New Obama ad plays up “heartland” roots
As reported at the mother ship, Barack Obama has begun running his first general elections ads in Missouri and 17 other states.
The ad is similar to one Obama ran during the primaries — looks like it could have been shot at the same house — alternating between a grainy photo montage and a shot of the candidate in a living-room setting.
Obama’s newest ad highlights his ties to the Midwest — his mom grew up in Wichita, Kan. and he cut his political teeth in Chicago, where he now lives.
“I was raised by a single mom and my grandparents,” Obama says in the ad. “We didn’t have much money. But they taught me values straight from the Kansas heartland where they grew up — accountability and self reliance”
The AP adroitly points out that the ad is not actually running in Kansas, but could be seen by those who share a television market with Kansas City, Mo.
“Accountability and Self-Reliance?” Give me a break. That should have read “Government-Reliance.”
I didn’t know being born in Hawaii and attending private schools qualified as having “midwest roots”. And during the primary campaigns, didn’t Obama cite his childhood stays in Indonesia and countries as examples of foreign policy experience?
What a phony.
well, what is absolutely clear from this ad is: Obama did not work his way up from a beer inheritance to the Senate. I also don’t see any mention of him abandoning his wife when she got ill. Go figure.
Of course you don’t. Everyone knows that The Great and Dear Leader, the Messiah of America, the Blessed Star of Illinois, the Healer of Eternity, descended from the right hand of the Father. One thousand cranes descended from Heaven to place his infant body wrapped in swaddling clothes in a manger.
“well, what is absolutely clear from this ad is: Obama did not work his way up from a beer inheritance to the Senate. I also don’t see any mention of him abandoning his wife when she got ill. Go figure”
In this thinly veiled reference to McCain’s first marriage…Jwes, you need to get your facts straight. According to Carol McCain, her accident had nothing to do with their divorce. He’s been paying her medical bills and will for the rest of her life, she bears no animosity toward him, so why should anyone else?
If you’ve read any of the books written by McCain or about McCain, you know that he freely admits to having been a playboy in his youth. He freely admits his mistakes, and he knows how things appear.
My question for those who want to condemn McCain for his mistakes…do you also condemn Bill Clinton for his philandering. Would you also not vote for him just based on that knowledge?
Momof1girl,
Good point. All of the Republicans who flipped out over Bill Clinton should definitely not vote for the philandering John McCain. And all the Democrats can vote against him because they care about the country.
1. “Private school” - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punahou_School a Congregationalist School, listed as a “college preparatory school”. Of course no one in St Louis would ever find themselves in such a school, unless they went to MICDS, or Rosati Kain, or Cardinal Ritter, or John Burroughs, or…., but then again I guess that is different.
2. Now if your point is that Senator Obama’s having gone to such a school makes him an “elitist”, then what does the fact that Senator McCain has a grandfather who was an Admiral and who has a Navy Base named after him, and who helped him get into Annapolis make him if not part of the “elitist establishment”?
> My question for those who want to condemn McCain for his mistakes…
> do you also condemn Bill Clinton for his philandering.
Of course not. Nor do they condemn Saint Obama for his. Only Republicans are to be condemned … in a most non-partisan way, of course.
God, Go Fish is still SO bitter and pissy! So if a military brat has traveled it would be ok to say the same thing Obama did? You would accept it from that person? I’ve heard your party do so before. How many politicians went to private schools abroad? Lots! The dude had a childhood here, and he had constant contact with his midwestern family base. So what’s your point, other than to spread repub foolishness?
It’s kind of odd you don’t want a guy with the experiences Obama had when we have so many problems that require a world experience. You get a lot more positive experience adapting to and being exposed to other cultures than a more naive person growing up isolated from differences. Seeing it early without the veil of adult propagandas and “shoulds” offers absorbtion to the soul. It sticks and could come in handy with the diplomatic problems we face.
When you spend several years with advanced degrees working the mean streeets of Chicago for under 20k a year, and doing as much good as Obama did, then maybe you’d have room to criticize. Most of you don’t, so spit that red herring out before it stains your pearly white teeth. Extra credit if you reseacrh Obama’s mamma and decide if being exposed to her micro-financing expertise helped Obama at all regarding being able to deal with this country’s economic issues.
Silly wabbits…your tricks are for kids.
Quit whining Nicki Kasoff…you know both sides do it. Come here and get a hug and quit sniffling boy. Nut up!