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McCain Attack Ad Didn't Run On 9/11
Factcheck.org got a lot of people going today by saying they'd caught John McCain running an attack ad in Colorado on 9/11, in violation of the so-called "truce" between the two campaigns.
But Evan Tracey, who tracks national ad buys for the Campaign Media Analysis Group, says No Dice. He tells me his data shows that the ad ran on Sept. 10th, but not on the 11th.
Of course, the notion that there was really any kind of truce to begin with is a silly construct, as any campaign professional knows full well.
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oh, OK. for minute, i thought mccain might be a dishonorable douchebag.
September 12, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Um, he still is, but at least he held his word on this one.
September 12, 2008 12:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where's the link to the factcheck.org item?
I wouldn't be that surprise if the ad DID run. Greg, what makes your source the definitive one?
September 12, 2008 2:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
McCain Pre-Palin: Mayors And Governors Can't Handle National Security...WOW
And Video Beat On!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/mccain-last-year-mayors-a_n_125944.html
September 12, 2008 12:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
SQUAWK!
Priceless. This is the exact storm what undid King Bubbuh. McCain's been on tape too many years.
Who will actaully hold him accountable is the question...
September 12, 2008 12:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, *short-term* Governors...
Anyway, a nice ad might be:
Take the McCain 'flip-flop/finish the debate with himself' meme and put a clip of this along with Rove's statement about experience and THEN, question McCain's judgement and flip-flopping.
I can't remember: are there any Obama ads along the lines of: "Country First? Horseapples, looks more like 'politics first'"
September 12, 2008 12:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
We need to stop aiding and abetting the Rovian slime machine. Here's what I think. http://www.tagg-lines.com/2008/09/web-wide-blog-alert.html
September 12, 2008 1:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
why isn't anyone making any noise about this quote from mccain on the view today:
"If we had done what I asked Senator Obama to do, I don't think you'd see the same tenor of this campaign," he said. “Why don't you ask Obama the next time he's on this show why won't he be in town meetings with me?"
in other words, i wouldn't be calling him a pedophile pervert sexist if he would have done what I JOHN MCCAIN POW WAR HERO had proposed.
so much for "working across the aisles," "respecting different points of view," "bipartisan." just another "my way or the slimeway" asshole republican. SAME OLD POLITICS.
goddammit, that quote pisses me off. it's like ... blackmail or something. "do things my way, or will slander you." that is NOT who i want as my president.
aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh
September 12, 2008 2:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
"i wouldn't be calling him a pedophile pervert sexist "
You forgot upity.
September 12, 2008 3:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
thanks for filling in the blanks. i don't speak that language, so sometimes i butcher it.
September 12, 2008 5:27 PM | Reply | Permalink