Obama to McCain: Who's the 'celebrity?' -- "Embrace" Ad (VIDEO)

[jefferson_dem]

Obama to McCain: Who's the 'celebrity?'
McCain fired with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Obama is firing with Bush.
Posted August 11, 2008 7:55 AM

by Mark Silva

In the celebrity by association game, which is worse: Paris Hilton or President Bush?

Barack Obama is banking on Bush's association with John McCain, targeted in a new campaign TV ad that links, with several big "embraces,'' the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for president with the unpopular incumbent Republican president.

It's a somewhat delayed response to McCain's own ad, which accused Obama of being a big celebrity and showed the likenesses of Hilton and Britney Spears. It also just goes to show that going on vacation - with Obama in Hawaii this week - does not mean that the campaign show will not go on.

The 30-second spot features footage of McCain on the late-night comedy talk show and Saturday Night Live circuit - he was the first sitting senator to host SNL - where, of course, Obama also has appeared.

"For decades, he's been Washington's biggest celebrity,'' the announcer of Obama's ad states of McCain. "And as Washington embraced him, John McCain hugged right back'' - cut to footage of McCain and Bush, and then McCain and lobbyists.

"The lobbyists - running his low-road campaign,'' the announcer states, the screen blaring that "low-road campaign'' accusation.

Now Obama has borrowed a page from Bush's own book on this one. Indeed, it was Bush himself, during the 2000 Republican primaries, who accused then-rival McCain of taking "the low road'' to "the high road'' in his self-styled maverick's campaign for president and of ringing the "iron triangle'' of lobbying, money and influence "like a dinner bell.'')

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http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/08/obama_to_mccain_whos_the_celeb.html

VIDEO of AD HERE ---> http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid1721792723

[zanne]

1. I love it.

And the old fogy music in the background is a nice touch, too.

[WeDidIt]

2. Boom

That's the sound of Freeper heads exploding.

[chieftain]

3. Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

[tekisui]

4. Very good.

Suck it mccain. Good fun, right?

[gblady]

5. well done.....

those pics are worth a thousand words!

[phrigndumass]

6. Perfect! We need to drive that fact home: McCain is the insider

K/R

[NightWatcher]

7. finally Obama going on Offense

[truebrit71]

8. Nice ad..show him hugging Lt AWOL over and over and over again...

...that should be more than enough to sink his wrinkly old ass...

[Renew Deal]

18. I love it.

Great ad.

[Demi_Babe]

9. awesome

[rox63]

10. Excellent ad

I'm glad to see Obama going on the offense against McBush.

[Frances]

11. I think the ad is effective

Thanks for the link

[npincus]

12. ShaZAM!!!

:rofl:

[Triana]

13. K & R - notice how well it matches up with the donation...

....progress bar at the top of DU's pages.

Heh.

[quantass]

22. +1

[hornblast]

14. interesting

Here's what I got from the ad:

Lobbyists; insider; big tax breaks for oil and drug companies; G W Bush lover.

seems accurate. I hope it works!

[thereismore]

15. I approve. Go after him, Obama! nt

[PCIntern]

16. WOW! Finally...

Whew.

[peoli]

17. best commercial so far

[Hutzpa]

19. Wolf whistle.............

wooohooooooo...... woooohoooooooo......

that will definately hurts,

I knew it was coming and there

are many more to come McStupor...

Bunch of POS stuck together.

We love it, love it... love it

:thumbsup:

[onenote]

20. exactly what I was hoping for. Super glue him to chimpy at every opportunity

[quantass]

21. Now THAT'S and Ad! Great Job!!

[blogslut]

23. What markets is this ad playing in?

Is it National? It would be sweet if it were playing during the Olympics.