October 11th 2008
McCain Almost Nails Obama/Acorn Ad
“B
ad judgment … blind ambition … too risky for America.” That’s the new tag line the McCain campaign is using and it should push a few buttons, even if we’re told by Obama-Americans that “risky” is code for black. Here’s the ad with that tag:
It does a decent job of nailing down the Obama-ACORN connection and the ACORN-market melt-down connection, but it could have been stronger. I would have like to see this Obama quote in it:
“I’ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career. Even before I was an elected official, when I ran Project Vote voter registration drive in Illinois, ACORN was smack dab in the middle of it, and we appreciate your work.”
The ad is 1:30 long, which means it’ll be an expensive TV placement. The McCain Web site makes it easy enough to email the ad to others and it’s up on YouTube, but it doesn’t provide a direct link to the ad, so posting it to the blog requires finding it on YouTube, picking up the url and posting it – they’ve got to get smarter than that. And they have to re-cut it at 30 and 60 seconds to increase its reach (which they’ve probably already done).
Connecting Obama to the melt-down is the McCain campaign’s last, best hope. Obama sued banks to force them to make risky mortgages, he had senior Fannie/Freddie execs in his circle, he took their money, he paid them for voter registration and – because he supports the radical idea of unjustifiable home loans to urban blacks – he did nothing to stop the mess.
That’s the one message that should be coming from the McCain camp, and this ad is a good enough start. Time to build on it.
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October 11th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Greetings:Me, I’m waiting for the McCain ad that asks: What’s Black & White and Red all over?
October 12th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Rezko, Wright, Raines, Ayers … and now Acorn!!! This is over the top. Obama’s a fraud and should not be allowed anywhere near the White House.