New Ad From South Carolina GOP Is All About McCain's POW Past

[sabra]

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/new_ad_from_south_carolina_gop.php

To our knowledge, this new ad from the South Carolina Republican Party is the first ad to focus exclusively on McCain's POW captivity.

The spot hits directly back at Obama for his criticism of McCain's number-of-houses flub:

"This is the story of a John McCain home you might not know about," the ad opens, and follows with footage dramatizing McCain getting shot down. After showing shots of a prison cell, the spot continues:

"This is where John McCain was starved, beaten, tortured, and maimed for life. So the next time Barack Obama talks about one of John McCain's homes, remember this one."

The ad closes by saying that it was paid for by the South Carolina GOP, suggesting it's up on the air. We're trying to get details on the buy, if there is one, but even if there isn't, the spot is noteworthy. It suggests that surrogates in the states will soon start pushing the POW-POW-POWing in earnest, in a way that even McCain himself might not be willing to do.

[thereismore]

1. Haha, everybody is sick of that 'home'. nt

[ClassWarrior]

2. Good. They're reinforcing the multiple houses frame.

Don't think of an elephant...

:rofl:

NGU.

[Island Blue]

3. If there is anything Republicans respond positively to,

it's torture. They seem to love hearing about it, talking about it and/or administering it.

[MarjorieG]

4. To get around fundraising limits, McC's public financing/not, GOP started to donate to states...

for ambiguous laws and controls on where the money goes. All these ads will pop us for states and for McCain. Read that some 20-something came up with the plan and implementation. Great.

[Cha]

5. Yeah, let's vote for the pow because

we feel sorry for him.

[jenmito]

6. Maybe we should respond by showing video of a poor neighborhood, maybe add a couple of rats running

through, etc., talking about the next time McCain calls Obama a "celebrity," remember HE, unlike MCCAIN, came from no money nor privilege.

[ericgtr]

7. 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11 9/11

uh.. 9/11