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This is a Strategy?

Politics | Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:09:58 am PDT

Good grief.

Lieberman: McCain draws the line at using Rev. Wright.

Wallace asked Lieberman if McCain would bring up Rev. Jeremiah Wright after condemning state Republican parties for running ads criticizing Obama for his relationship with the controversial figure.

Lieberman responded: “He [McCain] didn’t like that approach. Senator McCain feels that same way about bringing up Reverend Wright through his campaign. And that’s the kind of line drawing that I think John McCain is all about.”

Later on Fox News Sunday, Brit Hume said the McCain camp would be “out of their mind” to not bring up Obama’s relationship with Rev. Wright.

“What on earth are Joe Lieberman and John McCain talking about when they say that the long association with the Reverend Jeremiah Wright is off the table?” Hume said. “Why is that off the table? It’s an important part of Obama’s background and record. It’s one of the reasons people wonder about who he really is.”

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1 bellamags  10/06/08 9:11:09 am reply quote

He'll let Palin have it.

2 Jetpilot1101  10/06/08 9:11:14 am reply quote

You know, I thought McCain was a fighter but he is showing me everyday his nack for capitulation.

3 bellamags  10/06/08 9:11:39 am reply quote

We shouldn't assume anything right now. Give it a few days.

4 bosforus  10/06/08 9:12:09 am reply quote

If it's "off the table" it's only because I think its significant impact has been realized. McCain better get on the Ayers/Obama bandwagon and give it all he's got or he's done.

5 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:12:55 am reply quote

re: #1 bellamags

He'll let Palin have it.

No, he'll let the 527's do it for him. I hope.

6 The Other Les  10/06/08 9:13:07 am reply quote

JSM is being a gentleman.

Unfortunately we are up against barbarians.

7 buzzsawmonkey  10/06/08 9:14:27 am reply quote

Naw naw naw! Hoist Wright and the candidate he spawned on the petard of his own rhetoric!

8 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:14:40 am reply quote

McCain may believe he'll be labeled a racists should he raise this.
Once the 527's start on it he'll be painted with that brush anyway.

9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  10/06/08 9:14:55 am reply quote

As much as I support McCain and want him to crush Obama, if you're not going to use every weapon at your disposal to win, you dont deserve victory. Wake the fuck up John.

10 Shug  10/06/08 9:15:32 am reply quote

Yo Rocky. Do one thing for me

Win

/ adrian

11 arethusa  10/06/08 9:15:50 am reply quote

Palin did call Wright "appalling" the other day. But apparently only to Bill Kristol.

I'm not sure that staying away from Wright isn't a good move, long-term. It might indeed look racist (yes, I know it isn't, and that it really speaks to Obama's character, at the very least as someone who will not speak up when he hears wrong being done/said). As it is, Democrats are already inflaming racial tensions. Do we need more inflammation like that, especially if McCain wins a close election?

12 The Other Les  10/06/08 9:16:09 am reply quote

Those people need to be nuked. (Rhetorically speaking, of course.)

14 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:17:44 am reply quote

Look, Lieberman is a leftist liberal who has one main commonality with McCain, safeguarding Israel.

The mere fact that he's siding with McCain should tell you a lot about how terrible the specter of Barry is for Israel.

But lets not overvalue his words on Wright.

Wright will become a topic and it will be fun.

15 Adina in Judea  10/06/08 9:18:33 am reply quote

The 527s need to hit hard with videos of Rev Wright.

What he said is still very jarring (months after the videos first came out.)

The American people need to see these as often as possible in the coming weeks.

16 yma o hyd  10/06/08 9:18:34 am reply quote

re: #1 bellamags

He'll let Palin have it.

He better!

17 jwb7605  10/06/08 9:18:39 am reply quote

re: #4 bosforus

If it's "off the table" it's only because I think its significant impact has been realized. McCain better get on the Ayers/Obama bandwagon and give it all he's got or he's done.

I don't think it's "off the table". It is the natural progression of the root of the issue (which is Ayers).
(big) IF the public actually understands and sees the root, the stems will resurface without help from McCain.

18 tfc3rid  10/06/08 9:19:14 am reply quote

It's a strategy for defeat...

19 rhino2  10/06/08 9:19:16 am reply quote

re: #2 Jetpilot1101

You know, I thought McCain was a fighter but he is showing me everyday his nack for capitulation.

I don't know where you got that idea, his entire political career was about capitulation to democrats, hell he even co-sponsored some bills with them.

I'm sure the man was a fighter in Hanoi, and I respect him for that, but his political will to fight leaves much to be desired.

20 yma o hyd  10/06/08 9:19:26 am reply quote

re: #5 unrealizedviewpoint

No, he'll let the 527's do it for him. I hope.

So - where are they?
Are they doing this?

21 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:19:27 am reply quote

re: #11 arethusa

So what.

I'd rather have some people pissed and whining and whinging that another Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.

22 lawhawk  10/06/08 9:20:00 am reply quote

Hillary kept from going on the offensive against all of Obama's ties to radicals, terrorists, racists, etc., until it was too late. It now appears that McCain will make the same exact mistake - no matter how well intentioned to keep a high minded electoral approach.

He will let surrogates attack Obama on Wright. That's fine, but the facts are the facts. Obama was a member of Wright's congregation for decades, and not once notice the racism overtly and implied by Wright's sermons, publications, or anything else?

23 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:21:25 am reply quote

re: #8 unrealizedviewpoint

McCain may believe he'll be labeled a racists should he raise this.
Once the 527's start on it he'll be painted with that brush anyway.

And McCain really has no control over R-527's (when & what they say), unlike the Obama campaign who clearly have broken the laws with regard to communication between D-527's and the campaign.

sorry to comment on my comment..

24 vxbush  10/06/08 9:21:26 am reply quote

OT: I tried to post this in the Link Viewer, but for some reason I can't seem to get that to work.

TED is a site for sharing ideas that is gaining some momentum in educational circles. Recently posted is the following:

Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives

The description is:

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we're left, right or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives tend to honor most.

It takes 18 minutes to watch the video, unfortunately, but I think it would be useful to discuss this here at LGF perhaps on a FNDT. I'm not sure I quite agree with some of his premises, though.

25 buzzsawmonkey  10/06/08 9:21:27 am reply quote

re: #22 lawhawk

Obama was a member of Wright's congregation for decades, and not once notice the racism overtly and implied by Wright's sermons, publications, or anything else?

Fish do not notice the water they swim in.

26 bellamags  10/06/08 9:21:33 am reply quote

McCain seems to pull it out at the end. We should still give it a couple of days.

27 jwb7605  10/06/08 9:21:36 am reply quote

re: #15 Adina in Judea

The 527s need to hit hard with videos of Rev Wright.

What he said is still very jarring (months after the videos first came out.)

The American people need to see these as often as possible in the coming weeks.

The 527s need to have a recognizable name. Most people knew about the (now inactive) Swift Boat Veterans For Truth during the campaign. I personally cannot name one 527 with that kind of name recognition with the public in general now.

28 Abu Maven  10/06/08 9:21:45 am reply quote

It makes no sense because the connection to Rev Wright is far more concrete than the Obama-Ayers connection. I suspect -- I hope -- that this is merely McCain trying to appear "above the fray" knowing full well that the 527's will pound the Rev Wright issue.

29 joncelli  10/06/08 9:21:59 am reply quote

Bob Dole part II (unless things change fast).

30 Orbit Rain  10/06/08 9:22:31 am reply quote

...well, this is why he'll be a one-term President, assuming he gets there...He doesn't have the balls to call out Obama for his ideology...and Wright is the killer-app against Obama..

twenty years of "God Damn AmeriCAAAAAA!"

31 wiffersnapper  10/06/08 9:22:32 am reply quote

Can we get a redo on our GOP candidate please?

32 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:22:35 am reply quote

re: #5 unrealizedviewpoint

No, he'll bring Wright up himself.

But he will wait until something triggers it first, i.e. someone comes forward and says that Barry was in that church when Wright was spewing his hatred.

BTW, anyone here remember how HRC handled the Wright issue?

33 bellamags  10/06/08 9:22:44 am reply quote

Whats the difference between a hockey mom and a pitt bull? lipstick

34 Ben Hur  10/06/08 9:22:52 am reply quote

They should do what the Clinton camp did about Barry's coke use.

They should keep saying 24/7 that they will not bring up Barry's close, personal 20 year relationship with the anti-Semitic, anti-American, pro-NOI, pro-Hamas Reverend Wright.

Over and over again.

Chickensssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ssssssssssssssssss!

35 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:22:58 am reply quote

re: #20 yma o hyd

So - where are they?
Are they doing this?

I assume they play primarily in battleground states. I haven't seen the ads. Anyone?

36 tfc3rid  10/06/08 9:23:08 am reply quote

Time is short...

The America electorate needs an education... A long, detailed education... And they need it now...

It's slipping away...

37 cblesz  10/06/08 9:23:09 am reply quote

I just sent an email to the campaign and told them to not contact me unless they bring up Rev Wright again...Jeez...DO THEY WANT TO LOSE?

38 The Shadow Do  10/06/08 9:23:54 am reply quote

Ayers is in ways a better bet to make the character point. Unfortunately we don't have video. And in this day video is all powerful. So I say run with what you have - lets see the good reverand G-D Ameri- KKK-a again, and again, and again, please. Maybe somebody out there will get it.

39 Nevergiveup  10/06/08 9:23:57 am reply quote

I keep thinking back on the good old days when Dole ran that robust campaign?

40 Florida Lady  10/06/08 9:24:05 am reply quote

re: #11 arethusa

41 buzzsawmonkey  10/06/08 9:24:06 am reply quote

Bring up Reverend Wright! Put Obama out to pastor!

42 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:24:31 am reply quote

re: #22 lawhawk

Fully agreed. Barry is running as the candidate who happens to be black. Fine.

And Reverend Wright is the fanatical America hating preacher who happens to be black.

And Father Pfleger is the fanatical America hating preacher who happens to be white.

So what?

43 Kenneth  10/06/08 9:24:55 am reply quote

A great video from an African American explaining why he's voting for McCain. He completely destroys every one of the liberal/democrat myths. Brilliant!

44 joncelli  10/06/08 9:25:05 am reply quote

re: #41 buzzsawmonkey

We definitely want to avoid Obama's tender ministrations.

45 Walter L. Newton  10/06/08 9:25:06 am reply quote

re: #35 unrealizedviewpoint

I assume they play primarily in battleground states. I haven't seen the ads. Anyone?

I haven't heard any radio ad's here in Colorado, at least in the Denver area.

46 Sol Roth  10/06/08 9:25:12 am reply quote

John,

You can't put country first if you lose the election. Take the safeties off all your weapons and close to contact.

Your Friend,

Sol Roth

47 yma o hyd  10/06/08 9:25:16 am reply quote

I posted this on the trhead below:
Obama highlights McCain scandal - the B0 campaign is and will be using any and all 'scandals' they can find.
They are not fighting 'gentlemanly' just because McCain tries to do so.

He must hit back now, with all there is - and there is enough to keep B0 from the White House.
Blydi well use it!

48 doppelganglander  10/06/08 9:25:26 am reply quote

If this is true, McCain is a Grade A moron. If this is simply misdirection and surrogates will be dragging Rev. Wright out from under the bus, it's pure genius.

49 tfc3rid  10/06/08 9:25:33 am reply quote

re: #40 Florida Lady

Maybe you're right. McCain has such a big percentage of the black vote. I'm sure it'll make a huge difference if he ties racists like Wright and Farrakhan to Obama.

/not trying to be mean, but what does he really have to lose?

That is a good point... If truth like that is going to hurt McCain, does that mean he will receive 5% of the black vote, as opposed to 8%? Seriously? And, still, because there IS prejudice in our society still, it may actually gain him some 'white' votes... Sad, but true...

50 bellamags  10/06/08 9:25:46 am reply quote

McCain is going to let others do his dirty work. Just like Obama. It would be refreshing for a candidate to just lay it all out.

51 Cartman  10/06/08 9:25:59 am reply quote

Look, folks - the Rev. Wright thing may seem like poison to McCain. I (sort of) understand where he may be at on this one. JM understands that the racism card will most assuredly be carelessly tossed out on the table if he pursues this aggressively. I think he understands that no matter how ridiculous or unfounded the charges, the media/left are adept at planting the rotten seed. As we all have seen demonstrated, once that imaginary line has been crossed, there is no redemption possible.

52 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:26:15 am reply quote

Maybe if the folks just start screaming WRIGHT, WRIGHT, WRIGHT, WRIGHT, WRIGHT at the campaign stops he'll get the message,

53 DeafDog  10/06/08 9:26:27 am reply quote

You guys are getting ahead of yourselves. There's plenty of ammo in the arsenol to use before Wright.

Let the Ayers issue fester for a few days.

Then the campaign will talk about Rezko for a few days. Maybe also make Obamba explain his history of cocaine use and if he's tempted to return to cocaine. Ask him to explain ACORN's relationship to sub-prime lending. Ask him to explain the ear-mark for his wife's hospital.

Then - depending on how the campaign is going - they can raise Wright if needed. If you raise Wright too early, there is too much time for the smoooooth talking one to disable the bomb. The last images that any undecided voter should see about BHO is the rev.

(This is a lot like the GWB drunk driving arrest.)

54 Nekama  10/06/08 9:26:41 am reply quote

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

As much as I support McCain and want him to crush Obama, if you're not going to use every weapon at your disposal to win, you dont deserve victory. Wake the fuck up John.

I couldn't have said it better.

Just as I've said about Israel ("A country that can defeat its enemies and refuses to do so does not deserve to survive") so too about McCain.

Our enemies are Effing barbarians. Obama and his supporters will throw us to the wolves. If McCain won't fight with everything he's got - and Jeremiah Wright was handed to McCain's campaign on a platter - then he does not deserve to win.

Fight John. Our very lives depend on it!

55 landline  10/06/08 9:26:55 am reply quote

it is an excellent strategy -if they actually want to lose the election!

Since the AP is already calling McCain a racist for bring up Barry's relationship with a white radical, what has he got to lose?

56 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:27:02 am reply quote

re: #40 Florida Lady

Correct, he's got nothing to lose + it is Barry himself who insists that he is simply the guy who happens to be black. Which means that Wright is the guy who happens to be black.

Fine, I'll take that.

57 Kenneth  10/06/08 9:27:14 am reply quote
58 MJBrutus  10/06/08 9:27:33 am reply quote

WTF? Wright and Ayers are part of the story about what is so wrong with the ONE and why we will be so screwed for the next 4 years! Wright used his sermons to teach people that they are victims of evil, white America. Ayers used the Woods Fund and the CAC for the same purpose through the public schools. They are part and parcel of the same story and McCain refuses to tell it.

Disgusting!

59 Ben Hur  10/06/08 9:27:58 am reply quote

If they're scared of being labelled racist, which makes no sense since anyone not voting for Barry obviously is, they should whip out Phleger.

60 tfc3rid  10/06/08 9:27:59 am reply quote

re: #53 DeafDog

See but the problem is that the American people will not take the time to really undrerstand the Rezko deal or Ayers... They perfer their gratification now... This is why Obama is going to be elected... They like sound bytes and American Idol... You vote for the best looking and most eloquent, associations and experience be damned...

61 realwest  10/06/08 9:28:04 am reply quote

Hey y'all - you know saying "it's off the table" doesn't make it necessarily so.

62 bellamags  10/06/08 9:28:06 am reply quote

re: #53 DeafDog

You guys are getting ahead of yourselves. There's plenty of ammo in the arsenol to use before Wright.

Let the Ayers issue fester for a few days.

Then the campaign will talk about Rezko for a few days. Maybe also make Obamba explain his history of cocaine use and if he's tempted to return to cocaine. Ask him to explain ACORN's relationship to sub-prime lending. Ask him to explain the ear-mark for his wife's hospital.

Then - depending on how the campaign is going - they can raise Wright if needed. If you raise Wright too early, there is too much time for the smoooooth talking one to disable the bomb. The last images that any undecided voter should see about BHO is the rev.

(This is a lot like the GWB drunk driving arrest.)

absolutely correct. sandbag the bastard.

63 Jamie  10/06/08 9:28:07 am reply quote

Wouldn't it be better for McCain if he could have this as an issue without being the one responsible for making the case? If you go on the attack while you're losing in the polls, attacks on an opponent's character look desperate. But if you can have the same attacks come to the fore from someone else, then there isn't as much blowback.

64 Ozark Mountain Daredevil  10/06/08 9:28:26 am reply quote

Am I the only one who gets the feeling McCain doesn't seem to care whether or not he wins? Where's the fire? Does he realize there's only 30 days to go?

65 bellamags  10/06/08 9:28:55 am reply quote

How many republicans do you know that are voting for Obama?
How many democrats do you know that are voting for McCain?

66 Abu Maven  10/06/08 9:28:58 am reply quote

And what about Obama's close personal friend, former PLO spokesman Rashid Khalidi?

67 Elcid  10/06/08 9:29:09 am reply quote

Question now seems to be IS:

Will First Lady, Michelle Obama change the name of The White House?....OR as Jeremiah would call it when he sleeps in the Lincoln bedroom...The God Damn Fucking White Slave Massa House.

These assholes of the Left have not yet tossed the entire book at McCain/Palin, but bet your sweet ass, they will.

You've run out of cheeks to turn John. You're going to lose.

68 Ben Hur  10/06/08 9:29:12 am reply quote

re: #54 Nekama

Love your work, BTW.

69 realwest  10/06/08 9:29:26 am reply quote

BBIAM

70 ploome hineni  10/06/08 9:29:49 am reply quote

re: #9 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

As much as I support McCain and want him to crush Obama, if you're not going to use every weapon at your disposal to win, you dont deserve victory. Wake the fuck up John.

phone his local office this morning and tell them that

they let the candidate know if they get massive phone calls

71 Sol Roth  10/06/08 9:29:56 am reply quote

re: #54 Nekama

Dude. WHERE THE FORK HAVE YOU BEEN?

72 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:30:16 am reply quote

re: #53 DeafDog

Absolutely right. There's 30 days left. Lets take this one unconscionable associate at a time.

73 realwest  10/06/08 9:30:37 am reply quote

re: #54 Nekama
Whoa, hey Nekama! How the heck are you?

74 MJBrutus  10/06/08 9:30:56 am reply quote

re: #51 Cartman

And I say let them play the race card! I think that Americans are sick and tired of being called racists or seeing others called racists on bogus pretexts. I say that the more the ONE plays the race card illegitimately the more he loses by it.

75 calvin coolidge  10/06/08 9:31:09 am reply quote

Is this the same Rev. Wright who will be head of Homeland Security in the Obama administration?

76 bellamags  10/06/08 9:31:15 am reply quote

Hey wasn't John Kerry like 10 points ahead of Bush at this point last go-around?

77 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:31:38 am reply quote

re: #59 Ben Hur

Exactly, whip out Pfleger. He's the biggest wacko of the all... and he happens to be white.

78 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:32:13 am reply quote

re: #54 Nekama

I couldn't have said it better.

Just as I've said about Israel ("A country that can defeat its enemies and refuses to do so does not deserve to survive") so too about McCain.

Our enemies are Effing barbarians. Obama and his supporters will throw us to the wolves. If McCain won't fight with everything he's got - and Jeremiah Wright was handed to McCain's campaign on a platter - then he does not deserve to win.

Fight John. Our very lives depend on it!

needs repeat.

79 DeafDog  10/06/08 9:32:26 am reply quote

re: #60 tfc3rid

See but the problem is that the American people will not take the time to really undrerstand the Rezko deal or Ayers... They perfer their gratification now... This is why Obama is going to be elected... They like sound bytes and American Idol... You vote for the best looking and most eloquent, associations and experience be damned...

The attention span of the American public is a week - tops.

If you run with the Wright story now, then the dickhead One will give an insipid speech on 'race relations' - calling for a national dialougue on race. The MSM will hail it as historic and a great idea (as if we have not been talking about race for 50 years) and the issue will be diffused on Nov. 4.

80 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:32:33 am reply quote

re: #76 bellamags

No, Bush was 3-5 ahead throughout (well he was 10 ahead before the first debate, which he fucked up and then it was 3-5 points from thereon in).

81 buzzsawmonkey  10/06/08 9:32:34 am reply quote

re: #76 bellamags

Hey wasn't John Kerry like 10 points ahead of Bush at this point last go-around?

Kerry did not have quite as much overt media support and covert financial support. And the vote-fraud machine has been training four years for this November.

82 realwest  10/06/08 9:32:44 am reply quote

re: #76 bellamags
Ah, no, I don't recall that at all. I think it was very close up to and including the day or two before the election, with Bush leading (within the margin of error).
God help us all if McCain is pulling a Bob Dole.

83 Cartman  10/06/08 9:32:47 am reply quote

re: #65 bellamags

How many republicans do you know that are voting for Obama?
How many democrats do you know that are voting for McCain?

My sister and the vote-eligible members of her family are all registered Dems. One is voting for Obama, three for McCain, FWIW.

84 taxfreekiller  10/06/08 9:33:00 am reply quote

Does not matter what McCain does, or what this liberal Democrat says,
it is our duty to prevent Obama from getting elected, like tfk has said all along , we will have to drag McCain across the finish line, its just what it is, then once that is done, we will have to keep our eye on him and his questionable associations, (Kennedy) for four long years.

If it was easy the commies would have won the cold war.

Just fight back.

85 opnion  10/06/08 9:33:37 am reply quote

What I thought about McCain durfng the primaries I feel more strongly now, if he is so ptristine & above the fray, he should have let someone else be nominated.
If Rudy was the nominee, he would hammer the Wright/Obama connection.
Mitt would have done it too.
McCain can return to his 'Dear Friends" on the other side of the aisle if he loses, & we're screwed.

86 MJBrutus  10/06/08 9:33:45 am reply quote

re: #54 Nekama

Is Palin the only with a set of ovaries/balls in out party?

87 Sol Roth  10/06/08 9:33:51 am reply quote

Isn't John Danforth's group going to do anything about the flagrant voter fraud in Ohio?

88 cblesz  10/06/08 9:33:56 am reply quote

re: #82 realwest

Ah, no, I don't recall that at all. I think it was very close up to and including the day or two before the election, with Bush leading (within the margin of error).
God help us all if McCain is pulling a Bob Dole.

He is PULLING A DOLE...face it guys, we are D-U-N, done. McCain is turning into a pussy. At least Palin is getting tough.

89 bellamags  10/06/08 9:33:59 am reply quote

Sorry my brain is clouded. I remember being very worried last election cycle.

90 Florida Lady  10/06/08 9:34:47 am reply quote

I'll still wondering why the Columbia University angle - those lost years - is not being brought up either.

Why won't that roommate/friend of his from Columbia not talk to the media?

I think I remember reading somewhere that BHO traveled to Pakistan with at least one of his roommates during that time? If that hapened, what was the purpose of that trip? I'm really curious.

Is it true that in 1981 US citizens were not allowed to travel to Pakistan? If so, how would BHO have gotten into the country? Did his friend sneak him in somehow?

/Am I crazy for asking these questions?

91 Cartman  10/06/08 9:34:54 am reply quote

re: #54 Nekama

Well I'll be! An LGF legend weighs in! Welcome back.

92 bellamags  10/06/08 9:35:01 am reply quote

re: #83 Cartman

Me too. some of the most racist people I know are democrats. I do not know ONE rep. voting for Obama, but I know quite a few dems voting for McCain. That gives me a little comfort.

93 the historian  10/06/08 9:35:02 am reply quote

As Victor Davis Hanson has pointed out, if McCain does not have the stomach to abandon the Brotherhood of the Senate and play hardball, he will now win the election.

Bush crushed McCain in 2000 playing hardball. Does McCain not understand what is at stake? There are no gentleman's rules in presidential politics.

94 DeafDog  10/06/08 9:35:28 am reply quote

re: #72 rednaxela

Absolutely right. There's 30 days left. Lets take this one unconscionable associate at a time.

29 days.....but it's ok to tell the democrats 30

95 Killgore Trout  10/06/08 9:35:34 am reply quote

re: #85 opnion

It'd hard to get excited about a president who doesn't want to get his own hands dirty.

96 Limitbreak22  10/06/08 9:35:44 am reply quote

BHO will drag anything he can out to destroy the McCain/Palin ticket. Why draw some imaginary "off-limits" line on issues when your opponent won't. Wake up man. There are Americans, I can't imagine how many, who still don't know the extent that Wright played into forming Obama's world view. The American public MUST know.

Grow a pair John and show the people you want to win. The people are yearning for a REAL leader.

97 Ben Hur  10/06/08 9:36:07 am reply quote

re: #91 Cartman

Well I'll be! An LGF legend weighs in! Welcome back.

And just like Snufulufugus.......he's gone.

98 bellamags  10/06/08 9:36:27 am reply quote

I can sense a huge fuss over voter intimidation and those voting for Obama showing up at the polls at the wrong time or the wrong day. It will happen. Mark my words.

99 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:36:45 am reply quote

re: #76 bellamags

Hey wasn't John Kerry like 10 points ahead of Bush at this point last go-around?

John Kerry was no Barack Obama.
And with both the war and the economy winding down I think this is different.

100 tfc3rid  10/06/08 9:36:46 am reply quote

My mom and I are strong Conservatrives... Voting for McCain.
My dad is a registered Democrat, USAF vet, voting for McCain...

101 bellamags  10/06/08 9:37:13 am reply quote

re: #95 Killgore Trout

None of them do.

102 FrogMarch  10/06/08 9:37:14 am reply quote

Obama went to Wright's church for 20 YEARS.


Any other candidate's career would be in tatters.

103 Adrenalyn  10/06/08 9:37:15 am reply quote

well, in spite of this

we all need to help McCain get elected
to avoid the catastrophe of Obama
and his plan to break every bank in the world
by reducing everyone's home loan balance

then get him impeached and removed from office
so Palin can take over
and right the ship that is SS America

104 HugoChavez  10/06/08 9:37:34 am reply quote

WTF is wrong with people? Do they even have a brain?

This guy (Obambi) is a friggin candidate for PRESIDENT!.

Given that he has NO experience, you must judge him by his judgment, meaning, FIRST, the people with whom he associates, PARTICULARLY in the political realm (Ayers).

So what's NOT up for grabs?

105 bellamags  10/06/08 9:37:42 am reply quote

re: #99 unrealizedviewpoint

Thanks.

(going to take a Pepcid)

106 doppelganglander  10/06/08 9:38:27 am reply quote

When even Newsweek notices this story, it's got to be huge:

Controversy Over Obama's Small Donors

Now if the RNC follows through on the complaint to the FEC and makes a big enough stink about it, it might go somewhere. Nobody likes a cheater and Obama and the Dems are the biggest cheaters of all.

107 tfc3rid  10/06/08 9:38:34 am reply quote

re: #102 FrogMarch

Obama went to Wright's church for 20 YEARS.


Any other candidate's career would be in tatters.

Amen! That and that alone should have been enough to keep this clown off the ticket...

108 rednaxela  10/06/08 9:38:44 am reply quote

re: #94 DeafDog

October's got 31 days. I make that 30 days left.

109 unrealizedviewpoint  10/06/08 9:39:07 am reply quote

re: #90 Florida Lady

Is the McCain October surprise Obama's 1983 Columbia Thesis: "Soviet Nuclear Disarmament"

110 subsailor68  10/06/08 9:39:09 am reply quote

I agree with all the posters that the Wright issue should not be off the table. But, I worry that we may be in a situation where