Texas GOP Using Obama Half-Brother in Ad

Responding to attacks against John McCain for not knowing how many houses he has, the Texas Republican Party is hitting back using a recent picture of Barack Obama’s Kenyan half-brother living in poverty to question whether Obama “take[s] care of his own family.”

“Barack Obama has viciously attacked John McCain and his family for being successful and living the American dream. This even after McCain gave so much to his country,” the ad says.

“Obama claims he is looking out for our families in an economic downturn, but ask yourself this. If Obama cares so much about your family, why doesn’t he take care of his own family first?”

The ad then compares the Illinois senator’s Chicgao residence, the White House and where his half-brother lives.

Obama is shown in the ad body surfing and playing golf while the pictures used on McCain are of the Arizona Republican in a prisoner of war camp and returning home from Vietnam.