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John McCain Watch: The Debra Ad – A Hillary Clinton Supporter Scorned

August 25, 2008 /

The Debra Ad: “I’m a proud Hillary Clinton Democrat,” says Bartoshevich, a nurse, in the 30-second spot. “She had the experience and judgment to be president. Now, in a first for me, I’m supporting a Republican, John McCain.

As Team McCain steps up his campaign to win over disgruntled Hillary Clinton supporters, remember the old adage about a “woman scorned” – like in the video above.

On the eve of the Democratic National Convention, the McCain campaign and the RNC have rolled out three ads aimed at winning Clinton supporters. On Sunday, the McCain camp unveiled “Passed over,” an advertisement that highlighted Obama’s decision to pick Joe Biden instead of Clinton as his running mate. Today, the RNC started airing “Was she right?” an ad that featured Clinton’s many criticisms of Obama during the primaries. The McCain campaign also launched “Debra,” an ad that features Debra Bartoshevich, a former Clinton supporter from Wisconsin who was also present at Monday’s press conference.

A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows McCain and Obama tied with each garnering support from 47 percent of the public. The poll also showed that nearly a third of Clinton supporters now say they will back McCain.

Now, John McCain must seal the deal with disaffected female voters by naming a prominent woman GOP pol as his running mate: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin or Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.

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5 Comments

  • Ted

    August 25, 2008 at 2:30 pm

    Despite the Dems and the allied main stream media’s desperation to see Romney as McCain’s Veep, Mitt is clearly out, with (1) Obama doubling down on the class warfare theme (McCain’s 7 houses) and (2) McCain doubling down with ads showing the hypocrisy of Biden attacking Obama in the primaries — Romney did way more than that contra McCain.

    This leaves only Govs Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty. Pro-abortion Ridge and Dem-Lieberman were never real considerations, despite relentless media goading. Pawlenty’s lackluster TV performances, coupled with Palin pizzazz, the primacy of oil drilling and the ticked off women/Hillary voters, does now portend a McCain/Palin checkmate on the Dems. This is so albeit the Dems and liberal media dare not mention Palin’s name, that is, everyone but…..

    And if there’s any question as to Palin being uniquely positioned and able to more than nullify Biden in debate, see the excellent discussion at palinforvp.blogspot.com

    Team McCain, well done!!!

  • JollyRoger

    August 28, 2008 at 12:34 am

    Ted can’t get oroginal, since he has to wait for the RNC to supply him with his opinions.

    This supposed big rift isn’t near what the MSM (who are, in spite of the delusions of the Teds in America, solid McCain supporters) says it is. They are trying very hard to make that rift appear, of course. It is looking less likely all the time that they’ll pull it off, though.

    If McCain picks Palin, her apparent vindictive firing of her erstwhile brother in law becomes an issue that day. If he picks Kay Bailey Hutchinson, she gets a chance to explain how she got out of an indictment for tampering with evidence on a technicality. From my perspective, either of them would be fine picks for Johnny.