TheLastManInAmerica

Backed into a corner, taking the offensive onslaught of John McCain with both gloves over his face and losing points on the judges’ scorecards Barack Obama has pushed the Arizona senator back with a right and a left and is now swinging for the fences, looking to land his own knockout blow.

Responding to criticisms from the McCain camp that he is inexperienced and not ready to lead, the result of which has seen a 12 swing in favor of his opponent, Obama’s campaign has released two cutting ads, attacking the Republican nominee, in the past 24 hours, the latest one linking McCain to Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition.

The ad claims that McCain, who chaired a Senate panel three years ago, never called Reed to testify in the Jack Abramoff scandal in return for political favors. 

Reed also promoted a McCain fundraiser in Atlanta last week that earned the Republican Senator $1.75mil.

Feeling these attacks to be below the belt, McCain’s camp is ready to fire back with some low blows of their own.

Brian Rogers, McCain Campaign spokesman says if Obama wishes to take cheap shots at “questionable associations” there is always the Democratic Senator’s ties to “unrepentant terrorist William Ayers, at whose home Obama’s political career was launched.”

William Ayers was co-founder of the radical group known as the Weather Underground, and linked to several bombings of police stations in the ’60’s.

 It is unclear how Obama will counter this shot but it appears certain that the fight will go the distance but at this point in the middle rounds, both opponents are swinging wild, desperate to land any blow that can daze the other long enough to land the final shot. 

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