McCain Camp Raises Bittergate In Latest Robocall

The McCain campaign is out with yet another scathing anti-Obama robocall, this time attacking the Illinois Senator for his notorious "bitter" comments, claiming he and "elitist Democrats" would try to take away people's guns.

A reader in North Carolina sends over a copy of this message she received on Wednesday, narrated by a man with a notably thick southern drawl:

"Hello. I am calling for John McCain and the RNC because Barack Obama says small town folks like us cling to our guns because we are bitter. And elitist Democrats who want to control Washington and completely ban hand guns and most hunting rifles. The NRA said that Barack Obama would be the most anti-gun president in American history. These elitist Democrats just don't understand us and we can't trust them with our 2nd Amendment rights. This call was paid for by the Republican National Committee and McCain Palin 2008."

The call is the second incendiary one launched by the McCain campaign today. Earlier it was reported that the Republican ticket was blasting out a robocall narrated by Rudy Giuliani that attacked Obama for being soft on crime.

It should be noted that Obama has made a steady push to convince rural and southern voters that he would not, in fact, be restrictive of gun ownership but rather than second amendment policy should be dictated by the needs of each respective locale.

To this point, McCain's robocall campaigns have generally sputtered, with four Republican Senators denouncing the tactic and even Gov. Sarah Palin airing displeasure.

The RNC did not return request for comment.

Comments

[bobdob]

Thanks to the Huffington Post for giving the Republicans the gift that just keeps on giving.

[bobdob]

Thanks to the Huffington Post and especially to Mayhill Fowler for giving them the gift that just keeps on giving.

[Northwest02]

OK, OK, OK I get it. We have all seen this movie before. It was rolled out last spring. Next week we get to see Rev. Wright reruns. Is this it? Is this the strategy until November 4th? This is pretty weak and pathetic.

[marthlois]

I swear no one in McCain's camp knows what the h.ell the other is doing. On a day when the press is talking about $150,000 worth of expenditures on clothing and a $13,000 makeup bill??? Joe the plumbers and their spouses should come out of the woodwork to say that $150,000 could be YEARS of income to them and she spent it on clothes which she now says she'll donate to charity! CHARITY!!!
I think she just better sell them pronto to resale stores and the money should go back to the DNC! And the nerve to do robo calls on elitist! Haven't seen any new ads lately. This might work!

[D Right One]

Man, I would've never thought the Repugs would come apart at the seams. This isn't a game though. We got to stick it to them until 11/04.

[nurseattorney]

7:15pm, I just got the "bitter" robocall here in Durham County, NC. I slammed the phone down, but I suppose there's nothing else to do.

The last couple of days I've been getting a wierd robocall with John McCain' recorded voice asking me to stay on the line and join a conference call. I hung up on that one twice.

[Donnat]

Darned elitist Obama, wife shopping at Target. Don't they know us real Americans shop Neiman's and Saks?

[HRHuffnstuff]

Why would you have a guy who sounds bitter complain about Obama calling people like him bitter?

[BarackOBunny]

OK ,I get it......I'­m Bitter....­..I'm not in Pro-America country...­.I'm anti-American.
NOW I AM BITTER. God you Republicans are right. I just need to join the Aryan Cult now know as the Republican Party.

[puffthedragon]

I received in my post office box today a very inflamatory propaganda from the RNC in Harrisburge PA. It was calling Obama a terrorist, anti american. linking him to Ayers .. I payeed the postage to have it returned to sender.. I told the postmaster (In Edinboro Pa) that I did not want any more of this crap in my PO box.. She said there was nothing she could do about it. I stated that this was hate mail and I did not want it .. She said "It is not hate mail , it is all true. Ayers is a terrorist and Obama is good friends with him"

[PepperzMom]

FYI: you don't have to pay return postage.

Just cross thru your address, including any bar coding at the bottom, and write RETURN TO SENDER - junk mail.

They will have to pay for the return postage - nice bonus, eh?

[Agent420]

Better yet, before you mail it, tie a brick to it.

[NaperIndie]

Every one has to remember why McCain is throwing the kicthen sink in this election. He is 72 years old. This is his last chance to run for the office. This was not the case in 2000. He looses this, his life long ambition bites the dust.

[karela]

Geesh! Every day the McCain camp tries anothe tact and they're all losers. Been there, done that, lost it's punch. Pathetic.

[cmeans29]

This is so LAST March.

[JADE2002]

The dow dropped 500 points today (again) no matter how hard they try, ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID

[darker]

NO MORE VICIOUS LIAR ROBOCALLS.
NO MORE YEARS OF NASTY REPUBLICANS who cannot govern decently!
VOTE:
obama/biden 2008