The Republican campaign is cranking up. Yesterday they were saying that Barack Obama is a gang member. (Black guy, get it?) Today he's a terrorist?
Oh yeah, that's right, last week he was a Communist!
By summer the Republican campaign will be in full swing. I wonder what imaginative things they will come up with?
Too bad the same rules don't apply to McCain: Hagee Says Hurricane Katrina Struck New Orleans Because It Was 'Planning A Sinful' 'Homosexual Rally',
On September 18, 2006, Pastor John Hagee -- whose endorsement Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said this past Sunday he was "glad to have" -- told NPR's Terry Gross that "Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans." "New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God," Hagee said, because "there was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came."
Will this also be on every news channel, repeated over and over, 24/7, for the next several months? Will reporters hound McCain with questions about his preacher? If not, then what is it that is different between this preacher and Obama's?
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What a silly question Dave. There're many differences, but let me list the most essential ones for you:
1. He's white, like McCain, while Obama is black, and so is Wright.
2. He's republican and Wright is the black preacher of a democrat... a liberal democrat.
3. He utters his own words while Rev. Wright only quotes retired diplomats (Edward peck) as a footnote.
4. Rev. Wright risked his life for America, as a marine, while John Hagee was busy raking in the million s and suing his former church for more millions.
That about covers it.
Of course, one does not have to stoop to rethug tactics, which are low class. But winning is very much everything.
It is up to Obama and his staff to go after the big shots with McCain, not just McCain himself. He's got to come back strong in every instance and strike back, and strike back with much clarity and intelligence. This will make their contiuous salvos look irrelevant early on, which will be extremely important, since the key to their having effectiveness.
Statements against those who are a threat need to be made over and over again ad nauseum, so that when people think of those issues or those that stated them, they will think of the statements, regardless of how they may ringor who it may bother. This is what The Clinton campaign has done, and rather effectively.
To his credit, and integrity, Obama has a hard time with this. But I believe it is possible to employ these tactics and still maintain one's integrity.
By Hillary’s actions, the play book have been distributed and presently being executed.
I think you'd better re-read those talking points from Obama Central, because somewhere along the line you made a huge mistake.
Of course, McCain can simply say "I wasn't listening when he said those things." Thinking better about it, it's probably more believable coming from McCain.
The point is we need to point out this double standard. If we don't we lose the opportunity to fight back properly against right wing slime merchants and it keeps the issue of religious bigotry and how it shapes our politics in the media.
at least dislike him for something he dose, don't make up something.
follow the link for more
http://www.kevindhendricks.com/2008/03/24/jeremiah-wright-is-not-anti-gay/
And people fall for it year after year. I'd like to have hope that after 8 years of Bush people won't fall for it again, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Carol