McCain camp releases its first contrast ad of the general

[Dos Equis]

When is the Willie Horton ad coming out?   

McCain camp releases its first contrast ad of the general
Posted: 09:30 PM ET

From CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand
 
(CNN) – John McCain’s campaign continued to hammer Barack Obama on foreign policy ahead of the presumptive Democratic nominee’s upcoming overseas trip, releasing its first contrast television ad of the general election campaign Friday – a spot that that paints the Illinois senator as a flip-flopping opportunist who opposed fully funding U.S. troops.

The ad is the first negative spot released by the McCain campaign, although the Republican National Committee attacked Obama on energy policy in a $3 million independent expenditure earlier this month.

“Barack Obama never held a single Senate hearing on Afghanistan. He hasn't been to Iraq in years,” says the announcer in the 30-second spot.

“He voted against funding our troops,” he continues, as a picture of Obama appears alongside the words “AGAINST TROOP FUNDING.”


“Positions that helped him win his nomination. Now Obama is changing to help himself become president. John McCain has always supported our troops and the surge that's working. McCain. Country first.”

The new spot follows a week of conference calls, memos and speeches from both campaigns on national security issues in advance of Obama’s first trip to Afghanistan and second trip to Iraq. On Thursday, the McCain team released an eight minute Web video highlighting what it said were Obama’s shifting positions on the war in Iraq. They also released a 16-page memo attacking the Democrat on a host of foreign policy concerns.

The ad will air on national cable and be cycled into McCain’s existing buys in 11 battleground states: Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and northern Virginia.

UPDATE: The Obama campaign responded that the senator voted in favor of every defense spending bill until the supplemental last May.

“While Barack Obama wants to change American foreign policy to wind down the war in Iraq and address the grave threat posed by a resurgent al Qaeda and Taliban in Afghanistan, John McCain offers this patently misleading negative ad," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement. "Given his calls for a civil campaign, it's disappointing that Senator McCain has slipped so easily into the same, tired campaign tactics that have become so familiar to the American people."

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[240 is Back]

I'm sure this will receive the same amount of coverage as Obama giving speeches of hope around the world.

[youandme]

I'm sure this will receive the same amount of coverage as Obama giving speeches of hope around the world.

If anything it will be comic relief, as he makes false promises to those outisde the U.S. such as disarming the world of nukes.

[240 is Back]

If anything it will be comic relief, as he makes false promises to those outisde the U.S. such as disarming the world of nukes.

the sheep who vote based upon what they see on the local news after sitcoms will now believe that obama has world credibility and more foreign policy experience.

remember, we LIVE politics here.  most people don't.  they'll see obama overseas for 15 seconds on nightly news and it'll mean they disbelieve mccain in the debates when he says obama doesn't have experience.

[headhuntersix]

Not to close from the truth...McCain needs to have a clear simple response and message every time Obama does these things....hammer home his message and the contrast...don't make it hard for the general public to figure out.....free strippers, beer and wings might help.

[youandme]

Not to close from the truth...McCain needs to have a clear simple response and message every time Obama does these things....hammer home his message and the contrast...don't make it hard for the general public to figure out.....free strippers, beer and wings might help.

McCain does not bite or bark enough. He could have really nailed the connection between Petraus and Obama. At least now he is hammering the Iraq war, but that is only cause he really did miss the train on the oil drilling issue, and could have got alot more attention on it. At least Bush is playing policy maker now, making Obama's "next Bush" weaker and weaker. Executive offshore drilling, talks with Iran, now he accepts a time table for Iraq, Bush is doing a 360 and beyond, to help the RNC.

[240 is Back]

Bush talked hard for 7.5 years.

In the last 6 months, he's suddenly backing down to Iran.

Why?

Is he scared Obama will find a peace with them inside of a week after taking office?