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Denver, CO - With Americans all
over the country questioning the increasingly nasty and desperate tone of John
McCain's campaign, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) today released a web
ad called "Desperate Times."
The ad highlights the fact that,
despite promising to "wage a respectful campaign," McCain has
resorted to questioning Senator Obama's patriotism and launching false and
misleading attacks that have been widely debunked. His campaign has
stooped so low that one of McCain's former advisors called his most recent ad
"childish" and said the campaign's strategy "diminishes John
McCain." [The Atlantic, 7/30/08]
"Coloradans expect more of
Senator McCain," said Democratic Party of Colorado Chairwoman Pat Waak.
"His negative ads and false attacks won't lower the price or gas or make
health care more affordable. Americans are looking for change this year, and
McCain's dishing out more of the same failed and predictable old
politics."
To view the DNC's new web ad,
"Desperate Times," click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cfyKFgfTvI
DNC
Web Video - "Desperate Times"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cfyKFgfTvI
TEXT: McCain Promised a New
Kind of Campaign.
MCCAIN: "We need to have
change in America. We need to do things differently. I want to prove to you
that I will wage a respectful campaign. [McCain Town Hall, Thomasville,
AL, 4/21/08]
TEXT: .But Desperate Times Call For
Desperate Measures.
HAGEL: "Yeah, I think John is
treading on some very thin ground here when he impugns motives and when we
start to get into 'you're less patriotic than me, I'm more patriotic.'"
[CBS Face the Nation, 7/27/08]
QUESTION: "Joe Klein, writing
in Time Magazine, says 'This is the ninth presidential campaign I've covered. I
can't remember a more scurrilous statement by a major party candidate. It
smacks of desperation.' Those are pretty strong words from Joe Klein, whom you
obviously know." [CNN Late Edition, 7/27/08]
QUESTION: "You admit, that's a
pretty stunning charge." [MSNBC, Morning Joe, 7/30/08]
HEADLINES ACROSS THE SCREEN:
Washington Post, 7/30/08
McCain Charge Against Obama Lacks Evidence
USA Today, 7/29/08
McCain attack ad cheapens campaign. More to come?
New York Times, 7/30/08
McCain Goes Negative, Worrying Some in GOP
New York Times, 7/30/08
Low Road Express
TEXT: John McCain's Idea of a New
Kind of Campaign?
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