Obama Ad: McCain's No "Original Maverick"

Yesterday, John McCain tried to reclaim his maverick title in an ad -- going so far as to say he was the original of the species. Today Barack Obama shoots back with an ad that quotes McCain agreeing with President Bush and ends with a picture of the two together.

"The original maverick? Or just more of the same?" the ad concludes. Watch it:

Transcript:

MCCAIN AD: He's the original maverick.

SILENT SUPER:
Really?

MCCAIN:

The president and I agree on most issues. There was a recent study that showed that I voted with the president over ninety percent of the time...

VO:

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John McCain supports Bush's tax cuts for millionaires, but nothing for a hundred million households.

He's for billions in new oil company giveaways, while gas prices soar.

And for tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.

The original maverick?

Or just more of the same?

I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message.

Comments

[patricklee5150]

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

OBAMA '08

[chiefeditor]

We've just posted ringtone-ready audio from this ad over at Entertonement: http://entertonement.com/collections/1661/No-Original-Maverick

[AgentMacGyver]

This is an ad they should run during the Olympics. It's hard to tell which ads really get out there and which are only on the internet.

[xargaw]

That's a good ad.

[candlegravity]

Nothin' but net!

[Cybersquirt]

Now that's what I like to hear. :)

[poeticsinger]

Now THAT'S how you do it!!! You don't need to make up anything about Mc Same! Just play any one of the hundreds of clips available where he inserts his foot!!!

BRAVO!!

[Max7073]

I agree! Let's have more of these. Keep him on the defence. We need to keep hitting hiim hard with all of his gaffes and contradictions and support for Bush.

[doctorwang]

Agreed- this is how they should have been doing it all along.

[Mike4Obama]

Hrmm..let me try this.

Loves it.

[mesmerize]

To late for the maverick thing. McCain has already shown his true colors. To bad he had alot of people fooled.

[MegInPA]

Excellent!

[aquarius2001]

LOL!!! LOVED IT!!!!!

[catzoned]

Oh, I so hope it gets shown in every purple state many times. I'm in one and we don't have as many Obama ads as we do McCain ads. I hope it gets the "talking heads" attention as well. Sweet!

[pbcrunch]

Maverick = panderer.

[TheProverbialMan]

Yeah! This is all the Obama campaign needs to use. You can leave Obama out of it, and just let John McCain talk trash on John McCain. He's done it a million times.

[AfricanWahala]

Yeah sometimes one's worst enemy is oneself...O needs a SURGE of ads with McMaverick mavericking himself....

[BBackSoon]

LOL... Let him 'Go Maveric Himself!'

Now that's funny!

[AERO]

What's beautiful is that the ad has John McCain attacking John McCain. Shame on him for going negative on himself.