Obama ad campaign continues to pummel McCain for his role in Ohio job losses

from HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/15/obama-camp-keeps-hitting_n_119183.html


The Obama campaign promised, late last week, that they would keep attacking John McCain and his campaign manager for their ties to a company merger that could lead to thousands of job losses in Ohio. And today they are following through on that threat.

The Illinois Democrat came out with a new ad on Friday, titled "Punch," that focuses on the testimonies of Ohio DHL workers who could lose their jobs should the company send their shipping practice to UPS:

"If DHL -- if something happens -- it's going to be like a ghost town... I thought I was doing a good job providing for my family. And to have that taken away.

"Anchor: In Washington, John McCain helped pave the way for foreign-owned DHL to take over an American shipping company. McCain's campaign manager was lead lobbyist for the deal. Now, thousands of Ohio jobs at risk.

"It's tough times. When it's a foreign entity, coming in and sucker punching us. That's how this felt."

The spot is a reflection both of how perious the DHL deal is for McCain and how important Ohio is in the general election. The presumptive Republican nominee's campaign manager, Rick Davis, was paid to lobby on behalf of Deutsche Post's takeover of DHL back in 2003. McCain pushed for the deal in the Senate despite the objections of some of his colleagues. At the time, jobs were created because of the merger. And Davis has since left his lobbying post. But the town of Wilmington, Ohio is now threatened with the loss of more than 8,000 should its DHL plant close down.

The ad, Obama spokesman Bill Burton writes, is up on television in Ohio.


ad at link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/15/obama-camp-keeps-hitting_n_119183.html

If those 8,000 people each tell two people....

regarding this matter. It evidently was sent to every union member in Ohio. GREAT strategy!