Blistering Attack Ad in Pennsylvania [With a GOPTrust.com Update & News]
By Bud White on November 3, 2008 at 9:40 AM in 527s, 9/11, Advertising, Pennsylvania, Race Card, Racism, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.
Jonathan Martin of Politico reports that the Pennsylvania GOP is running the following
ad in the Key Stone state. Martin writes:
McCain has refused to invoke Wright or allow his campaign to use the pastor in ads. A senior campaign aide said they knew nothing about the Pennsylvania party’s ad in advance. Officials with the state party didn’t respond to an e-mail.
Martin, however, wants to blame McCain for the ad:
McCain’s campaign is taking a hands-off approach, not disavowing the ad.
Says campaign spokesman Peter Feldman.
“John McCain’s position with regard to Reverend Wright is clear. He is not the referee of every political ad in this election.”
Of course, McCain is the leader of the leader the GOP, and could urge a state party to not air such an ad.
Of course Martin is upset because this ad is accurate. This ad is fundamentally about judgment. Obama chose a racist pastor and stayed with him for 20 years; that’s bad judgment. Obama infers that Pennsylvanians are racists. These facts about Obama and his devotion to Wright along with the insults directed at the good people of Pennsylvania will swing many Independents to McCain.
Obama’s arrogance is repulsive; his judgment is worse.
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UPDATE from Bronwyn Obamanot: As our regular readers know from reading our stories on Friday and Saturday — including “GOPTrust.com Kicks A–! (Great ads in all the battleground states!)” — another 527, GOPTrust.com, is also running a searing ad about Obama’s long relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
Many of you contributed to the 527’s fund, and I want to be sure to let you know that your donations are paying off!
On Sunday night, one of our writers noticed that GOPTrust paid to run the ad during the highly-rated CBS primetime Sunday reality TV show, The Amazing Race.
Now that is hot ad placement! The Amazing Race has won 11 Primetime Emmy awards.
The prime-time Nielsen ranking and rating for the October 21st airing is:
18. “Amazing Race 13,” CBS, 10.29 million viewers.
Imagine that. Your contributions enabled GOPTrust.com to reach over 10 million people tonight during a show that is ranked 18th out of all prime-time primary network programming — and that’s just on the one ad spot that we are aware of. True to its word, GOPTrust.com has placed its ads in as many spots as possible, both nationally and in the key battleground states.
Tell Bill Ayers that that is true “power to the people.” Tell the anti-free speech Obamabots that all the viewers of tonight’s Amazing Race saw this ad:
Obama and Wright: He Never Complained Once
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