Way to call it Greg: I hope this hits the MSM and they 'fess up!

I don't even believe these ads are hitting the airwaves, they're just for CNN to run with and play over and over again.

The GOP is doing the Dems a favor: by painting Hillary this way, she will be under tremendous pressure to do more than pay lip service to party unity.

Actually, the tag line about "lack of experience" is amusing.

Remind me exactly what Bill Clinton had done in foreign policy before running in 1992? Arkansas isn't exactly the epicenter of the country in technology nor culture.

Of course, people will cry: but look how much he was able to accomplish because he was smart!

To which I will reply: Exactly. And so will Obama.

"Now Americans must ask ourselves, Should we elect the most inexperienced presidential candidate of our times?" the ad's narrator continues. "Or was she right?"

We'll answer that for you 8 years from now.

Had Hillary been selected as running mate, it would have been ads like this, as Jonze noted (they already put out the Joe Biden version, PLUS "The ticket appears to be in the wrong order", PLUS, "If Obama couldn't stand up to the Clintons, how can we expect him to stand up to ?", PLUS Marc Rich, BJs, Clinton's post-presidential lobbying, etc, etc, etc, etc.

All the howling on the right about Obama not picking Hillary or Kaine or Sebelius or Bayh is because those are EXACTLY the people they wanted him to pick. All they can come up with re: Biden is that he puts his foot in his mouth sometimes. And they're scared as hell about his attack dog abilities and appeal to older, working class folks. The only other folks who may have worried them more are Mark Warner and Jim Webb, and both took themselves out of the running early. I'm not saying Biden is the perfect pick, but of those available, I'm betting he's the last guy the wingers wanted Obama to pick.

Had he picked Hillary - and I remain convinced she had no interest in the job - the attacks would have been much worse.

Thanks, Hil.

I sincerely hope she's not looking for my vote when she runs for re-election again.

I'll take a good long look at whoever comes up to challenge her, because those statements during the primaries are going to hurt Obama's chances.

We all knew it, and no doubt so did she.

This is the type of laborious attacks we could of expected had B.Obama chosen HRC as his running mate. I am so glad Obama passed Hillary up.

MEMO TO McCain:

Look at the polls on upper right hand on this website. Obama is leading in all the major battle ground states, plus the red states like Colorado and Virginia. Your pathetic attacks are not working.

I'm hoping Obama will take his speaking opportunity to tear the stuffing out of McShame.

By the way, here is an interview with the star of that ad:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDh2mRAP-T8

You can clearly see that, for at least some Hillary supporters, this was about a cult of personality (or, dare I say it?: gender) rather than about Dem party ideals.

McCain 'Don't Know Much'
Amazingly funny, and accurate: ...

http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/08/obama_ad_mccain_dont_know_much.html

Pass it on!

A new Obama ad uses the classic Sam Cooke song "Wonderful World" (with altered lyrics) to show that McCain doesn't "know much" about the economy and would continue the policies of the Bush administration. The closing line: "Do we really want four more years of the same tune?" The ad begins airing today on national cable in battleground states.

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Kevin B

I'm saying it now: President Barack H. Obama, Jr., 2009 - 2017

Why do you guys even border to watch faux noise? GOP Ad attacking Obama is a way to energize their base. Republican Party has always energized their base buy throwing them red meat.

Delegates are red meat to the Republicans

Why do you guys even border to watch faux noise? GOP Ad attacking Obama is a way to energize their base. Republican Party has always energized their base buy throwing them red meat.

I meant to say, negative Ads are red meat to the base - when it comes to Republican Party

Hillary's response (From Politico's Ben Smith):

"I'm Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message," Clinton tells the New York delegation of McCain's ad that features her old criticism of Obama.

Clinton says Democrats are gathered in Denver for a "clear and specific purpose and that is to elect Barack Obama President of the United States," my colleague Amie Parnes reports.

"Now I ask each and every one of you to work as hard for Obama as you worked for me," she said.

I want to see that line (say it by herself) in an ad ASAP!

Also this little jewel from FiveThirtyEight.com:

"...it also tosses a big softball to Hillary Clinton, who will speak to a national audience on Tuesday. The risk to the Republicans can be summarized in five words: "Shame on You, John McCain". A finger-wagging, how-dare-you moment by either of the Clintons at the convention -- but especially Hillary -- could be both effective and therapeutic, especially when coupled with a reminder that McCain voted against measures like SCHIP (and voted to impeach her husband)."

Go ahead. Discuss.

Obama-Biden'08: Experience the Change!

Could this be a trap? And McCain and the MSM may be walking into it.

All this attention on a "rift" will boost the attention on HRC and WJC's speeches. If their wholeheartedly endorse Obama and take shots at McCain, this whole MSM-GOP ruse will backfire.

The Real McCain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxrPGFjOUYI

These ads do nothing more than to remind Obama supporters why they did not vote for Hillery Clinton. This campaign of Division will hurt Hillery if she ever runs for President again. Her supporters have ruined her chances of ever being President. It takes all of the Democrats to put Hillery in the White house, I think they may have forgotten that one little fact. They had better pray that Obama wins, if Hillery is ever to get a chance of being this country's first woman president.

I guess it will be safe to say after these attacks used with Hillery, McCain will not be selecting Rommney as his VP. This is a clear clue unless they are fools. Romney would provide even better material against McCain then this.

#1 Whether or not Hillary's campaign said it, it's still the truth and it would have been used in any case. It isn't a lie that Hillary made up - it's the truth that his supporters refused to accept. If anything, Hillary went too easy on Obama, which accounts for the way his campaign has completely fallen apart under heavy fire from McCain.

#2 Even Joe Biden said the same thing - that Obama was not ready to be president. So why not blame him for giving McCain the idea? Because the Hillary haters can never resist blaming her for all of Obama's shortcomings as a candidate.

#3 Obama had a duty to unite the party. If he had chosen her as VP, what she said in the primaries would no longer have the same effect. But Obama failed in his duty, and snubbed half of all Democratic voters that supported her. His own actions are what make the charge of political inexperience valid. That's why most Americans will judge him to be too immature to unite his own party, let alone unite America.

The convention is going to be amazing. The GOP are just putting out this crap because they know it is going to be a historical and memorable convention. Let's just stay focused on that and not let the GOP dirty it up with these school-yard ads they are putting out by the hour.

They just make me determined to double my donations to the Obama/Biden campaign from this point until the election.

Democrats '08!

Of course McCain has a lifetime of experience. Unfortunately at his age he doesn't seem to remember much.