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To: Bigtigermike

This is why you use surrogates. If you’re squeemish, get others talking about Wright. The Obama cabal already has its puppets like Maher out trashing Romney’s religion. No one says you have to go at this directly. Get after it through those willing to do it on your behalf. That said, I think going after Bill Ayers is a better line of attack than Wright quite honestly. And that he can feel less squeemish about going after directly.


11 posted on 05/17/2012 8:32:37 AM PDT by MissesBush (The Fourth Estate has Become a Fifth Column)
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To: MissesBush
In theory, a Super PAC is not subject to candidate control. wiki has:
According to Federal Election Commission advisories, Super PACs are not allowed to coordinate directly with candidates or political parties. This is intended to prevent them from operating campaigns that complement or parallel those of the candidates they support or engaging in negotiation that could result in quid pro quo bargaining between donors to the PAC and the candidate or officeholder. However, it is legal for candidates and Super PAC managers to discuss campaign strategy and tactics through the media.
So, if an independent PAC decided to run ads covering Rev Wright, allegations of Obama's gay lovers, etc, in theory there would not be any way for either Romney nor Obama to stop them.
73 posted on 05/17/2012 9:20:23 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I canÂ’t be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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