McCain Ad: Obama Camp Trying To "Destroy" Palin

[True_Blue]

Source: CBS

The McCain campaign has released a new television ad, "Fact Check," that suggests the Obama campaign is trying to "destroy" Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. No word on how often the ad will run or where; the McCain camp will say only that it is running in "key states."

"The attacks on Governor Palin have been called 'completely false'...'misleading,'" an announcer says as the spot opens. "And, they've just begun. The Journal reports Obama 'air-dropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers' into Alaska to dig dirt on Governor Palin. As Obama drops in the polls, he'll try to destroy her. Obama's 'politics of hope'? Empty words."

As CBS News chief political consultant Marc Ambinder reported yesterday, Mike Gehrke, the DNC's research chief, denies that Democrats have deployed a "mini-army" to Alaska to dig up dirt on Palin.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/10/politics/horserace/entry4436026.shtml

[C_U_L8R]

1. They just keep on lying

it's getting compulsive

[Lorentz]

16. No, they're not lying.

"The attacks on Governor Palin have been called 'completely false'...'misleading,'"

This is true: THEY'RE the ones calling the attacks "completely false" and "misleading". They don't deny the claims. If they had said "The attacks on Gov. Palin are completely false and misleading," then it would be a lie.

[MarjorieG]

2. Just the very vetting is destroy?

[mth44sc]

3. nearly 90,000 folks

lost their job in the last month.

It hardly matters given the sheer torturer Ms. Palin has been experiencing

[bedazzled]

4. why? have they noticed an increase in sales of garlic and stakes?

maybe they made her cry, poor baby

[grannylib]

5. "The attacks have been called..." by WHOM, other than the

McLame campaign, its surrogates and apologists and fellow liars???

What fucking filthy liars.
Hope the 527s on our side counter hard and fast. I hate even saying that; I wish it were possible to not go there. But I think it's necessary, unfortunately. We CANNOT allow these assholes to continue to get away with their SHIT.

[Frank Cannon]

34. McCain has been called a child molester and wife beater

It's even been said that Palin regularly engages in bizarre sex rituals with dogs.

Man, that really is easy, isn't it?

[grannylib]

38. Hey, you're really good at that! That DOES seem easy! Bet it's

fun, too, for all the 'people' who engage in such shit for real...
:hi:

[colorado thinker]

6. What a pile of horse crap.

[Old and In the Way]

7. Is Obama running against Palin?

Whatever happened to that POW-hero? Has he cut and run under Sarah's skirts?

[w4rma]

33. Yes. Considering how old McCain is, Palin will most likely be President, if they win. (nt)

[olddad56]

42. they won't win, it will be rigged and they will receive the nod...

If I were McCain, I wouldn't trust the Fascipublican party. It seems to me like it would be very convenient for the extreme right if something were to happen to him. She is Rove's next president, not McCain, he is just cheap filler.

[liberalmuse]

8. At least we have Rachel as an Obama surrogate...

and the Clintons will be coming out next week, but where are the rest of them? The lies are going to get more and more outrageous. They have gotten away with this shit relatively unscathed so far, so my guess is that they are going to start at the bottom of the shithole and dig their way down. I wish I had a 527. I'd steal the ideas posted here on DU (I'd give credit) and put up some ass kicking ads. Is Move-On doing ads anymore?

[Imalittleteapot]

9. Can you spare $5 - Fight back.

https://political.moveon.org/donate/accountable.html?id=13770-10157333-IZE449x&t=3

[HughMoran]

10. She's destroying herself. This should be pointed out to her mindless followers

Kudos Obama.

[tanyev]

36. Yup, yup.

The Obama campaign is simply trying to shine a light on it. And if the media were doing their job properly, it wouldn't be necessary.

[Frisbee]

11. "Obama Camp Trying To "Destroy" Palin"

I wish them much success.

[firedupdem]

12. They are total assholes n/t

[progressivebydesign]

13. Scumbags. Too bad for them that ALL but ONE of the Natl Enquirers were sold out...

.. at my local store. At first I thought that they'd removed them (which is a common repuke tactic), but there was ONE lone NE on one stand, and the other 8 or so displays were sold out. And oddly enough, the "ladies" mags that she was on (using her children as props) were WELL stocked!

SOunds like Obama doesn't need to do too much to get the word out.

[mcg]

21. I want to pick up a copy myself, but maybe I should let them all sell ...

to other people.

[progressivebydesign]

14. Scumbags. Too bad for them that ALL but ONE of the Natl Enquirers were sold out...

.. at my local store. At first I thought that they'd removed them (which is a common repuke tactic), but there was ONE lone NE on one stand, and the other 8 or so displays were sold out. And oddly enough, the "ladies" mags that she was on (using her children as props) were WELL stocked!

SOunds like Obama doesn't need to do too much to get the word out.

[Politicalboi]

15. I don't think

Sarah needs Obama to destroy her. She's doing just fine.

[gauguin57]

17. Hellooooo ... Gov. Palin is destroying herself by repeatedly LYING in public about her own record!

Hypocritical jerk.

[JDPriestly]

18. I overheard a conversation on the train today between two Metro employees.

They were talking about the fact that if you get into politics you have to have a thick skin, and if you don't you should get out. The people having this conversation were not particularly political.

Making Palin into a victim will backfire. She should have thought about how bad her life would look to ordinary Americans before she ran.

She shouldn't have lied about her stance on the bridge to nowhere. She shouldn't have tried to hide the facts about her son. She should not have interfered in her brother-in-law's employment. She brought all this embarrassment upon herself.

Palin does not have the sense of humor about herself that a person needs in politics.

She is oversensitive, takes herself too seriously and is not very likable when you get right down to it.

[msongs]

19. stupid democrats should just quit talking about her - plays into repub hands nt

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Isn't that the name of the game?

Tell me McCain isn't out to destroy anybody.

Right.

[Dystopian]

22. A plane and wolves in the ad. Ironic.

Scumbags.

[ann_american2004]

23. some one should let FactCheck.org know

Is McCain Camp trying to mislead voters by imply the ad is from FactCheck.org.? If so, maybe they will make him pull the adds.

[Nambe]

24. CBS takes down McCain webad, suggests it's 'misleading'

Source:

YouTube has removed a webad that casts Sarah Palin as the victim of sexism on the request of CBS, whose anchor Katie Couric was featured in the ad.

“One of the great lessons of that campaign is the continued and accepted role of sexism in American life," Couric is quoted in the ad.

In the original clip, which aired months before Palin entered the race, Couric was talking about Hillary Clinton. The ad applies her words to Palin. ...

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080910/pl_politico/21051

[firedupdem]

25. sneaky creeps n/t

[opihimoimoi]

26. Deceit in the first degree tells us of their Charactor....low to none...

Shameful and disgusting Campaigning by the NeoCon and PNAC Crew running McPigs thing

[Virginian]

27. Stealing music, network filmclips...

Good for CBS. Too bad the musical artists don't sue them for illegal use of copyrited materials.
They complain and the McSame group ignores them.

[Mind_your_head]

28. All of this stuff sure keeps the focus off of 'four-time-melanoma-survivor "gramps" ', doesn't it?

It's Obama vs. McCain - seems like nobody takes McCain SERIOUSLY anymore or considers that 'he' could be the president - that's why it's Palin 24/7/365.

This is all sooooooo :crazy:

Focus on that 'breath of fresh air' - BARACK OBAMA! That would be a wise and prudent strategy, imho, to focus on the POSITIVE.

Peace,
M_Y_H

[TankLV]

29. HELLO!!!! Well I should hope so - and we should also be seeking to "destroy" mcINSANE too!!!

If we're not, then we are playing the game properly...

but I'm afraid it looks like we are once again bringing a knife and "roberts rules" to a gunfight...

[treestar]

30. McLoser whines that the opposition is actually fighting!

Obama should be deferring to him! :sarcasm:

[tanyev]

37. The GOP is a party of whiners!

[and-justice-for-all]

31. The truth is a real bitch....

so shut and take your medicine repigs!

Those people are unfucking believable, Obama has not dropped anymore in the polls then McLiar and Moosilini has after their convention bump. There is not mini army because the repigs are FUCKING LYING!
A losing campaign using the same tired bullshit...

[radfringe]

32. this is the big leagues

Seems to me that palin can't take the heat. She's looking more like, as another DUer put it "a poodle in pantyhose", than a pitbull (with or without lipstick)

[City Lights]

35. For a supposed "tough guy," McCain sure does a lot of whining.

And it pisses me off that they sneer at the idea of "air-dropping a mini-army of 30 lawyers" while ignoring the air-dropped mini-army of fixers McCain brought in an attempt to cover up Palin's skeletons.

Like most Republickers, if McCain's lips are moving, he's lying. :mad:

[EFerrari]

44. Why is this war hero hiding behind a woman's skirts?

:shrug:

[bemildred]

39. So? nt

[YvonneCa]

40. Not the Obama camp...It's 'WE' of the informed citizenry...

...just making sure the truth gets covered! :7

[Alter Ego]

41. Obama campaign: Killdozer?

And the McCain campaign is rapidly becoming the Sarah Palin Defense Fund.

[Imagevision]

43. Mccain camp getting uptight that the truth may come out about Palin

she was never vetted, someone should do it!