McCain Ayers Ad Says "Terrorist Ayers Isn't The Issue"

Greg Sargent noted on Wednesday how the McCain campaign seems to want it both ways when it comes to using William Ayers as a campaign issue. After suggesting that it was "off the table" and that it couldn't compete with economic issues, the campaign has dispatched Sarah Palin to make repeated references to Ayers.

Now it appears, however, that the campaign is coming down firmly on the "pro" side of whether or not to use Ayers as an issue -- with the release of a 90-second ad titled, simply, "Ayers." Produced exclusively for the web, it appears designed to fight with the economic crisis for cable news coverage.

Somewhat humorously, the new web ad tries to make the case that "Ayers isn't the issue," but rather Obama's honesty in describing Ayers as someone from his neighborhood.

"When their relationship became an issue, Obama just responded, "This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood.'," the ad notes, before asking, incredulously: "That's it?"

At the spot's close, it repeats the charge that Obama has somehow only ever described Ayers as someone from his neighborhood. "When Obama just says, 'This is a guy who lives in my neighborhood.' Americans say, 'Where's the truth, Barack?'"

Well, as it happens, the "neighborhood" line was not all Obama said about Ayers at the time of the quote used in McCain's new ad. In response to a question from ABC News' George Stephanopolous, Obama described Ayers's past acts as "detestable" in almost the same breath.

Comments

[TheTruthHurtsDonut]

If you think that Bill Ayers doesn't matter, then you also think that Tony Rezko doesn't matter, and Bernardine Dohrn doesn't matter, and Obambi's integral role in ACORN (facing many indictments for voter fraud) doesn't matter, and Richard Daley doesn't matter, nor does John & Todd Stroger and the whole Chicago Machine, and Saul Alinsky doesn't matter, and 20 years of white hate indoctrination from Jeremiah Wright doesn't matter, and Alexi Giannoulias doesn't matter, and Peter Bynoe and Mike Bauer don't matter, neither does Jim Johnson or Penny Pritzker, and the thief Franklin Raines doesn't matter. Obama buddies all. But Obama is not a terrorist. He does not hate America. Maybe he doesn't even hate whites. The point is Obama's bad Judgment. Why does he have a history of surrounding himself with these types? How much did they influence him? What does it say about who he will put into positions of power in the government? If judgment and character do not matter, then prepare yourself for the downfall of America and the end of Freedom as we know it.
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[TheTruthHurtsDonut]

If Ayer's wasn't important, the MSM wouldn't have carefully scripted this fake "Town Hall" style meeting, engineered to deflate the Ayers issue so that Homey wouldn't have to talk about it. Observe:
After the debate, George Steph said to the "Panel of Experts" regarding Ayers: "They didn't get a question on it either from Brokaw or the crowd." Matthew Dowd said "It's telling, in that voters and especially these people in this Town Hall don't really care about that, and so THE FACT that no question was even asked about it means that most Americans are out there saying I really don't care about that."
FACT:
This was NOT a Town Hall meeting, where people randomly stand up and ask non-disclosed questions. Brokaw stated that all the questions were submitted to HIM and he decided which ones would be asked. Any tough questions for Borack were filtered out, and unless some of those people come forward we will never know how many asked such questions. But of course, they would have had to sign some privacy document to be in the group.
Furthermore, Brokaw inserted his own follow-up questions after each candidate debated one from the group. So half the questions asked that night were BROKAW'S!
The entire premise that this was a Town Hall meeting is a fraud, with the media in total control of the questions that Homeboy would have to answer. Total song and dance by the MSM to dupe the American people.

[XME]

Folks, as many of you as possible need to contact McCain, in every manner possible, to let them know that voters are disgusted by INCITING HATEMONGERING. If even an attempt his made to harm Obama, John McCain and everyone involved with his campaign will bear some responsibility, and they need to know that Americans are disgusted and ashamed of such behavior in an attempt to win an election!

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[tydicea]

McCain talks about Ayers today and runs ad. Dow falls 678 points, it's been dropping like a rock every day now...nothing out of the McCain camp but who was Obama's past associations. News flash! Who cares? The reasonable and intelligent elements of the population do not care. What we do care about is the fact that you are devoid of ideas, you have no vision to steer out of this mess, and your principles and thoughts closely mirror that of the current jackas* in office.

[KISSman]

1:40? What swing voter is going to ever see this since no 100 second commercial on this is ever going to make it to air?

Americans say, "Where did all of my money go?"
Americans say, "Where did my house go?"
Americans say, "What are you going to do to fix this?"

Americans are not saying, "Where's the truth, Barack?" on this stupid issue. They don't give two craps about this nonsense while they watch their livelihoods being affected by REAL issues.

[wdw101]

i don't need anyone to fix anything

[NexusSix]

Oh goodie, another McCain ad. I can't wait to watch it.

Uh-oh the Weather Underground is coming to get us.

Barack Obama and Bill Ayers wrote bylaws together, BYLAWS!!!
I am now scared out of my mind.

Oh no, Obama was the chairman of an education committee. Is that what this country needs? More education? That is socialism my friends.

Oh "his relationship with terrorist Ayers is not the issue?" OK nevermind.

Oh his judgement and cander is the issue. I get it now. Barack Obama and Bill Ayers are lovers.

Thanks John McCain.
Oh and by the way your looking very mavericky(?) in that picture.

Your fellow prisoner,
NexusSix

[blust8r]

First they want a Fascist state... now, with the bailout (NOT rescue!!!) we're turning into a Socialist state. Hell, why not? We're almost a Stalinist state now... let's go ALL THE WAY!
McCain (puke, scuze me...) and Failin' (wretch.... uh, held it back) are nothing more than a continuance of the same BS that BuSh has pushed down our throats for the last 8 freain' years.
Let's give McCain's lobbyist and Wall Street buddies some more money and see if it works, shall we?
BITE ME!!!!

Obama/Biden 08

[Bombenhagel]

You should see what they are saying over at foxnews. Let's all go over there for a day :)

[TheTruthHurtsDonut]

If you think that Bill Ayers doesn't matter, then you also think that Tony Rezko doesn't matter, and Bernardine Dohrn doesn't matter, and Obambi's integral role in ACORN (facing many indictments for voter fraud) doesn't matter, and Richard Daley doesn't matter, nor does John & Todd Stroger and the whole Chicago Machine, and Saul Alinsky doesn't matter, and 20 years of white hate indoctrination from Jeremiah Wright doesn't matter, and Alexi Giannoulias doesn't matter, and Peter Bynoe and Mike Bauer don't matter, neither does Jim Johnson or Penny Pritzker, and thief Franklin Raines doesn't matter. Obama is not a terrorist. He does not hate America. Maybe he doesn't even hate whites. The point is Obama's bad Judgment. Why does he have a history of surrounding himself with these types? How much did they influence him? What does it say about who he will put into positions of power in the government? If judgment and character do not matter, then prepare yourself for the downfall of America and the end of Freedom as we know it.

[DontBeFoolish]

Ummmmm, John, Sarah. You wouldn't happen to have anything on fixing the economy would ya!

[BLGould]

Ok. So Barack had a "coffee" with a group of Annenberg Foundation members including a man identified as a Weatherman Underground member when Barack was EIGHT YEARS OLD.

Then we have John McCain, who was ACTIVELY involved as an ADULT and as a U.S. SENATOR with the U.S. Council for World Freedom, to SUPPORT Al Qaeda in their fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan, and in another freedom-loving move, praised a DOMESTIC TERRORIST who shot at a doctor and planted bombs at U.S. medical facilities.

Pretty terrifying difference, wouldn't you say?

[ckt]

Yeah, vote for Palin-McCain and America becomes the Keating 5 taking a trip on the Bridge to Nowhere. You betcha'.

[laocoon]

I have extreme difficulty with McCain's honesty in first campaigning that Obama was not ready and then picking Palin. A clear case of dishonesty.

[LAB11]

McSame's "turning the page on America's economic crisis" can only be done if he is successful in forcing OBAMA to turn the page to non-issues. America demands that he who would be president proclaim, "Thanks, but no thanks to that BRIDGE TO NOWHERE!" After all, it is the economy, stupid.

[Jimmyearl]

Is this a six degree of separation? Ask Kevin Bacon?