Today's local paper compared three of the most frequently-aired ads for the week ending October 12 by the Obama and McCain campaigns.The comparison may give a clue as to why McCain is losing.
Ad I -
Obama's ad talks about Obama's health care plan and warns that McCain's plan will tax health care benefits "for the first time ever."
The ad is truthful and does not deal with McCain's character or lack thereof.
McCain's ad labels Obama as "Dangerous," and claims that Obama is "dishonorable." It attacks Obama's voting record on Iraq. It falsifies a comment Obama made about Afghanistan.
The ad is untruthful and attacks Obama's character.
Ad 2 -
Obama's ad has to do with Health Care Reform. It contrasts Obama's health care plan with "two extremes," or alternative health care plans.
The ad is truthful and does not deal with McCain's character of lack thereof.
McCain's ad is titled "Ambition," and attacks Obama personally for "bad judgment," and references Obama's non-relationship to William Ayers.
The ad is untruthful and attacks Obama's character.
Ad 3 -
Obama's ad is titled "Unravel." It claims that McCain's health care plan will "raise costs of employers," which might result in someone's health being either reduced or dropped entirely."
The ad is truthful and does not attack McCain's character or lack thereof.
McCain's ad is called "Tax Cutter." It asks the question, "Who is Barack Obama," and claims Obama "voted 94 times for higher taxes."
The ad is untruthful and attacks Obama's character.
And all of this should provide a bit of insight into how these two candidates think and how they approach differences between people. It also clarifies which candidate is more honest.
These comparisons also show rather clearly that McCain cannot run on his record nor his plans for the future and thus descends into the gutter by attacking Obama's character, and by lying about Obama's proposals.
1 comment:
I will vote for Obama on Monday! Then I no longer have to read or hear thes ads from Palin/McCain anymore. If McCaine wins, I will be ale to hunker down and learn to pray real loud and hard. I think I have enough money to survive and hope you all do too. I made mine during the Clinton years and was glad to pay taxes on an increased salary and bonus. I hope you all did too. I have no debts and suvived the Great Depression as a child of a once wealthy dad that slot everything and never made it back. I learned a lot from him and thank his memorty.
Bob Poris
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