RNC Goes Green In First Major Obama Attack Ad

The RNC is using its financial edge to get out front with an Obama attack ad in battleground states, the Washington Post reports:

The Republican National Committee last night began running ads questioning Barack Obama's commitment to energy reform, the first major ad buy by either party in the presidential race.

"Record gas prices, a climate in crisis," says the ad's narrator. "John McCain says solve it now." The spot then details McCain's "balanced" plan on energy and notes that the Arizona Senator is "pushing his own party to face climate change."

Obama, on the other hand, says nothing but "no" when it comes to addressing the energy problems the country is facing. "He just says no to lower gas taxes.... No to nuclear.... No to more production," says the narrator before concluding: "No new solutions. Barack Obama: Just the party line."

The ads are running the four key battleground states: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Ohio. They were produced by a newly formed independent expenditure arm of the RNC being run by Brad Todd, a GOP media consultant.

(WATCH)

Obama's campaign responds: "What we need to solve our energy crisis is an honest debate about the choices before us, not more attack ads that mislead voters about the facts. There's a real choice in this election between John McCain's promise to continue the Bush approach of trying to drill our way out of our energy crisis - which even he admits won't lower prices this summer - or Barack Obama's plan to provide meaningful short-term relief for our families and to make a historic investment in alternative energy development that will create millions of new jobs, keep the cost of energy affordable and secure our energy independence once and for all."

Comments

[PorkBelly]

The idea that McCain is better than Obama on the environment and energy is a joke.

Not to mention the fact that the ad is not true, especially on Obama's nuclear stance.

[RMcAelfinn]

That was one of the things that attracted me to Obama is he would not rule out nuclear energy. Unlike Clinton and Edwards back during the debates. IMO, people who rule out nuclear energy are not serious about tackling climate change or becoming energy independent.

[JR49]

I don't need to see the ad and still I am laughing..­.RNC green...jo­ke of the week. Republican idiots who ignored for years anything which could even little bit remind green color except khaki used for soldiers uniforms are now the best GREENPEACE group ever...HAH­AHA

[Ramirez]

We need more nuke plants and we need to drill in Anwr.

[HellerHighwater]

Logic would dictate that even if there is just a slim chance that taxpayer money spent on R&D and deployment of solar, wind and wave power could just meet a fraction of our energy needs, then you'd have to be an idiot or a craven, sociopathic money-mongerer (aka Republican) to opt for nuclear first-even if the same amount would be spent on both-which it wouldn't.

And the most optimistic result of drilling in ANWR is projected to lower per barrel prices from 144.00/ bbl to $143.50.

[TxAggie]

Outstanding ad!!!

[noamjunior]

who is we ?
you and Rush Limbuagh?
or you and Mike Savage?

[GuyFawkes]

Yeah, one minute we're addicted to oil, next, we need more oil. Let's give the crack addict more crack. That'll solve the problem.