mexico. It makes us Americans look bad b/c we wont work for min wage so all the immigrats get hired on and are tax free. Why in the hell don't we just take Mexico over and make it the 51 state may as well and make MEx. a better place. TAKE IT OVER
This is the 'value' voters party – lie, cheat and steal to win. Great values. It seems people are more outraged about possible impropriety with Chinese gymnast than actual impropriety in the leadership of America.
Was this the deal with Limbaugh, choose a right wing, pro life VP, and he will let McCain run a pro immigration plank?
I wonder what the Palins think about Immigration, as it is being learned that Todd has a LOT to do with the Palin ideology; the Separatist Todd, who was signed up to a party that is officially, in their written Mission Statement, haters of the American Flag.
Why Todd is NOT even a Republican and y'all know that the ONLY patriots in America are in the Red Party!?
the ace in america is not about issue, is all bout native and non native, mccain is native(white)and obama is not native(black), that is the answer about the poll. i wish obama success
All McCain has done in this election is run negative ads and give negative speechs. I for one and so sick and tired of all this. How can american look forward to better days when all he gives us is negative?
Just more lies from John 'I was a POW" McCain oh the shame of him............
Obviously whenever McCain and the Republicans open their mouths, they're lying.
Wake up America!
What a liar Mcshame is, he was for the immigration reform and now he is against it.
liar liar liar you should me ashame of yourself Mcshame
McCain has lied so many times, who believes this guy anymore. I don't even read or care to watch McCain's ads anymore. Once a lier, always a lier.
I hear or see the name 'McCain', and the first thing that comes to mind is LIE. The same goes for his unexperienced VP choice, Palin – another lier.
Other nations watching this election, what do you think they think of McCain and Palin, when all they hear about these two are just lies.
Are our foreign leaders going to believe what McCain says or what Palin says – I don't think so. Talk about a gullible country we will become if two Liers are elected into office.
McCain and Palin are truly a ticket of disaster.
On Obama mostly positive coverage and McCain mostly fact checking coverage
CNN please give a trusted source for news. Please do not try to become Foxnews network of the 2004.
Shocking... Not from the straight talk express? All I have to say is, if this is how much lying he is doing before he gets into office, what do people think he is going to do once he gets in?
This campaign is intended to US citizen not to illegal aliens. Why does Sen. McCain needs and ad in Spanish? Immigration issues have to be discussed an debated among US citizens. Does McCain run for the Mexican Presidency. What a futile and useless politician...from the old guard..
Unfortunately it must be said:
JOHN MCCAIN IS A LIAR.
Repeat.
When are the American people going to get sick and tired of the lies and half-truths of the Republican party? What happened to this country's spine?
the mccain campaign should be tried for all the lies they spew
p.s. the grammar in this ad is incorrect. there is no verb that is conjegated to reflect who is not ready to govern. and listos refers to a plural subject, but is in reference to obama. why do i write this? well, if there was a single person in mccain's camp who actually spoke spanish or knew anyone other than wasp's, s/he would have been able to make the ad grammatically correct.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Notice the ad says DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES! SINCE NOBAMA IS THE HEAD OF HIS PARTY RIGHT NOW HE SHARES THE BLAME FOR THIS!
If the democrates can put out half truths about Palin the same can be done to him.
A campaing Ad is the exact example of how a nominee is going to run this country. If it is false and misleading so will this spill over in the white house. If it is factual etc that is exactly how that nominee is going to run the white house. We need to make them accountable to our funds.
Just tried to post a view that was Pro – McCain and it didn't even show up–
Please-stop boring me with your one – sided politics trying to make people believe the world is Pro-Obama-
Believe me it's not-
Hopefully you have the humrus to post–
And why not add to your report that McCain now states he would not vote for his own bill?