It’s on: McCain camp hints they’re ready to hit Obama on Wright
posted at 9:22 pm on September 19, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Via the Standard, I’m simply weak at the thought of the magnificent theatrical sorrow to which we’ll be treated when the blogosphere’s shrillest Obama mega-shills find out. If Joe Klein and Sullivan don’t already have pieces prepared for the occasion, consider their weekend schedules cleared.
Remember, The One himself calls this a “legitimate issue.”
Don’t be shocked if you see the McCain campaign pull the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright out of mothballs in new attacks against one-time parishioner, Barack Obama.
McCain advisers say that they see “attack by association” as fair game now, arguing that Obama’s campaign has been using that technique to go after McCain. In particular, the Obama campaign has hammered McCain on the stump and in TV ads on the number of one-time lobbyists working for his campaign. (The McCain campaign is also angry about a Spanish-language TV ad that ties McCain to Rush Limbaugh on immigration, without ever saying that McCain took on Limbaugh and others to fight for comprehensive immigration reform.)
“They played it one way, we played it another way,” said one of McCain’s top advisers, Mark Salter. “Now we’re both going to play it the same way.”…
Salter said to expect more of the same, saying the campaign was tired of “catching the spears.” Asked whether to expect attacks involved Wright, campaign spokesman Michael Goldfarb said: “We’ve seen all throughout the (Democratic) primary this guy has a lot of associations that are very problematic.”
By “catching the spears” I take it he means Team Barry’s proliferating negative ads, bad-faith accusations of racism, mass mobilization efforts to shout down or otherwise “get in the faces” of people who utter the slightest criticism, and thinly veiled ridicule of McCain’s VP as a moron to whom people are drawn because she’s “cute.” But maybe I’m wrong. Exit question: How does six weeks of guilt-by-association one-upsmanship sound? Wright, then Hagee, then Ayers, then Palin’s church, then …?
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Considering the hot topic of the economy, Rezco would be a better skeleton to trot out of Obama’s closet.
-start commercial-
Voice Over: Obama says that the education he ever had was as a community organizer. Let’s see the results of his efforts…
*Show pictures of Obama’s neighborhood that he helped organize, falling down, boarded up buildings*
VO: But Obama helpeded his friend and campaign contributor Tony Rezco get the funds to fix these neighborhoods.
*play clips of tenant interviews talking about the rats and walls falling down*
VO: Rezco is is now in jail, but Barack Obama is running for President.
*Bars close on Rezco*
VO: Is this the kind of CHANGE your were HOPING for for our economy?
VO: John McCain wants to reform Washington to eliminate corruption. Obama wants to organize Washington like Chicago.
NOT READY TO LEAD.
My name is Damiano and I approve this message
Damiano on September 19, 2008 at 10:07 PM
I don’t like the idea. Stay on message of Country first and reform. AND keep hitting him with this economy thing.
artchick on September 19, 2008 at 10:09 PM
kgs:
The reason we are not hearing anything is that Obama does not have any idea what to do with the present situation. And McCain will be prepared for just about anything he can come up with.
Terrye on September 19, 2008 at 10:09 PM
He can go after Rezko and Wright and Ayers. all of them.
I think McCain should go after all of them. What is the point in staying away from it?
Terrye on September 19, 2008 at 10:10 PM
527’s…
McCain can hit Rezko(Slumlord), Ayres(terrorist), Dorhn(terrorist), (All the Bankers he’s linked to and got money from in the Fannie/Freddie Collapse, now he’s linked to the Lehman Brothers collapse by extension of Rezko..
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Wright?
How about Bill Ayers and his dad the Godfather of Democratic Party Politics in Chicago Tom Ayers? That is the secret to Barack Obama’s success. Wright, Pfleger, and Rezko are bit players to the Ayers family.
Hammer that before the debates so it becomes an issue they cannot avoid. Joy, Sully, Maher and the rest of the suck-O-phants will cry foul. Let them. It is the truth and it is probably one of the most disturbing things about Barack Obama.
Mr. Joe on September 19, 2008 at 10:13 PM
No…a girl on the side would elevate him in democrat circles. He’s on the down-low.
SouthernGent on September 19, 2008 at 10:14 PM
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Disagree….. This guy is NOT QUALIFIED and will never be qualified for POTUS.
News2Use on September 19, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Just keep quoting from the MSM 2003, 2005, 2006 articles where McCain was trying to stop the economic debacle. And take note of what Obama was doing in those years – voting “Present.” When people take a look at what’s happened to their 401k or mutual fund they’ll sit up and pay attention. As the Dems say, it’s the economy, stupid.
Laura on September 19, 2008 at 10:15 PM
BILL AYERS. BERNADINE DORHN. TOM AYERS.
THE SECRET TO BARACK OBAMA’S SUCCESS. http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.usa/browse_thread/thread/9cc95e073c84325a
Mr. Joe on September 19, 2008 at 10:15 PM
On second thought, maybe spending energy on Wright isn’t a great idea, at least if we’re talking about McCain doing it. Will that Wright book actually be coming out pre-election? That woul surprise me. If it does, that may be enough to induce the sufficient amount of attention.
ParisParamus on September 19, 2008 at 10:15 PM
This two part piece from the peoples cube is touching and instructive/destructive towards the Mahdi.
http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=2158&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=8d7b9b9e74a0ccf77e01688edc4f492b
I like the picture of Che wearing an Obama T shirt.
BL@KBIRD on September 19, 2008 at 10:17 PM
I would love to get a peak at Team McCain’s Outlook Calendar for October!
Mr_Magoo on September 19, 2008 at 10:18 PM
The down low? WTF, over?
Bishop on September 19, 2008 at 10:18 PM
While Obama was taking campaign cash from Tony Rezko’s partners and the Tonly Rezko wasn’t heating the blildings in Obama’s own district, the people were freezing in the winter of 1997, they were Hoping that the heat would come back on..
But it never DID, because Barack Obama sold them out, for just a little bit of campaign cash, did he ever blow the whistle or expose the corruption of his Friend Tony Rezko no.. he just sold the poor people out and let them freeze..
The only Change that they got was a condemned building and an eviction notice.
Sheesh.
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Oh, this is hilarious – from my RSS reader:
But I clicked the link and it’s 404.
Laura on September 19, 2008 at 10:19 PM
Down low….. oh….
So “sugar in the tank” = dude in the MSM (tank)???
LOL Chrissy Matthews???
tru2tx on September 19, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Obama just a another corrupt Chicago Politician, NOT the Change we need.
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 10:22 PM
I want William Ayers’ head on a stick along with his lovely terrorist wife Bernardine Dohrn.
And if there’s room, stick Ayers’ commie father up there too.
I’m sick of this trash in my country.
Let’s Roll!
ex-Democrat on September 19, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Catching the spears?
He said Sen. Obama is a SPEAR-CHUCKER!
daryl_herbert on September 19, 2008 at 10:25 PM
part of my comment got cut out . . .
(decoder ring)
Catching the spears?
He said Sen. Obama is a SPEAR-CHUCKER!
(end decoder ring)
daryl_herbert on September 19, 2008 at 10:26 PM
Now that’s a rib-tickler.
The Ugly American on September 19, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Agreed.
Hit Obama and Reid on this week. Obama reacted the same way with Georgia- multiple conflicting statments, no actual plan and ridiculing the plans of others (for whom he’s not qualified to carry water).
Obama says to look at his campaign for his leadership and executive experience. Okay, fine:
- Couldn’t win the primaries without voter fraud and banning votes from FL and MI. Lost all the big states.
- Gasped like a fish out of water in the debates with Hillary and Saddleback against McCain
- Burning through money like it grows on trees and spends it on seats embroidered with “President”, Greek columns, stadiums and light shows, more voter fraud and coordinating attacks on free speech (instead of simply participating in interviews he’s invited to for rebuttal), initiating lawsuits to ban ads against him…
- Cannot control his staff (”small town mayor”, Howard Gutman)
- Cannot control his party (Carol Fowler, Rengal, Sebelius)
- Screams “racism” and “questioning his patriotism” every time he’s questioned on his judgment
- Repeatedly demands debates in his speeches but refuses to participate in them
- Screwed up his response to Georgia 3 times while trashing McCain for the answer he himself finally arrived at
- Trashed McCain, Bush and Republicans for the economy that he and his party are hip deep in. Essentially votes “Present” on the issue and says he’ll wait for the Federal (aka: Bush/ Paulson) plan before releasing his own
Damiano on September 19, 2008 at 10:31 PM
I bet “catching the spears” is baiting Obama to foolishly play the race card again. All that does is basically announce:
“Hey America, I know you’ve become used to looking at me 24/7 for over a year now, but stop for a second and look closer. SEE HOW I’M ACTUALLY BLACK? Well, that must be why dishonorable John McCain said stuff about spears, right? Come on, don’t I look like a guy from Africa? Huh, Harvard??? Damn you color-blind fools! Well, just make sure you consider how different my name is then when you vote.”
econavenger on September 19, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Pull all of them from under the bus! Don’t forget Raila Odinga.
http://raila07.com/
christene on September 19, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Rev Wright offers a plentiful bounty of quotes to use everytime Obama’s moonbats call Palin a fundie extremeist, not to mention Meeks and Pfleger. I attended an Assembly of God Church while married and they are radical in a good way but I never heard g*d damn America from the pulpit. I did have to contain my laughter at times to my ex’s consternation. They were very good, very caring folks though and for the most part I enjoyed the services.
Obama has given McCain and his wingman plenty of targets to shoot at, Rezko, Auchi, Said, Ayers, illegal contributions, and many many more. The barrage is just starting with strafing runs but expect the Hellfires and Jdams to start hitting their targets soon especially as the debates start. Its no wonder Maverick and Barrcuda appear calm and confident while the Whiner and the Bloviater are appearing jittery and irradic.
goat on September 19, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Reduced to this, is it. If we’re to go down this road, then can we follow the money these associations have trailing behind them?
Kini on September 19, 2008 at 10:33 PM
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Huh… it was on Drudge all day… now it’s gone. I googled for it and all the links are now dead.
Curiouser and curiouser…
Damiano on September 19, 2008 at 10:34 PM
There are so many skeletons in the O! closet, it’s a real charnel house in there.
JimK on September 19, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I have been waiting for the McCain camp to do this and fully applaud it…go after Wright and Obama BIG time….they cannot play the moral equivalence card ala Hagee because McCain did not sit under Hagee’s Church for year after year..
Wright is how Obama really thinks…and people have to have that shown to them….
Obama is dangerous…his association and approval of Wright is one of the many points that prove that…
Albertanator on September 19, 2008 at 10:37 PM
This is stupid. People are tired of Wright. People want optimism.
McCain’s strength – what got him the strongest response at the convention – is his dedication to national defense and his promise to reform, his promise to veto pork and call out players in the earmark system.
PigLipsGate was a distraction that took McCain off message. The Wright business will do more of the same.
If McCain’s campaign wants to attack Barama, then do it by pinning him as the Washington insider, doing little but running for president and voting present and digging for earmarks. Barack Obama – Just another good old boy with his hand in your pocket.
By the way, McCain’s TV ads are terrible. You should be able to get the message from a good TV ad with the sound off. McCain’s ads do not grab you – too often they twist sideways, taking a tangential path to the target. Print the message on the screen. If you can’t say it in two sentences, run a different ad.
ignatzk on September 19, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Okay… finally found a link that works.
Quick, download it before it disappears again.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/mccain-obama-2.html
Damiano on September 19, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Remember, this was the 527 ad that came out and the TV networks (including Fox) refused to run it.
I loathe the terrorist Ayers.
ex-Democrat on September 19, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Worked for me. Awesome title, considering it was the LA Times.
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Mark Salter is a racist for implying Obama and campaign are spear chuckers.
Video version to be released in the near future.
moxie_neanderthal on September 19, 2008 at 10:41 PM
DanStark on September 19, 2008 at 10:06 PM
How so? Is the truth a lie..
dmann on September 19, 2008 at 10:42 PM
For those who can’t see the link. That’s gonna leave a mark.
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 10:43 PM
You mean all of the people on this site and Red State that kept screaming for McCain to go positive have finally gone to some dark hole to remain quiet for ever.
While McCain took a hiatus Obama went completely negative. Now guess what? We are 5 points behind soon to be 10 points.
What happened to all of those people too weak kneed to win? Where are you now?
Jdripper on September 19, 2008 at 10:44 PM
uh oh.
baldilocks on September 19, 2008 at 10:49 PM
In honor of sugar in the tank, I think it’s time for a resurrection of Mr. Larry Sinclair.
(yeah, he looks like a goof but man, it surely would be difficult to make this up. Take a look-see if you haven’t already).
ex-Democrat on September 19, 2008 at 10:50 PM
What I am tired of is the coddling MSM that won’t go after Obama for his basic lack of credentials, i.e., leadership, clear articulation of his policy positions, his obvious “old school Chicago politics, his clear racism, etc.
The McCain Campaign should not have to do this. The news media is shirking its Constitutional responsibility by not doing the necessary reporting on Obama while at the same time giving credence to far left concocted lies.
Wildcatter1980 on September 19, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Call me naive, i’ve never heard that one before?
CanadianGuy on September 19, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Bring it all on.
On my command, unleash HELL!
TheSitRep on September 19, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Who asked for mccain to go positive?
I think most us said, McCain, stop whining.
Then the ads went silent for a week. Now he’s attacking again.
Why the silence? That is the question. The week of silence killed him.
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 10:52 PM
McCain or the RNC must attack Obama on Ayers and Wright. It cannot be ignored anymore now that Obama falsely claims racism.
The Reverend Wright thing was devastating to Obama in the primaries.
It would be more effective if it came from a 527. It is this election’s swiftboat along with Rezko, Chicago, and Ayers.
Sapwolf on September 19, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Wait. Is that the word “ears” within “spears?”
Yes it is!
RACIST!
rofl!
btw, why do all the whiners about Team Mac’s strategy seem to be new here?
Did the DU moonbats save up HA usernames for threads like these?
Must really be skeered…..GO FOR IT MAC!
WRIGHT! REZKO! and especially that piece of trash AYERS!
ex-Democrat on September 19, 2008 at 10:54 PM
What Obama does not want to say is that all his precious little programs will be off the table for some time. More pressing matters.
But just talking economics works better for Democrats it seems to me. It should not, but it does.
Terrye on September 19, 2008 at 10:54 PM
Axelrod is Jewish.. not sure, what the connotation is.. ?
The Spartans threw Spears also..
Maybe since you are taking offense, you are the one that has a problem?
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 10:54 PM
My vote is stay on Obama regarding his Fannie Mae ties and hammer his record, ie. voting “present”, repeatedly voting against lower taxes, earmarks, pork and so on. The guy is a card carrying big govt. liberal and this is the where you can make a real distinction between he and McCain and its a “winning” distinction. Run with it McCain camp!
RobertCSampson on September 19, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I wish to inquire; is Mr. George Clooney pulling double duty as one of Mr. Obama’s economic advisors or is he just delegated to be one of Mr. Obama’s foreign policy experts?
bloggless on September 19, 2008 at 10:57 PM
lorien:
I did not notice McCain went silent. But then again I don’t watch that much TV and when I do it is something like History Channel, so I miss a lot of the ads. On purpose.
It would be nice if McCain had something new via Wright, like say some video of Obama clapping along when the good Reverend was on one his anti American tirades.
Terrye on September 19, 2008 at 10:59 PM
I wonder how the campaign will reintroduce Wright back into the conversation. I mean, just bring him back out of the blue one day will be dismissed by the Obama campaign and the media and just more of the same from McCain. They need make him relevant. I suspect that McCain will bring him up during the debates as a part of a response to some question and then the ads will fly.
johnt on September 19, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Hmmmm…. I don’t know about this.
I’d be more inclined to think if there really is something to it, it would be waaaayyy undercover.
He’s definitely a lot of things, but this… nyah.
tru2tx on September 19, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Really? Lipstick ad was released, consensus (here and in the media) that McCain was whining. and then it turned into “mccain is running the most dishonorable campaign ever” – it was a terrible ad and cost him his momentum.
Then no more ads until these late this week.
I’m in hillsborough county FL (like 70% republican) so i hardly see ads either, but I pay attention to them. :)
Definitely. If McCain cannot add something new to this, Obama laughing at wright or nodding in agreement, it won’t go very far. It worked previously because it bubbled up naturally – not from Hillary (if memory serves).
lorien1973 on September 19, 2008 at 11:03 PM
I think Father Pfleger deserves a shout out, too. Do you know how many Catholics are offended by this dope? And besides, wouldn’t it be racist not include Father Pfleger?
bloggless on September 19, 2008 at 11:03 PM
I know. He should have said arrows. *sigh* The Drive-Bys are gonna go nuts with this.
ManlyRash on September 19, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Ignatz writes: “By the way, McCain’s TV ads are terrible”.
Sorry, Iggy, but what alternate universe are you living in???? You’re a minority of one – Even the Obama camp would consider you a tin-foil space cadet. The only way to measure an ad’s effectiveness (prior to the actual election) is to measure the opposition’s reaction to it.
alwyr on September 19, 2008 at 11:04 PM
If he does ads talking about legislation he should post this info on his website. In the ads encourage the viewer to go to the site and read it and decide.
They could have done this with the Sex Ed ad and shown the entire document and highlight areas of proof. Maybe even include the votes(who & how). I really don’t like how the media and morans on the View called him a liar about this.
Backing up his ads with proof on his website would help get the truth out. Plus while they are on his site more people might chose to donate money, time, or both.
artchick on September 19, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Keep your eye on Maine. Rasmussen has it down to 4 points! Also, read this delicious tidbit from the pro-Obama site FiveThirtyEight.com
Oh, my!
SouthernGent on September 19, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I think it’s a good idea to keep all the branding irons hot and ready. Obama’s Fannie … Mae get crisped.
Keep in mind that every day thousands of new visitors to the Internet, news, and blogs are ready to search out the issues, the lies, and the comments — the conservative blogs.
Information on all of Obama’s gutter buddies and his grotesque abortion issues and his “present” voting record, as well as his extreme radical socialist ideas should be at the ready so that the tens of millions of American — voters — can get the truthful viewpoints they won’t find on the MSM.
Reject Obama!
Let’s grow and prosper with McCain and our “Country First.”
AdrianS on September 19, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Surely you jest.
CanadianGuy on September 19, 2008 at 11:22 PM
AdrianS on September 19, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Adrian, well said. The best thing to do is to keep your friends and family informed. We don’t need to argue or get in anybody’s face, because we don’t have to. I like to use email to help deliver to my friends and family the stories that the main stream media will not cover. I ask them to forward the stories on to their friends and family. We really don’t need the New York Times or MNBC. We have blogs, Fox, and email.
bloggless on September 19, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Yeah, we’ll just wait for the media to properly cover this story while the Alinsky Chicago Thug plays the dirty race card from the bottom of the deck. Screw that!!!
John Doe on September 19, 2008 at 11:24 PM
The Halfrican and surrogates want to play the race and gender card coming down to the wire then we had better get it on now and get it on hard. Associate the Halfrican with every scumbag he has ever had dealings with.
Hes’ doing it by falsely tying Maverick to Bush and Limbaugh knowing full well the media won’t report on his associations.
Hillary figured it out too late in the game don’t make the same mistake Maverick this race baiting, Chitown Marxist must be defeated soundly or most of us will be paying reperations for slavery while not being able to afford to drive to work.
dhunter on September 19, 2008 at 11:25 PM
I agree, but religion plays a role in all of this along with Wright and that could backfire. IF however, you link them along with Wright as radicals that hate America and Americans then that is vastly different. Was it not Farrakhan and Wright that met with Qadafi? Odinga is a murderous, thug and so are some of the others. However, Rezko is really the best choice because of what everyone else here has said here and that is the economy and how the poor really suffered under Obama and Rezko.
I agree the Wright thing might look desperate. I would first see how much of the public outside of Fox, and we of the internet searchers, actually KNOW about the Wright connection before I launched something. Besides, an attack using Wright might come off as being racist. Seriously! Their heads will explode and the attacks on Palin and her religion and anything on McCain will be flying!
If you want to show bad judgement and really nail him, AYERS is the best of all answers! Hope the McCain camp is listening to this! The entire Ayers connection is explosive and Ayers has tentacles that ties most of these bad guys all together with Obama. They all seem to run in the same lunatic, hate America circles.
freeus on September 19, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Halfrican?
LMAO!!
John Doe on September 19, 2008 at 11:27 PM
They need to produce a very simple add “Sarah Palin has been chosen as the vp running mate to john mccain and the obama campaign, the democrat party and every news organization including all the broadcast networks sent investigative teams to Alaska to find dirt on the governor. Do you hear any of those same entities talking about rezko, wright, ayers, dohrn or acorn? Do you hear any of those entities questioning the mystery man about why he doesn’t seem to have any close personal friends, only radical anti-American associates? America, do you get it now?”
peacenprosperity on September 19, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Sounds like the McCain is camp is acting like a bunch of typical white people.
John Doe on September 19, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Damiano, thanks for the link. Oddly enough, it’s the same one I had; evidently they took the post offline. Wonder why? It looks about the same… seems about as damning as before. Strange!
Laura on September 19, 2008 at 11:31 PM
I’m not sure why the Catholic Church lets him speak for them, OR why the Catholic community puts up with it..
Guy should be removed.. don’t they have rules for crazy people?(I’m not Catholic so i don’t know, I just go to a different Church.. If a pastor is weirdo. but this guy seems to make Catholics look bad..)
Chakra Hammer on September 19, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Taking a play from the Obama’s book – that spears reference was *obviously* a reference to Britney, you know, a *celebrity.* Oh, you thought he meant something different?
Laura on September 19, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Why, yes! Yes, indeed! Notice the smear source ;)
SouthernGent on September 19, 2008 at 11:32 PM
What the McPalin campaign ought to do is drop an Ayers ad the day before the first debate.
Consider the way the Obots reacted to the 527 ad (threats to prosecute) and the Kurtz and Freddoso interviews on WGN (jam the phone lines).
Ayers is the one name that turns the Obot spastic.
Wright could be nothing more than a feint, unless the ego in the UnRev. brings him back into the picture soon.
either orr on September 19, 2008 at 11:38 PM
He doesn’t jest. And please don’t call him shirley.
wise_man on September 19, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Chakra, I am not sure why my beautiful church allows this anomoly to continue to preach his hate and ignorance. I almost think that they feel they can not control him. He is pathetic.
bloggless on September 19, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Thanks for the link…I’m still LMAO!!!
John Doe on September 19, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Well since I had to look up low down, can someone explain to me what “sugar in the tank” means?
bloggless on September 19, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Wait. Til. October.
faraway on September 19, 2008 at 11:47 PM
I like the idea but preferred the 527’s took the heat. If it draws the Rev. out in the open Obummer loses in Nov.
Interesting development.
FireBlogger on September 19, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Your take is WAY off, Allah, with all due respect. CLEARLY this is the McCain campaign using more racist “code language”, in this case attempting to call Obama a “spear chucker“.
Of course I say this as a joke, but who here would be surprised to see some Obama surrogate or columnist say something along these lines? (Before you answer, remember that equally ridiculous accusations of “code language” have been tossed out with regularity)
RightWinged on September 19, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Yep. This crisis isn’t over and McCain needs to hang it around Oslime-a’s neck.
csdeven on September 20, 2008 at 12:01 AM
This guy could have said “catching the Javelins” and this would have been construed as racist. Heck…we can’t even say “community organizer” anymore without invoking racism charges.
I would like to know what Don Imus thinks about this.
John Doe on September 20, 2008 at 12:06 AM
It’s up to the the members of the Church, to put pressure on the person over the crazy guy to fire him.
Chakra Hammer on September 20, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Didn’t McCain already say 0vomit was trying to profit politically from the economic mess? He has to be careful after a whining statement like that of using it himself, it must be done just right and perhaps by a 527.
Boone Pickens or someone like him? The Donald himself would be good or the Lady Rothchild?
dhunter on September 20, 2008 at 12:09 AM
It will go over great here, but out in America it will sound like McCain is fiddling with tabloid stuff while America’s economy burns. But why not try it and then …, and then …, and then… ?
KentAllard on September 20, 2008 at 12:09 AM
So basically, it’s NOT Pfleger’s problem, it’s ALL Catholics problem AND the person that is ABOVE Pfleger to remedy the situation. (At least that’s the way I see it.. , you got a crazy guy running around calling himself a priest, the Catholic’s seems to be OK with it, maybe that’s a precedent they want to set IF they ever get a firebrand that goes the other way? could be a slippery slope for the Church to be playing with.. )
Chakra Hammer on September 20, 2008 at 12:14 AM
The media will not cover it.. so, someone has to..
Chakra Hammer on September 20, 2008 at 12:16 AM
Since our convention, Obama has been the one that’s gone negative. It seems to be working for him, doesn’t it?
The merciless attacks on Sarah Palin have taken a toll. They aren’t in the least embarrassed by spouting their evil in the face of goodness.
We need to fight fire with fire, and respond in kind. And don’t back off when they complain about it.
I say use the clip of Rev Wright doing the “ridin’ dirty” dance….that will especially piss off Clinton’s women.
nyrofan on September 20, 2008 at 12:16 AM
McCain will have a very tough road to hoe to successfully blame this economic Katrina/911 on Obama, as he has been trying to do, given that McCain has been in the Senate for a quarter of a century and has been mostly for less regulation and less oversight and has been criticizing Obama during most of the campaign for nor being in Washington nearly long enough. If Obama were to be willing to run against Washington, including his own party, he would be very hard to stop.
KentAllard on September 20, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Iraqi Billionaire Threatens Reporters Investigating Rezko Affair
Well, the media isn’t reporting about Rezko because an Iraqi Baathist Billionaire has threatened reporters!(Did he threaten that he would kill them?)
Reporters are scared for their lives because a terrorist Billionaire is threatening journalist!
Chakra Hammer on September 20, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Media in the tank for Obama because they are afraid to write anything negative, or maybe Obama’s Iraqi Billionaire friend will have them killed! LMAO
Chakra Hammer on September 20, 2008 at 12:22 AM
I think McCain is probably trying to encourage the racism charges. It only works in their favor.
I wouldn’t be overly surprised to see an ad at some point, that attempts to argue “electing obama means 4 years of disagreement as racism”
From what we’ve seen, it seems like there’ll be a strong possibility of that happening.
lorien1973 on September 20, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Where are the 527s when you need them? Since Obama has taken off the kibosh on them, why shuldn’t our side use them? Mccain campaign shuld stay above the fray and let the 527s do the dirty work on this.
promachus on September 20, 2008 at 12:29 AM
Using Rev Wright will not hurt Obama. His followers as a whole do not care.
It will open the door even further to Palin’s church where everything taught will be taken out of context by people who do not understand the teachings of Jesus and become full of rage just by the mention of him. These people are Obama’s main supporters.
Rev Wrights church preached “Whitey is bad” which they agree with. Going after Wright will hurt McCain/Palin.
GoodBoy on September 20, 2008 at 12:33 AM
I must be living in a cave. I’ve never heard of Larry Sinclair or Pastor Manning.
csdeven on September 20, 2008 at 12:34 AM
I do not want to promote either Bill Maher or Andrew Sullivan now, for obvious reasons. But Real Time was really strange tonight in a strangely positive way. In response idiotic socialist crap from some chick named Naomi Klein–Andrew Sullivan almost became a conservative again. Then Sully switched back with a McCain Palin attack. Then Maher went on a rant about religion. Then Sully switched back again. It was like watching a gay version of Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde or the Hulk–except Sully switched back and forth between leftist and conservative.
But, know hope.
The panelists all acknowledged that if Obama is not leading by 5-7% by November 4, he will lose. They said it was racism, but could it possibly be policy-ism? Plus they don’t know how to deal with it, they all had a different attack plan and they all contradicted each other. They are scared. McCain and Palin really have them shaken. I liked that part.
Mr. Joe on September 20, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Its not about obama supporters; it’s about undecideds and trying to get them to go to mccain, by having doubts about obama.
lorien1973 on September 20, 2008 at 12:36 AM
Disagree with Obama = You Are racist. LMAO
Chakra Hammer on September 20, 2008 at 12:37 AM
It’s worse than that. Have you heard anything about this:
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/members_of_obama_s_church_kill.html
mrsmwp on September 20, 2008 at 12:44 AM
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