Team McCain, GOP in Full Attack Mode
Wow. The Huffington Post rounded up all these new attacks on Barack Obama by the McCain campaign and various GOP operatives -- but before reading them, be warned: Prolonged exposure to some of these messages (e.g. voting for Obama might lead to a "tragic outcome" for Jewish people) made us want to take a shower.
Wow. The Huffington Post rounded up all these new attacks on Barack Obama by the McCain campaign and various GOP operatives — but before reading them, be warned: Prolonged exposure to some of these messages (e.g. voting for Obama might lead to a “tragic outcome” for Jewish people) made us want to take a shower.
Rooted in Truth.The Huffington Post:
With Election Day looming and the polls suggesting John McCain faces a daunting challenge, the GOP and the McCain campaign have ramped up their negative attacks on Barack Obama. Just to start, McCain attacked Obama’s patriotism and Republicans made much hay out of a video that purportedly shows Obama attending a party where Palestinian, and Columbia University Professor, Rashid Khalidi was also a guest.
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Those who prize civility over frank talk or success in politics may be disheartened to learn that attack ads of the type President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have begun to fling at each other are as old as the republic itself, and as New York magazine columnist Frank Rich says, they’re absolutely essential for effective politics.
Newt Gingrich has made it clear that if he can't be president, he's going to try to take Mitt Romney down with him. But the former House speaker’s endless stream of attack ads could, perversely, end up strengthening the "Massachusetts Moderate," who seems likely to survive the onslaught.The former House speaker’s endless stream of attack ads could, perversely, end up strengthening the "Massachusetts Moderate," who seems likely to survive the onslaught.
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