This is smart of the Obama campaign to turn the tables on McCain. He is a Washington celebrity.
Me? A celebrity? What about you, Sen. John McCain?
That's the gist of a TV ad that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's campaign released Monday. Embrace is a response to two recent ads from McCain. Both McCain ads called Obama a "celebrity" and questioned whether he is ready to lead the nation. One compared his fame to that of Paris Hilton's and Britney Spears'.
The script
Narrator: "For decades, he's been Washington's biggest celebrity. John McCain. And as Washington embraced him, John McCain hugged right back. The lobbyists — running his low road campaign. The money — billions in tax breaks for oil and drug companies, but almost nothing for families like yours. Lurching to the right, then the left, the old Washington dance, whatever it takes. John McCain. A Washington celebrity playing the same old Washington games."
The images
Embrace begins as a spoof of McCain's ads. The narrator calls McCain "Washington's biggest celebrity." Images of the Arizona senator hugging President Bush, joking with late-night comedians and appearing on NBC's Saturday Night Live and ABC's The View flicker by.
Reality check
The non-partisan Tax Policy Center says McCain's plans would "primarily benefit those with very high incomes," while Obama would raise taxes "significantly" on that group. Obama would give larger tax breaks to lower-income groups than McCain, according to the center, a project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution.
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Thanks for all your posts. It's great to find a source for information that is honest and considerably more balanced than the mainstream media. With every passing year I become more disturbed about the apparent decay of just about everything. From social behaviors to cultural values, we seem to have surrendered to the pressures placed upon us by the consumer-oriented agenda. I can't help but wonder if things are now reaching a tipping point and we'll no longer be able to shop ourselves into complacency because we are too strapped to feed ourselves, let alone cough up for a variety of sedating goods and services. It's good to know there are folks out there like you who are trying to shine a little light into the darkness - thanks again.
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