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George Bush? Who's He?

John McCain turned to Barack Obama in mid-debate last night and announced, "Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago." And early this morning, the McCain-Palin campaign launched a new TV spot that puts more daylight between McCain and the president he formerly (and repeatedly in Democratic ads) embraced.

"Fight" opens with McCain saying, "The last eight years haven't worked very well, have they? I'll make the next four better." And yes, the candidate looks a lot better in the ad than he does in the freeze frame below.

McCain speaks to the camera for the entire 60-second, single-shot ad -- even the "I'm John McCain" disclaimer at the end.

But whatever he says about the past eight years and the need to fix things, the name of George Bush doesn't pass his lips.

-- Peter Overby

10:21 AM ET | 10-16-2008 | permalink

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