Producer: OnMessage Inc.
Running Time: 00:30
Debut Date: 10/30/2008
Ad Buy: Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Virginia
Cost: Specific amount not disclosed; part of an overall $25 million buy
Summary: The RNC likens Obama to a pilot who's never flown and a surgeon who's never performed an operation.
Script of "Surgeon" (TV)
ANNOUNCER [v/o]: Would you get on a plane with a pilot who has never flown?
Would you trust your child with someone who has never cared for children?
Would you go under with a surgeon who has never operated?
Can you hand your nation to a man who has "never been in charge of anything"?
(Text on screen: Sunday Independent, 9/14/08)
Can you wait while he learns?
The Republican National Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.
(Text on screen: Barack Obama. Untested; Paid for by the Republican National Committee. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. www.gop.com)
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