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October 10, 2008

Study: Nearly All of McCain’s Ads Now Negative
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In campaign developments, a new study has found that nearly 100 percent
of John Mc Cain’s recent campaign advertisements have been negative. The
study by the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of
Wisconsin examined campaign ads during the week of September 28 through
October 4. During the same period, 34 percent of Barack Obama’s ads were
negative. On Thursday morning, the Mc Cain campaign issued its first ad
tying Obama to the 1960s militant Bill Ayers. During a campaign stop
later in the day, Mc Cain accused Obama of having a “clear radical,
far-left, pro-abortion record." Senator Barack Obama criticized Mc
Cain’s approach during a campaign stop in Dayton, Ohio.

Sen. Obama: “I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but they’re not—they don’t
seem to want to talk about the economy. They want to talk about me. And
his campaign actually said this. I quote them: they said, ‘If we keep
talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.’ Well, I’ve got news for
John Mc Cain. This isn’t about losing a campaign; this is about
Americans here in Dayton who are losing their jobs and losing their
homes and losing their life savings. It’s about young people losing hope
and losing direction.”



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