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McCain TV ad raises Obama's links to ex-radical: John McCain, trailing in polls and scraping to gain ground, assailed Democratic rival Barack Obama in a sharply worded TV ad that said: "When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied."
It's McCain's toughest commercial yet using Obama's association with Ayers, a Chicago college professor who was an anti-Vietnam war radical in the 1960s, to assert that Obama has "blind ambition" and "bad judgment," and, thus, can't be trusted during an economic catastrophe. "In crisis, we need leadership" - the ad says and implies that Obama doesn't offer any.
McCain is seeking to turn his campaign around by escalating his attacks and raising questions about his associations with Ayers, who in 1969 helped found the violent Weather Underground group blamed for bombing government buildings in the early 1970s.
The campaign
- John McCain held a rally in La Crosse, Wis.
- Sarah Palin raises campaign cash in Ohio.
"If you want a fight, we will fight. But we will be respectful "
- John McCain
Obama accuses McCain of trying to divide Americans: Barack Obama on Friday accused Republican John McCain of trying to divide the country, but he let fellow Democrats handle harsher attacks while he kept his message mostly upbeat.
Speaking to an outdoor audience, Obama said, "It's not hard to rile up a crowd by stoking anger and division."
He said Americans want "someone who can lead this country" with a steady hand in a time of economic crisis, not divide it.
Polls show Obama leading McCain in Ohio and several other battleground states, and he seems eager to keep his campaign on a steady, non-controversial course.
As he has done for days, Obama criticized McCain's economic plans and urged Americans to stay calm and confident amid the dramatic drop in the stock market.
The campaign
- Barack Obama campaigns in Ohio.
- Joe Biden talked to voters in Springfield, Mo.
"Now more than ever, it is time to put country ahead of politics."
- Barack Obama
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