Posted on 08/02/2008 8:17:22 AM PDT by Maelstorm
Aug. 2--ORLANDO -- In a sign that the road to the White House runs through Florida, the presidential candidates overlapped in the state Friday for the first time, offering contrasting fixes for the economy while confronting racial issues.
In Orlando, McCain defended his opposition to affirmative action and support for private-school vouchers in front of a mostly black audience at the National Urban League convention.
About 100 miles west, in St. Petersburg, protesters at a racially diverse town-hall meeting held up a banner demanding of Obama, "What about the black community?"
The mild but tense confrontations came one day after McCain's campaign accused Obama, who will be the first black presidential nominee of a major party, of playing the "race card" in a comment earlier this week. Neither candidate directly addressed the charge in his public appearance.
McCain, though, told reporters at a Panama City event later Friday that Obama's "comments were clearly with the race card."
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“Obama’s Lost Years”
Good article on the Chicago radical. (long read)
You can get the new John Rich track Raisin McCain:
Make sure to call in and request it on your favorite country channel.
Honest and unwavering support for issues such as these will win the election for McCain, in spite of the pathetic campaign he has run so far.
These are winning issues for him. If he remains strong he will gain traction. I thought his reply to the chosen one ad controversy was good too. I think maybe his confidence is up and he will remain on track. If he’s doing this well now, imagine how much his poll standings might improve when they start running ads about the REAL Obama record.
I have to eat my own words. I have went from a month ago saying I would never vote for the RINO McCain to actually cheering him on and now I can’t wait to vote for him. He is still not perfect but he is far better than letting Obama take the country down the toilet. To my surprise I now find myself contributing to the McCain campaign. Every time I see a new ad I like I donate again. If he keeps it up I may go broke before the election.
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