Another stealth ad from Obama: “Original”
posted at 12:50 pm on August 6, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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For the second time in a week, the Barack Obama campaign has published an ad without releasing it to the media. “Original” goes negative yet again, attacking John McCain for being … well, Republican:
Narrator: He’s the original maverick.
Silent Super: Really?
McCain: “The president and I agree on most issues. There was a recent study that showed that I voted with the president over 90% of the time…”
Narrator: John McCain supports Bush’s tax cuts for millionaires, but nothing for a hundred million households.
He’s for billions in new oil company giveaways, while gas prices soar. And for tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.
The original maverick? Or just more of the same?
Maybe Team Obama is so embarrassed by these ads that they hope no one will notice them. Like “National Priority”, it attempts to paint McCain as a Bush lackey on energy when Obama was the only one of the two to vote in favor of the administration’s energy policy in 2005. It also extends the national debate on energy, a debate that Obama and the Democrats are losing badly at the moment.
One point transcends the other stupdities, however. Obama accuses McCain of supporting “tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas.” Actually, McCain wants to lower the overall corporate tax rate, not just for outsources but for all American companies. Why? America has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world — and that pushes companies to outsource and to transfer operations outside the US. A lower corporate tax rate would keep more operations within the US.
Small wonder that Obama has tried to fly his relentlessly foolish and negative campaign under the radar. Maybe the media should start asking why Obama suddenly feels compelled to bypass them.
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Because they’re just proxies for McCain.
trubble on August 6, 2008 at 12:57 PM
desperation, McCain would win in a landslide in a sane world and less bias media
jp on August 6, 2008 at 12:57 PM
C’mon gang, Edwards’ baby picture out on The Enquirer, HuffPo and Drudge. Let’s take a breather from Obama ads. (for a laugh, read comments on HuffPo : “It’s not him. That’s Karl Rove.”)
Marcus on August 6, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Boy, are they desperate to get George W. Bush back into the conversation. Obama looks good only in comparison to Bush. He is going to get slaughtered if the election ends up being about him vs. John McCain.
rockmom on August 6, 2008 at 1:01 PM
Touche, sir.
warrenmr on August 6, 2008 at 1:01 PM
That tax cut for “millionaires” that the Democrats keep harping on, had something in it for almost everyone.
So Obama’s claim that there was nothing in it for 100 million households is nothing more than a bold faced lie.
MarkTheGreat on August 6, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Why would the media ask Barry about anything? He doesn’t seem to like being asked questions at all.
What a great candidate.
benrand on August 6, 2008 at 1:02 PM
If I was a Dem, i’d be pissed Edwards had the nerve to run knowing this story was out there….or is this evidence of how much control over the media the dems have?
jp on August 6, 2008 at 1:02 PM
These ads are extremely useful to The One. They get circulated among the faithful, kind of like red meat.
EconomicNeocon on August 6, 2008 at 1:04 PM
I’m not sure what these billions for oil companies is all about, unless he’s trying to claim that opposing new taxes on oil companies is the equivalent of trying to give them money.
Given the way Democrats think, that everything belongs to the govt, and allowing you to keep some of your own money is the equivalent of a subsidy, it’s possible.
MarkTheGreat on August 6, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Tax breaks for companies shipping jobs overseas.
At best, it’s a misdirection, more properly, another lie.
Democrats wanted to eliminate tax breaks that currently all companies enjoy, for companies that create jobs anywhere other than the US.
McCain, and almost all economists, opposed such a move.
In bizarro world, that counts as supporting tax breaks.
MarkTheGreat on August 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM
What do you expect? The MSM has been in the tank for Bush the last 8 years — more of the same.
SARCASM
Rick on August 6, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Remember folks, that the TRUTH behind these ads is mostly inside baseball…ie, people have to actually be informed to understand the reality. We are all (probably) political junkies, whereas only 20% of the US population even recognizes the name Nancy Pelosi.
The Obama ad is a good ad against John McCain in the sense that it plays on fear, which is the strongest human motivator. Sure, it’s one lie after another, but Obama doesn’t care whether or not it’s true, just that it gets votes. If the media was equally critical of all political ads, McCain would win in a landslide, but we all know the media will never, evah, be equally critical.
JustTruth101 on August 6, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Why does the messiah need to use physiological tricks in his ads? I hate the heartbeat sound manipulation enough in normal commercials, but to use it in political ads is too much.
econavenger on August 6, 2008 at 1:11 PM
We are not many years away from the time when political ads will be obviously patently false and the left won’t care as long as it feed their prejudice.
rockhauler on August 6, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Waste of money. The targets that fall for lines like that have yet to reach voting age or are already in the tank for Obama.
I mean come on, someone with a high school diploma can see right through that, right?
Right?
::crickets::
reaganaut on August 6, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Shades of Mike Huckabee?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 6, 2008 at 1:24 PM
Smells like teen desperation.
jukin on August 6, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Translation: Hi. I’m Barack Obama. I support higher taxes for millionaires….and pretty much everyone else. Because I am an economic imbecile, I think it is better for government to take millionaires’ money that let them have it to employ people. Therefore, my policies will NOT ONLY cause more job losses, but they will also cause more outsourcing. Vote for me, please?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 6, 2008 at 1:29 PM
Barack is an OG: Original Gaffer
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 6, 2008 at 1:32 PM
this could be the tipping point. its hard to imagine these numbers will ever get better for him. no big surprise though, most Americans dont trust the media and when they realize the media is pushing a particular candidate they will push back
chasdal on August 6, 2008 at 1:41 PM
From Exxon-Mobil 2007 Financial Statement:
Income before income taxes:
United States — $13.7B
Non-U.S — $56.8B
Income taxes:
United States — $5.12B
Non-U.S — $24.7B
Obama and his Democratic Party minions Pelosi and Reid would rather make our oil companies have to work overseas and pay income taxes to foreign nations than work here and pay taxes to our own Federal Government.
Drill Here, Drill Now.
Dusty on August 6, 2008 at 1:47 PM
Obama can’t run a negative campaign under the radar…It’s called the Internet, people surf it.
Dr Evil on August 6, 2008 at 1:52 PM
People are actually getting paid good, white President Hamilton dollars to produce crap like that? It’s a gravy train for incompetence.
whitetop on August 6, 2008 at 1:55 PM
For argument’s sake, let’s say one of the new alternative energy companies make more than expected profits, larger percentage than the current 8% margin Big Oil make, would Obama promise to apply the windfall profit tax on those, too? You know the companies Dem buddies heavily invested in (wind, solar, etc.)
Wouldn’t that be ‘reasonable’, too?
Sir Napsalot on August 6, 2008 at 2:19 PM
My family are not millionnaires - not even close.
But those tax cuts were great, and we’d love more of the same. Who cares if the rich get them too?
Mommynator on August 6, 2008 at 2:24 PM
President Hamilton?!
JonPrichard on August 6, 2008 at 2:29 PM
YouTube ads reach his loyal followers. They’re the only ones who support The Obamarx, the only ones who believe his tripe. Relatively free trial; good response project it into the MSM. Poor response, leave it on the internet or pull it. Nothing wrong with using YouTube in conjunction with whatever “serious” messaging is undertaken on radio/TV. Only a fool would omit YouTube from the ad circuit. But YouTube alone is as cheap as Obama is towards Americans.
Inflate your tires when you run out of gas. It’s the miracle of air pressure getting you where you need to be on faith. Never ask for the opportunity to provide for yourself! You will be denied. Obamarx has spoken, so let it be written!
maverick muse on August 6, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Why just lower corporate tax rates or all forms of income and payroll taxes? Why not, instead, eliminate them altogether in favor of a national inclusive (sales) tax?
If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is the FairTax Proposal. If McCain would go to this, he would have a second “club” to go after Obama with.
If the FairTax replaced all income (individual and corporate) and payroll taxes, the odds are that companies would begin flocking to or returning to the USA. This would equate to more well-paying jobs for more citizens and legal residents and likely much more tax revenues than Obama’s tax changes will ever hope to gain. (The fact is that Obama’s tax changes will likely result in lower revenues as more jobs will be lost and more companies will leave or outsource jobs.)
The downside of beginning to push for the FairTax at this late date is McCain would have to do a lot of teaching/explaining that would take precious time away from other campaigning.
Wildcatter1980 on August 6, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Obamoron is becoming a very fun candidate to watch…
sabbott on August 6, 2008 at 3:52 PM
That’s all it takes nowadays.
crr6 on August 6, 2008 at 4:58 PM