2008 Presidential Campaign Blog

Obama Campaign Releases First General Election Television Ad

Obama Campaign Releases First General Election Television Ad
60 Second Ad “Country I Love” to Air in 18 States

CHICAGO, IL – The Obama campaign today announced the release of its first television advertisement for the general election.  The sixty second ad, entitled “Country I Love,” will begin airing in eighteen states across the country tomorrow to highlight how our shared values have shaped Senator Obama’s life.

In the spot, Senator Obama speaks to voters about the core values this nation was founded on and how they have guided him to work hard for his education, to bypass jobs on Wall Street to work as a community organizer, and to lead the fight for America’s families and veterans as an Illinois and United States Senator.

The ad presents Senator Obama’s record of passing laws to reform welfare, to cut taxes for working families, and to ensure America’s veterans have the health care they deserve.

The ad will air in Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Virginia.  

SCRIPT – “Country I Love”

OBAMA: I’m Barack Obama. 

America is a country of strong families and strong values.  My life’s been blessed by both.

I was raised by a single mom and my grandparents. We didn’t have much money, but they taught me values straight from the Kansas heartland where they grew up.  Accountability and self-reliance.  Love of country.  Working hard without making excuses. Treating your neighbor as you’d like to be treated.  It’s what guided me as I worked my way up – taking jobs and loans to make it through college.

It’s what led me to pass up Wall Street jobs and go to Chicago instead, helping neighborhoods devastated when steel plants closed.

That’s why I passed laws moving people from welfare to work, cut taxes for working families and extended health care for wounded troops who’d been neglected.

I approved this message because I’ll never forget those values, and if I have the honor of taking the oath of office as President, it will be with a deep and abiding faith in the country I love.

John McCain 2008 Launches New Television Ad, "Global"

JOHN MCCAIN 2008 LAUNCHES NEW TELEVISION AD, "GLOBAL"

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released a new TV ad, entitled "Global." The ad focuses on John McCain's plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions, grow our economy and protect our environment. The ad will air in key battleground states and on national cable.

VIEW THE AD HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E1nB-3l4GE

Script For "Global" (TV:30)

ANNCR: John McCain stood up to the President and sounded the alarm on global warming ... five years ago.

Today, he has a realistic plan that will curb greenhouse gas emissions.

A plan that will help grow our economy and protect our environment.

Reform. Prosperity. Peace. John McCain.

JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.

In First Montana TV Ad Hillary Says “I Intend To Be A President Who Stands Up For All Of You”

In First Montana TV Ad Hillary Says “I Intend To Be A President Who Stands Up For All Of You”

The Clinton campaign today unveiled is first Montana television ad, “Only One.” In the 30-second spot, Hillary says “it’s time to level the playing field against the special interests,” and states that she intends “to be a President who stands up for all of you.”

The ad highlights that Hillary is the only candidate in the campaign who voted against the Bush energy bill, the only one with a universal health care plan, and the only who will end the 55 billion dollars in giveaways to corporate special interests and cut taxes for the middle class.

The ad will be being airing statewide today.

Following is the complete script of the ad.

"ONLY ONE"
TV :30

HRC:  "It's time to level the playing field against the special interests."

ANNCR: She's the only one in this campaign who voted against the Bush energy bill against six billion dollars to the oil companies, the only one taking on the insurance companies to guarantee health coverage for every American and she's the one who'll end fifty five billion dollars in giveaways to corporate special interests and cut taxes for the middle class instead.

HRC: "I intend to be a President who stands up for all of you."

I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.

New Ad: South Dakota Can "Pick a President"

New Ad: South Dakota Can "Pick a President"

Two new statewide ads focusing on Hillary’s commitment to fiscal responsibility and the importance of South Dakota’s primary will begin airing statewide today.

The ads, a 30-second spot TV spot entitled "Responsibility" and a 60-second radio spot entitled “Matters,” hit the airwaves one week before election day.

Following are the scripts for the ads.

"RESPONSIBILITY"
TV :30

Hillary Clinton: We are nine trillion dollar debt.

Announcer: George Bush's spending has sent the economy into a tailspin and put social
security in jeopardy.

Hillary Clinton:  "We borrow money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis."

Announcer: Hillary Clinton will stop spending money America doesn't have.  She'll end fifty five billion dollars in giveaways to corporate special interests, reduce the deficit and protect Social Security.

Hillary Clinton: I will get us back to fiscal responsibility.

I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.

‘MATTERS”
:60 RADIO

Announcer: In Washington, some people say the presidential primary in South Dakota doesn't much matter.  That your voice doesn't really count.

But you know what?

Tuesday, we can show 'em.

We can pick a President.

After all, just because South Dakota comes last in the primaries doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be heard loud and clear.

And we can pick the candidate who'll stand up for us.

Hillary Clinton.

She’s tackling the national debt that George Bush is leaving us – nine trillion dollars – because she knows we've got to stop borrowing money from the Chinese to buy oil from the Saudis.   Hillary knows we’ve got to stop spending money we don’t have so we can protect social security and get back to fiscal responsibility.

Hillary Clinton will turn this economy around.  We’ve done it before.  We can do it again.

Tuesday. Get out and vote. Let South Dakota be heard.

Stand up for Hillary Clinton.  She'll always stand up for us.

Hillary Clinton:  I'm Hillary Clinton, candidate for President, and I approved this message.

Announcer:  Paid for by Hillary Clinton for President.

John McCain 2008 Launches "Accountable" Television Ad In New States

JOHN MCCAIN 2008 LAUNCHES "ACCOUNTABLE" TELEVISION AD IN NEW STATES

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign announced that it will run the TV ad, entitled "Accountable," in the important battleground states of Michigan and Pennsylvania starting tomorrow. The ad focuses on John McCain's innovative pro-growth plans to get our economy back on track.

Script For "Accountable" (TV:30)

JOHN MCCAIN: The great goal is to get the American economy running at full strength again -- creating the opportunities Americans expect and the jobs Americans need.

ANNCR: As president, John McCain will make taxes simpler, fairer;

Energy cleaner, cheaper;

Health care portable and affordable;

Corporate CEOs accountable;

Mortgage debt restructured;

Big ideas for serious problems,

John McCain.

I'm John McCain and I approve this message.

Tom Daschle Featured In New Obama Campaign Ad

Tom Daschle Featured in New Obama Campaign Ad

Our campaign in South Dakota will begin airing a new TV ad tomorrow featuring former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.  In the 30-second ad, Daschle, one of Obama’s earliest public supporters, asks voters to join him in backing the candidate who is “rooted in the same values as most South Dakotans.”
“South Dakotans are suffering with the cost of gas and groceries; we need a leader who will take us in a new direction” Daschle says.

“He has an understanding of America, rural and urban alike. He will talk to us straight; we’ve needed that in this country for a long time” Daschle says.

In First South Dakota Ad, Hillary Vows To Stand Up For Working Families

In First South Dakota Ad, Hillary Vows To Stand Up For Working Families

Hillary makes clear that her campaign is about providing solutions for working Americans in a new ad airing statewide in South Dakota today.

The 30-second spot, entitled "Falling Through" comes two weeks before South Dakota voters head to the polls on June 3rd.

Following is the script for the ad.

"FALLING THROUGH"

TV :30

Hillary Clinton:  The Bush economy is like a trapdoor. 

Too many families are one pink slip, one missed mortgage payment, one medical diagnosis away from falling through and losing everything.

The oil companies, the predatory student loan companies, the insurance companies and the drug companies have had seven years of a president who stands up for them.

I intend to be a president who stands up for all of you.

I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.

John McCain 2008 Launches New TV Ad: "Leading"

JOHN MCCAIN 2008 LAUNCHES NEW TV AD: "LEADING"

ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today released a new television ad, entitled "Leading," focusing on John McCain's plans to solve some of America's most pressing problems. The ad will air in Iowa.

"Leading" -- (TV:30)

ANNCR: While Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama argue and fight with each other, John McCain leads.

John McCain leads the fight against wasteful government spending. He has a plan to stop it.

John McCain understands the pain people are feeling at the pump. That's why he wants a gas tax holiday to provide needed relief.

A real plan for health care that provides $5000 tax credits -- no mandates.

John McCain -- leadership, not politics.

JOHN MCCAIN: I'm John McCain and I approve this message.

New Kentucky Ads: Hillary Vows To Stand Up For Working Families And Level The Playing Field

New Kentucky Ads: Hillary Vows To Stand Up For Working Families And Level The Playing Field

Hillary vows to take on the special interests and be a partner for working families in two new ads airing in Kentucky today.

With families living paycheck to paycheck, Hillary vows to stand up for the middle class and provide solutions to our toughest challenges in the 30-second spot, entitled "Partner.”

In the second 30-second spot, entitled “Right Track,” Hillary promises to close corporate tax loopholes and put America back on the right track.

Following is the script for “Partner.”

"Partner”

TV :30

Hillary Clinton: We're going to roll up our sleeves and provide the solutions that America desperately needs.

Woman 1: We're living paycheck to paycheck.

Man 1: It's hard to decide between a gallon of milk and a gallon of gas.

Hillary Clinton: It's time that the American worker had a partner in the Whitehouse.

Man 2: Hillary Clinton can turn this country around.

Woman 2: Hillary has what it takes.

Hillary Clinton: The wealthy and the well connected have had a president,

It's time the middle class had a president who will stand up for you.

Woman 3: She will put up a very strong fight for people like me.

Hillary Clinton: I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.

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Following is the script for “Right Track.”

"Right Track"

TV :30

Hillary Clinton: It is wrong that a Wall Street money manager making fifty million dollars a year pays a lower percentage of his income in taxes than a nurse or a teacher or a truck driver or an auto worker making fifty thousand dollars.

ANNCR: Hillary Clinton will end loopholes for special interests and cut taxes for working families to pay for college, healthcare and retirement. It's time for action.

Hillary Clinton: We will put America back on the right track.

I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.

NEW OREGON AD: It’s About What’s Right For Oregon

NEW OREGON AD: It’s About What’s Right For Oregon
30-second television spot to air statewide

The Clinton Campaign launched a new ad in Oregon today, emphasizing that while the pundits in Washington focus on who’s up and who’s down, Hillary Clinton will focus on what’s right for Oregon families..

The 30-second spot, entitled “What’s Right,” details Hillary’s commitment to end the No Child Left Behind Act and provide quality, affordable health care for every American. And it emphasizes Hillary’s opposition to the Bush Administration energy bill, which removed local control over the siting of liquefied natural gas terminals on Oregon’s coast.

Following is the script for the ad.

Hillary for President

"What's Right"

TV :30

ANNCR: In Washington, they talk about who's up and who's down.

In Oregon, we care about what's right and what's wrong.

She's the one who will end No Child Left Behind so we teach children to learn, not take tests.

She's the one who voted against the Bush energy bill that threatens liquefied natural gas plants along Oregon's coast.

She's the one insisting on health coverage for every American

She's been right when it matters.

She'll be there when it counts.

HRC: I'm Hillary Clinton and I approved this message.