2.+Position

BARACK OBAMA "Change we can Believe in" 

Obama’s ad, “Sold us out”, is an issue ad towards McCain and his position on unfair trade with China and the job loss of hundreds of Americans. The ad states that the loss of jobs in Pennsylvania and then the rehiring of those same people to disassemble the plant just to ship it to china were due to the votes of people like John McCain who supported tax breaks to companies that ship overseas. This campaign brings light to the American people and their jobs, China and their unfair trade with the United States, and the people responsible for the two. Obama wants the audience to realize that John McCain has sold out the American people for cheaper trade.
 * Issue Ad **

** The Attack ** The, “Sold us out,” ad is an attack ad on John McCain. With Obama’s full support the ad bashes on people like John McCain that are supporting the overseas trading companies and giving jobs to people in China. Since it is cheaper to assemble products in underprivileged areas, like China, the overseas trading companies are just in it to make an extra buck and would gladly sell out fellow Americans and ship away their jobs just to rake in a little extra money for their retirement funds. The audience targeted in this ad will connect the job losses in Pennsylvania to John McCain and depending on their outlook on the subject will turn to vote for Obama because he clearly states that he isn’t another McCain that will sell out Americans.


 * The Argument **

The Main arguments that are portrayed in Obama’s ad are that hundreds of Americans were laid off due to a vote by people like John McCain that wouldn’t allow the tax breaks for overseas companies. If the people like John McCain had voted for the tax breaks in for the shipping companies they would have never had to shut down their plants in Pennsylvania and start having their assembly lines in China. With fellow Americans and their jobs at risk, who would want to vote for McCain? Another issue brought about in the Obama ad is China’s unfair trade practices with the United States. People like McCain didn’t deal with the issues of China’s trade instead they planned to just compromise with it, leading to all these laid off regular Americans and the defending of highly paid overseas shipping companies.

WORK CITED: 1. "Vote for Change". Barack Obama Campaign. Spetember 28, 2008 < http://www.barackobama.com/index.php >.

2. "Jobs for America". McCain and Palin Campaign. Spetember 28, 2008 < http://www.johnmccain.com/Issues/jobsforamerica/ >.

3. "Campaign 2008". Political Communication Lab. Spetember 30, 2008 < http://pcl.stanford.edu/campaigns/2008/ >.

[J. deArakal]