2008 POLITICAL ADS: WHITE HOUSE

John McCain For President: "3 A.M."

Updated: January 1, 2011 | 2:11 p.m.
August 26, 2008

Producer: Foxhole Productions

Running Time: 00:30

Debut Date: 08/26/2008

Ad Buy: "key states"

Cost: not available

Summary: McCain recycles Hillary Clinton's primary ad to suggest that she was right in calling Barack Obama too inexperienced to be president.

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Script of "3 A.M."

ANNOUNCER #1 [v/o]: It's 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep. Who do you want answering the phone?

(Text on screen: Hillary Clinton Ad, 2008)

ANNOUNCER #2 [v/o]: Uncertainty. Dangerous aggression. Rogue nations. Radicalism.

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON [in news clip]: I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And, Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.

ANNOUNCER #2 [v/o]: Hillary's right. John McCain for president.

JOHN MCCAIN [v/o]: I'm John McCain, and I approve this message.

(Text on screen: Paid For By John McCain 2008)

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