Producer: Rapid Response Media
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 07/22/2008
Ad Buy: MTV, VH1, MSNBC, CNN and Fox News
Cost: not available
Summary: The ad blasts Obama for holding two positions at the same time on a number of issues.
Script of "Both Ways Barack" (TV)
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: People are saying that Senator Obama's recent changes of position have made him a flip-flopper.
(Text on screen: Obama aide signals shift on Iraq troop withdrawal; Shift on war hits Obama's liberal base; Key Questions About Obama's Ideology Still Remain; Obama's Enigma; Obama's Changes Raise Issue: Can You Believe In Him?; SOURCE 2008: Wash. Times, 7/8; 7/15; Wash. Post, 7/10, 7/13; Roll Call, 7/10)
He's not. Flip-floppers only hold one position at a time.
Senator Obama is different: He holds two positions at the same time.
Both ways on banning handguns.
(Text on screen: On Record: For And Against; Source: ABC News, 2/15/08, 6/26/08 and Chicago Tribune: 11/20/07)
Both ways on public campaign financing.
(Text on screen: On Record: For And Against; Source: NY Times and Wall Street Journal, 4/11/08, Wash. Post, 6/20/08)
And now, both ways on withdrawing from Iraq. He wants to have them all both ways.
(Text on screen: On Record: For And Against; Source: NY Times 7/3/08)
He's Both Ways Barack -- worse than a flip-flopper!
(Text on screen: www.BothWaysBarack.com; Paid for by Let Freedom Ring/LetFreedomRingUSA.com.)
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