{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:53898","categories":[],"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"P","idAttr":"","className":"","style":"","innerHtml":"What's good for the goose isn't always good for the gander.

This screen grab comes from a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ad criticizing Sen. Gordon Smith for supporting tax breaks for the wealthy and big oil companies. The ad cites Smith's vote for the 2005 energy bill.

Which, of course, Barack Obama supported.

And John McCain opposed."}],"editorialProject":null,"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Politics","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/","slug":"politics"},"reviews":[],"embeds":[],"authors":[{"id":"Author:1176","displayName":"Marc Ambinder","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/marc-ambinder/","biography":{"default":"Marc Ambinder is a senior fellow at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy.","__typename":"Biography"},"socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/marcambinder","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","slug":"marc-ambinder"}],"preview":null,"layout":"standard","secondaryByline":"","dek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/07/an-ad-in-oregon-is-a-little-oily/53898/","title":"An Ad In Oregon Is A Little Oily","seoTitle":"An Ad In Oregon Is A Little Oily","dateModified":"2008-09-29T22:12:27Z","datePublished":"2008-07-23T21:09:43Z","hasMeter":true,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Politics","__typename":"Channel","slug":"politics"},"shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareDek":"","shareText":null,"shareTitle":"An Ad In Oregon Is A Little Oily","editorsNote":null,"leadArt":null,"narratedAudio":null,"narratedAudioImage":null,"fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/53898/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2008/07/an-ad-in-oregon-is-a-little-oily/53898/","syndication":"ALL","shareImage2x1":null,"shareImageSmall":null,"channels":[{"slug":"politics","__typename":"Channel"}],"watsonInfo":{"keywords":["Democratic Senatorial Campaign","Sen. Gordon Smith","big oil companies","Barack Obama","Committee ad","screen grab","tax breaks"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo"},"slug":"an-ad-in-oregon-is-a-little-oily","grapeshot":{"segments":["gv_safe","gb_safe","pos_lexus_fy23","pos_safe_core","pos_safe_strict","gs_politics","shadow9hu7_pos_bofa-kwlist","gs_politics_issues_policy","gs_politics_american","gs_busfin","gs_busfin_indus","gs_busfin_indus_energy","gs_business_energy","gs_business","gs_politics_misc"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}

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