We knew this was coming. But still....
Gulp.
A new conservative group has produced a television ad attacking Barack Obama for his relationship with former Weather Underground bomber Bill Ayers.
"How much do your really know about Barack Obama? What does he really believe?" asks the ad, which then cites the failed attack on the Capitol on 9/11, and links it to the Weather Underground attack on the Capitol decades earlier.
The group says it will spend $2.8 million airing the ad in Ohio and Michigan -- which would be the largest single third-party expenditure this cycle.
"Why would Barack Obama be friends with someone who bombed the Capitol and is proud of it?" asks the narrator. "Do you know enough to elect Barack Obama?"
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The substance of the ad matches a recent upswing in the McCain campaign's references to Ayers. The link to 9/11 also suggests that the ad is seeking to tap into viral rumors linking Obama to Muslim terrorists.
Pinkston says the ad will launch later this afternoon.
I am kinda, sorta, terrified. I am not sure how Barack should respond, but I'm sure they've been expecting it.