Biden Condemns Obama Ad Mocking McCain

Seems like Joe Biden at least has a conscience regarding some of the tactics being used by the Obama campaign. Could it be that the venue he was speaking to, the National Guard, prompted his remarks? You be the judge…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Barack Obama’s running mate says a campaign ad that mocked Republican presidential candidate John McCain as an out-of-touch, out-of-date computer illiterate was “terrible” and would not have been done had he known about it.

Obama, McCain’s Democratic rival, launched the ad earlier this month, part of an aggressive push to slow McCain’s rise in the polls after he chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate. It included unflattering footage of Sen. McCain at a hearing in the early ’80s, wearing giant glasses and an out-of-style suit, interspersed with shots of a disco ball, a clunky phone, an outdated computer and a Rubik’s Cube.

“He admits he still doesn’t know how to use a computer, can’t send an e-mail, still doesn’t understand the economy, and favors $200 billion in new tax cuts for corporations, but almost nothing for the middle class,” the ad says.

Asked about the negative tone of the campaign, and this ad in particular, during an interview broadcast Monday by the “CBS Evening News,” Obama’s running mate, Sen. Joe Biden, said he disapproved of it. [We found and embedded the video below - .ed]

“I thought that was terrible, by the way,” Biden said.

Asked why it was done, he said: “I didn’t know we did it and if I had anything to do with it, we’d have never done it.” — Associated Press

Do you think we may hear this before or after the next Obama campaign ad….?   “I’m Joe Biden and I didn’t approve this message”.  Seems like that’s what Joe is saying now loud and clear. Listen to the shot interview below.

The McCain campaign should resurrect every conceivable issue that questions Obama’s readiness and judgment, not look back! Take the gloves off after this last crude ad.  Clearly Biden, although probably pandering a bit to his audience, thought the ad was tasteless and you can see that it sincerely disturbed him.

YOU BE THE JUDGE — Biden repeats his perspective in this Katie Kouric interview below. Clearly he is unhappy with how Obama’s henchmen are treating his once good friend of many years, John McCain.

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