New DNC Ad Criticizes McCain Over Negative Attack Ads (VIDEO)

The DNC has released a new ad criticizing McCain for his aggressive turn towards negative campaigning. The spot ends with McCain, in a clip on the campaign trail from 2000, saying "if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future, or you're not ready to articulate it." As TPM notes, the McCain campaign's ad spending is now nearly 100 percent devoted to attack ads. Watch the DNC's new ad below.

CHYRON: "John McCain... readying a newly aggressive assault on Sen. Barack Obama's character." [Washington Post, 10/04/08]

VIDEO: Montage of McCain attack ads

CHYRON: John McCain is "looking forward to turning a page on this financial crisis." [Washington Post, 10/04/08]

VIDEO: Montage of McCain attack ads

CHYRON: McCain Campaign's Ad Spending Now Nearly 100 Percent Devoted to Attack Ads [Talking Points Memo, 10/3/08]

MCAIN: "I'm John McCain and I approved this message."

MCCAIN: "Uh, I, I just have to rely on the good judgment of the voters not to buy into these negative attack ads. Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it." [The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, 2/21/2000]

CHYRON: John McCain: We Can't Afford More of the Same

Comments

[grantlingel]

Hey McCainmakesberries... how dumb are you? You get all of your news from realitytv.com? haha. Get a life.
http://grantlingel.blogspot.com

[Matt7]

MCCAINMAKESBERRIES is a paid tr0ll who throws word bombs, then sits back to see how many people respond.

They get paid according to the number of responses. That's why their words are so outrageous and incongruous with what else is going on.

Tr0lls are like Sarah Palin. People know better than to pay them any attention/respond, but they're drawn like moths to a flame. And get burned every time.

[RobertHewson]

New McCain Satire: The Impulsively Unreflective Duo in... "McCain Goes Negative!" Hilarious, brilliant:
http://tinyurl.com/3f7rlg

[iluvsam]

BO needs to do an ad (and emphasize in the debate) that McCain gave a whopping ONE WEEK'S worth of attention to the financial crisis before he felt it was "time to turn the page" and "to change the subject" and "to start talking about something else". We're told that the rescue plan is just the beginning and a lot of work needs to be done before we get out of this financial crisis, yet while Obama says "we're not going to stop talking about it until the crisis is solved", McCain believes ONE WEEK is enough time to address the issue. Is this how he deals with a crisis? He gives it minimal amount of attention, and then changes the subject? Another example of complete lack of judgment on how dire this financial situation is. I think BO needs an ad to hammer this one.

[obamasOHangel]

Great idea!

[instarx]

This ad needs serious editing As others have said, if you don't actually read the text it sounds like a McCain ad. The text that you MUST read is long and flashed on the screen very quickly. I am a very fast reader and even I couldn't read the text that fast.

Maybe it even more than editing - the creators need to go BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.

[Camm s]

If you don't get the point by what McCain is saying at the end of the commercial all the reading in the world won't help you.

[Dadeo]

A must watch video of the so called straight talk express. Watch and pass along.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page...m/page/ 325.html

[enlighteninglad]

Link doesn't work.

[bayarea000]

not very clear. surely you can do better.

[kasv]

This ad needs changes/re-edit. As the poster below says, drop the Obama chant - it's too loud. Place the McCain segment UP FRONT. And then go into his negative ads. And then the rebuttal.

[Whinger]

All John McCain knows is more of the same!

What Bush did to him he does to others!

Copycat Clone!

[simkmer]

I am not sure about this ad. For someone not paying too much attention to the campaign might just see the end of this ad and think it is Obama who is the attack man.

[Camm s]

I do believe it says at the end as most adds do that it is approved by Barack Obama.

[ccrane]

No it doesn't. It was put out by the DNC, not Obama's people.

[obamasOHangel]

No it doesn't. It says "paid for by the Democratic National Convention".

[shubes61]

i have to agree with the people who have posted here about the editing of this spot... if you're not actually reading the commercial, and i would guess that many people aren't 100% paying attention when the tv's on, all you hear is the scary voice saying "senator obama" over and over... then you hear john mccain talking about negative ads... if you don't read the stuff in between, you could easily believe that this is a mccain ad criticizing obama going negative.

better to have a very clear ad that gets the point across quickly and simply, even if people aren't completely paying attention.

[janex]

I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing the face bulge.

[PatricefromNH]

What struck me about this ad is not only how much John McCain has changed the way he articulates his position on attack ads, but how he has physically changed. Now I am REALLY concerned about that growing bulge on his jaw. Like others, I think the beginning of the ad could be polished.

[Frenchy9]

The idea to criticize MC for the "decision to go negative for the purpose of to avoid talking about the economy".

This is the main point.

This ad is not clear.
It should be simpler.
We are not in an video art context

[jimmyjones22]

How about just using McCain soundbites to discredit mccain?

Its easy. Check youtube. he contradicts himself constantly

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