McCain's Christmas ad puts cross front and center

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: McCain's Christmas ad puts cross front and center


McCain is out with a Christmas ad.

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) – Another Republican presidential candidate is out with a Christmas television ad prominently featuring a cross, but no one will be able accuse this ad of telegraphing anything subliminal. Sen. John McCain's campaign today released a new ad recounting a tale from McCain's time in a Vietnamese prison camp, and the image of the cross is deliberately placed front and center.

The ad will run in South Carolina and New Hampshire beginning Friday and will broadcast until "a few days after Christmas," according to a McCain aide. It's McCain's first TV ad in South Carolina.

"One night, after being mistreated as a POW, a guard loosened the ropes binding me, easing my pain," McCain narrates in the 30-second spot. "On Christmas, that same guard approached me, and without saying a word, he drew a cross in the sand." The ad uses grainy footage to re-enact the moment as a man, off screen, draws a cross in the dirt using a twig.

"We stood wordlessly looking at the cross, remembering the true light of Christmas," the ad continues. "I will never forget that no matter where you are, no matter how difficult the circumstances, there will always be someone who will pick you up."

Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, was accused of subliminally using a "floating cross" in the background of his new Christmas ad as a nod to evangelical Christians. He denied that charge....

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/20/mccains-christmas-ad-puts-cross-front-and-center/

LINK TO VIDEO OF AD: http://johnmccain.com/mychristmasstory/

[NMMNG]

1. Vote for meeee, I'm more Christiany than them!

Aye.

[bunnies]

2. I just saw it.

So fucking creepy.

[msongs]

3. obama must be green with envy from mccain and huckabee cross ads nt

[TwilightGardener]

4. I'm very disappointed in McCain for using his POW status--

everyone knows his story by now. I don't think it's something he should deliberately exploit. The cross thing is just more creepy pandering, too. Yuck.

[dbackjon]

5. so which Rethug will do an ad while nailed to a cross?

[NC_Nurse]

6. "Refresh my stigmata, darling"...

anyone see this Ab Fab episode? Or was it the movie...can't remember.
Hilarious.

[cali]

7. excuse me while I puke

exploiting his POW status and combining it with sanctimonious crap.

[Infinite Hope]

8. I don't have a problem with this one because...

1)It's a relevant story to tell due to the timing (Xmas).
2)Biographical stories are fundamental to campaigns at certain points and, again, this particular story is relevant given the season.

[musicblind]

9. I'm okay with it

I have to agree, hardcore liberal here, but I don't see anything awful with this commercial. At least he was honest about the cross and not trying to hide it, and it is a commericial that tells us something about his life experiences. I think life experiences are a GOOD thing to run on ...