Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s new TV ad takes aim at Republican opponent John McCain and accuses him of being in the pocket of the oil industry.
Here’s the 30 second spot, which is currently airing on national cable:
“Every time you fill your tank, the oil companies fill their pockets,” the ad’s narrator states. “Now Big Oil’s filling John McCain’s campaign with $2 million in contributions, because, instead of taxing their windfall profits to help drivers, McCain wants to give them another $4 billion in tax breaks. After one president in the pocket of big oil, we can’t afford another.”
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds responded with this statement:
“Barack Obama’s latest negative attack ad shows his celebrity is matched only by his hypocrisy,” he said. “After all, it was Senator Obama, not John McCain, who voted for the Bush-Cheney energy bill that was a sweetheart deal for oil companies. Also not mentioned is the $400,000 from Big Oil-contributors that Barack Obama has already pocketed in this election.”