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Obama plays abortion card in MI

Trying to counter Palin?

By: Kyle-MI (Diary)  |  September 8th, 2008 at 07:24 PM  | 

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Judging by the number of commercials I have been seeing on tv, Michigan is definitely a battleground state. Obama has been hitting McCain on the economy, using McCain’s quote from the primary about not knowing as much about the economy as he should. The other Obama attack is predictably trying to tie McCain to Bush, ending with the McCain voting record of 90% matching Bush.

McCain has been hitting back using coastal oil drilling. The emphasis is on how oil and gas prices are hurting the automotive companies as a major employer in Michigan. The commercial criticizes Democrats for blocking oil drilling in the coastal areas. Throughout there is an image of Obama alongside changing images of Democratic leaders such as Pelosi and Reid.

I was most surprised, however, on my drive home from work. Obama is running a very explicitly pro-abortion commercial on the news radio station to which I listen. The spokesperson is a nurse practitioner. She repeats the usual liberal Democratic scare tactics on how Republicans (in this case McCain) wants to take away a woman’s right to choose. So far I have only heard it once and only on the radio. My guess is this is part of their counter strategy to Palin.

Not sure how successful this add will be. On the one hand, Michigan has been known as fairly pro-life in the not-too-distant past. It is blue-collar and so a Reagan Democrat strong hold. On the other hand, the current major politicians are pro-abortion Democrats including the Governor and both Senators.

Has anyone heard any similar ads in other battle-ground states?

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  • Menlo

    Some people here wrote about the ad last week. Obama is airing it in all the swing states.

    We were arguing that McCain needs to counter Nurse Ratched by showing Obama’s support for infanticide.

    I was surprised this would air on any general audiences radio station, and I would have called to complain if it had been here. As long as it is airing though, McCain should have an ad to counter it.

  • Jaded

    nt

  • JTaylor

    mailers to me in VA.

    I am still waiting for my anger falls before I call these murderers for hire and tell them how offended I am that they would send me their trash.

  • Republican_Michigander

    In Michigan? This would only play well in Central Oakland County, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and maybe Traverse City.

    I hope they pump these mailings out in the UP, Flint suburbs, Macomb County, Downriver, and Lenawee County. Those competitive or democrat areas are not exactly fans of abortion.

  • Hammer2008

    You can see the whole LifeNews.com response here.

    Pro-life advocates say the new radio ad the Barack Obama campaign released on Tuesday attacking John McCain helps them point out the key differences between the two presidential candidates. They say it gives them another chance to point out that Barack Obama?s pro-abortion position is out of step with most Americans.

  • Stuckinmichigan

    Outside of the population centers, and the college scene, Obama would be lucky to get a vote. I have a strong feeling, based on conversations with traditionally democratic voters. That Michigan is sick of democrats and could be a coup for McCain. As the UAW loses power this state turns red. As Granholm continues to gut the economy the state turns red. That’s what is kind of wierd about Michigan. I dont know many people who blame Bush for the economy. This place has been screwed while the rest of the country was going great guns. Abortion is probably not high on most peoples list of concerns right now, but Michigan is old school. I guess you could say alot of folks are economic democrats, and socially conservative. That position Obama has on abortion is way out in left field to most Michiganders I know.