McCain's Web attack on Obama

Posted: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:53 AM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
McCain camp continues to hit Obama on his declining public funding -- now with this Web video.

Note the last line over an Obama-like Horizon and sunbeams... "Change that works for him: Breaking his word."

Script:
OBAMA (2/16/08): "Don't tell me words don't matter."
OBAMA (6/29/06): "I strongly support public financing."
OBAMA (2/26/08): "I will sit down with John McCain and make sure that we have a system that works for everybody."
OBAMA (4/27/08): "I have promised that I will sit down with John McCain and talk about can we preserve a public system."
OBAMA (6/19/08): "We've made the decision not to participate in the public-financing system for the general election." On screen: "Mr. Obama is breaking his word." (The Washington Times, 6/20/08)
OBAMA (2/16/08): "Don't tell me words don't matter."
ON SCREEN: "His decision deals a body blow to his own reputation as a reform candidate." (The Boston Globe, 6/20/08)
OBAMA (2/16/08): "Don't tell me words don't matter."
ON SCREEN: "Opportunistic and cynical." (New Hampshire Union Leader, 6/20/08)
OBAMA (2/16/08): "Don't tell me words don't matter."
ON SCREEN: "A large and telling Obama flip-flop." (The Wall Street Journal, 6/20/08)
OBAMA (2/16/08): "Don't tell me words don't matter." On screen: "As disappointing as it is disingenuous." (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/20/08)
ON SCREEN: CHANGE That Works For Him: Breaking His Word

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Comments

pathetic and "old" add ie a McCaine Add.
Republicans are desperate, sine when did they bother abut anything financed publically anyway? pathetic when their candidate flip folp on drilling in the same week !!

washington (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:28 AM)

I thought it was going to be alot harder than this to beat McCain, what with the fact we have an unknown African American candidate and the Republicans have their conservative noise machine cranking out the smears. BUT the McCain campaign is so incapable of thinking outside the box they haven't noticed they aren't running against Hillary. These attacks slip of Obama like water off a duck. You can't paint Obama as both naive and inexperienced AND a duplicitous old pol and expect voters to process that. Between this and the Bush-hugging, McCain is doing himself in. I confess I'm relieved, but a little surprised at the Republicans'ineptitude.

Amy B Portland, ME (Sent Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:29 AM)

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