[igoramus08]

His point being, GOPtrust's ads hammered those shady associates of Obama, and McCain's ads didn't.

It's all water under the bridge ( or water over the damned, as an old friend like to quip. ) now, but it points out the obvious, that the McCain campaign was far too easy on Duh!1©...

The question is why? I can understand why Hillary never exposed Obama's Black Liberation Theology. It would have destroyed both of them politically. But I cant understand why McCain didn't. Maybe McCain had as many skeletons as Obama too?

[Cringing Negativism Network]

This poster posits, McCain somewhere along the way lost the ability to recognize “enemies, domestic”.

He simply cannot fathom, another American might not wish this country well.

It’s got to somehow relate, to 5 years in the Hanoi Hilton.

Not sure how, but that’s the best explanation I can come up with. Anyone paying attention, can see there’s not one bit of difference between today’s leftwing democrats, and those NVA guards holding McCain in that cell.

But he couldn’t see that.

It was just not something he could even contemplate.

[TomGuy]

Maybe McCain had as many skeletons as Obama too?

Team Obama began cornering McCain during the later primaries. Recall when Team Obama strongly hinted at playing the race card at McCain and McCain backed down? After that and into the general election, McCain so feared being labeled racist that he refused any political tactic that Team Obama could use to paint McCain as racist.

It worked against Clinton. It worked against McCain.

Neither Clinton nor McCain could find an effective way to fight having the race card played against them. Both cowered at each slightest hint that it would be played. And that cowering was enough to keep Clinton/McCain off stride and allow Obama the win.