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Obama and Reality Team Up to Fight McCain Lies

Sort by Daily Kos (Free subscription) - 01/08/2008

In looking at John McCain's latest attack ad against Barack Obama that childishly tries to equate him with Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, let's ignore both that and the questionable judgment used in calling attention to Barack Obama's popularity at home and abroad, and instead focus on the ad's claim that Obama will raise taxes on electricity. According to factcheck.org : McCain's new ad claims...

"Low Road"

Sort by The Daily Dish (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

By Patrick Appel Obama hits back:

Racist Campaign Ad Watch

Sort by Red State (Free subscription) - 01/08/2008

RedState Investigation Reveals Smears Directed At Barack Obama Given that our betters have been instructing us that it's racist to depict or associate Barack Obama with white women , I have investigated and uncovered scandalous new evidence of more ads and campaign videos that have used this racist tactic. Read on for the evidence of this smear campaign directed at Senator Obama: Obama ad, July 31,...

St. Pete Times eviscerates McCain and his campaign strategy of "lies and distortions" and Obama campaign fights back with a new ad

Sort by AMERICAblog (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

The St. Petersburg Times blasts the new Karl Rove version of John McCain. Just blasts him. This is one brutal editorial -- and it is exactly on point: The Straight Talk Express has taken a nasty turn into the gutter. Sen. John McCain has resorted to lies and distortions in what sounds like an increasingly desperate attempt to slow down Sen. Barack Obama by raising questions about his patriotism. Instead...

About Time

Sort by Balloon Juice (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

By: John Cole July 30, 2008 at 9:21 pm

Gibbs, Wallace face off on "Today" show. Gibbs says McCain going "very personal and very negative."

Sort by Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

The McCain "celeb" ad using the images of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears to portray presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as an elite and tax hiker was the peg Thursday morning for a face off on NBC's...

Does a ‘new’ kind of politics preclude attack-style politics?

Sort by The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

Late yesterday, after a series of false attack ads from the McCain campaign, the Obama campaign unveiled a pretty good response ad. In 30 seconds, the spot hits most of the high notes: McCain’s attacks are objectively false, but just as importantly, McCain is “practicing the politics of the past.” He offers the “same old politics” [...]

Obama's Response Ad

Sort by MyDD (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

As I wrote earlier, I'm no great fan of the Obama campaign's "Oops he did it again" response to McCain's latest attack ad. The campaign is fond of using humorous one liners to counter attacks and I see the strategy behind it -- it's the verbal equivalent of brushing dirt off the shoulder or swatting away a gnat, but is it really enough? The reason attack ads generally work is that they leave emotional...

I Came As a Rat

Sort by Obsidian Wings (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

by Eric Martin More like this please. When they hit you, hit them back harder: You know, I might just end up going bankrupt, but this fool is willing to put his money on the proposition that the American people...

Obama: McCain Taking the Low Road

Sort by Towleroad (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

The Obama campaign has released a response to the negative attack ad featuring Britney Spears and Paris Hilton that John McCain began running yesterday. Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP (along with a look at who's really like Britney Spears...)

Weekend Vid Picks: McCain and Obama’s Back and Forth

Sort by NewTeeVee (Free subscription) - 03/08/2008

It’s honestly a little scary to imagine what online video is going to be like in, say, October, given that it’s the first day of August, and the election is pretty much one of the only topics of discussion on the table. They haven’t even picked vice presidents yet, people! Can’t we simmer [...]

We've Been Silent On McCain-Paris-Britney Too Long!

Sort by DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) - 04/08/2008

Mother and child Even though Bush personally nixed plans to have Britney Spears play the Republican Convention in NYC in 2004, the trashy, drug addicted and dysfunctional McComb, Mississippi/Kentwood, Louisiana dancer and singer, is as famous for endorsing him (as well as Pepsi and a bevy of swell fragrances called Curious , Fantasy , In Control and, most recently, Believe ) as she is for her attempts...

Obama Hits Back

Sort by Joe. My. God. (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

Let’s Compare McCain And Obama’s Ads

Sort by Donklephant (Free subscription) - 31/07/2008

First McCain put out this ad focusing on Obama’s celebrity… Now let’s take a look at Obama’s response…which was put out the same day. Who won? A former McCain aide has an opinion. Personally, I think McCain’s ads just opens him up for Obama to get the “same old politics” jab. And that meme will stick to McCain [...]

Obama's "Entitlement" vs. Plain Looking The Part

Sort by BAGnewsNotes (Free subscription) - 02/08/2008

McCain has been ripping Obama for having a "God complex," but perhaps the main issue has to do with how much Obama -- held up to the presidential role, and as compared to McCain -- fits the part.