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John McCain 2008
"Broken" |
[Music] Male Announcer:
Washington's broken. John McCain knows it. We're worse off
than we were four years ago. Only McCain has taken on big tobacco, drug companies, fought corruption in both parties. He'll reform Wall Street, battle Big Oil, make America prosper again. He's the original maverick. One is ready to lead -- McCain. McCain (voiceover): I'm John McCain and I approved this message. |
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| Notes:
The ad contains this fairly remarkable statement which would seem to be
more appropriate in an Obama ad: "We're worse off than we were four
years ago." According to the press release, "The ad highlights John McCain's record of taking on the special interests in Washington." The Obama campaign responded with a lengthy fact check in which spokesman Hari Sevugan noted, "In an ad released by his
campaign today Senator McCain called himself a 'maverick' despite
having voted with President Bush 95% of the time last year...
While Senator McCain’s campaign is
run by Washington lobbyists, Barack Obama has pushed Congress to pass
the most sweeping lobbying reform legislation since Watergate.
The
legislation Obama championed bans gifts from lobbyists and eliminate Senate floor, gym, and parking privileges for
former Senators, Senate Officers, and Speakers of the House who are
lobbyists. As President, Obama will build on these successes to
grant
the public specific and useful information about how lobbyists are
trying to influence Washington..."
The Obama campaign released a response ad "Original."
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