Awesome: New GOP ad lowers the boom on Dems over subprime disaster
posted at 5:15 pm on October 3, 2008 by Allahpundit
Via Ace. Gut reaction: One of the best ads I’ve seen this year, although part of that feeling admittedly is due to the intensity of my bitterness at the Democrats over this. I want to see them punished for it, this ad punishes them, ergo it starts off already halfway to being a “great” ad. Biases aside, though, try getting and holding a viewer’s attention for 90 seconds on a subject as dry and complicated as mortgage policy. Does this do it? Thanks to the arresting music and graphics, you’d better believe it. More, please. (But leave Bush out of the next one.)
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It needs to be trimmed for TV airplay, but McCain does not need his own version. Better to let it run independently of him, to spare him from accusations of “mudslinging” — a curious label when applying the facts, I’ll grant you, but…
manwithblackhat on October 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM
McCain did try to tie Obama to the Fannie Mae deal with ads on Jim Johnson and Frank Raines.
And you know what? There was some greed on this, that is how the Democrats got the lenders to go along with their little scheme, there was money in it. There was money in it for realtors, contactors, all kinds of people.
I think that McCain should go after this, but I think the biggest problem is that it is complicated and the Republicans did not raise enough hell about in the past.
That is why I don’t think you should leave Bush out, he was one of the few high profile Republicans, along with McCain who actually tried to do anything about this.
Good ad. I hope there are more. But they need to be on TV. That is still where most people get their news and information.
Terrye on October 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM
PUT IT ON TV
PUT IT ON TV
PUT IT ON TV
Cardiganfox on October 3, 2008 at 6:13 PM
GREAT AD
deedtrader on October 3, 2008 at 6:15 PM
The punch line of this entire line of attack should be a merger with a seperate Ayers-Chicago angle of attack. Then the ad to end all political ads could be prepared and refined over the next 2 weeks and dropped like a daisy cutter on Obama the economic crisis-instigating Chicago radical.
econavenger on October 3, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Most conservatives have been wondering why there weren’t ads like this out there. I’ve even taken to thinking that McCain wants to lose.
Allah, you come off as introspective in this post. It becomes you.
snaggletoothie on October 3, 2008 at 6:16 PM
petunia:
Isn’t it just amazing how the media fails to ever report on any of that? you betcha.
Terrye on October 3, 2008 at 6:17 PM
About fracking time. Now that the bailout has passed let’s hope McCain starts lowering the boom. I doubt it, but I can hope.
zmrzlina on October 3, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Two thumbs up. I hope that a thorough investigation is done and I hope those found guilty of wrong doing are justly punished.
I’m still waiting on Jefferson’s investigation, you know, the guy with 90,000.00 in his refrigerator.
mindhacker on October 3, 2008 at 6:18 PM
From NRO, some assigned reading, and don’t forget to pass it along:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Mzk5NGQyZjNlNjdiNjI5Mjk3N2MzN2ViODY4ZjIzZjc=
Also, telling the truth is NOT going negative.
BuckeyeSam on October 3, 2008 at 6:19 PM
Me likey
HawaiiLwyr on October 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Social Engineering 101
unclesmrgol on October 3, 2008 at 6:20 PM
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM
THAT WAS HIS JOB WITH ACORN!!!!
It’s not too hard to find with google …
gh on October 3, 2008 at 6:21 PM
Team McCain needs to fight as dirty and spin as effectively as Machine Obama.
And get personal.
E.G.-
“While John McCain was a fighter pilot in Viet Nam… Barack Obama was snorting cocaine in Chicago.
When John McCain was a shot down and suffered for years as a POW in Viet Nam… Barack Obama was snorting more cocaine in Chicago.
Character matters.
Fighter pilot or dope?
You decide.”
Save it for a day or two before the election so the MSM “corrections” won’t stick.
Forget timeline accuracy.
The basic Otruth holds.
Obama is fighting filthly.
McCain needs to return the favor.
profitsbeard on October 3, 2008 at 6:23 PM
The left is winning this race because of a war they voted for, and then abandoned, and a finance nightmare created by democrat fiscal policies.
Why are we losing again?
cntrlfrk on October 3, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Great graphics, nice clips and the music is very, very fitting…now lets get this sucker played nationwide and during prime time!
Pulchritudinous Patriot on October 3, 2008 at 6:26 PM
The only way this makes sense is if it is being field tested before spending the big dollars to take it to TV. Very few YouTube videos get wide viewership.
Here at Hot Air we know this stuff already. While I applaud there quick turn around time McCain himself needs to deliver this message and several others in person, in Obama’s face at the next debate.
Otherwise John, go back to be a backbencher where you have spent most of your career. Ronnie would not be happy with lack of drive. You are letting the party and country down.
patrick neid on October 3, 2008 at 6:27 PM
For the same reason we’ll see this ad on NBC later tonight.
Speakup on October 3, 2008 at 6:27 PM
Mushy McCain will demand they put some Republican faces on it too so it won’t be so darned partisan.
whitetop on October 3, 2008 at 6:28 PM
More please!
CP on October 3, 2008 at 6:29 PM
HEAVY F***ING ROTATION — NOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!
J.J. Sefton on October 3, 2008 at 6:31 PM
This is getting closer to what I had hoped for. You have to kick him in the throat hard. This is a start.
When McCain walks off the satge after next week’s debate we had better see repeated kicks. Not just Rezko and more of this Dem bashing but Rev. Wright and Ayers. Obama is further left than any Dem candidate in recent memory. If that message does not get pounded home to the middle 20% in the next three weeks, this cause is dead.
Oh, and get Palin front and center on TV giving speeches every freaking week. 69.9 million viewers last night. If they keep watching, keep putting her out there.
grdred944 on October 3, 2008 at 6:31 PM
Yeah, davod, a print ad would be great–liberals do read newspapers still.
PattyJ on October 3, 2008 at 6:33 PM
Sorry, this is a “good” ad, but it’s not hard-hitting enough. It looks like something you would see on French television (especially the music); pleasant, but not hard hitting enough. I think the Burning down the house You Tube is actually more effective. Right direction, but TOO WEAK.
ParisParamus on October 3, 2008 at 6:33 PM
TOO WEAK, and WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. MCCAIN NEEDS TO GET ANGRY. CONNECT OBAMA TO THE CORRUPT PEOPLE. TIME IS RUNNING OUT…
ParisParamus on October 3, 2008 at 6:35 PM
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 6:12 PM
I think it’s in Stanley Kurtz’ recent new york post article but while I find the exact quote here’s a couple of good summaries.
This is exhaustive. It’s from a site I don’t read except by following links and it seems a little wild but I’ve seen most of the assertions elsewhere.
Kurtz also posted an article on NRO a few days before the post one. It’s pretty good too.
gh on October 3, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Uhm, that ad showed 3 blacks and a gay. I declare this ad to be racist AND homophobic. I know this stuff when I see. I grew up in Texas.
/Karen Tumulty
Why isn’t this ad up on TV?!?!!?!? Hell, I just sent them a wad of cash…use it!
SouthernGent on October 3, 2008 at 6:36 PM
Will somebody please hire this guy?
Saltysam on October 3, 2008 at 6:38 PM
Get Some of that O’Reilly verbally punches Barney Frank anger going!
ParisParamus on October 3, 2008 at 6:38 PM
SouthernGent on October 3, 2008 at 6:36 PM
These ads should be played all week, and with reckless abandon. Then, once the public is saturated with it, tie in the Obama connections so they
finally, f****n’, get it.
Saltysam on October 3, 2008 at 6:40 PM
SouthernGent on October 3, 2008 at 6:36 PM
You should have sent them the first 20% with 80% contingent with McCain getting with the program ;-)
gh on October 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Meh.
Unless the McCain campaign plans to carpetbomb all of the battlground states with several shorter versions of this ad from now till election day, it’s little more than political porn for the masturbatory pleasure of the base.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM
What was? Because he was an associate attorney at a law firm. He couldn’t work exclusively for ACORN at the same time. I don’t think. Did he sue banks on behalf of ACORN? I thought he was building housing not sueing banks.
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Great ad! I hope millions see it by next week.
From the Market Ticker:
flyfisher on October 3, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Fred Barnes is ripping Biden a new one for gaffes.
BuckeyeSam on October 3, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Here’s a
blog post which quotes most of the post article.
gh on October 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM
When this hits TV $50.00 to the RNCC. McCain got some funds but no more until he names names and goes after 0B0mbers associates and friends. The bill passed now kick ass the American people deserve to know why the government is abscounding with 1 trillion of their dollars.
Better do it Maverick or lose! Sarah can’t haul your water forever turn her loose and name names yourself. Let Sarah go to Michigan she can talk to the people.
dhunter on October 3, 2008 at 6:45 PM
The look on peoples’ faces when their government becomes their master: PRICELESS
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 6:46 PM
They should be tarred and feathered, as they would be were Samuel Adams alive today
Viper1 on October 3, 2008 at 6:46 PM
Obama’s law firm experience is very murky. From what I’ve read, he never really was a partner-track associate. It seems as if he just hung his hat at a firm for a few years.
I say make the accusations that can be showed, let Obame clean up the details.
BuckeyeSam on October 3, 2008 at 6:46 PM
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM
Masturbation is the opiate of the undecideds.
Saltysam on October 3, 2008 at 6:47 PM
I’m afraid it’s the dollar that will soon be PRICELESS
In the Bolshevik Revolution, the slogan was ‘Peace, land, and bread.’ Today, you are being asked to choose between bread and freedom. I suggest the people on Main Street have said they prefer their freedom, and I am with them. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter
flyfisher on October 3, 2008 at 6:50 PM
RNCC ad slogan at the end of a Fannie ad: “McCain-Palin: So That It Never Happens Again.”
RNCC ad slogan at the end of an Acorn ad I hope is coming: “McCain-Palin: Take Your Country Back Before It’s Taken From You.”
BuckeyeSam on October 3, 2008 at 6:51 PM
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 6:41 PM
See my post above. I think that clarifies it.
Same thing. About 10 years ago, I installed a 64 CPU super-computer at one of the hospitals in toronto. Actually, I installed the operating system (the h/w was about 2 tons). Told my boss it would look good on my resume. He said it would look good on his too.
So Obama was “building housing” in the sense that he was (allegedly :) extorting the money for the mortgages. Get it?
gh on October 3, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Heh. I believe it was Claire Boothe Luce who said that communism is the opiate of the intellectuals.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 6:53 PM
Today, you are being asked to choose between bread and freedom. – flyfisher on October 3, 2008 at 6:50 PM
The Dems understand the old adage: He who eats my bread sings my songs.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 6:54 PM
Run it to the 10th power.
rrpjr on October 3, 2008 at 6:56 PM
Yikes:
gh on October 3, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Okay, I finally get it. But in truth I had run across that article and it was too complicated and convoluted to hold my interest.
The information needs to be simplified if it is to reach a larger audience. But I did hear the bells ring when I ran accross this little news flash. I really didn’t understand Obama’s connection with all this. He is much more culpable than most of the other Congress members.
Long before Obama ever got to the Senate he was one of the masterminds of this disaster!!! This needs to make it through the firewall to the American people!!!
ACORN and Obama need exposed!!! And those two need to be linked forever in the minds of voters. Barack Obama took your money folks!
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 7:00 PM
NO REGRETS. If, by some chance, we’re on the losing side in November, we need to be able to say that we did everything we could. Until we raise this issue, we can’t say that.
alflauren on October 3, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Good start but too weak. I hope they are intentionally saving the bullets like the Clinton admission of culpability.
PaCadle on October 3, 2008 at 7:02 PM
If they want people to pay attention to it, they need to get Sarah to do the commercial. Her voice will draw people to the TV to hear what she has to say. And then her TV presence will get them to pay attention. She is about the only weapon the Republicans have that seems to be hitting the target.
huckleberryfriend on October 3, 2008 at 7:03 PM
I was sort of out of the loop for a week or so. But I thought that I heard they did get ACORN off the legislation that was just signed. It is off right?
ACORN SHOULD BE ABOLISHED!
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 7:04 PM
This would do well for gaining house and senate seats.
Bad for McCain though.
How many illegals have gotten sub prime mortgages?
And what was the name of that amnesty bill that Kennedy was tied to?
Oh yeah. The McCain / Kennedy Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill.
BowHuntingTexas on October 3, 2008 at 7:04 PM
You know what really stinks? That McCain is my Senator and I never get pork or earmarks!!! And Shadegg is my Rep. I’m just stuck paying for everyone else’s. (Joke, sort of)
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Ace has another post up about Barney Frank’s “partner”– a Fannie Mae executive.
PA Cat on October 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM
They need to lower the volume of the music and raise the volume of the speakers!!!!!!
I’d have liked to seem them add Dodd and a couple of others to the photographic list of beneificiaries. Is anybody going to know who the middle guy is when I can’t even remember his name 5 seconds after the commerical? His take isn’t nearly as big as Dodd’s for example, and Dodd has been almost as out front the last two weeks as Frank.
That said, I like the direction this is finally going. High time!
JM Hanes on October 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Add the question:
“Why does the Democratic Controlled Congress refuse to call for an investigation of what happened?”
And it’ll be even better.
CrazyFool on October 3, 2008 at 7:10 PM
No.
There is no need for fancy graphics and narrators.
Just play the clips.
SlimyBill on October 3, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Hey guys,
Ace found the goodies on Barney Frank! (Hint: it has to do with a lot more… in Fannie Mae!) Look!
newton on October 3, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Is Pelosi’s line about not having a witch hunt on tape?
Dorvillian on October 3, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Not a bad ad, but I agree with others that they need to hit harder.
Here’s another idea for an ad. Breifly summarize the dollar figures of the Enron scandal followed by the corresponding perp-walk video’s, including their names. Then switch to the present scandal, show video of the perps, such as Raines, walking free and then point out that he’s working for Obama.
FloatingRock on October 3, 2008 at 7:17 PM
This was covered by Rush days ago. The guy works at some kind of pottery store now.
Dorvillian on October 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Load the chain of ammo and let it rip on every channel!
It’s time to make independents realize what Democrats have done to our economy.
BTW,I’m about to see An American Carol. Bitch-slap Michael Moore….
Right_of_Attila on October 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM
So frustrating to see an ad like this one every once in a while when they ought to be plastered on the boob tube.
misterpeasea on October 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Barney Frank and Maxine Waters have matching lisps.
Disturb the Universe on October 3, 2008 at 7:19 PM
They need to make it relative to Enron.. closing with..
That’s 20X (or right multiplier)greater than Worldcom, Enron, Tyco etc…
or
close with “and you thought Enron management was bad at least their in prison”
theblacksheepwasright on October 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Voter fraud in Ohio…
http://www.palestra.net/videos/play/16469
reshas1 on October 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM
After all the show………… after all the soundbites…………. after all the money……….. the problem of “social engineering” still exists.
The Federal Regulations that forced banks to loan money to people who could not pay it back, the funding for ACORN and La Raza, Fanny Mae and Freddy Mack still buying up those loans and the political hacks still getting millions in bonuses.
Nothing has changed, people, over a Trillion dollars in spending and new “pork” spending………….. Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, all of them, still in power walking around with big smiles on their faces.
…………… this makes me sick to my stomach. The end of the United States, right in front of our eyes, just so Democrats can control power.
Seven Percent Solution on October 3, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Meh. No one but us will see it or care.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 7:22 PM
And soon to spread to the rest of the U.S. courtesy of taxpayer-funded ACORN.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 7:23 PM
And there isn’t a thing any of us can do about it.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 7:24 PM
NRO’s Stephen Sprueill links to reasons why McCain is reluctant to pursue economic political attacks on Freddie, Fannie, ACORN, and CRA.
On behalf of all of the American electorate, McCain has an obligation to aggressively expose and attack this scam on taxpaying voters. If McCain hasn’t the capability or finesse, he had better school himself on the issues and/or send out some persuasive surrogates who do.
Most certainly Obama does not have the understanding. He is effective only in bamboozling the public and hiding/disguising the facts while wrapping himself in a cloak of righteousness and claim of racism.
If McCain is reluctant to call out his colleagues on their malfeasance and abuse of trust/power, then he raises questions about his own judgment. Of Obama’s lack of judgment or ethics, we have no doubts; his colleagues have given him cover.
Man up, McCain!
onlineanalyst on October 3, 2008 at 7:26 PM
So that lisp doesn’t just sound gay…?
Count to 10 on October 3, 2008 at 7:26 PM
put this on a loop and run it 24/7 till november
Mojave Mark on October 3, 2008 at 7:29 PM
PUT ON TV!
Devastating!
I was hoping they would put this up.
Make it go viral!
But it needs to be on TV
winged on October 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM
And there isn’t a thing any of us can do about it.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 7:24 PM>>
How do democrats know who to knock on doors to – like the poster here who had an Obama person wanting to find the newly-registered dem who lived on the vacant lot across the street? How did that worker know there was a newly-registered dem there?
If the Republican party has lists of people in each of our local areas, maybe if we volunteered we could do some “community organizing” of our own – knock on some doors and see who might joing in protests – like maybe in the parking lots of the nearest NBC, ABC, CBS, or CNN office, with the protest being that the media needs to cover this.
Maybe we could make up signs with photos of Frank, Dodd, Raines, and Obama and the caption: “Sphincters of Steel”.
justincase on October 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Great ad. FINE-ULLLL-LEEEE.
They must have been waiting for the bailout to pass.
silverfox on October 3, 2008 at 7:31 PM
Mojave Mark +100
MsUnderestimated on October 3, 2008 at 7:34 PM
I can’t stand the media. We are going to have to get spies to go undercover.
Cindy Munford on October 3, 2008 at 7:38 PM
I love it but the accompanying music, while they’re speaking, is entirely too loud and distracting. It takes away from the message. I hope they correct that.
sinsing on October 3, 2008 at 7:39 PM
And that’s just today?
Sweet!
BallisticBob on October 3, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Excellent,now name names,the one’s that
McCain said will make them famous,and the
names American’s will remember,and associate
to what political party when their in the
voting booth!!!!
canopfor on October 3, 2008 at 7:47 PM
FANTASTIC AD!! IT NEEDS AS WIDE A PUBLICATION AS POSSIBLE!
STARTING YESTERDAY!
JellyToast on October 3, 2008 at 7:48 PM
Obama’s community organizing was sueing banks to force them to give more sub-prime loans in his community. Why is this being overlooked?
petunia on October 3, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Mojave mark + 100
MsUnderestimated on Oct 3,2008 at 7:34PM.
MsUnderestimated: A tad off topic,but I missed the debate
last night,and after you posted the link
of the debate last night,here on H/A,I
would like to thank-you very much,I’am
up to speed!!!:):):)
canopfor on October 3, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Sentor McCain stop talking about globle warming and you good friend Al Gore and start fighting.This ad would be a giid start.
thmcbb on October 3, 2008 at 7:53 PM
How about if they do it as a 4 part commercial with Sarah narrating. Make it like a “who done it” to gain attention. Then, the week before the election, name names and talk about how much money Obama received from Fannie Mae.
huckleberryfriend on October 3, 2008 at 7:55 PM
Manly Rush:
You are such a downer. My God man snap out of it. What do you mean there is nothing any of us can do about it?
Terrye on October 3, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Nancy Pelosi claims that the investigations will begin after the election. (She certainly wouldn’t want ethics and legality to interfere with her politics.
onlineanalyst on October 3, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Nope. He’s teh ghey in all his boa-wearing, pole-sitting, sausage-smoking, fudge-packing, loafer-lightening, flame-throwing glory.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 7:57 PM
petunia:
That was really an interesting paragraph you posted there. Where did you find that? I was thinking I might contact someone at Fox news, like maybe Brit Hume with that information. What do you think?
Terrye on October 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Unless McCain returns fire on this issue, Obama and the Dems will continue to pound away on him and increase their lead until it is insumountable. If McCain is unwilling to defend himself, he will lose the election and there is nothing you or I or anyone here can do to stop it.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 7:59 PM
It won’t play for me past 2 seconds. I’m hoping that means it is getting hammered with hits.
Bob's Kid on October 3, 2008 at 7:59 PM
Knock yourself out.
ManlyRash on October 3, 2008 at 8:00 PM
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