DNC Releases New Ad on John McCain: '100'
DNC Releases New Ad on John McCain: '100'
McCain Is 'Fine' Keeping our Troops in Iraq for 100 Years
WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On NBC's Meet the Press this morning, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean announced that the DNC will air its second television advertisement of the 2008 Presidential Election season. Entitled "100," the ad will begin airing on cable networks nationally next week. While John McCain and the Republican Party are hoping voters will forget that McCain is "fine" with the Bush Administration's open-ended commitment in Iraq, the DNC will again give voters the chance to see and hear John McCain in his own words.
The ad features Senator McCain telling a town hall audience that despite the long war having cost our country $500 billion and 4,000 lives, staying in Iraq for 100 years "would be fine with me." The ad ends with the question all Americans must ask themselves when they go to the ballot box this November: "If all he offers is more of the same....is John McCain the right choice for America's future?"
John McCain's position on the war in Iraq is proving to be a political liability with voters who don't want more of the same disastrous Bush policies in Iraq. While just 31 percent of Americans approve of President Bush's handling of the war, McCain continues to be one of the most vocal supporters of the President's failed strategy there. And with the fifth anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech Thursday, voters will be reminded of how wrong Bush and McCain have been on the war every step of the way. [Associated Press, 4/10/08]
This is the second ad the Democratic National Committee has launched this campaign season to expose McCain for the weak candidate that he is. Last week, the DNC launched the ad "Better Off," featuring John McCain explaining to the American people that despite the stark reality to the contrary, he thinks we "overall are better off" than we were eight years ago. As the campaign season continues, the DNC will continue to use McCain's words as proof that a vote for McCain is a vote for a third Bush term.
"What John McCain doesn't understand is that the American people aren't fine with being in Iraq for 100 years in any capacity," said Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean. "The American people want a President who will responsibly end the war, not more of the same failed policy in Iraq that continues to cost $12 billion a month. They want a President who will invest that money here at home to create jobs and ensure our kids have health care. The more voters learn about John McCain, we're confident they will recognize that he is the wrong choice for America's future."
To view the ad click on the link below: http://www.democrats.org/a/2008/04/dnc_ad_on_mccai.php
Script of DNC Ad: "100" Video Audio President Bush has talked about our Question from audience over a card staying in Iraq for 50 years with CG: Senator McCain, President Bush has talked about our staying Maybe 100. in Iraq for 50 years. McCain answers. That would be fine with me. CG: 100 years in Iraq McCain video Scenes of Iraq CG with no President Bush has talked about our announcer: 5 years - $500 staying in Iraq 50 years Billion Spent - over 4,000 dead Maybe 100. Back to McCain video split screen If all he offers is more of the same with Iraq footage ....is John McCain the right choice for America's future? Freeze - CG over picture of McCain The Democratic National Committee is and Bush: Is John McCain the Right responsible for the content of this Choice for America's Future? advertising. Disclaimer: Paid for by Democratic National Committee. www.democrats.org. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. The DNC is responsible for the content of this advertising. Research From DNC Ad: "100" Audio Video Backup President Bush Question from Bush has talked about our has talked about our audience over a troops being in Iraq for 50 staying in Iraq card with CG: years. "Tony Snow, the White for 50 years ... Senator McCain, House press secretary, told President Bush reporters Bush believes U.S. has talked about forces eventually will end our staying in their combat role in Iraq Iraq for 50 years. but will continue to be needed in the country to deter threats and to help handle potential crises, as they have done in South Korea. The United States has kept forces in South Korea since war erupted with North Korea in 1950 and currently has about 30,000 troops there." [Los Angeles Times, 5/31/07] 100 Years Questioner: "Everyone Who Was There That Night Got It: We Weren't Getting Out Anytime Soon." According to Dave Tiffany, the questioner at the McCain town hall in New Hampshire who prompted McCain to pledge his allegiance to staying in Iraq for 100 years, "While splitting hairs over the meaning of campaign rhetoric, all ignore the fact that McCain advocates an open-ended presence in Iraq, and the consequences that would follow from such a commitment. McCain's words left little room for interpretation. By saying that he was fine with staying in Iraq for 100 years, he made clear his commitment to staying the course and, further, to remaining in Iraq for years after the country is pacified, assuming that's ever possible. Everyone who was there that night got it: we weren't getting out anytime soon." [The Huffington Post, 4/7/2008] McCain's Notion Of 100 Year US Presence In Iraq "Betrays A Fairly Acute Lack Of Knowledge About Both Iraq And Islam." "Time Columnist Joe Klein writes, "The problem with John McCain's 100 years in Iraq formulation isn't that he's calling for 95 more years of combat -- he isn't -- but that he thinks you can have a long-term basing arrangement in Iraq similar to those we have in Germany or Korea. That betrays a fairly acute lack of knowledge about both Iraq and Islam. It may well be possible to station U.S. troops in small, peripheral kingdoms like Dubai or Kuwait, but Iraq is -- and has always been -- volatile, tenuous, centrally-located and nearly as sensitive to the presence of infidels as Saudi Arabia. It is a terrible candidate for a long-term basing agreement." [Time, Swampland, 4/1/2008] Maybe 100. McCain answers. 2008: McCain Said US May CG: 100 years in Stay In Iraq For 100 Years. That would be Iraq McCain At a New Hampshire town hall fine with me. video when McCain was asked "President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years." McCain responded: "Maybe 100." [McCain Town Hall, Derry NH Opera House 1/3/2008] President Bush Scenes of Iraq Iraq War Has Lasted has talked CG with no Five Years about our announcer: The U.S. invaded Iraq staying in on March 20, 2003. Iraq 50 years ... 5 years $500 Billion Cost Of Iraq War Exceeds Spent $500 Billion So Far. "The United States has over 4,000 dead poured more than $500 billion into Iraq, mostly for military operations. But that figure is just a small piece of the much larger bill that taxpayers will pay in the future. Because the money for the war is being borrowed, interest payments could add another $615 billion. A heavily depleted military will have to be rebuilt at a cost of $280 billion. Disability benefits and health care for Iraq war veterans, many of them severely injured, could add another half-trillion dollars over their lifetime." [San Francisco Chronicle, 3/18/2008] Over 4,000 American Military Personnel Have Died in The Conflict. As of April 24, 4,046 American soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen have died in the Iraq War. [http://www.cnn.com/ SPECIALS/2003/iraq/ forces/casualties/] McCain: "We're Going To "Win This Victory" And "It Will Be Brief." McCain said, "Well, I'll tell you why [Mr. Blair doesn't politically suffer Mr. Churchill's fate]. It's because we're going to win this victory. Tragically, we will lose American lives. But it will be brief." [Hannity and Colmes, 2/21/03] 2002, 2003: McCain Proclaimed Success In Iraq Would Be "Easy." In the run up to War with Iraq, McCain repeatedly emphasized that the conflict would be "easy." Speaking in September 2002 about the prospect of invading Iraq, McCain said he thought it would not be a difficult conflict. McCain said, "I believe that the success [in Iraq] will be fairly easy." In January of 2003, McCain again predicted the same about invading Iraq, saying, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily." [CNN, "Larry King Live," 9/24/2002; CNN.com, 1/22/2003] Maybe 100. Back to McCain McCain Said No One video split screen Anticipated Iraq Would with Iraq footage Be A Long War. Campaigning in Rhode Island for Senator Lincoln Chafee, John McCain claimed that no one warned the war in Iraq would last as long as it has. McCain said to a crowd of 500 at Chaffee's home, "Mistakes have been made in this war. It has lasted much longer than any of us have ever anticipated." [AP, 6/18/2006] If all he offers Freeze - CG over McCain Echoed Bush's is more of the picture of McCain Case For War. As same ... .is John and Bush: Is John early as 2001 McCain McCain the right McCain the Right was helping to make choice for America's Choice for the case for war future? America's with Iraq alongside Future? Donald Rumsfeld. During a November 2001 appearance on ABC's Nightline, McCain echoed Rumsfeld and CIA director James Woolsey on the case for invading Iraq, using the same misleading rhetoric. Rumsfeld claimed there were ties "between the terrorists in the Philippines and the al-Qaeda and people in Iraq." Woolsey suggested Iraq had "been involved in terrorist acts against the United States." And John McCain, given a chance to disagree, instead echoed both men and the Bush Administration, claiming there had "been significant involvement on the part of the Iraqis and Saddam Hussein in the acts of terror that have been committed in the past." [ABC News, "Nightline," 11/28/2001]
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