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04.25.2008 11:48 am

Furor over GOP anti-Obama ad in NC grows

WASHINGTON _ If you’re expecting a tepid fall campaign in the race for president, you might want to take a foreign vacation.

The dust-up over an ad by the North Carolina Republican Party featuring Barack Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright is taking some new turns, with television stations in Charlotte and Raleigh refusing to run it.

Racially divisive campaigning in North Carolina is a sensitive matter. A famous spot dealing with racial quotas was aired by former Sen. Jesse Helms in 1990, helping him to hold off the challenge of Harvey Gantt, an African American.

The National Republican Party and Sen. John McCain have asked North Carolina Republicans not to air the ad. McCain said today on the Today Show: “I have done everything that I can to repudiate and to see that this kind of campaigning does not continue.”

North Carolina Republicans are fending off charges of race-baiting and refusing to back down.

The Democratic National Committee responded to McCain’s latest remarks by saying today that the Arizona senator should have done more than send an email to North Carolina’s GOP chair.

Meanwhile, activists led by Floyd Brown — who created the infamous Willie Horton ad against Michael Dukakis — announced they will take aim at Obama soon. “Consider the fact that Barack Hussein Obama refuses to wear the flag on his lapel or that he does not place his hand over his heart in the presence of the American flag. Consider the fact that Barack Hussein Obama embraces Jeremiah Wright, a man who has preached the most vile racial hatred and anti-American sentiments …” the group said in a news release this week.

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Gee, the Republican/Neo-Con smear campaign starts earlier and earlier. In some strange way, while the North Carolina Republicans are saying that the ad is really about two candidates in NC, they have structured it so that John McCain can say “I have nothing to do with this”. Watch out Senator McCain some of the same people are not happy with you and maybe are trying to undo your nomination.

— RHarnack
1:24 pm April 25th, 2008

“Consider the fact that Barack Hussein Obama refuses to wear the flag on his lapel or that he does not place his hand over his heart in the presence of the American flag. Consider the fact that Barack Hussein Obama embraces Jeremiah Wright, a man who has preached the most vile racial hatred and anti-American sentiments …” the group said in a news release this week.

So, let me get this straight:

1. My gas is 4 dollars a gallon.
2. My home has lost 20% of it’s former value.
3. My company is set to layoff some of us unless sales pick up.
4. My health coverage may not cover me or my kids in some circumstances.
5. The cost of food has gone up so high that I feel like I’m feeding two families, not one.
6. One of my friends is in Iraq and I don’t know when he’s ever coming home.
7. I don’t have money for a Cards game anymore!

And these idiots are complaining about a bleeping lapel pin, or whether a guy placed his hand over his heart in the presence of the flag, or what his pastor said on Sunday in church???!!!!

I need to get a passport…..FAST!!!!

Because he’s not alone. There is a wacko fringe out there. And (even though they don’t realize it), in 8 short years, they have turned America into 3rd world state.

— John
1:53 pm April 25th, 2008

1. My gas is 4 dollars a gallon

Find another gas station. It’s at least 50 cents cheaper most places.

2. My home has lost 20% of it’s former value.

That’s what happens when you don’t maintain your propery or make improvements.

3. My company is set to layoff some of us unless sales pick up.

So why aren’t you out selling or improving your skills in case you need to find another job?

4. My health coverage may not cover me or my kids in some circumstances.

And that’s different than in the last 20 years how?

5. The cost of food has gone up so high that I feel like I’m feeding two families, not one.

Quit buying expensive items and shop somewhere else.

6. One of my friends is in Iraq and I don’t know when he’s ever coming home.

His or her unit’s website probably has a listing of rotation dates. It shouldn’t be that hard to find out when they’re scheduled to return.

7. I don’t have money for a Cards game anymore!

But you have money for a computer and a cell phone, right?

“I need to get a passport”

Passports are currently cheaper than 2 infield seats at Busch. You should apply today. There are great resort deals on the Island of WAHHHHHH this time of year.

— Go_Fish
2:26 pm April 25th, 2008

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— the wright stuff
4:14 pm April 25th, 2008

John,

You are not alone. Many eyes are open.

— D. Walker
8:41 pm April 25th, 2008

The Republican Party is getting involved in a Democratic Primary. It doesn’t take a genious to figure out that the Republicans know Hillary is a weaker candidate than Obama. Unfortunately, the trainwreck doesn’t seem to care, she’s going to stay in this to the end.

— Common Sense
6:26 am April 26th, 2008

Hey, yappers!

What the heck is “doesn’t put his hand over his heart when in presence of American flag?” If I see one, do I have to put my hand over my heart? Is that in the Flag Code (yes yappers, there is a Flag Code and it says NOTHING about what you are yapping about!)? So, I have to do it in traffic? If I only have one hand, does that exempt me? We do that when we say the Pledge of Allegiance, not when we sing the national anthem, which is when they all started this yapping! Did you know that at one time, they did the Roman salute (right arm extended, fist closed) to the flag but, it was too close to the NAZI salute (right arm extended, fingers extended) and was dropped….until now!

“doesn’t wear an American flag pin”, neither does McCain, idiot fools of racist right wing vicious nil-witted neocon Brown Shirt weblog echochmambering yobbo yapping dung for brains GOP’ers!

McCain sought out and is proud of his endorsement by Pastor Hagee who is a vile, disgusting anti-Catholic bigot who calls the Catholic Church “the Whore of Babylon,” a “false cult,” and the “anti-christ!”

— Tim Hogan
9:52 am April 26th, 2008

I would think that Hillary is probably cackling with glee over the ad.

— Kenrick
2:28 pm April 26th, 2008

So let me get this straight … Wright preaches bigoted sermons in a black militant church … Obama attends the church, supports it with large financial gifts, and has a long, close relationship with the pastor … the Republicans simply point out this fact … and the Republicans are the problem. Only in a severely damaged brain like Tim Hogan’s could such a thing make sense.

— Nick Kasoff
4:38 pm April 26th, 2008

You all need to get a grip. Your one vote is not going to choose the next President.

— Fresh Air
4:40 pm April 26th, 2008

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