Obama camp responds to RNC ad

Posted: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:26 AM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: Ads

From NBC's Mark Murray
Over the weekend, the Republican National Committee began running a new TV ad in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that hits Obama on the issue of energy. Obama "just says no to lower gas taxes," the ad goes. "No to nuclear. No to more production. No new solutions. Barack Obama -- just the party line.”

Now, in the first response ad of the general election, the Obama campaign is counterpunching in those same four states -- by tying Bush to McCain on the energy issue, even including that now-famous McCain-Bush hug. "On gas prices, John McCain's part of the problem," the announcer says in the ad. "McCain and Bush support a drilling plan that won't produce a drop of oil for seven years. McCain will give more tax breaks to big oil. He's voted with Bush 95% of the time."

Here is the script:
On gas prices, John McCain's part of the problem.
McCain and Bush support a drilling plan that won't produce a drop of oil for seven years.
McCain will give more tax breaks to big oil.
He's voted with Bush 95% of the time.
Barack Obama will make energy independence an urgent priority.
Raise mileage standards.
Fast track technology for alternative fuels.
A $1000 tax cut to help families as we break the grip of foreign oil.
A real plan and new energy.
OBAMA: I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message.

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Comments

I'd much rather prefer a plan that reduces our dependence on oil rather than scrounging the earth looking for more and giving us the false home that we can forever continue to live the way we live. NOw or later we're going to have to do this so rather than wait until later when it might be too late and we've done too much damage why not get underway using renewable energy. The only thing I wish they would have done rather than send people $600, $1200 or $1800 for families to spend more money at wal-mart supporting the Chinese is to match down-payments for first time home buyers, pay 50% for the price of solar panels for those willing to install them, give people $3000-$4000 in rebates if they bought a new vehicle with 30mpg or more and reward people for the kind of behavior we'd like to see more of and which would actually improve the condition of this country rather than just throwing money at as many voters as possible to pander to us. I didn't mind getting my check for $1800 for my family of 4 but I know the effect of those dollars spent by our government would have been much greater had their been some provisions attached to the dollars which forced people to do something smart.

amy (Sent Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:37 PM)

Dookie, If we had continued investing in alternative fuels over 30 years ago we wouldn't be in this mess. So stop with the drilling bit. It hasn't worked for decades and it won't work now.

Jim, Mesa, AZ (Sent Tuesday, July 08, 2008 12:37 PM)

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