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Old 09-19-2008, 11:43 AM
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I wondered why McCain was making such stock of pointing to an individual who says he was never an Obama adviser, who OBAMA says was never an Obama adviser.

Karen Tumulty at Time figgered it out.

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This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman.

Let me stipulate: Obama's Fannie Mae connections are completely fair game. But this ad doesn't even mention a far more significant tie--that of Jim Johnson, the former Fannie Mae chairman who had to resign as head of Obama's vice presidential search team after it was revealed he got a sweetheart deal on a mortgage from Countrywide Financial. Instead, it relies on a fleeting and tenuous reference in a Washington Post Style section story to suggest that Obama's principal economic adviser is former Fannie Mae Chairman Frank Raines. Why? One reason might be that Johnson is white; Raines is black.

And the image of the victim doesn't seem accidental either, given the fact that older white women are a key swing constituency in this election.
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Wow, now THAT is F-ed up. This reminds me of an ad a long time ago that was like this. There have been several. I'll have to remember what it was.

How lame.
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Wow, now THAT is F-ed up. This reminds me of an ad a long time ago that was like this. There have been several. I'll have to remember what it was.

How lame.
Willie Horton. 1988. If you elect Dukakis, black Willie Horton will escape and rape the white women.
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It seems McCain learned from his treatment (by his own party) in 2000. There is no "too low."
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But Obama... But Obama.... But Obama.... Oh yeah, there is no real defense, is there..... McCain is sitting in the slime pit.
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Willie Horton. 1988. If you elect Dukakis, black Willie Horton will escape and rape the white women.
That's it, that's exactly it.

God what a farce. Don't know what's worse, that someone would use this line of attack, or the fact that enough people reacted to it.
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God what a farce. Don't know what's worse, that someone would use this line of attack, or the fact that enough people reacted to it.
Exactly. You can't blame the campaign if people are stupid enough to buy ito it...
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That's it, that's exactly it.

God what a farce. Don't know what's worse, that someone would use this line of attack, or the fact that enough people reacted to it.
Al Gore was the first person to bring up Willie Horton in the primary back then.

Second this is the dumbest thing ever, this has nothing to do with race and the Obama followers are the one's playing the race card here. How dare John McCain mention a guy who is black in an Obama ad. McCain has gone out of his way not to put race into the campaign.
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I wondered why McCain was making such stock of pointing to an individual who says he was never an Obama adviser, who OBAMA says was never an Obama adviser.

Karen Tumulty at Time figgered it out.
I am so sick of you liberals crying "race card". Obama is the one who's constantly playing it from DAY ONE. Just shut the f*** up about it already crybabies.

You wanna hear race card? Okay, here goes: YOU ALL ACT LIKE (N)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)S! (All of you obamamites, white & black).
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LOL -- now THAT is desperation!! Obama asked for it ... he got it. (*)(*)(*)(*) shame when the chickens come home to roost, ain't it?
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