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Date Posted: 10:28:46 10/09/08 Thu
Author: HF
Subject: I'm somewhere between you and scooter
In reply to: Jeannine 's message, "My, my. It's tag team time!" on 08:57:29 10/09/08 Thu

I think Ayers is a non-issue and I do believe the McCain/Palin campaign is using it as a method of implicitly inciting racist, xenophobic fears of terrorism. Didn't Walter Annenberg sit on that same board? Has anyone ever accused him of befriending a terrorist? Plus, the only folks who are speaking publicly about their knowledge of the Obama-Ayers connection are saying that the two are not, and never have been, close. So yeah, I think the McCain campaign is purposely disingenuous re Ayers as a method of creating an emotional reaction among its potentially racist and xenophobic supporters. (Note: this does not mean that I think ALL McCain/Palin supporters are racist and/or xenophobic; what I mean is that this strategy is designed to appeal to those that are.)

But I do agree that discussing Obama's relationship with Reverend Wright is legitimate. His involvement with a person like Rev. Wright is questionable at best.

Finally, I have no idea how or why anyone would think that you (Jeannine) believe that Obama is a terrorist. I support the Obama campaign but not necessarily all of its tactics. I generally assume, for better or for worse, that most of the folks who support the McCain campaign do not support all of its tactics either.

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[> [> [> [> [> A lot of people agree with you.. -- SB, 11:59:05 10/09/08 Thu [1]

about Rev. Wright. Wouldn't you agree however that if that relationship should be scrutinized, than what the other candidate's pastors and spirtual advisors believes and have preached about should also be scrutinized?

I know McCain has said the topic is off-limits because probably they don't want the same scrutinzation of Palin's longtime church and pastors. I found this on Fox News from April - what a difference 6 months can make!

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http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/04/23/for-mccain-rev-wright-is-off-limits/

McCain declares Rev. Wright issue off limits

Inez, KY — In what is becoming almost weekly protocol, Sen. McCain condemned officials his own party for going over the line in attacking Barack Obama.

This time the North Carolina Republican party has launched a new TV spot tying local Democrats who support Obama to incendiary remarks made by the Democrat’s longtime preacher, Jeremiah Wright.

The ad declares that Obama is “just too extreme for North Carolina,” noting that local officials should “know better” than to support the Democratic presidential frontrunner.

McCain repeatedly called on the state party to pull the ad Wednesday, vowing again to run a “respectful campaign.”

“We called and asked them not to run that message. It’s not the message of the Republican Party. It’s not the message of my campaign. I’ve pledged to conduct a respectful campaign,” McCain said during a press conference Wednesday. “I can’t dictate to them but I want to be the candidate of everybody. I want to be the candidate of Republicans and Democrats and Independents and people across the political spectrum and I think that by traveling America and listening and learning as well as portraying my vision for the future, I’m going to attract a large number of independents and democrats into our cause because right now the cause is America and right now the cause is that Americans want us to work together to solve these enormous challenges that we face today.”

Then, alongside Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan–who was traveling with the presumptive GOP nominee to his own hometown of Inez–McCain told reporters that local and state GOP officials sometimes lose sight of the ultimate party goals.

“I think sometimes we neglect a fundamental reason why we have political parties–that is to elect our candidates to office,” McCain said aboard his bus. “What I hope is that they would listen to my views that it’s not representative of the Republican Party and what we are trying to be. We are trying to be a party that respects everyone and to show disrespect for any candidate or anyone…is certainly not the party of Abraham Lincoln.”

Informed that the state party is planning to keep the ad on the air, McCain lamented, “unfortunately all I can do is, in as visible way as possible, is disassociate myself from that kind of campaigning.”

The AZ Senator added today that he believes “it is clear” that Obama does not share the world view of Rev. Wright and stated his intention to run an issue-centric campaign.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> Eh, not that much. -- HF, 12:25:15 10/09/08 Thu [1]

Sarah Palin is so the opposite of everything I believe in that I don't particularly care about her religious associations. At this point, I know enough about her to form an opinion about her VP qualifications. I don't need more.

Re McCain, I basically feel the same way as I do about Obama's connection with Wright -- bring it up, then drop it. So if folks care about Keating, it's out there, but personally it's all so long ago (for both candidates) that it's not going to influence my voting decision. I'm more interested in what they're going to do once elected.


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[> [> [> [> [> [> I agree. If the Wright issue is still on the table, then -- LAwoman, 12:58:14 10/09/08 Thu [1]

the religious characters the other candidate has affiliations with should be on the table too. I'm sure there is enough hateful proselytizing to go around. But that's just in the interest of parity. It doesn't really affect my vote. I'm more interested in their plans for the future, not their buddies of the past.


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