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McCain To GOP: Focus On Me, Stop Attacking Dems

McCain To GOP: Focus On Me, Stop Attacking Dems

Politico   |  Jonathan Martin   |   March 12, 2008 08:48 AM

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After being forced to respond to three separate incidents in recent weeks of conservatives alluding to Barack Obama's middle name, John McCain's campaign manager today sent a memo to top supporters urging them to stick to the campaign's preferred message -- and to avoid taking gratuitous shots at their Democratic rivals.

"Overheated rhetoric and personal attacks on our opponents distract from the big differences between John McCain's vision for the future of our nation and the Democrats," wrote Rick Davis in a document the campaign emailed to Republican officials and staffers this afternoon. "This campaign is about John McCain: his vision, leadership, experience, courage, service to his country and ability to lead as commander in chief from day one."


 
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- gonavy I'm a Fan of gonavy 7 fans permalink

The conservatives are trying to hijack McCains campaign and control his agenda. Fools.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:14 PM on 03/12/2008
- TurnThePageGA I'm a Fan of TurnThePageGA 6 fans permalink

What an Honorable candidate. Which is more than I can say for Hillary and her campaign. What a shame that the Republicans candidates is not resorting to the Racists Tactits of the Clinton Campaign. Saying you don't agree with a surrogate in your campaign racist statement does not "Cross the Threshold" for a person wanting be the standard bearer of the Democratic Party.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:19 PM on 03/12/2008
- atila I'm a Fan of atila 54 fans permalink
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i agree,john mccain is giving a lesson about honor and ethics to hillary's campaign..­..if obama doesn't get the ticket is going to be very hard for the democratic party.....­.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:16 PM on 03/12/2008
- S1m0n I'm a Fan of S1m0n 93 fans permalink
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Conveniently for John McCain, the political effects of yelling, "Hussein!" and yelling, "stop saying Hussein!" are identical.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:31 PM on 03/12/2008
- Colmore I'm a Fan of Colmore 45 fans permalink

Oh, my friend, it will take a whole HELL of a lot more than stopping using Obama's middle name to make McCain palatable!!! This will hardly detract from the fact that McCain has twisted in any direction that he thinks will garner votes for him. He let the Bushies slander him, his wife and daughter, then hugs the creep in charge. He is just like Romney, pandering to every nut job, changing positions on issues with regularity. The man is too old, too angry, too unprincipled to be president. WE NEED AN ADULT to take over, not another frat boy, my friend.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:57 AM on 03/12/2008
- drmavis I'm a Fan of drmavis 2 fans permalink

Though I don't agree with many of his positions (i.e. foreign policy / warmongering), I definitely respect this guy. And though I'm an Obama supporter, I have a nagging feeling that McCain will end up beating either Dem candidate in the general. He would beat Obama by the "Reagan Democrat" effect + racists + disgruntled Clinton supporters and would beat Clinton by even more because of the vast amount of visceral hatred towards her. It's funny how Obama supporters are now seeing a lot of things about her that the right wing had been saying all along, but they had been ignoring while defending Bill's administration.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:51 AM on 03/12/2008
- ibsteve2u I'm a Fan of ibsteve2u 137 fans permalink
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lollll...g­ood luck with that, McCain. You may not want to recognize the fact, but - even after Coulter's and Limbaugh's defections - you've still got a bunch of neocon a-holes who want to make you their own.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:51 AM on 03/12/2008
- Tankan I'm a Fan of Tankan 3 fans permalink

Self evident proof that Karl Rove is more intelligent than your average racist!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:52 AM on 03/12/2008
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