If you thought Hillary Clinton's attacks on Obama throughout this campaign were classless, wait till you get a load of what the GOP has in store.
The North Carolina Republican Party is planning to roll out a television advertisement on Monday attacking a pair of Democrats running for governor in the state for endorsing Senator Barack Obama by playing a clip of his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, excoriating the United States.As a native of the Tarheel state, I'm familiar enough with the mentality there to know that this sort of ad will absolutely work. And that's a large part of why I no longer live in NC.
The release of the commercial, which Republican officials said would debut during 6 p.m. newscasts in the state on Monday, injects a potentially divisive racial element into the state’s upcoming Democratic presidential primary on May 6. The advertisement features a narrator intoning, “For 20 years, Barack Obama sat in his pew, listening to his pastor.”
The North Carolina G.O.P.’s commercial says Bev Perdue, the lieutenant governor, and Richard Moore, the state treasurer — both of whom are seeking the Democratic nomination in North Carolina for governor — and have endorsed Mr. Obama should “know better.”
“He’s too extreme for North Carolina,” the narrator says.
Here's the commercial.
I suppose all this is fair game obviously. The G.O.P. is playing the old guilt by association card and trying to smear any person who endorses Obama by implying that by proxy, these folks are racist haters of American ideals.
I'm sure Sean Hannity is somewhere with an erection right now.[||]
This shouldn't be too surprising. The Republicans are the party of Lincoln and Willie Horton, so this is really just par for the course. Nonetheless, folks wouldn't run these sorts of ads if there weren't people dumb enough to believe their messages and vote in kind. So, get used to it.
Question: Is there any way Obama can mitigate the Reverend Wright damage? Does it even matter at this point, since people's minds have already been made up?
N.C. Republicans Preview Wright-Obama Ad [NYTimes]
Average Email
Average FAQ
Average Bio
AB @ AOL BlackVoices
AB @ NPR
AB @ WashingtonPost
Posts
11 AverageComments™:
i think obama has said all he needs to say about rev. wright. what more could he say/do that would change peoples' minds? ummm, nothing! is hillary going to say anything about her former pastor and the fact that he likes little girls? i mean, rrrreeeeaaaaallllllyyyy likes little girls? will the GOP make a commercial of that?
in fact, maybe the democrats should make some videos of their own with some of the preachers from the religious right and all their tom-foolery and shenanigans.
i think people take certain issues and run with them far greater than necessary.
I'm losing interest in the whole battle, and the election. I'm mentally tired from all the unnecesary verbal bickering and some of the sensitivity as well. I'm ready to say that by the time election day is here I may be overwhelmed with feeling that my vote doesn't matter. It's interesting how I feel this way this time when I've really been involved with watching the debates, listening to comments, and following the primaries and the candidates as well, more than any other Presidential election in the past. Perhaps I know too much now.
This is just a last second blitzkrieg to derail Obama. GOP'ers know they can't win straight up with Barack by voting for the unpopular McCain.
It's a catch 22 with Pastor Wright. The irony is, Wright was saying what a lot of his contemporaries (white and black) actually think. America is the new Babylon.
I think the bloom is off the rose for Obama. Not really sure how he could get past it now... he's going to have to wait until some Republican overreaches and see if he can squash it by embarrassing McCain with the overblown rhetoric.
@ebony
A lot of people do think that stuff, yes... but a lot of people do not, which is why we have elections. The question, I guess, is "Which camp does Obama fall into?" Answering that will decide more than a few votes, I think.
This election is boring. Get off rev wrights nuts people
- www.anythingblack.net
Something in me says that they should air attack ads with words from John Hagee, Jerry Falwell, Francis Schaeffer, and the like. It's only fair that they give them a taste of their own medicine. At the same time, It wouldn't be a good idea to deviate from the change image that's being projected.
Anyway, I'm beyond tired of this election. It feels like forever.
Frankly this soundbyte mess is so out of control. I dont want this Rev Wright thing re-opened or anything, but I'm beyond tired of watching pundit after pundit attribute wild ideas to Wright based on them. If the rule were "only speak on Wright if you heard the whole sermon" this would almost be a non-issue.
Like ebonygentleman said, beyond all of the hurt of the WTC attacks, the number of people killed pales in comparison to many of the atrocities that the US has committed, even in recent history. The idea that the individuals murdered or the US itself deserved any retribution is not the same as knowing our history and having the awareness that the US has done some real dirt. I think that Obama agrees, but the Bush administration hypnotized the fearful to truly believe that the US can do no wrong. It's all just promoting ignorance.
McCain hasn't explained away his endorsement from Hagee, who considered Katrina an act of God against New Orleans because it was a hotbed of sin and homosexuality, and I'd like to see him start trying.
Ok soooo Questionable associations of Republicans are the truth and need to be uncovered to acheive justice. Questionable associaitions by Democrats are "unwarranted". Questionable associations of Barak Obama are wrong and racist.. (Rolling my eyes)
Rebb'n Wright's interview with PBS airs tonight. It's too little too damn late if you ask me.
@ spool
Unless the GOP has something new and original, the Wright controversy can't be used in the Fall. The card's already been played.
Obama needs to sharpen his debate skills. Barry vs McCain straight up on issues alone will be a slaughter if Obama can just learn how to give simple answers instead of chanelling John Kerry.
@ daedulus
No, everything's fair game. It's just the spirit in which it's done that pisses me off.
Since spouses are fair game, the Dems can clap at Cindy McCain's drug problem just like the conservative talking heads pick on Michelle's misquoted "proud of America" speech.
Hagee is fair game.
And since we're talking association, I'm gonna love seeing McCain explain his way out of Keating Five.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
And since we're talking about character, how about the Dems talk about McCain's philandering?
Yeah, it's all fair game. Bring it!
@Average Bro they should bring it all out. Michelle Misquoted? Man, exhale the Obamavapors. If you havent figured this out allready they were surrounded by 1960s style radicals and civil rights figures for whom unfortunately still think its 1960. Your remark "the spirit in which its done" proves my point. Let me repeat it again: "Questionable associations of Barak Obama are wrong and racist.. (Rolling my eyes)
"
The man received a letter of commendation for saving President Johnson's life at Bethesda Naval Hospital, and prior to that, waived his college deferment to join the Marines. Run and tell that, spin docs.
Post a Comment