Obama ad strikes at McCain-Palin
Posted: Monday, September 08, 2008 5:50 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC's Domenico Montanaro
Original mavericks? Not so, says a new Obama ad, hitting McCain and Palin for "lying about their records."
The ad hits McCain as "hardly a maverick when seven of his top campaign advisors are Washington lobbyists. He’s no maverick when he votes with Bush 90% of the time.
It then pivots to Palin being "for the bridge to nowhere -- before she was against it." "You don’t call that maverick…you call it more of the same," an announcer says.
Script:
OBAMA: I’m Barack Obama and I approved this message.
ANNCR: They call themselves mavericks. Whoa.
Truth is…they’re anything but. John McCain is hardly a maverick… when seven of his top campaign advisors are Washington lobbyists. He’s no maverick when he votes with Bush 90% of the time.
And Sarah Palin’s no maverick either. She was for the bridge to nowhere -- before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records? You don’t call that maverick…you call it more of the same.