Part of McCain's problem, as with this ad, was to try and blame Fannie and Freddie for the whole mess when most Americans see it as a result of all the big key players in the financial world. Especially these days, these two are not mentioned at all in the news, with most of the focus on the banks and the credit market. So this line of attack is weak.

Let these idiots (Republicans) rant and rave. We all know that Democrats are going to rule in this election!! But, you conservatives shouldn't worry, at least your hero - Geo W. Bush - finally will have his legacy. The man who brought the Republican Party to its knees. Way to go, George!!

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Chicken? Is that the best they have?? Haha. Obama already explained the reality behind those "present" votes long ago. Perhaps Obama needs to remind them, while tying it into McCain's anti-choice agenda.

I am getting greedy. I feel like doing a W and saying "Bring it on!" I think every dime they put into this race is money wasted. I want them to be bankrupt and to have lost across the country and up and down the tickets.

Spend repubs spend!!

McCain Money News Roundup for Oct. 21, 2008
On the heels of reports that Barack Obama had raised $150 million in September, we learned that John McCain had $47 million on hand for October campaigning. But McCain is still tapping money from other sources.

As The Wall Street Journal’s T.W. Farnam reports, McCain has been using money from his compliance fund – typically used to cover the costs of, well, complying with federal election law – to cover up to 5 percent of his advertising expenses. And it’s a specific 5 percent: The portion of every ad that declares, “I’m John McCain and I approve this message.” McCain is using his compliance fund to an unprecedented degree, spending more in one month than either President Bush or John Kerry spent in all of 2004.

The New York Times’ Michael Luo and Griff Palmer analyze the explosive growth of joint fund-raising committees in this cycle, a development that has placed “an emphasis on the high-end check that we have not seen since the days of soft money,” according to one expert quoted in the story. Watchdog groups worry about these joint committees because they “allow donors to enjoy the clout that comes with writing a single large check.”

Bloomberg’s Jonathan D. Salant also takes note of the fact that big money still plays a big role in presidential politics, noting that 47 bundlers have raised, combined, at least $23.5 million for the Democratic nominee. Meanwhile, McCain’s 538 bundlers have raised at least $77.8 million for him. These bundlers are often from industries the candidates routinely criticize on the trail, such as lobbying and financial services.

Finally, in more (hopefully) lighthearted news, Russia’s UN ambassador got a few laughs from his colleagues this week by showing off a fundraising letter he received from McCain’s campaign (campaigns aren’t allowed to accept money from foreign nationals).---------McCain'sLobbyists.com

This type of hatred and racism is indicative of the current Republic Party. It is divisive and polarizing without any merit or basis. It has become even more visible and obvious the past several weeks. It is pathetic to see the number of poor white disenfranchised uneducated trash that exist in this country.

John McCain has ranted and raved about Russia. Sure like to see an ad using the fundraisng letter sent by McCain campaign to Russia's UN ambassador. I wonder,were there any "preconditions" attached?

Voting absentee is like planting crops. You go thru the trouble of plowing the field, adding fertilize, then plant the seeds. Once done there's nothing to do but wait a few weeks to see what comes up. Does that qualify me as a real american?

Whoa! I'm having flashbacks!
When I was a kid in '60s "Let Freedom Ring" was the John Birch Society's name for their weekly recorded phone message. I wonder if this group's name is a coincidence or an intentional reference.

I'm interested in which "battleground states" this ad will play in.

Traditional battleground states, like Ohio and PA and Florida (I doubt Fla--too expensive), or suddenly this season battleground states, like VA and NC?

Going after the crucial Biff vote. Marty McFly does not approve!

"What happens when you elect a senator who is part of the biggest financial crisis in history?"

You get President McCain, followed within a year by President-for-Life Palin.

It's not just that the timing of these things is so late. It's also that there have been so many attack ads with varying messages that nobody is going to listen to one more.

This one has the vaguely reasonable tone that in theory could convince undecideds, but it's lost in the sea of histrionics that McCain already has out there. Why bother tieing Obama to Chris Dodd when all the other ads claim he's connected to terrorists?

"the Bush administration employed a little-used 1863 law to annul all state antipredatory-lending laws and, if that wasn't enough, to block states from enforcing their own consumer protection laws in suits against national banks. Thus, when Spitzer tried to open an investigation into discriminatory mortgage lending in New York, the administration actually filed a federal lawsuit to block it. "

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20081103/williams

This ought to be used by the Democrats as an opportunity to get more votes.

Simply put up an ad bashing McCain for having Fannie and Freddie's entire management team and entire cadre of lobbyists running his campaign and pointing out Obama doesn't take money from lobbyists.

This is a golden softball opportunity to make the Republicans look even sleazier in those four states.

As for the "present" ad, we simply need an ad listing the number of votes McCain has shown up for this year (one).

No need to respond directly to these attacks. Just an opportunity to create new attacks on related matters that make the Republicans look like total flaming hypocrites.

I saw the first ad here in Northern Virginia last night.

Obama has $133 million plus to spend in October. He can drown out this kind of crap easily.

You know, they could drop the word "button" from the second one and just say "what happens when we elect a President who loves the chicken?"

You know they want to go there.

Effective?

If you like ads which make low information voters eyes glaze over.