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Anti-McCain Ad Surfaces in Battlegrounds

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Posted on Mar 5, 2008
anti-McCain commercial

Something called the Campaign to Defend America has purchased a reported $1 million worth of air time in Ohio and Pennsylvania to run this ad, which connects John McCain to George W. Bush.

Update: Check out this investigation to learn who is behind the ad.

Watch it:

(via The Page)

As The Swamp points out: “Ironically for McCain, he spent most of the primary season trying to convince conservative voters not to worry about all those times he broke from his party.”

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By Rick, March 10, 2008 at 3:05 pm #
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In the spirit of this ad, I have registered the URL http://nomoreofthemcsame.com, dedicated to telling the cold, hard truth about John McCain between now and the election. I welcome feedback on the site and am also looking for contributors. Articles will look at his voting record, his positions, and his public comments.

On another note, I agree there is little difference between Hillary and McCain. Either one will only continue this nation on the wrong path.

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By Conservative Yankee, March 7, 2008 at 12:38 pm #
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....and they are bought and paid for just like the big boys…. only one difference they don’t have any brakes.  They are beholding to no one, and therefore they listen to only themselves… their favorite pass-time.

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By BlueEagle, March 6, 2008 at 4:32 pm #

Yes, Brzezinski is right and that is what has happened. What you don’t get is that that is exactly what Brzezinski wanted to happen. As Obama foreign policy advisor, he will advise Obama to use the same tactics to further the same agenda as Bush. The whole article is somewhat of a satire, because the techniques of the Bush administration are exactly what he advocated in his book The Grand Chessboard, where he states, “Moreover, as America becomes an increasingly multi-cultural society, it may find it more difficult to fashion a consensus on foreign policy issues, except in the circumstance of a truly massive and widely perceived direct external threat.” (p. 211) He’s the one that advocated creating an external threat!

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By wiseguyaz, March 6, 2008 at 3:17 pm #
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McSame, Obama, Hillary they are all basically the same. All of them have been bought and paid for
by Big Money/Business.  They are all war-mongers and
do not care about the average Joe/Jane. We need a
third party which will bring a real change.  The
road will be tough and with no victories in the beginning but by preseverance that party will eventall win the elections and bring REAL CHANGE.
Keeping switching back and forthfrom Republicans to Democrat in search of that elusive change will not do. Just look what have been happening in the last 30 years since “Ray-Gun” took office.

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By Conservative Yankee, March 6, 2008 at 5:59 am #
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They can promise all they wish,, as has every president since Richard Nixon, BUT

why not?

Because we have the lowest gasoline prices in the non-surplus market.

Check Israel, England, and the Netherlands…. France, Germany, Spain, Japan, and Australia.

It’s a team effort. we pay them, and they reward us….

BUT as I’ve said before one can not fit Oil politics, policies, or economics on a bumper sticker, so it must be a conspiricy.

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By GW=MCHammered, March 6, 2008 at 5:48 am #
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Are you saying Hillamama is an Obamally?
I think the system breeds clones.

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By Douglas Chalmers, March 6, 2008 at 2:01 am #

This ‘embassy’ - and the Halliburton base in the fabulous fake oasis of Dubai - are the modern equivalent of the Eastern capital of the old Roman empire….. and just as indicative of the impending demise of the US empire, uhh.

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By cyrena, March 6, 2008 at 1:52 am #

Well Maani,

I’ll give Hillary points for her health care plan, and I actually always have. For sure, she’s better than McCain on that.

But, your first claim is a falsehood, regarding Iraq.

The bottom line is that Hillary has NO intentions of leaving Iraq, and she’s just as likely to finish up the plan that the PNAC instituted a long time ago, since she’s taken up where Condi the Rice has temporarily stopped rattling sabers at Iran.

Make no mistake Maani, for realists who have been paying attention, WE KNOW HILLARY IS LYING ABOUT GETTING OUT OF IRAQ!

Yes Maani, we DO know that! And the WARS Maani, the crimes Against Humanity, and the violation of the Convention Against Torture, and the Crimes Against Peace, are all things that Americans care very much about…all of them are connected to the war that Hillary was GLAD to start, and would definitely continue.

YES. We know that she finally decided to mimic Obama about 6 months ago, (at the most) to come up with a ‘plan’ IDENTICAL TO HIS, to allegedly get the troops home. Since then, he’s promised to have them home by the end of 2009, and we know that Hillary was lying to begin with.

If she has a problem with oil giveaways, it’s just a tad bit late. Halliburton has already stolen and converted all of their loot, and Exxon-Mobile continues to make record profits, quarter after quarter. Why has Hillary not mentioned anything about that?

As for the tax cuts…I’d be happy if she would just REVEAL HER OWN FLIPPIN’ TAX RETURNS. Who gives a shit what she’s lying about when it comes to cutting back on the tax cuts?

You present all of Hillary’s ‘promises’ as if they are fact. She hasn’t done anything in her Senatorial capacity to make anybody think that she’s doing anything but lying.

I don’t get it with you. Now, you are NOT a piece of work, because you won’t DO any work. We’ve talked about that before. You just list all of these things that Hillary claims she’s gonna do, and you never site a single solitary thing that she’s ALREADY done, that might make one inclined to believe her…or at least establish some sort of a basis for the lies.

So Maani, tomorrow I’m going to spin all of the stuff in my shredder, into GOLD, and then I’m gonna send you at least 850 pounds of it. And then the next day, I’ll send you 850 more pounds of it.

You believe me don’t you?

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By cyrena, March 6, 2008 at 1:37 am #

Yep Blue Eagle, and this proves you don’t know much about Brzezinski.

Maybe you should do a little research before you just start sprouting off and showing your ignorance.

I posted this before…you must have missed it. Not exactly an EagleEYE are you? Maybe more like a BLIND blue eagle?

  Editor’s Note: This editorial by Zbigniew Brzezinski was published last year in The Washington Post. So far in 2008, the Bush administration’s “war on terror” and fear-mongering show no sign of waning. sp/TO

  Go to Original

  Terrorized by “War on Terror”
  By Zbigniew Brzezinski
  The Washington Post

  Sunday 25 March 2007

  How a three-word mantra has undermined America.

  The “war on terror” has created a culture of fear in America. The Bush administration’s elevation of these three words into a national mantra since the horrific events of 9/11 has had a pernicious impact on American democracy, on America’s psyche and on U.S. standing in the world. Using this phrase has actually undermined our ability to effectively confront the real challenges we face from fanatics who may use terrorism against us.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022908I.shtml

Let’s hope that Obama hires Zbig as his National Security advisor, so we can get back to some sanity, and not deal with threats that have been created via a treasonous administration bent on making terror into law.

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By Douglas Chalmers, March 6, 2008 at 12:29 am #

People like you, cyrena, don’t seem to understand that you are working to bring a Republican renewal - or maybe you do? Once you’ve succeeded in destroying the Democrats, what else will there be, huh?

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By James M. Martin, March 5, 2008 at 9:24 pm #
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I am in complete agreement with the TV commercial swiftboating McPain as Bush III.  He’s busy backtracking on calling Iraq our One Hundred Year’s War, but we heard him say it.  Why do you think Bush II started building a 750 million dollar embassy in Baghdad?

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By BlueEagle, March 5, 2008 at 8:38 pm #

I agree Hillary = McCain = Bush.

I would also add Obama to the mix. Obama is the same as Hillary. They like to emphasize that in each debate.

In fact Obama has supported Bush too by voting yes to fund the Iraq war and voting yes to reauthorize the Patriot Act. Zbigniew Brzezinski is one of Barack Obama foreign policy advisors and was co-chairman of the first Bush’s National Security Advisory Task Force and active in the Reagan administration.

Good stuff.

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By Maani, March 5, 2008 at 8:33 pm #

Cyrena:

“Well, this is something we already knew of course. What too many people DON’T know, is that Hillary Clinton is the SAME as Bush as well, just like she’s the SAME as McCain.”

Really?

The four issues covered in the ad are:

Iraq.  Claim that McCain supports it.  Hillary does not, and has a plan identical to Obama’s for getting us out.

Tax Cuts.  Claim that McCain supports tax cuts for the rich.  Hillary does not, and has already stated she would reverse them (mostly to assist in paying for the health care plan).

Oil give-aways.  Claim that McCain supports them.  Hillary does not, and has stated she willcut or eliminate subisidies for the oil companies.

Healthcare.  Claim that McCain has no plan for universal health care.  Hillary does, has stated this consistently, and he health care plan comes closest of all plans to getting us there.

You really are a piece of work…

Peace.  (of work)

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By Mike Mathiesen, March 5, 2008 at 7:19 pm #
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President George W. Bush danced a little jig today on the steps of the White House Portico in celebration of John McSame finally locking up the Republican Nomination for President.  Bush is ecstatic because John McSame has vowed to continue Bush policies and especially the War in Iraq.  This is Bush’s only hope for atonement for the lies and the fraud he perpetrated on the American people. 

Bush said to McCain,“Hey, John, if you keep up the lie that we went to Iraq to fight Al Quaeda, maybe they won’t hate me so much and I can go on to live a nice life in Dallas and make more money on Gasoline price hikes.  You keep hiking the Gas prices and the Arabs will keep sending me my royalty checks.  WIll you do that for me ol’ buddy?”

To which McSame replied.  “Of course George, but you’re gonna have to take a cut in royalties since I will be the one getting the big bucks in office.  You’ll have to live on about Ten Million bucks a day.” 

“That’s quite a hardship,” Bush replied.  “Isn’t there anything you can do for me, JOhn?” Bush pleaded.

“Well, I tell you what, George.  You go and buy yourself another baseball team and we’ll funnel some money to you for the Steroids you can sell the players, how’s that?”  McSame replied.

“Good Deal, John?  Gee, you’re so good to me,” Bush replied and he rushed back into the White House to count his money.”

We HAVE TO ENSURE there is NEVER another TYRANNY like this one again.  http://WWW.REALDEMOCRACYINAMERICA.COM

JOIN NOW, or forever get the government that you deserve.

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By cyrena, March 5, 2008 at 5:57 pm #

Well, this is something we already knew of course. What too many people DON’T know, is that Hillary Clinton is the SAME as Bush as well, just like she’s the SAME as McCain.

So hopefully the organization that put this together, Campaign to Defend America, will find a way to defend us from Hillary. Otherwise…same shit we’re in now, only worse, since she’s willing to mix it up with Iran and Russia too. Maybe she’ll even go after China. She’s not opposed to another world war any more than McCain is.

What’s good for the Oligarchy is what’s good for the Clinton’s, and that military industrial complex is at the top of that list.

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