WASHINGTON, Saturday (AFP) - Republican John McCain ratcheted up his attacks on Barack Obama yesterday, debuting a new web ad mocking the Democrat as a quasi-divine figure who had anointed himself to rule the world.
The Arizona senator sharpened his newly negative tone on a day when Obama was heckled by African American protestors in Florida, and denied McCain campaign claims he had injected race into the increasingly testy battle.
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| McCain is introduced by his wife Cidy at a meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday. AFP |
“Can you see the light?” McCain's sarcastic web video sent to supporters asked, arguing that Obama, who wowed Europeans on a foreign tour last week, is arrogant, consumed by his own celebrity and not yet ready to lead. “It shall be known, that in 2008, the world will be blessed,” says the narrator of the minute-long web video, replete with religious imagery.
“They will call him, 'The One,'” the advertisement said, using a sarcastic tone which includes footage of Charlton Heston as Moses in the movie “Ten Commandments.”The ad features moments from Obama's soaring speeches taken out of context.In one clip, Senator Obama is seen being asked in a television interview: “do you have any doubts?” to which the Illinois senator replies “Never.”“Barack Obama may be 'The One' but is he ready to lead?” asked the narrator, rounding off the ad. |
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