Video: “Twists”
posted at 2:32 pm on January 4, 2008 by Bryan
It’s on in New Hampshire. Team Romney does their homework, this time around using a McCain ad from 2000 in which he compared GW Bush to Clinton en route to reminding voters that McCain has been bad on taxes and amnesty for illegals. Left out is the fact that Bush, like McCain, also supported amnesty. But Bush isn’t on the ballot. The subtext here is that Maverick has been around longer, but probably too long, and I’m the more reliable conservative.
In that vein, National Review’s endorsement makes its second appearance in a Romney ad.
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McCain’s time has come and gone; David Brooks should wake up and realize it.
WasatchMan on January 4, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Weak
Big S on January 4, 2008 at 2:35 PM
I hope you are right MasatchMan. I really hope you’re right.
Zetterson on January 4, 2008 at 2:36 PM
Flip Romney: “My tax increases are better than your tax increases.”
I’m Mojave Mark and I approve this message.
Mojave Mark on January 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Romney rocks! He will take out McCain in Iowa. The money issue will do Huckabee and McCain in and the Mitt and Fred and Giuliani can duke it out…as it should be.
davenp35 on January 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Sorry, W. W. WasatchMan. Not M
Zetterson on January 4, 2008 at 2:37 PM
I would think National Review has more clout with East Coast Republicans in NH
bnelson44 on January 4, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Huh?
Zetterson on January 4, 2008 at 2:38 PM
Best thing that could happen for America???
McCain throws his support to Fred for a shot at VP.
Romeo13 on January 4, 2008 at 2:44 PM
I’d go along with that if it got McCain (RINO) out and helped Fred (and that’s coming from a Mitt guy….then again Fred is my #2).
davenp35 on January 4, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Ugh. What a pathetic ad, especially the Bush part. McCain didn’t attack President Bush, he attacked Governor Bush, and only after being attacked first. The ad, for me, just helps emphasize Romney’s lack of character.
calbear on January 4, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Fred’s best chance isn’t to have Huckabee and McCain take alternating states, because Mitt has tons of money and won’t go anywhere. His best chance is to get McCain and Huckabee out of the race and then be THE alternative to Mitt. I would love to see that race.
davenp35 on January 4, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Ah yes, McVain’s comparing of Bush to Clinton in 2000. Remember it well, and that one ad did a lot to turn me against him then.
Let’s try this one on for size:
McVain supported not one, but two amnesty bills while viciously attacking the opponents thereof. As a result he got killed in the polls … and then changed his position, saying “he’s learned his lesson”. Clinton-like poll following, anyone?
thirteen28 on January 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
McCain has attacked Bush both in the campaign and after on the exact same issues. It’s a perfectly legitimate ad.
davenp35 on January 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Romney hired the guy who attacked McCain in SC
bnelson44 on January 4, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Reviewed the ad. It is a fair attack ad. It is what it is.
bnelson44 on January 4, 2008 at 2:53 PM
Mitt – a Conservative you are NOT.
matd on January 4, 2008 at 2:57 PM
there is only one viable VP pick and it sure in the hell isnt McKennedy .
Duncan Hunter
Mojack420 on January 4, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Well, maybe they should have said “then Governor Bush” but his title now is President. The date is on the ad in the spot which indicates when it ran, but I don’t think that’s deceptive.
McCain was also widely criticized for that ad when it ran.
ConBlog_NH on January 4, 2008 at 3:02 PM
All the Fredheads might want to check this out.
davenp35 on January 4, 2008 at 3:03 PM
If last night indicated anything, it is that America is tired of looking to one small part of the US Capitol for leadership. These career politicians of the Senate(read out-of-touch elitists more determined to get along with one another than to take principled stands on the issues) need not apply!
Anything that stops or thwarts McCain from thinking that the grassroots GOP is going to support him is a good thing. He lost that when he traded away our Constitutional rights for CFR and he affirmed his RINO status when he suggested we were “unpatriotic” for not joining him in demanding amnesty for all the illegal criminals that currently infest our society.
highhopes on January 4, 2008 at 3:03 PM
Yes, someone who pays full attention to the ad and thinks about it will realize that that was within the context of a campaign. But if everyone gave their full attention to campaigns and thought seriously about everything said, I doubt television campaigning would work at all, let alone be the primary method of campaigning. It is deceptive. Especially when you compare the tenor of McCain’s campaign to Bush’s in 2000. You can disagree with McCain on policy (regulation, immigration), but it’s hard to deny that he ran the more dignified campaign in the 2000 primary.
calbear on January 4, 2008 at 3:10 PM
@calbear
Is it ok for Huck and McCain to put out ads showing what Romney said 10 years ago if they don’t also say he changed his mind since then and doesn’t think like that anymore?
davenp35 on January 4, 2008 at 3:13 PM
No, he waffles. Big difference.
Hollowpoint on January 4, 2008 at 4:03 PM
National Review! National Review! ..National Review!
Good plethora of sources for your quotes there
Reaps on January 4, 2008 at 10:02 PM