McCain Plays Rezko Card In New Ad

John McCain's campaign is out with a new ad Monday morning -- like every morning -- raising some of the ethically compromised characters from Barack Obama's past.

Titled "Chicago Machine," the spot is vintage guilt-by-association, offering scant (but potentially scary) detail for the unfamiliar viewer.

"Barack Obama," the narrator begins. "Born of the corrupt Chicago political machine ... His economic adviser, William Daley. Lobbyist. Mayor's brother. His money man, Tony Rezko. Client. Patron. Convicted Felon. His "political godfather." Emil Jones. Under ethical cloud. His governor, Rod Blagojevich. A legacy of federal and state investigations. With friends like that, Obama is not ready to lead."

There is a lot to digest here and plenty to quibble with (should Obama really be held responsible for Blagojevich's faults?). And it seems unlikely that the press will want to re-litigate the Rezko issue -- they've seen this movie before. What is noteworthy, however, is just how transparently the McCain campaign is trying to move the center of the debate away from the economy and towards character. This spot, which will air "nationally," comes on the heels of another ad tenuously tying Obama to former Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines.

Obama's campaign quickly responded, calling the ad a false attack. "It's no coincidence that on the very day newspapers reported that John McCain's campaign manager was paid $2 million to lobby against tighter regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the McCain campaign would launch this false, gratuitous attack," said spokesman Bill Burton. "Barack Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate as an independent Democrat. He took on the Chicago Democratic organization in a primary to win a seat in the US Senate. And in both Illinois and Washington, he has challenged the Old Guard for landmark ethics reforms."

Comments

[foxfan]

Sen. Obama has a very uncomfortable relationship with William Ayres, yet the pro-Obama MSM won't discuss it. Check out Hanity & Colmes tonight. They'll be taking a closer look at it.

[Star2000dancer]

TeeHee...and more of John McCain's croonies are being investigated right now as I write this.

[foxfan]

Let's hope they are on tomorrow night's show.

[doghunter25id]

When will HANDJOB & the CHUMP take a "closer look" at McBush and his involvement with Charles Keating?

Are yiu intelligent enough to say....NEVER?????

[HILLSBORO OHIO 45133]

The sad thing is, everything about this ad is true and this Obama guy is running for the highest office in America. Not one Media outlet besides Fox News is fair. Take a good look at this very website do you really think they are in any way pro McCain? NO WAY! If you want the real truth check this out it is NOT from the GOP or the Democrats just the real facts. http://www.afa.net/08VG/index.html http://www.exposeobama.com/

[CaptainStormfield]

So your posting eactly the same thing under 20 articles? exposeobama?

[Star2000dancer]

No, not all true. Therefore moot.

[tuttlemsm]

"Not one Media outlet besides Fox News is fair."

And that's all we need to know about your mindset and receptivity to logic.

[margardner]

Desperation at it's best.

McCain is a sad hero.

[Jer1957]

Barack would never lie--even a little bit (unless it was about something important.)

And Bill Daley is not gay. I believe these campaign 2008 assertions about as much as I believe the Dick Cheney about anything...

[Betty Jean]

Pathetic!

[jamarib2mom]

Typical Mccain he doesn't have anything left But to twist and make up anything to get elected.

[berrycooda]

Obama bought his house in Chicago for $1,000,000.00. He couldn't get the lot next door so Rezko's
wife bought the lot and helped Obama buy it.

Glad when all these ads (from both sides) get over with. They are both digging for straws and both
have a background. Too bad they can't get to the future and what they will be able to do if they get
elected.

Maybe they should Co-President and try to agree on something instead of he said she said baloney.
That was then....this is now...They call it the past because it past.
6 weeks to go.....show us the money...

[DS1Roger]

Local lore has it that Rezkos wife bought it and sold it to Obama for less than cost.
There has been many looks into that "special deal" and all have come back with the same data agreeing with this data.
The interesting part is that has been in the news locally (Chicago) but ignored at the national level. I there was a similar story on the opposite side I'll bet it would go from local to national so fast the keyboard wouldn't be cool from the initial submission.

Then as the tale goes there was a sweetheart deal on his interest rate.

I won't paint a man by a little part of his past but come on! If Palin can be ignored because of her voice and home?

[Eric8869]

John McCain has 7-10 homes and 13 cars. Obama has one each.

let's get some perspective.

[berrycooda]

You got that right.....just depends what side anybody is on as to how they perceive what
the other side is doing.

[Star2000dancer]

No, for me it was the video of her shooting wolves in the snow from her in a plane. She did'nt kill them, the yelped & writhed in pain as Palin kept having fun killing more.

There's alot more, but that cruelty & her apathy put her right in thr sociopath category for me. Nothing she could do ever again could put her in the human race again. The less I see ot hear about her, the better.

[USAwoman]

John McCain has crossed the line again.
All citizens should "google" Sydney Shanberg's article on POWs and MIAs in the publication, The Nation. All families of POWs and MIAs need to question McCain's "patriotism" and "heroism" as a POW. Our military community needs to read this article and wonder what happened to their sons in Vietnam.

[kayatarms]

OK FOLKS WHAT/WHO IS THE KEATING FIVE?? Pay attentions there's gonna be a quiz!!!
One corrupt one went to prison, the one that got away is approving ads and running for PRESIDENT! Right!!!!
McCORRUPT, Same similar scandal ironically right before the election! Running Ads,,,hello he should write the footnotes!!! Hmmmmm


http://mccainkeatingfive.com/?page_id=19

[Star2000dancer]

OK. This link needs to be sent out as far & as fast as possible. It's got to be a word of mouth plus video thing. Because the media is'nt going to push it, & most votes get their info from the radiio.

[Ironfox]

The race to the bottom in political and social discourse had it's modern origins during the Regan era. Modern neo-cons are not interested in productive dialogue but rather winning at all costs and by any means. The combination of Ayn Rand Objectivism and the social-psychological principles of Eduard Bernaise coupled with the elitist Manachean political philosophy of Leo Strauss render dialogue as just a tool for manipulation.

In the hands of a master like Carl Rove this caustic combination has proven to be devistating. Bernaise wrote seventy years ago and his principles of propaganda and manipulation of public opinion have been sucessfully used by athoritarians from Joseph Goebbles to Carl Rove.

How do you have a productive dialogue with someone to whom productive means winning and dialogue means acquiessence?

[BIG JOHN]

WHEN YOU'VE HAD A MELT DOWN, GO NEGATIVE. MAY BE TO LATE JOHN, WE DON'T NEED A P.OT.U.S. THAT MELTS DOWN.

[Georgiapundit]

Nice ad. It went straight for Obama's head. The ads will really get nasty when McCain runs a Jeremiah Wright-Obama smear, and he will. What will Obama hit hard with? Up to this point all I have seen team Obama do is release softball ads with little punch. Obama will be on offense and here we are going into a debate.

[pgpunch]

If McCain had half a brain and had some real "punch" in the issues and policies, he wouldn't have the resort to use smear tactics. When you have nothing, you "sucker" punch. That's what he's done. Remember "birds of a feather stick together", i.e. you know who.

[lagumbo]

Like I say, John mcsame only has lies and dirty campaign tactics to offer. I think that is a disrespect to the american people. He doesn't have policies, so he wants to cheat the american people out of clear policies he might have to lead our country. How disgraceful, dishonest, and pathetic.

[SmootyBooty]

Isn't bearing false witness mentioned in that buy-bull of his?

[WLA]

OK fine. Here comes Keating, then. At a moment when we are being fleeced, McBush really wants to go there? Keating=bank bailout = 2.5 Billion taxpayer dollars.

Bring it.

[SmootyBooty]

The ads are done. M c C a i n is toast...