I cut out halfway though, wondering who makes these ads up.

I'm remembering McCain on McCain Feingold, audio (on Imus Aug 28 2006).

Respect means things to McCain that might not expect.

I'm sure Obama will make a much better President.

I'm sure he will be listening to Republican voices in a way McCain never would.

``Not Obama'' is a winning line, sure. But you still have to hold your nose.

Obama would be an answer to a helium shortage.

I have voted Republican for 50 years, sometimes unenthusiastically. I am feeling that way again since I am not a big fan of John McCain.

But the most disgusting part is the religious bigots who have now surfaced in opposition to McCain choosing Romney as his running mate. This is assuredly the force that was behind Huckabee's surge in the Iowa primary which focused on defeating Romney but also hurt my choice, Thompson.

If these people have enough influence to change who can get on the ticket, then I will begin to look elsewhere (after I vote for McCain this time) since I don't like being associated with religious bigotry.

Bob,

Neither party can hold. The coalitions just don't make sense any more.

Fortunately I think the Republican Party is returning to its anti-bigotry roots.

You will note that Huckabbee's policy prescriptions will be more at home in the Democrat Party, the original party of racists and bigots. I hope he heads that way. And good riddance.

Thanks for that reference. I grew up in the deep south at a time when there was no effective political party other than Democrats, and they were for the status quo of segregation. The American Thinker article gives a good analysis of how it got that way.

Many of my ancestors moved into Georgia in the late 1700's and my research shows that several were large land owners (not plantations but large land grants from having served in the Revolutionary War) who had slaves. Many served in the war between the North and the South and several did not survive that conflict, including my gg grandfather. Of course, many of these men were fighting their cousins from Pennsylvania since many had migrated to the south from there. All the landholdings were lost because of the devastation from the war and my family was dirt poor coming out of the depression.

It was my great fortune to have parents and grandparents who valued and promoted independent thinking and education and steered me away from people in our community who exhibited narrowmindedness and prejudice. And I personally witnessed how the civil rights movement brought enormous changes to the region where I grew up, almost all positive, including the re-ascendance of the Republican Party.

Of course, that new Republican Party in the South had all types, bigots and not. The Democrat Party got strong support from the black community and was filled with whites who were joining the northern Democrats and their patronizing ways.

To make a long discussion shorter, I have been observing with great interest what has been going on with the Democrats and hoping that their behavior would cause black voters to wake up and recognize who more truly represents their political interests. And now I must face this extreme religious bigotry showing its ugly face in the Republican Party.

I hope your assessment of a return to anti-bigotry roots is correct.

I couldn't quite understand the purpose of this ad with respect to McCain's candidacy, but then I asked my self a question...

Would Obama's campaign be able to run an ad like this without being accused of hypocrisy?

Nope. See "moral ground, high, staking out"

Isn't the narrator the one the Democrats often use? Perhaps not the best choice to win over Republicans unhappy with Mc-F, but they're probably targeting independents and disaffected Dems.

sherlock,

That is exactly how I saw it. Which is one of the reasons I posted it.

McCain has the perfect tone for his campaign. He lets your imagination run wild vs. Obama.

In a way it is the Obama Campaign but subtler. The most effective commercials work hard to let the individual's mind fill in the details. Then there is nothing that can be disputed.

Who ever is doing this is a real Master at PR.