{"id":3548,"date":"2008-08-08T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/mccain-another-attack-on-obamas-celebrity\/"},"modified":"2008-08-08T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-08T17:00:00","slug":"mccain-another-attack-on-obamas-celebrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/08\/mccain-another-attack-on-obamas-celebrity\/","title":{"rendered":"McCain: Another attack on Obama&#8217;s celebrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Republican presidential candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnmccain.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John McCain\u2019s<\/a> new TV ad continues his attack on Democratic opponent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barackobama.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obama\u2019s<\/a> celebrity and, in the tradition of McCain\u2019s previous <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/new-mccain-ad-obama-britney-and-paris.html\">Paris\/Britney ad<\/a>, features a brief image of Obama next to another blond on the cover of an entertainment magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Here\u2019s the 30-second ad, which is airing in <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and other battleground states:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><object width=\"420\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FWXqpHEsrxc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FWXqpHEsrxc&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"420\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s the third TV ad McCain has unveiled focusing on Obama\u2019s celebrity. The ad opens with images of a crowd and then Obama on the cover of several magazines, including GQ and Vanity Fair.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cLife in the spotlight must be grand, but for the rest of us times are tough,\u201d the ad\u2019s narrator states. \u201cObama voted to raise taxes on people making just $42,000. He promises more taxes on small business, seniors, your life savings, your family. Painful taxes, hard choices for your budget. Not ready to lead. That\u2019s the real Obama.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate John McCain\u2019s new TV ad continues his attack on Democratic opponent Barack Obama\u2019s celebrity and, in the tradition of McCain\u2019s previous Paris\/Britney ad, features a brief image of Obama next to another blond on the cover of an entertainment magazine. Here\u2019s the 30-second ad, which is airing in New Mexico and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3548\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}