Producer: Fenton Communications
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 05/27/2008
Ad Buy: nationwide
Cost: $80,000
Summary: MoveOn.org draws parallels between John McCain and President Bush in this satirical ad.
Script of "Bush-McCain Challenge" (TV)
Music: Theme song from "The Patty Duke Show" -- "Still, they're cousins, identical cousins and you'll find they laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike."
JOHN MCCAIN: I don't believe we're heading into a recession.
PRESIDENT BUSH: Don't think we're heading into a recession.
JOHN MCCAIN: ...On the one hand and on the other hand...
PRESIDENT BUSH: ...On the one hand and on the other hand...
(Text on screen: Think you can tell 'em apart?")
Music: Theme song from "The Patty Duke Show" -- "You can lose your mind, when cousins are two of a kind."
(Text on screen: Take the Bush-McCain Challenge; MoveOn.org; Bush-McCainChallenge.com)
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: MoveOn.org Political Action is responsible for the content of this ad.
(Text on screen: Paid for by MoveOn.org Political Action; pol.moveon.org; not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee)
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