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YouTube Vid 'Brutal' to McCain

Montage focused on Republican's Iraq strategy 'brutal,' blogger says

By Jonas Oransky, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 9, 2008 12:52 PM CDT

(Newser) – A YouTube video assembled by a Ron Paul supporter is a “devastating” blast at the John McCain campaign, the Jed Report blog contends. The piece focuses on Iraq, playing and re-playing the Republican's suggestion that Baghdad has neighborhoods safe enough for generals to walk around unprotected—and juxtaposing them with stunned rebuttals from Wolf Blitzer and Pat Buchanan.

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., front row from left, takes a tour of the Florida Everglades with his wife Cindy, daughter Meghan, and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., boards his campaign charter plane in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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YouTube Vid 'Brutal' to McCain