Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads Of 2008
Sort by The Huffington Post (Free subscription) - 03/11/2008 - YouTube
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Top 60 Memorable Campaign Ads Of 2008
Sort by The Huffington Post (Free subscription) - 03/11/2008
It is tradition in every campaign for each side to denounce the other as having run the sleaziest race in modern political history. And certainly it seems like every day brings with it a new attack ad deemed "the worst one yet." While historians are generally skittish when it comes to such claims -- pointing out that past years witnessed some serious mudslinging of their own -- it is hard to dismiss...
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Ka-Pow
Sort by The Daily Dish (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
No, Obama is not John Kerry: Here's the McCain response: "Does a guy who worries about the price of arugula and thinks regular people 'cling' to guns and religion in the face of economic hardship really want to have a...
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Obama Ad Blasts McCain's "Seven Houses"
Sort by Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
Don't know where this is airing yet... but talk about a lightning fast turnaround for the Obama ad team. The tag line: "Here's one house that America can't afford to let John McCain move in to."
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Obama Campaign Hits the McCain Housing Hoard
Sort by Daily Kos (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
"It's seven." "Hmm." Three words lay the McMaverick low.
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McCain’s Housing Crisis: He Can’t Remember How Many He Owns
Sort by Firedoglake (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
But we shouldn't judge him too harshly. A 72-year old A man who wears $520 Italian loafers, thinks the baseline for rich is making $5,000,000 a year and whose wife is worth $100M really can't be bothered with such trifling details.
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McCain can’t remember how many homes he owns
Sort by Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
Only non-elitists have trouble keeping track of all their multi-million dollar houses. Politico: (audio available here) Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many houses he and his wife, Cindy, own. “I think — I’ll have my staff get to you,” McCain told Politico in Las Cruces, N.M. [...]
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As Dem Convention Begins, Obama Fights McCain For YouTube Views, Loses
Sort by Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) - 25/08/2008
One would think, having just unvelied Joe Biden and on the eve of the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama would be having a big week on YouTube. And he is. But so is John McCain. The two campaigns are neck-and-neck in YouTube views as this chart from Tubemogul (embedded below) shows. And while the Obama campaign is back to producing documentary-style YouTube videos at a blistering pace--as...
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Obama releases new ad over McCain "I don't know how many houses I own" gaffe
Sort by AMERICAblog (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
Good . And the ad nicely avoids the issue of whether McCain is losing his cognitive abilities because of his advanced age (he's going to be 72 in a week). Rather, the ad simply notes that Americans are suffering economically and John McCain, and his seven houses, thinks everything is going swell. UPDATE: The McCain campaign just issued a response that is so all over the place, it's worthy of a Democrat....
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Team Obama Hit The Ground Running With McCain ‘Houses’ Gaffe
Sort by Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
You could imagine Barack Obama lying awake last night, frustrated by his dwindling momentum and tightening poll numbers , the worst rut his campaign has been in so far, just wishing, praying that John McCain would commit some horrendous, game-changing gaffe. And then he probably woke up this morning, did a thousand push-ups as usual, made sweet love to Michelle, and was drinking a glass of raw eggs...
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That Was Fast
Sort by Balloon Juice (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
I knew the house remark by McCain would make it into a commercial, but sweet jeebus that was fast: Direct hit. I did not even hear of McCain’s comment until 7 am this morning, and they already have a commercial up and plan to air it nationally. At any rate, you know what to do. [...]
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That Was Quick
Sort by Eschaton (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
I think it's more than 7, but I guess it depends on how you count. I suppose it'll be okay if Factcheck or similar calls Obama's ad false like this: The Obama campaign falsely claimed that John McCain owns 7 homes. In fact, he owns 12.
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Is Obama campaign getting its groove back? Hitting McCain on his houses
Sort by Lynn Sweet (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
John McCain may regret the day he said he could not remember how many homes he owns. The number is seven. Obama's team--tarred with the rich celebrity tag by McCain, and thrown off stride by this--was given a gift by...
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Obama campaign launches new TV ad, holds events nationwide on McCain's losing track of how many homes he owns
Sort by Obama HQ (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
CHICAGO - Today, the Obama campaign released a new 30-second TV ad, Seven, discussing just how out of touch John McCain is with the struggles of everyday people. The ad highlight's John McCain's desire to just offer more of the same economic policies we've gotten from President Bush, as just yesterday he declared that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" and lost track of how many houses he...
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John McCain, too rich to be President.
Sort by Althouse (Free subscription) - 22/08/2008
How many houses does he have? "It's seven. Worth thirteen million dollars." You don't want a President who's managed to become rich, do you? So pick Obama, who lives in a hut . No, wait, that's Barack's brother George. Obama lives in... that Chicago house that cost... how much? blog advertising blog advertising
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House flap manna from heaven for Obama, Dems
Sort by The Carpetbagger Report (Free subscription) - 21/08/2008
Have you had the feeling that the Obama campaign has seemed troubled of late? They’re on the ropes, slipping in the polls? Maybe they could use a little spark to help shake up the race? Based on the last few hours, I think they got one. We talked earlier about a reporter from the Politico asking John [...]
