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NY Times Smears McCain/Palin with Racism Charge
Boycott The New York Times ^ | October 17, 2008 | Don Feder

Posted on 10/17/2008 3:22:38 PM PDT by AIM Freeper

When the left is desperate to smear someone, it inevitably resorts to accusations of racism.

In a recent editorial, “Politics of Attack,” The New York Times charged: “But Senator McCain and Governor Sarah Palin have been running one of the most appalling campaigns we can remember.” Every Republican presidential campaign is the “most appalling” The Times can remember.

Still, the paper insists that McCain and his running mate have moved beyond mere “distortions” of Obama’s record “into the dark territory of race-baiting and xenophobia.”

(Excerpt) Read more at boycottnyt.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: accuracyinmedia; blahblahblah; johnmccain; sarahpalin; smearcampaign; thenewyorktimes

1 posted on 10/17/2008 3:22:38 PM PDT by AIM Freeper
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To: AIM Freeper

they should know better .


2 posted on 10/17/2008 3:23:46 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: AIM Freeper

Question for the NYT:

What page did you report on the rape, torture and murder of the young white couple in Tennessee?


3 posted on 10/17/2008 3:24:25 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (u)
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To: AIM Freeper

just who is the real race baiter here.


4 posted on 10/17/2008 3:24:42 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: AIM Freeper
Wouldn't blow my nose with that rag.

Alot of readers agree with me, if the NYT's income statement is any indication.

5 posted on 10/17/2008 3:25:11 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: dalebert

Charges of racism, Medi-scare, all 4th quarter desperation tactics. Looking better for our side all the time.


6 posted on 10/17/2008 3:25:22 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: AIM Freeper

Doesn’t matter. Those who read the NYT are largely a self-selected audience who aren’t likely to ever vote Republican anyway. They are preaching to their own choir.


7 posted on 10/17/2008 3:26:04 PM PDT by pieceofthepuzzle
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To: AIM Freeper
This from the newspaper that Jayson Blair treated like a prison ho.

Sorry there Pinch Sulzberger, but next time I want your opinion, I'll give it to you.

And yet for all of this, I'm sure the NYT couldn't come up with a single instance of McCain or Palin even hinting at race. Obama, OTOH, has busted out the card every time he thinks he can get away with it.
8 posted on 10/17/2008 3:26:23 PM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: AIM Freeper
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9 posted on 10/17/2008 3:26:35 PM PDT by CommieCutter ("Why DON'Y you just let PEOOPLEP make up their own MINES who listen?“--Candor7)
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To: AIM Freeper

10 posted on 10/17/2008 3:26:54 PM PDT by xcamel (Conservatives start smart, and get rich, liberals start rich, and get stupid.)
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To: AIM Freeper

Remember when McCain was having an affair with the NYT??? Now the divorce is messy.


11 posted on 10/17/2008 3:26:55 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: AIM Freeper

It may seem perverse, but I LOVE IT when the libs accuse McCain of racism. Fair minded voters don’t appreciate such empty propaganda and don’t appreciate the implication that anyone voting against Obama is racist. Its gonna backfire.


12 posted on 10/17/2008 3:27:01 PM PDT by darth
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To: darth; All
It's sad to see the NYTimes smear a patriot who spent years being tortured for their right to print such falsehoods about him.
13 posted on 10/17/2008 3:29:39 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: AIM Freeper

That is typical of Hitlers children who run the NYT or are they children of Stalin? No matter they are all anti-American left wing scum.


14 posted on 10/17/2008 3:31:43 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the Royal 100 Club)
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To: AIM Freeper

Proof? Recorded verifiable comments?

I don’t hear anything. Well, maybe crickets chirping.


15 posted on 10/17/2008 3:32:25 PM PDT by SusaninOhio
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To: AIM Freeper

Yes, the NY Times, that paragon of neutrality. That objective newspaper that would never ever slant a newstory to fit an agenda...

From their editorial about the campaign:

“appalling language”...”despicable politics”

Oh, wait, this was from their 2004 editorial about Bush.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/opinion/25sat1.html

So yeah, every time a Republican runs for President I guess they run a despicable and appalling campaign, which I venture to guess really means that the Republican is hitting the socialists where it hurts. Keep on keeping McCain. The McCain surge is unstoppable now. The media senses it.


16 posted on 10/17/2008 3:34:19 PM PDT by rumrunner
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To: skeeter

Mac must be doing something right


17 posted on 10/17/2008 3:39:35 PM PDT by italianquaker (I wish the media would investigate odumbo as much as they are investigating joe the plumber)
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To: rumrunner

The slimes isn’t called the slimes for no reason. Readership is down so. Much, my parrot is worried about where I am going to get liner for his cage


18 posted on 10/17/2008 3:40:54 PM PDT by shadeaud
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To: anniegetyourgun

This is not out of character, and really is, who the NYSlimes really is—a corrupt media outlet synonymous with a mouthpiece for the RAT party.


19 posted on 10/17/2008 3:41:30 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Hallmarks of Liberalism: Ingratitude and Envy))
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To: Neoliberalnot
Dems smearing Bush for Byrd? He never heard of the people who did it or did anything to help the sick people who did that to James Bryd. New York Times how is that no Sports page working out.

What is your next cutback? Th so called conserative writers.

20 posted on 10/17/2008 3:50:42 PM PDT by scooby321 (Cai)
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To: dalebert

And the Kaiser will steal your string. (Yawn, yea we know.)


21 posted on 10/17/2008 3:52:58 PM PDT by NaughtiusMaximus (Eat the MSM!)
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To: AIM Freeper

Boycott them in the original sense of the word, meaning shun them as someone you don’t wish to associate with.


22 posted on 10/17/2008 4:21:14 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Who would you trust to fix your toilet: Joe the Plumber or Hussein the Plumber?)
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To: AIM Freeper

Boycott them in the original sense of the word, meaning shun them as someone you don’t wish to associate with.


23 posted on 10/17/2008 4:22:18 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Who would you trust to fix your toilet: Joe the Plumber or Hussein the Plumber?)
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To: AIM Freeper

Boycott them in the original sense of the word, meaning shun them as someone you don’t wish to associate with.


24 posted on 10/17/2008 4:22:26 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Who would you trust to fix your toilet: Joe the Plumber or Hussein the Plumber?)
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To: AIM Freeper

The Old York Times is Racist!!

Pray for W, McCuda and Our Troops


25 posted on 10/17/2008 4:31:04 PM PDT by bray (It's the Corruption Stupid)
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To: AIM Freeper

Expect the racist slogan to be played everyl day. IF a race riot/war breaks out because of this election, you CAN PURELY PLACE THE BLAME AT THE FEET OF THE DIMOCRATS AND THE MEDIA. THEY HAVE FLAMED THIS ISSUE, POURED GAS ON THE FIRE, AND SCREAMED IT FROM THE HIGH HILLS EVERY DAY!


26 posted on 10/17/2008 4:32:57 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Your VERY LIBERTY is in jeopardy!!! We have to win this election or see liberty perish.)
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To: AIM Freeper

The more Obama and the media fear they might lose, the more they will raise the racism charge. After all, if Obama loses, what can the media say, especially after so many polls? Of course, their only fall-back position will be racism. What else could possibly account for an Obama loss? That he’s a socialist? No, of course not. That he is not a patriot? No, of course not. That he would trash our allies and sidle up to our enemies? No, of course not. That he has virtually no executive experience at all? No, of course not. That he has been associated with America-hating traitors? No, of course not. That he was part of Acorn’s attempt to steal the votes of real citizens? No, of course not. It seems clear here that racism must be at the core of any Obama loss. lol


27 posted on 10/17/2008 4:43:29 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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To: AIM Freeper

I require a more reeliable source for that kind of information...


28 posted on 10/17/2008 6:40:40 PM PDT by The Wizard (DemonRATS: enemies of America)
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