Posted on 04/24/2008 1:16:05 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - North Carolina's Republican Party on Thursday withdrew an advertisement critical of Democrat Barack Obama's links to a controversial preacher, Republican John McCain's campaign said.
McCain senior adviser Charlie Black said he had been informed by the Republican National Committee's representative in North Carolina, that the state party had agreed to withdraw the ad.
McCain, the Republicans' presumptive presidential nominee, had appealed to the state party to withdraw the ad, saying he wanted to run a respectful campaign.
Obama has come under fire for attending a Chicago church for two decades where the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was pastor. Wright has drawn criticism for statements including saying the U.S. government spread the AIDS virus to black Americans. He has since retired.
The 30-second ad in question attacked Democratic North Carolina gubernatorial candidates Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore for their endorsements of Obama, referring to the Illinois senator's "judgment" in supporting Wright and calling him "too extreme for North Carolina."
North Carolina is one of two states holding the next crucial Democratic primaries on May 6 in the tight race between Obama and Hillary Clinton to oppose McCain in the November presidential election.
Wimps.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
No Guts!!!!!! No Glory!!!!!
McCain is making Olmert look like a fighter.
They can’t handle the truth
Hey John, run a respectful campaign. But, when the opposition hands you ammunition that helps your case and is not a fabrication of the truth, then use it.
As gutless as the GOP leadership in Mass.
Typical spineless pubbies.
As Bernie Goldberg says: “Crazies to the left of me, WIMPS to the right!”
Honesty Sucks. PC is Love!
Idiots=politicians flushing the country down the drain.
Didn’t someone just want Linda to run for VP?
***Wimps.***
I was just going to type that.
Bears repeating
Wimps
Free publicity!
Yeah, that's what he's doing...
McCain is a pussy.
Damn...I was just praising them! I should have known better....the NCGOP is back to a social org for Monica Lewinsky Republicans.
Oh good grief. What a bunch of losers.
Let’s wait until the general election please
I think it unconscionable for people to think that Obama’s justification of his relationship with the racist Rev. Wright is acceptable in a President of the United States. It is not acceptable, and it is not illegitimate or racist to point out the issue. It is precisely the anti-white racism that Obama is pandering to that is the problem.
John Mcshame can go pound sand !He does not believe in Free Speech
Cowards.
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