Obama Ad: McCain Is "Country Club" Republican

Democrats were ecstatic after the Obama campaign released yesterday's hard-hitting ad on John McCain's house gaffe, and there are no signs of let-up.

A new Obama spot released this afternoon, "Out of Touch," accuses McCain of practicing "country club economics," and hammers him on a range of statements about the economy. "How many houses does he own? John McCain says he can't even remember anymore. Well, it's seven. No wonder McCain just said the fundamentals of our economy are strong, and anyone making less than five-million-dollars-a-year is middle-class."

The Obama campaign says they've dispatched surrogates and supporters to 9 battleground states to talk about "how out of touch all of Senator McCain's years in Washington have made him."

Some Dems are even using the furor over McCain's houses to draw attention to issues unrelated to the campaign. News broke yesterday that the White House "is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003 and there is little if any likelihood a recovery effort will be completed by the time the Bush administration leaves office, according to an internal White House draft document."

Rep. Rahm Emanuel told the Huffington Post, "In the last two days, we learned that the White House can't keep track of its e-mails and John McCain can't keep track of his houses."

Comments

[gentilhombre]

ONE HOUSE

ONE SPOUSE

ONE COUNTRY

OBAMA FOR ALL OF US

[taniacaa]

I love this statement.

[dbm1966]

I love how when Obama makes an attack ad he is attacked by the McMorons who whine that Obama was going to run a nice campaign. Sorry, guys, you set the tone, and this is the only way to respond to the lies generated by McCain. Keep it up!

[AnnieinOR]

saw this on another blog:

ONE HOUSE - ONE SPOUSE - vote OBAMA!

[dbm1966]

That's clever. So clever it sounds like the kind of attack that we're used to hearing from Republicans. I love it. Short, simple and to the point.

[rabprevent]

nice

[DieHardObamaSupporter]

That's it O hit his @$$ back to back, and don't let up until after Nov4th.

[DieHardObamaSupporter]

Country Club Repug....LOL

[BabsfromKansas]

Fired up! Ready to go!

[ricehq]

Absolutely great AD!

Repeat this phrase over and over again.

COUNTRY CLUB ECONOMICS

[chiefeditor]

We put up audio (MP3s) from the spot: http://www.entertonement.com/collections/2372/Out-of-Touch-Ad

[mybostonjack]

Git-r-done O! Maybe McBush was trying to remember all of his $500 loafers and the quarter of million dollars that he pays his servants. Sure the economy is strong... when you're McBush. No more of the same!

[TheCritic]

Maybe, he left his memory in his private jet!

[Chillinout]

I think they should insert into one of these ad something like this:

The average price of a house in America is $218,000. John McCain pays his staff over $270,000 a year to take care of his numerous houses. What the average American will pay for his house over the next 20 - 30 years, McCain pays his staff every year.

[karela]

Source? Link?

[Chillinout]

Here you go:

http://www.livingin-america.com/news/average-house-price-215100/

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/new_mccain_ad_celebrities_dont.php

[roshni]

Keep it up, O, keep it up. Let's nail the wrinkly old man with white hair who wants to reinstate the draft.

[TheRebel82]

Great ad! Keep showing McCain buddying up to BOTH Bushes! Keep reminding them of Bush at all costs! And keep talking about the economy!

[chitown8]

This great. I say nail it with Mccain saying on MTP that he agrees with Bush 90% of the time. In fact that should play in every ad.

[johjac]

Sadl for Insane-McCain, Georgie Bush doesn't even agree with Georgie Bush of late! Georgie seems to be following Barack's lead. Uh oh, where-o-where does that leave Insane-Mccain? I don't care as long as it isn't the White House!

[Openeyes]

That is a superb ad. It's exactly what needs to get hammered, doesn't hit him personally, like "he's mean" or "he's an idiot" just uses his own statements to show how out of touch and wrong he is.

I think they need to contrast what he says he doesn't know with what he says he does know:

"I don't know much about economics."
"I don't know much about the internet."
"I don't know how many houses I own."

"I know how to win wars."

Do we need a President who thinks the only thing he needs to know about is war?

[ThinkAgainMyFriend]

Great point! And what wars has he won?

[armadillious2002]

"Praise the Lord and pass the amunition"

[poropo]

mccain=$570 shoe live in 4 houses have 3 more wear $370 tie.
me i earn $570 in 2weeks. pls can mccain know where it pains me when he wear $570 shoe that i earn in two weeks.