My idea for an attack ad on McCain/Palin

[book_worm]

I see McCain is featuring Palin in their ads as mavericks--I'd like to see a response ad like this:

picture of McCain: He supports Bush policies 95% of the time.

picture of Palin: She supported the bridge to nowhere, before she was against it.

picture of McCain: He wants to keep us in Iraq for 100 years.

picture of Palin: Just last year she said she doesn't give much thought of Iraq.

picture of McCain: John McCain opposes a woman's right to choose.

picture of Palin: Sarah Palin opposes a woman's right to choose even in cases of rape and incest.

picture of McCain: John McCain has admitted he doesn't know much about how to manage the economy.

picture of Palin: Sarah Palin has admitted that she doesn't know what a vice president does.

McCain/Palin--Is this the change you want?

[rasqual78]

1. Well, there's a problem with that . . .

. . . if you want to be credible, anyway.

Bush has fewer vetoes than any president in 200 years. The simple response to the claim about McCain supporting Bush so often is that Bush has signed into law almost ALL of the bills Congress has sent his way -- ergo, the Democratic Senate and House have Bush agreeing with them ALMOST ALL THE TIME.

Second item: Obama and Biden voted for the bridge to nowhere. TWICE.

McCain doesn't want to keep us in Iraq for 100 years. Besides, that meme never did gain traction. Why would you think that spinning the same bald tires on wet asphalt is going to get a new ad anywhere?

As for Palin not thinking much about Iraq, who cares? We're withdrawing troops from Iraq, and you can bet they'll be going to Afghanistan from there. Voters don't care about Iraq any more either; that ship has sailed.

Abortion: The country is divided into thirds, and has been for a long, long time. This particular concern is a wash in every election cycle. Focusing on it would distract from the real issues pointlessly.

As for managing the economy, consider that Americans might well appreciate the humility of a candidate who admits he'll need strong advisors, over against the hubris of a candidate whose claims about what he'll do with the economy are entirely lacking in such humility.

So what DOES a vice-president do? It depends. Each administration expects entirely different things of their VPs. Trot out an ad like that, and people might have their curiosity stoked enough to discover that this point is just misdirection from, again, important issues.

Not a very good set of ideas for an ad. Why, oh why, do you trot out weak, easily countered points?

[Life Long Dem]

2. McSame should hire you to do his ads.

[rasqual78]

3. Doesn't need to

These weaknesses with the posted suggestion are obvious, not some cunning insight or devious sophistry.

If someone wants to create a killer ad, they're going to have to think sideways -- not "head-on."

Shop-worn, recycled memes that don't have traction lose elections.