'McCain is right'

Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:34 PM by Carrie Dann

Team McCain has just unveiled a new web video, featuring clips of Obama agreeing with McCain throughout tonight's debate.

NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger points out... the video starts with "I'm John McCain and I approve this message," but it is impossible for him to have seen it to approve it, since it uses lines from a debate he was still on stage at.

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I'm John McCain and I approve lying!
Just ask Sarah bridge, ebay, troopergate,pay cut, Palin.

Donna Tampa (Sent Friday, September 26, 2008 10:44 PM)

wow. these people are the dirtiest and slimiest ever.

Josue, Los Angeles, Ca (Sent Friday, September 26, 2008 10:45 PM)

Cute but just a stunt from the stuntmaster

John in IN (Sent Friday, September 26, 2008 10:45 PM)

This add makes absolutely no sense at all. Both sides brag about "reaching across the aisle", but the McCain camp is trying to portray Obama agreeing with McCain as some kind of evidence that Obama is not ready to lead? Come on!

Ray-Ray (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:18 AM)

I suppose if McCain said the sky was blue, and Obama said he was right, Republican spin-masters would accuse Barack of siding with McCain's views. Heaven forbid they agree on facts.

Brian, Greenboro, NC (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:18 AM)

I think it was clear espacially on foreign policy Obama was in a learning mode. McCain seems to be the master in that area.

Imran Sara, Dayton, Ohio (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:20 AM)

Just when I thought they couldn't take Obama's comments any more out of context, they post this piece of garbage. Luckily the American people actually watched the debate and are smarter than that, although the McBush campaign thinks we're all morons. Obama '08!

Tim, Bloomsburg, PA (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:21 AM)

McCain, in this ad, is just reaffirming for us that Obama is a diplomat and a statesman, unlike McCain.

Jack (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:24 AM)

Someone pointed out that most of the times that Obama agreed with McCain were when McCain savaged the Bush Administration policies; I wonder if the McCain ad shows that.

JTatEHT (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:28 AM)

McCain is an old, mean spirited bully, and if that's who we want leading our country, it's pathetic. Obama's campaign should run a picutre of Dick Cheany next to McCain and call it "Grumpy Old Men"

A.K, Appleton, WI (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:29 AM)

I think everyone expected this ad, and I think it's effect will be negligible.

Anyone who is really and truly undecided watched this debate or will watch real clips of it, from a source other than a McCain ad.

George in PA (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:31 AM)

John would sell his mother if he thought it get him into the White House. It is sad what he went through in Vietnam, but it has become a broken record. He should spend more time looking into his wife's relationships in LaJolla - maybe that is why she needs to be at his side at all times. Barack showed class in dealing with an old jerk. Barack needs to let him have it. Why didn't he throw in when McCain got the borders of Pakistan mixed and the the tribal names. Also when McCain said in his statement trying to clear-up what he said about the economy being fundamentally sound that the people are strong and work hard, Barack should have concurred but added that they have little to show for it under his and Bush's policies. If John McCain wins this election, I'm leaving the country

Natalie, Phoenix Arizona (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:37 AM)

probably an effective add, but thats whats wrong with our politics...the notion that candidates must disagree on every issue or they're not strong enough to lead there respective parties is a worn out tactic. Senator Obama may have said "John is right", but it was usually followed by his own take on how to fix the problem Mccain was right about pointing out. Both candidates can see the same problem, and agree that there is a problem...they might just have different ways of approaching the solution.

Dan Brother, Pine Bush NY (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:39 AM)

McCain claimed victory in the debate before he got on the plane to go to the debate. Why was it so necssary for McCain to lie about the debate before it even started? Maybe he wanted to know how Thomas Dewey felt.

history strikes again (Sent Saturday, September 27, 2008 11:43 AM)

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