Taking Obama to task for Spanish Language lies

[Anonymous]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/from-the-fact-1.html

From ABC news, certainly no hotbed of the GOP - claiming McCain is anti-immigrant! Now that is audacity!

[Anonymous]

is this worse than saying that Obama's biggest accomplishment is sponsoring a bill to teach sex ed to Kindergardeners? please. this is nothing compared to what the republican's have been doing.

[Anonymous]

Is this another case of different rules for Dems and Republicans?

Hacking Palin's email is ok because she wouldn't let us look at it.

Obama can lie to Hispanic voters and it is fine because McCain lied (worse)?

Obama is giving an income tax cut to 95% of Americans - something any middle schooler could figure out was untrue since 40% of Americans don't pay ANY income taxes now - but McCain is dishonorable for pointing out the basic untruth in the promise?

It is no wonder we are in such a mess - NEITHER side has any compunction about lying or stealing so long as it benefits their own side.

[Anonymous]

you're right - its all F-ed up so we shouldn't even bother voting since there's not perfect candidate. you should stay home on Nov 4th.

[Anonymous]

This ad is actually pretty bad. NYT and other pubs are calling it misleading or deceptive. It associates McCain with Rush Limbaugh's ugliest words about Mexicans (although there's no basis for the assocation) while distorting McCain's beliefs and actions on immigration reform.

Did you know, 9:44, that the McCain "sex ed" ad isn't a real ad? Nor is Obama's "1982" spot a real ad. Both are phony ads that get disseminated on YouTube and, more importantly, get media attention, but they're not real ads running in real markets. It's just part of the manipulation both candidates are engaging in, trying to drive the message. Here's a link to Jonathan Martin's Politico story on this:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13536.html

In contrast to these phony ads, the Limbaugh Spanish-language spot is actually running on both TV and radio in several states with big Latino populations. Both campaigns are really disappointing me with this kind of stuff.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for posting this. Yes, this ad is quite disturbing. I'm disappointed in the Obama campaign.

Still voting for him because I believe he is the lesser of two evils -- but very disappointed in this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for posting this. Yes, this ad is quite disturbing. I'm disappointed in the Obama campaign.

Still voting for him because I believe he is the lesser of two evils -- but very disappointed in this.

10:46 here. Both campaigns do this stuff, of course. It is a mistake to equate this ad, which will have a very significant market penetration, with the McCain sex ed ad, which will have virtually none.

I wish Obama had agreed to the series of town hall meetings McCain proposed. I have this fantasy of a campaign with no ads, no mailers, nothing but debates and town hall meetings. No discussions of who is a secret Muslim or whose daughter is pregnant; nothing but the genuine issues we as voters need to know about. Of course this is never going to happen, but meaningful campaign finance reform would take this on and make some changes in the way we get information about candidates and their views.

[Anonymous]

The Times has an editorial on this. They agree that Obama's ad is deceptive. They also quote an earlier McCain ad that is deceptive about Obama's position on immigration. It looks like a calculated decision that the most effective way to fight deception is with your own deception, rather than with the truth. Unfortunately, that calculation may be correct.

Here is the link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/opinion/19fri1.html?hp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:is this worse than saying that Obama's biggest accomplishment is sponsoring a bill to teach sex ed to Kindergardeners? please. this is nothing compared to what the republican's have been doing.

He did it, you can get the transcript. Face it, your boy is a sick bastard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This ad is actually pretty bad. NYT and other pubs are calling it misleading or deceptive. It associates McCain with Rush Limbaugh's ugliest words about Mexicans (although there's no basis for the assocation) while distorting McCain's beliefs and actions on immigration reform.

Did you know, 9:44, that the McCain "sex ed" ad isn't a real ad? Nor is Obama's "1982" spot a real ad. Both are phony ads that get disseminated on YouTube and, more importantly, get media attention, but they're not real ads running in real markets. It's just part of the manipulation both candidates are engaging in, trying to drive the message. Here's a link to Jonathan Martin's Politico story on this:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13536.html

In contrast to these phony ads, the Limbaugh Spanish-language spot is actually running on both TV and radio in several states with big Latino populations. Both campaigns are really disappointing me with this kind of stuff.

Sorry, Rush's ugliest words about Hispanics? Not following you here!