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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

McCain’s Latest Campaign Commercial: Love

I kind of like this ad from McCain.

Here’s a transcript:

It was a time of uncertainty, hope and change. The “Summer Of Love.” Half a world away, another kind of love — of country.

John McCain: Shot down. Bayoneted. Tortured. Offered early release, he said, “No.” He’d sworn an oath.

Home, he turned to public service. His philosophy: before party, polls and self … America. A maverick, John McCain tackled campaign reform, military reform, spending reform. He took on presidents, partisans and popular opinion.

He believes our world is dangerous, our economy in shambles. John McCain doesn’t always tell us what we “hope” to hear. Beautiful words cannot make our lives better.

But a man who has always put his country and her people before self, before politics can.

Don’t “hope” for a better life. Vote for one. McCain.

“Beautiful words cannot make our lives better.” Ain’t that the truth, though given how McCain has gone back on some of the things he told his conservative base during the primary race I hardly think he has the high ground when it comes to the “telling the people what they want to hear” department.

But the contrast of McCain’s substantive campaign with Obama’s rather campaign built on pretty speeches and soaring rhetoric is appealing.

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Nice use of the “hope and change” buzzwords.



For any voter trying to choose between the two candidates for commander in chief, there is no better test than this: When American strategy in a critical theater was up for grabs, John McCain proposed a highly unpopular and risky path, which he accurately predicted could lead to success. Barack Obama proposed a popular and politically safe route that would have led to an unnecessary and debilitating American defeat at the hands of al Qaeda.

Frederick W. Kagan

Proof on July 8, 2008 at 10:04 am

our economy in shambles

One problem with the ad.  Shambles is 1978.  5.5% Unemployment and positive GDP growth is not shambles.  Elect Obama and we will find out what “shambles” is.

Justin B. on July 8, 2008 at 12:48 pm

The curse word in this advertisement was “maverick,” as McCain uses that damnable term as an excuse to violate the principle of loyalty to ones president and party, he uses it to go against the conservative base of the GOP and even to violate the Constitution (McCain-Feingold), maverick is such a nicer word that backstabber, so he expects the base to forgive and forget some of the terrible things he has done as Senator because after all he was just being a maverick.

Otherwise, not knowing the things above, it was a patriotic commercial and was well designed. Except, it is not patriotism or his Commander-In-Chief image he needs to promote right now, rather he needs to spell out a clear, easy to understand economic vision for America’s future.


No matter the age or state of health, for a military man it is always glorious to tilt at windmills, rescue a fair Dulcinea and be a gallant knight in armor in a glorious cause.

Neiman on July 8, 2008 at 02:26 pm
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