Ads Backfiring, McCain Goes Negative On Self by Scott Ott (2008-10-15) — With his focus on Barack Obama’s association with a domestic terrorist producing plummeting polling numbers for John McCain, the Republican nominee’s campaign plans to turn the tide with a new strategy, including zingers at tonight’s debate and new ads that slam Sen. John McCain.
“People — especially undecided voters — feel compassion for victims,” said one unnamed McCain campaign strategist, “Our attacks on Obama, rather than stirring concerns about the people who have shaped his thinking, have generated sympathy for him. To make those polls turn around, Americans need to feel as sorry for McCain as they now do for that poor skinny bookworm from Illinois who has trouble making decent friends.” The McCain-Palin campaign plans a series of ads in which a breathy, conspiratorial voice talks about John McCain’s divorce, his gambling and his personal involvement in the Vietnam quagmire. Each spot will end with John McCain’s own voice whispering through clenched teeth: “I’m John McCain and I approved this message.” At tonight’s final presidential debate, at New York’s Hofstra University, Sen. McCain plans to unleash several zingers designed to raise questions in voters’ minds about his fitness to lead. “These will be the one-liners that get replayed incessantly,” said the source. “By this time next week, voters will be saying, ‘Why don’t they let that poor old man alone?’ He’ll go from 14 points down to 14 points up, then Republicans will be the ones whispering the ‘L word’ … landslide, baby, landslide.” http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3157 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
