McCain ad: “Recovery”
posted at 5:45 pm on September 3, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
Perhaps that better describes the McCain campaign’s communications since returning from the Gulf on Tuesday. After a quiet few days, the campaign has generated a series of advertisements pressing John McCain’s case with the American electorate. This ad actually focuses on Ohio, which has had a tougher time economically than most of the rest of the nation. The negative ad blames Democrats and their energy policy for the problem:
It’s a smart ad, and McCain needs to make this more of a national push. The more he talks about energy, the further he can erode Barack Obama’s formidable lead on the economy. Not only does McCain’s policy represent the mainstream for the American electorate, it also underscores his pragmatic appeal. Barack Obama speaks in almost philosophical and almost exclusively conceptual themes on just about any policy position. McCain, on the other hand, pursues realistic and pragmatic solutions, and no more so than on energy policy, in which he has taken the “kitchen sink” approach.
It’s good to see the McCain campaign get back on track with its series of ads today.
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Did u lock allah in the basement? lol…this post was way too optimistic that i knew Ed probably wrote it.
Chudi on September 3, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Right on the money!
madmonkphotog on September 3, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Ohio.
Smart.
drjohn on September 3, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Ohio. Ohio. Ohio.
SoulGlo on September 3, 2008 at 5:50 PM
I don’t get why Obama has a lead on the economy in the first place. He has no personal expertise. He has essentially promised higher taxes. He’s not in favor of increased domestic energy production. He’s proposing all kinds of obscenely expensive new programs that he has not explained how he’ll pay for. He has not addressed the coming crisis in unfunded entitlement commitments. He’s proposed no viable, concrete plan for the economy at all.
What kind of uninformed idiots do they poll who think Obama is better on the economy by any stretch of the imagination?
Oh, and good ad.
aero on September 3, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Barack Obama IS out of touch. At least John McCain has to PAY for his private jet and he KNOWS how expensive the fuel is.
We MUST drill NOW and ramp up our oil and gasoline production while we develop our alternative energy. WHY should we get our refined gas from Canada? We need to refine it here, refine it now and THAT will reduce costs and reduce the price of gasonline to Americans.
Pay Americans to build refineries, pay Americans to work in the refineries and PAY Americans to build the oil infrstructure.
originalpechanga on September 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM
If Ed hasnt locked whinyAllah in the basement yet… he OUGHT to do so pronto.
AP is really getting on my nerves and Ed is a proverbial breath of fresh air.
Its time to infuse some optimism, enthusiam and some KICKASS into our effort and sent AP to the PenaltyBox for the remainder of the campaign.
Always Right on September 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM
You can grow up and realize nobody is putting a gun to your head and making you read anything Allah writes.
If you don’t like what or how he writes try not reading it.
But don’t come here whining and bitching about it.
Elizabetty on September 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Geez, Allah, could you stop being so pessimistic already!?
amerpundit on September 3, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Oh, wait, it’ Ed.
amerpundit on September 3, 2008 at 5:52 PM
What? You’ve given up already?
The Dem has always been ahead in early Sept.
eea on September 3, 2008 at 5:53 PM
I am driving home to Ohio to vote it is so important a state this time. There is a lot of rage at the GOP as it allowed the Cleveland gang to rise. If Ohio goes red the night will be over quick.
sven10077 on September 3, 2008 at 5:53 PM
I’m glad AP is posting all this. Keeps me in touch with what the MSM and the print media are saying. It’s not helpful living in a bubble.
lodge on September 3, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Need to get some Sarah Palin, or better, First Dude camera time on this.
(scene 1) First Dude, on a lawnchair, next to a snowmobile, in ANWR.
“Welcome to the American National Wildlife Refuge. There’s oil under here. Oil we don’t have to ship in from the Middle East. Oil we don’t have to pipe up from South America.”
(scene 2) First Dude, in the same lawnchair, next to the pipeline, herd of caribou in the background. “Those guys don’t mind the pipeline. In fact, they like it. (places hand on pipeline) It’s warm, you see – has to be, or the oil would gum up and not flow – and that lets the herd survive the harsh winters”
(scene 3) First Dude, in the same lawnchair, back in ANWR “No caribou around here. No trees, nothing but ice and rock.”
…..
acat on September 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM
If he would support ending illegal immigration the contest would be over, sigh.
trs on September 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM
But still no drilling in ANWR, Mac? Sarah the Artic Fox is for drilling in ANWR. Come on Mac, LEAD already!
Tony737 on September 3, 2008 at 5:56 PM
yeah it’s a lot more important knowing what Peggy Noonan says “off-air” than what John McCain is actually running ad wise in a battleground state.
Thank the maker.
sven10077 on September 3, 2008 at 5:57 PM
If he would support ending illegal immigration the contest would be over, sigh. – TRS
That’s a touchdown, a slamdunk, a grandslam homerun and a short-handed goal all wrapped up into one!
Tony737 on September 3, 2008 at 5:58 PM
The same uniformed idiots who think that the answer to everything is the government giving them stuff.
Standard Dem pitch- I am going to give 95% of Americans free stuff.
Oh yeah… we have to pay for that stuff. Well, I will take the money from the person who cuts your paycheck! Hurray!
So if you want $1000 per year, vote for Obama
If you’d rather have a paycheck, vote for McCain.
Damiano on September 3, 2008 at 5:59 PM
acat on September 3, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Nice! McCain, get to work on this like YESTERDAY!
Tony737 on September 3, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Maybe you ought to do something for your nerves,…like not read AP threads. You see, that would also be doing something for the rest of us; not having to read chronic bitching about different points of view from the mods.
a capella on September 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Here’s something funny. When you put the following line in google:
obama site:www.gov.state.ak.us
You get this:
Results 1 – 2 of 2 from http://www.gov.state.ak.us for obama. (0.16 seconds)
Search Results
1.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
4 Aug 2008 … “I am pleased to see Senator Obama acknowledge the huge potential … The Governor did question the means to pay for Obama’s proposed rebate …
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1384 – 26k – Cached – Similar pages
2.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin
Palin Pleased with Obama’s Energy Plan August 4, 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today responded to the energy plan put forward by the …
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id1223 – 29k – Cached – Similar pages
Unfortunately, that news item is no longer on the site.
barry norris on September 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Palin = drill drill drill
dKap on September 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Where’s Nancy? They should focus on Reid and Pelosi and forget about all the other distracting images.
Buy Danish on September 3, 2008 at 6:08 PM
I want to see and honest oil commercial. One that compares the 8.5% “windfall profits” that oil companies make to the margins of oooohhhhh…
- Hollywood studios
- IT companies
- “Green” technology companies
Then talk about how profits are are reinvested to pay for things like jobs and 10 year environmental studies on how a new building to house all those jobs will impact the flight of geese.
Damiano on September 3, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Nice to see this ad running in Ohio.
Unfortunately, Governor Strickland(D) is in the pocket of the unions across Ohio. And the unions are in the pocket of the Dem Party. Strickland is politics as usual. Ohio has a history of that sort of thing. Which is why Ohio is a shell of what it once was, even a decade or two ago…and its getting worse, generally.
Around here, they want to uncap oil wells that haven’t been pumped for decades. (Ohio a century ago was the biggest oil boom state around.) Still have oil, and a ton of coal. But try to get a permit to go after it from the State and feds…hope you have a ton of money to get the permits and do all the legal stuff. Strickland’s answer? Invite graduates of Ohio colleges to “come home.” Try to invite them back to start their businesses and such. No thought given as to why they left.
[As for ethanol...the subsidies for corn growers have made a lot of farmers ungodly rich this past year. Not a lot of corn available as animal feed or for food production, but plenty for ethanol.]
coldwarrior on September 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Hey, AP is one of my favorite bloggers. He has a certain skeptical perspective and style, which I like but which I don’t share. I don’t agree with him all the time and he doesn’t agree with me all the time — but why is that bad?
Ed Morrissey on September 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
McCain’s getting on the right track. He needs more ads with the faces of Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Feinstein, Boxer who all look like cadavers along with their depressing, no-nothing quotes juxtaposed with Republicans, especially some of the young bloods like Palin who represent optimism and the “can do”, American spirit.
Cody1991 on September 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Ed’s right. Too many people want a sounding room. Look at what that has done to the left. They’ve shut out all rational criticism and look at them. Why become that?
lorien1973 on September 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Word. This doesn’t need to be HuffPo.
lodge on September 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
Old Hippie Vet on September 3, 2008 at 6:10 PM
How dare you people deride the flavor of the hot air ice cream.
wise_man on September 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM
The ARCTIC FOX. I really, really like that.
ManlyRash on September 3, 2008 at 6:11 PM
Reid and Schumer, it’s like a trailer for a horror flick.
Hening on September 3, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Ed and AP are Hot Air’s Hannity and Colmes. Except both are a lot more insightful and intelligent than either Hannity or Colmes.
coldwarrior on September 3, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Holy Crap, can we lay off AllahPundit already?
Everyone here has their own opinion on every issue but we can’t stand him when he seems to not agree 100%?
I’ll go with what BillyBoy said … “Give me a break!”
I like McCain
I LOVE Sarah
and I am pretty impressed with our AllahPundit too and I value his views on the issues even if they don’t mirror my own.
DJ Dubya on September 3, 2008 at 6:16 PM
McCain Saw Reagan become Pres. he should know to fire full torpedoes on the greatness of Americans and their ability to overcome adversity and prosper. Positive, positive, positive wins the race and builds up the country where liberalism can only exist in a negative atmosphere.
Speakup on September 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM
The ARCTIC FOX. I really, really like that.
Thanks, I think I’ll patent it.
“I want a nickle every time somebody says it!” – J. Jonah Jamison
Tony737 on September 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Actually I’m hoping that by the time she becomes the Pres. she’ll be nicknamed the Lady Griz.
Speakup on September 3, 2008 at 6:25 PM
It’s more comfortable living in a cocoon.
amerpundit on September 3, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Mellow out . . . nobody is immune form “whining and bitching”. That’s what these forums are about.
rplat on September 3, 2008 at 6:27 PM
I agree! Moar pessimism!
wise_man on September 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM
I concur.
DarkeningCloud on September 3, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Interior, Enterprise bridge in disarray.
Ensign: You did it, sir!
McCain: I did nothing! Except get caught with my britches down. I must be getting senile.
McCain turns to Allahpundit.
McCain: Allah, you keep right on quoting those Starfleet regulations!
Et tu Brute on September 3, 2008 at 6:39 PM
Reload and fire again, and again, and again, and agian, Sen. McCain……….
Do not stop until you are sworn in as President.
Seven Percent Solution on September 3, 2008 at 6:39 PM
Exactly, Et tu Brute! If it weren’t for the excellent political commentary and advice, why – McInsane would have lost to Huckabee for sure!/
wise_man on September 3, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Hum! Wasn’t there a post here a few days ago about how the economy is A-OK?????
Chimpy on September 3, 2008 at 6:45 PM
LEAVE ALLAHPUNDIT ALONE!!1!!ONE1!!1!1!!ELEVENTY1!!!!
fossten on September 3, 2008 at 6:49 PM
good ad.
It will play well in many states, including PA.
james23 on September 3, 2008 at 6:50 PM
I just moved to Columbus from Washington State (by way of England & Greece). Yesterday I registered to vote here and in November will… cancel out one of my professors’ votes!
Tzetzes on September 3, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Not fair to compare AP to Colmes. I don’t remember Colmes comparing Palin to Eagleton.
james23 on September 3, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Keep pushing the word ‘liberal,’ RNC. I wish someone over there would ridicule the Marxist failures calling themselves ‘progressives.’
“You call that progress?” would be a great tagline for an ad on nearly any subject, social or fiscal.
Of course, “You call that conserving?” would be fitting for many a RINO as well…
TMK on September 3, 2008 at 6:57 PM
I’m often dismayed by the coopting of the word liberal (“characteristic of a freeborn citizen”, “generous” &c.) by the most illiberal Left.
Tzetzes on September 3, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Racist ad!! you put Obamessiah with White men.
Otherwise…nice!
And
Welcome to liberal hell! nice to have a fellow conservative in the state!
ihasurnominashun on September 3, 2008 at 7:11 PM
Hell? Oh, I don’t know; it seems to have a certain whatsit.
Tzetzes on September 3, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Her nickname after all the attacks on her family should be:
MOMMABEAR!
I like Saracuda too.
Sapwolf on September 3, 2008 at 7:23 PM
The national economy is running a healthy 3% annual–the problem is that there are a number of over-unionized, over regulated and over-taxed states that aren’t doing so well.
And, as near as I can tell, I just moved from one on one coast to another on the other coast.
Count to 10 on September 3, 2008 at 7:27 PM
This would play well in Michigan as well. Granholm? Please.
SouthernGent on September 3, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Good point. How about a series of “You call that liberal?” ads as well?
Maybe start calling these Marxists what they really are, is what I’m saying. Stop letting them define themselves, and start letting the dictionary do it.
TMK on September 3, 2008 at 7:40 PM
Where is Nancy Pelosi in that ad?
If the McCain campaign is smart it will begin and end every ad with a picture if Obama and Pelosi. They are, after all, the two most powerful Democrats in the country. McCain may have a female running mate, but whoever gets elected will be dealing with Pelosi.
Jaynie59 on September 3, 2008 at 7:46 PM
a capella on September 3, 2008 at 6:04 PM
+ 1,000,000
Cindy Munford on September 3, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Ed Morrissey on September 3, 2008 at 6:09 PM
New kids, got to love them.
Cindy Munford on September 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Tzetzes on September 3, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Obviously the scenic route.
Cindy Munford on September 3, 2008 at 8:02 PM
I guess it all depends on if one’s preference is for clear glasses or rose tinted ones.
Tav on September 3, 2008 at 8:07 PM
Absolutely, We don’t need rose colored glasses, we need MOAR Pessimism!!!!!
wise_man on September 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM