527 ad: “Concerned about Obama?”
posted at 1:45 pm on October 20, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
The Republican Jewish Coalition has a new ad hitting Barack Obama on his naïve foreign policy. They take Obama’s pledge to meet without preconditions with the heads of five terror-supporting nations, and compare his answer to Hillary Clinton’s:
I’d call this an overdue assessment of Obama’s lack of depth. We’ve been talking about it for over a year, but not surprisingly, the Tanning Bed Media have mostly ignored it. The timing of this ad seems pretty serendipitous, though, coming on the heels of Joe Biden’s remarks on how an untested and unprepared Obama administration will motivate our enemies abroad to create an international crisis to see just how weak Obama really is.
We should be concerned, yes. As Geena Davis said in The Fly, “Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
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Obama is going to get rolled by these thugs. Hell, Putin may openly laugh in his face, he’s not worried about being PC.
DerKrieger on October 20, 2008 at 1:48 PM
well said.
ExTex on October 20, 2008 at 1:48 PM
Good ad. Running in FL, I assume?
Spirit of 1776 on October 20, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Great ad, including the use of Hillary, not McCain.
CanadianGuy on October 20, 2008 at 1:50 PM
I agree that Putin would be as Nikita was to JFK.
He’s going to laugh his ass of & roll those tanks if Obama becomes POTUS.
Badger40 on October 20, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Wish I could see it. It would be a change from the DNC and other liberal 527 adds I am seeing.
If my T.V. wasn’t so dang expensive, I think I would have thrown it by now.
upinak on October 20, 2008 at 1:50 PM
If the whole party were as effective as the RJC we’d be in much better shape.
D0WNT0WN on October 20, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Between this ad and the bozo statement made earlier by Joe Biden that there would most likely be an international incident less than 6 months into B.O.’s Presidency, any THINKING person would be looking at this issue very closely.
But based on the current poll numbers, which I think are bogus regardless, I am wondering just how many people are there are really THINKING, period!
pilamaye on October 20, 2008 at 1:51 PM
Get this on the Florida airwaves now.
amerpundit on October 20, 2008 at 1:51 PM
If Barack X meets with Putin, he will eat Hussein-Obama for lunch.
And I will laugh my @ss off and say “I told you so.”
PimFortuynsGhost on October 20, 2008 at 1:51 PM
I think Putin would use bombers. Heck, there are enough that come into Alaskan airspace that the MSM won’t report on.
As of today: 14 have come into Alaskan/American airspace.
upinak on October 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Hillary! +1!
I can’t believe 527′s haven’t been milking Hillary/Obama’s Primary gaffes more.
lansing quaker on October 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
How would the election go if, between now and then, Israel attacked Iran’s nukes?
petefrt on October 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Please God help us!
Akzed on October 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Putin would poison B.O.’s lunch is more like it.
upinak on October 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Barak’s new “I’m not a muslim sympathizer slogan:
ENSHALA
pherrman on October 20, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Makes me wonder whose side he’s really on.
tru2tx on October 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM
Is that Raul Castro as the leader of Cuba? How will that play out with Cubans?
JohnJ on October 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM
I can imagine Putin’s first meeting with Obama. Obama puts on a doofus grin, extends his hand – and then Putin grabs it and judo throws him into the wall.
lodge on October 20, 2008 at 1:53 PM
I feel your pain. I live in California which is a lock for Obama and I still have to watch his ads every commercial break. You would think that by living in a one party town, I’d be spared the torture of campaign commercials. No such luck.
I did learn that Obama doesn’t care about the CEOs though. He only cares about Joe and Jane Middle Class and how they are going to pay their bills. He didn’t say how he was going to find this magic bill-paying money, but I could tell he really cared. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. So, I think I might just be an Obamabot now. ;)
JadeNYU on October 20, 2008 at 1:54 PM
In the Dem party? Not many. They seem to only think about abortion rights, gay rights, the right to health care, rights of terrorists in Gitmo, rights for illegal aliens, spreading the wealth around, carbon dioxide killing us, whales getting rammed by the US Navy, evil Big Business, race, sex, and climate change.
No time for reality.
DerKrieger on October 20, 2008 at 1:55 PM
I am going to have to field dress you like a moose, take you to Alaska to rehabilitate you with the eagle at the Bird Sanctuary and then release back into the wild where I have re-taught you how to live on your own, feed yourself and SURVIVE!
upinak on October 20, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Tell him not to meet them… BY VOTING PALIN/MCCAIN
J.J. Sefton on October 20, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Is that the voice over guy from “FBI Files” television show?
cyclosarin on October 20, 2008 at 1:56 PM
I feel as if I must gird my loins.
bloggless on October 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Beats the talking moosehead ad!
Religious_Zealot on October 20, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Easy – he’s going to tax the businesses and then send the money to taxpayers. He doesn’t really get the connection between taxes and prices though so prices will have to go up to cover the windfall tax and then he’ll condemn the companies for raising prices and tax them to help consumers and then the companies will raise prices to cover the tax increase and then…
DerKrieger on October 20, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Can SOMEBODY please splice the footage of Biden saying he stands by his comments that POTUS is not for on-the-job-training with regards to Barack, Hillary’s comments about hers and McCain’s lifetime of experience, Biden’s comments from yesterday GUARANTEEING that we will be tested by foreign nations and that our responses probably won’t be popular? The commercial writes itself.
Sugar Land on October 20, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Good ad. When Obama’s worldview meets US foreign policy, pain for the whole world ensues. His on-the-record unilateral moves unilaterally hurt America. He is terrible. He’s all warm and fuzzy, and doesn’t ever want to be seen as a bad guy. That’s like a surgeon who doesn’t want to use a scalpel because cutting people is wrong. He is so weak. I don’t know what people who are voting for him are thinking.
Paul-Cincy on October 20, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Who cares? Their in Cuba. I’m more interested how it plays in Ohio.
Browncoatone on October 20, 2008 at 1:59 PM
He’s technically in charge and they’re not ignorant to that fact. He’s not exactly liked more than his bro.
A very effective ad. It doesn’t vouch for McCain (good for those who might just decide not to vote for Obama, rather than vote for McCain), but rather Hillary Clinton’s own positions.
You can donate here, BTW.
amerpundit on October 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM
I’m pretty sure that John’s talking about Cubans in, say, Miami.
–Stephan
amerpundit on October 20, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Well said.
fogw on October 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM
That’s one way to have everybody making over 250K and be subject to that tax on the wealthy.
News2Use on October 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM
upinak:
No Russia aircraft have violated US Airspace. They fly in the area known as the Alaska Air Defense Zone which extends beyond the lawful territorial limits of the US. The ADZ is the area where we enforce air soverignty by intercepting foreign aircraft that do not have flight plan to enter US airspace.
jerryofva on October 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Of course, you’re joking ???
I think he means the Cuban-Americans.
Haven’t seen the ad yet here in FL (West coast).
stenwin77 on October 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Why wouldn’t Obama meet the heads of five terror-supporting nations? They think America is bad, wrong and on it’s way out … so does Obama.
darwin on October 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM
why is my post not showing now…
sighs.
upinak on October 20, 2008 at 2:06 PM
It’s a foregone conclusion that The Poot and Mad Mahmoud will make mincemeat of Osama Obama. Same for either Castro and Li’l Kim (in whatever shape he happens to be in).
The problem with each of these goons is that they can talk and act at the same time. The Messiah hasn’t figured that one out yet.
MrScribbler on October 20, 2008 at 2:07 PM
This will not sway the Obama “true believers”, they think we should sit down with everybody and do a “bowl”.
Indies? Hmmmm I don’t know, almost 2 years of campaigning and just 2 weeks before they pull the handle, and they STILL can’t make up the minds.
Who’s this ad going to touch is my question?
Maybe liberal Jews?
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 20, 2008 at 2:08 PM
Here’s your Florida media buy, people.
J.J. Sefton on October 20, 2008 at 2:09 PM
I read recently that the Obama and McCain campaign transition teams were being looped into the security briefings about the homeland security.
Is it possible Joe Biden just blabbed a national security secret?
Investigate. Censure. Remove from Office.
jeff_from_mpls on October 20, 2008 at 2:12 PM
They REALLY need to run that in Philadelphia. It is brilliant!
rockmom on October 20, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Good one.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 20, 2008 at 2:17 PM
I can see it now………………
Seven Percent Solution on October 20, 2008 at 2:18 PM
That’s what I think. It’s just too coincidental.
CanadianGuy on October 20, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Great ad! Hope they run it a lot on TV!
Steve Z on October 20, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Hey seven of 9000, you’ve got out of the camp?
I thought I heard the hounds abarken’.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 20, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Obama is no longer running against Hillary. Hillary is currently campaigning for Obama.
Clinton joins Obama’s bid to crush McCain comeback hopes
I don’t think this ad is useful at all.
heroyalwhyness on October 20, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Well on the bright side–with Biden as VP we should know absolutely every foreign policy secret… broadcast live. The problem is so will everyone who hates America. Biden is such a foreign policy idiot!!!!
Powell was the one who couldn’t get anyone in the world to support us, remember? And then correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t that Colin Powell in front of the UN convincing all of us we had to attack Iraq? So Obama is continuing the worst of the Bush administration? Colin Powell failed as Secretary of State. But now we should think it helps Obama to have him on his side. I see. Who is Bush III again?
Obama now has the advice of dumber than a doorknob, Biden. And ineffective as all get out, Powell. What a reciepe for success that is.
petunia on October 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Be Barry afraid.
whitetop on October 20, 2008 at 2:34 PM
Operation Chaos lives.
CP on October 20, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Great ad,keeping using the Liberals own words
to use against them!
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM
gawd,thats keep,not keeping!
canopfor on October 20, 2008 at 2:43 PM
Bwahahahahahahahahahah!!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 20, 2008 at 2:44 PM
Nice ad, but much too little and waaaayyyyyy too late. McCain and the ’527 groups let this slip away from mid-September through early October.
uncalheels on October 20, 2008 at 2:49 PM
Here is the status of those conducting the War on WTF.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/20/report-says-terms-jihad-islamist-needed/
At this rate America will discover it’s enemy in another 14 years or so.
BL@KBIRD on October 20, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Obama is still running against Hillary:
http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/
He’s just too arrogant to admit it.
Y-not on October 20, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Naw. Putin will smile and keep Obama talking while his tanks role into Ukraine.
Count to 10 on October 20, 2008 at 2:59 PM
Did you see the clip of Hillary laughing at McCain’s jokes at the Smith dinner? Particularly the part about Bill dragging his heels campaigning for Obama?
I can’t help but think there is something there…
Count to 10 on October 20, 2008 at 3:02 PM
Obama, “I would”….
He actually meant to say “I’m looking forward to it”.
A lot of the folks standing in the shadows behind Obama think and believe that the terror/fascists states mentioned in the Ad actually have the solutions. From Ayers to Wright and several others the leaders mentioned are honored.
Obama will be going to see these folks looking for answers that he hopes to incorporate into the new America he envisions. Situational ethics and the end justifies the means will be the currency of an Obama administration. If Ayers and Wright are to be believed from their books and speeches white America needs to be brought low to enable their view of the world. This is a view shared by all the leaders shown in the AD.
My only hope is that Obama is just your standard, I’ll do anything or say anything to get in office kind of politician. Once there he will kick back and throw everyone under the bus and do whatever it takes to be popular–Bill Clinton in black-face.
Hey, I’m looking for a silver lining….
patrick neid on October 20, 2008 at 3:07 PM
The silver lining is a McCain-Palin victory. Don’t give up! This race isn’t over.
Y-not on October 20, 2008 at 3:12 PM
Along with a commercial quoting Fidel Castro’s comments about how Obama is the “superior” candidate, and a reminder that Obama has “won” the official endorsement of the Communist Party, USA.
Obama wants to “change” the USA — everything that made us into the strongest, richest, most powerful nation in the world — and turn us into a Socialist, third-world, banana republic.
AZCoyote on October 20, 2008 at 3:15 PM
I always hope for the best, I vote, and I prepare for the worst.
patrick neid on October 20, 2008 at 3:17 PM
Chin up, Patrick. Nov 4 will belong to McCain.
ManlyRash on October 20, 2008 at 3:21 PM
Any news on the Michelle Obama API stuff? I guess it was just bogus.
bloggless on October 20, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Broke out of the re-education camp last night……. I still have operatives on the inside keeping an eye on the overseers……………
Seven Percent Solution on October 20, 2008 at 3:35 PM
I would, and we would all ride together on my unicorn
Dpet on October 20, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Ken Adelman to vote for Obama:
First Colin Powell, Now…
If Adelman’s more concerned about McCain’s temperment than he is worried about Obama’s experience, it’s speaks volumes.
starfleet_dude on October 20, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Who did he support during the nomination process?
Huckabee’s bigotry toward Romney gave us McCain. Did he do anything to give us someone other than a RINO with a record of fighting against his own party?
We all had issues with McCain and most of us had issues with Palin.
When the discussion of VP picks started last summer and Palin was a favorite among many, I disagreed because I felt she would be a poor choice of any candidate because of her lack of experience and she comes from a very small state that lacks diversity because it is dominated by one industry.
I was totally opposed to McCain because of his self righteous attitude and being out of touch. The day that he stood for photo’s with the truthers, I called his national office and had to explain to them who the truthers were and that John better get as far from them as possible. His lead guy had to go to the truthers website that I gave him just to get up to speed on their lunacy. It goes without saying that I opposed his work with campaign finance reform and the immigration plan. And on top of that, I don’t like senators as presidents.
But, the base was split by Huckabigot and his quest for the VP slot, and to simply deny a Mormon the opportunity.
So, now we are stuck with McCain. Palin has excited me and the base, and I don’t see her pick as a reason to question McCain’s judgment. He had to pick her to bolster his weak bona fides as a conservative AND most people wouldn’t think she should be at the top of the ticket. John solidified that perception by the way she was mishandled in the initial weeks after her selection.
This is why IF McCain loses, which I do not think he will, we will CRUCIFY HIM until he leaves office.
Because McCain wont go all out, this rests in others hands and not McCain’s. Obama/Biden need to screw up, a national security issue must arise, or the 527′s need to attack Wright etc.
Exit question: If you had millions to spend on a 527 ad, and you can see that John isn’t availing himself of the tools he has to defeat Obama, would you throw your money away, or would you spend it on serious candidates in 2010?
csdeven on October 20, 2008 at 5:14 PM
It’s a foregone conclusion that The Poot and Mad Mahmoud will make mincemeat of Osama Obama. Same for either Castro and Li’l Kim
As Richard Lugar has said, refusing to talk with your enemies can be irresponsible and even dangerous. Dialogue isn’t about sharing pleasantries over tea, as many on the right assume. When confronting an enemy, ‘talking’ means:
- laying out in clear terms what behavior is considered unacceptable to the USA
- describing the consequences the enemy can expect if its behavior continues without change
- explaining how the opponent can benefit if it changes its behavior
Why is this type of dialogue, recommended by statesmen like James Baker and Henry Kissinger, so frightening to right wing nuts? Don’t you understand how diplomacy works?
Under Bush, refusing to talk has been a total failure. In practice, our opponents have found that directly threatening our vital interests is the best way to handle the ‘silent’ treatment. In other words, it has encouraged our enemies to pursue the very policies that the USA has sought to discourage. Iran and N. Korea both brought the USA to the negotiating table by expanding anti-American policies. After being snubbed over Kosovo and NATO missiles, Russia sent its troops streaming into our ally Georgia’s territory.
Under Bush, our enemies have learned that the best way to gain negotiating leverage is by going for the American jugular in various parts of the world. In N. Korea, Iran, and Russia either completely or partially ignoring our opponents or competitors had no positive effect. It simply hasn’t worked, as Baker, Kissinger, and others will point out.
bayam on October 20, 2008 at 5:54 PM
I have ZERO “issues” with Palin.
She is magnificent.
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on October 20, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Either Obama will get rolled by those thugs, or he’ll overreact to prove he’s no wimp. There were a lot of people (including liberals) who were relieved that Gore wasn’t President on 9-11. Wasn’t the potential for overeaction part of the reason?
aikidoka on October 20, 2008 at 6:16 PM
McCain needs to use a different word than “no preconditions.”
Unfortunately,, most people were educated in the government school system. I would find a simpler, clearer way to explain it.
JellyToast on October 20, 2008 at 6:38 PM
“I’m sure she’s very bright,” he added. “But so is the Butterworth woman.
- Chevy Chase
bayam on October 20, 2008 at 6:53 PM
You are speaking for “most”? Were you even around when she was first mentioned? There were a few rabid fans, but most of us understood that her bona fides were very weak and would be an issue running with a guy who is 76 years old.
csdeven on October 20, 2008 at 7:04 PM
Every TV in Boca….now.
malan89 on October 20, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Bayam:
I know you want to gloat on your apparent victory. I am sure Tom Dewey in 1948 felt the same way as you do. However, since Il Duce is not yet leading the country I will still ridicule you at every opportunity.
Joe Biden told us to today that Obama is not ready for the job. If Joe Biden, foreign policy guru, says he not ready then Obama is not qualified to President.
So what was ol’ Joe telling us? Well, he may have figured out that that Obama is too inexperienced and too radical to be President and was doing what he could to help McCain win the election or he is so stupid that he can’t keep his mouth shut.
Bottom line: Anybody who thinks Barak Obama is more qualified to President then Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President is either grossly misinformed and/or of subnormal intelligence. As far as you are concerned, it is definate;ly the latter and not the former.
jerryofva on October 20, 2008 at 8:50 PM
You’re speaking for most of us now? I was pulling for Palin before McCain did and I stand by my earlier conviction. Where does a former mayor turned Governor and CIC of Alaskas military look weak? Her government has a huge surplus of funds. She has a 80% approval rating for God’s sakes. NO ONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY IS ANTWHERE CLOSE TO THAT. No one can claim anywhere near the accomplishments she has. Name one. Anyone.
I have a term for those that are too blind to see the genius of Sarah. FOOLS.
She’s more qualified to be President than Obama in every conceivable way. INCLUDING community organizing. Which is his only real accomplisment. One at which he failed at. One just has to take a quick and superficial glance at Chicago to see where Obama failed his constituents.
Guardian on October 20, 2008 at 8:50 PM
And that’s why Warren Buffet is both misinformed and has subnormal intelligence. Buffet fails to grasp the consequences of Obama’s fiscal proposals on the income statements and balance sheets of the companies in his portfolio. But you know more than Buffet does. Right, great point.
bayam on October 20, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Your response is nothing new. I remember your shilling for her. And if you’d be honest, you’d admit that MOST of us opposed her.
This isn’t about Obama’s qualifications. It is about what was available to John and what he chose. Just go take a look at how Alaska ranks in issues verses other states. Between 45th and 50th on almost every issue. GSP, population, etc. What Sarah has done is almost NOTHING compared to other choices John could have made. Romney is ten times more qualified than Palin and is arguable more qualified than McCain in many areas. This is the reason McCain chose Palin. Even though she is a conservative, a former mayor, a governor, has experience in energy, has energized the base and fights corruption, she is way less qualified than McCain. He had to have a candidate that was less qualified than he is or else he is weakened.
That is what happens when we chose the weakest candidate to be our nominee. His choices for a running mate must be weaker than he is.
You worship Palin, we get it. But your view isn’t the only view and much of your view plays into the view that McCain is erratic, as the left portray him, and poor in judgment as the right portray him.
Having said that, and before you submit a vitriolic comment, McCain/Palin is what we have and I support them 100%. But I don’t believe for one second that this was the best we could muster.
csdeven on October 20, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Bayam:
Warren Buffet is bear (know what that means?) He buys on panic and sells on hope. He is in for the long term. He knows that there will plenty of action for him under an Obama adminstration. Obama’s policies will result in many buying opportunities.
You want to know what Buffet thinks about Democrats? He opposes ending the inheritance tax while at the same time sheltering his fortune from the death tax. Buffett wants to make sure that nobody else can get rich. That’s why he supports Democrats.
You have just demostrated your subnormal intelligence.
Remember Senator Joe Biden says that Obama is not qualified to be President.
jerryofva on October 20, 2008 at 10:32 PM