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Sam Stein

McCain Palin Ad Defends Pick By Ripping Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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The McCain campaign has launched, in the form of a new political advertisement, the most explicit defense yet of its choice of Sarah Palin's for vice ...

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Our New Ad on Bob Schaffer's Shameful Record

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Ads, Iraq, Votevets, Aspect Energy, votevets.org, Colorado, Bob Schaffer, Politics News
Jon Soltz

As one of our veterans says in the ad, "I went to Iraq for my country. Bob Schaffer went to Iraq for a big oil company."

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Pavlovian Premillennialism

Randall Balmer | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Ads, Karl Rove, John McCain, Evangelicals, Premillennialism, Barack Obama, The One, Obama Smears, Politics News
Randall Balmer

In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, Republicans are seeking to portray the presumptive Democratic nominee as the Antichrist foretold in the Book of Revelation.

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Olympic Ad Wars

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ge, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Political Ads, Mccain Olympics Ads, Barack Obama Olympic Ads, John MCain, Barack Obama, Olympic Advertising, John McCain Attack Ads, Attack Ads, Politics News
Josh Dorner

A hard negative ad seems ill-suited to the unifying spirit of the Olympics. Obama's ad is likely to comport well with Americans swollen with pride, while McCain's stands out with its harsh tone.

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David Ignatius Presents the Fable of John McCain

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.08.2008 | Media

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Cenk Uygur

McCain was a POW, and he showed extraordinary courage and perseverance, and was a hero at that time. The way he has run his campaign at this time is not heroic -- it is downright despicable.

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Sam Stein

Barack Hits Back: Ad Says McCain Taking Low Road

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Responding to a harsh personal attack from John McCain, Barack Obama released a television ad late Wednesday evening accusing the the Arizona Republic...

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Who Wants to Be Loved, Anyway?

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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Ryan J. Davis

John McCain is hedging his bid for the presidency on the idea that Americans want a president who inspires all the world to burn American flags.

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RNC Rolls Out First Contrast Ad

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

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Daniel Nichanian

It is remarkable that the Republican Party ad praises McCain for pushing the party to recognize global warming. McCain is depicted as a realist

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Follow-Ups to Barack Obama's "Dignity" Ad

Jake Goldman | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

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Jake Goldman

Obama: [holding hands with a Rabbi while lighting a menorah and wearing a shirt that says "Won't Jew vote for me?"] I am a real mensch. And I'm not Muslim.

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The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Steve Cone | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Ad, Television, Lbj, Negative Attacks, Political Ads, Lyndon Johnson, Daisy, Barry Goldwater, Politics News
Steve Cone

In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.

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McCain Spends $1M Campaigning Without Rival In Mich.

Dan Treul | Posted 06.20.2008 | Home

Read More: Michigan Primary, Barack Obama, Mccain, Presidential Race, Tracking Polls, Campaign Finance, Political Ads, Obama, Vote 08, Michigan, John McCain, Political Polls, Home News
Dan Treul

McCain has been managing to lose a race against no one in the critical general election state, despite spending more than $500,000 per week since the end of May on TV ads there.

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McCain as Peacenik: 1968 All Over Again

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Political Ads, John McCain, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, Hubert Humphrey, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

McCain's speech the other night was brilliant, frightening and 100% Nixon. But successful Nixon. How do you beat a Nixon? Be like Kennedy

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Lou Dobbs Rants About Clinton, Obama "Distortions"

The Huffington Post | Dipayan Gupta | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Political Ads, Distortions, John McCain, Cnn, Video, Oil Companies, Lou Dobbs, Campaign Ads, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Jessica Yellin, Media News

CNN's Jessica Yellin's report on Lou Dobbs' show last night on the back-stabbing half truths of political ad campaigns was apparently a revelation for...

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Jason Linkins

John McCain Campaign AdWatch: Stop Snitching

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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John McCain's new ad is about Heroes, and Memories, and Teachers, and more Memories. Misty, water-colored, memories of a time when McCain was a wee l...

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Girl In 3 AM Commercial Films Ad For Obama

Huffington Post | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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The actor playing one of the sleeping children in Sen. Clinton's famous "3 AM" commercial has cut another campaign ad -- this one for Sen. Obama, who ...

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Obama Skin Tone Darker In Clinton Ad?

America Blog | John Ararvosis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Via America Blog: I went and got the original footage from the Clinton ad, and then compared it to 3 different video clips of the same debate from 3 ...

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Clinton Releases New Texas, Ohio Ads

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Clinton has two new ads out on the eve of primaries in Texas and Ohio. In the first, Clinton hits Obama on his inactivity while serving as chair...

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Obama Airs National Security Ad

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Television Ad War Goes National

Wall Street Journal | Aaron Rutkoff | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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With five days left before Super Tuesday, presidential campaign ads have gone national -- yet some candidates are on the airwaves in more of the count...

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Clinton Asks Iowans For Their Vote In 2-Minute Television Spot

Associated Press | Mike Glover | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary, Democratic Primary, Political Ads in Iowa, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Iowa Caucuses, Political Ads, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign, 2008 Election, Politics News

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton will make her closing argument to Iowa voters Wednesday evening during a televised message in which she tells them to ...

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Jason Linkins

Campaign AdWatch: McCain's 'Easy'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Days after relating how Jesus gave him solace in the form of a cross scratched in the dirt while he was the Prisoner of Azkaban, John McCain is back o...

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Will Thomas

Huckabee's Christmas Ad, Ron Paul Fires Back

HuffingtonPost.com | Will Thomas | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Mike Huckabee is bringing his Christmas cheer, and his Baptist minister roots, to Iowans this election season. His recent ad, "What Really Matters," ...

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Apparent Huckabee Supporters Floods Iowa With Negative Calls

Politico | Jonathan Martin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A newly-formed group claiming to support Mike Huckabee hit the phones of Iowa Republicans tonight with an automated push-poll attacking Huckabee's GOP...

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Irreverent Huckabee Ad Features Chuck Norris Endorsement

Iowa Independent | Jay Wagner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Mike Huckabee's first television commercial, which begins running this week, takes an irreverent approach to presidential politics, featuring martia...

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Jason Linkins

Tancredo's Iowa Ad = SUPER INSANE!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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"There are consequences to open borders," says the narrator - and he's not just talking about those Mexicans from Heroes who weep black tar from their...

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