Posted on 10/20/2008 12:34:37 PM PDT by Chet 99
McCain Camp Re-Thinking Decision to Not Use Rev. Wright as ‘Wedge’ in Attacks on Obama
October 20, 2008 3:17 PM
In an interview with Republican talk radio host Hugh Hewitt last Thursday, Rick Davis, campaign chair of McCain-Palin ’08, said the campaign is re-thinking Sen. John McCain's earlier decision to not attack Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on the subject of his controversial former preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
"There is a report in the media, a couple actually, that your campaign is divided over whether or not Jeremiah Wright ought to be an issue in the last three weeks," Hewitt said. "What is the situation? Will Jeremiah Wright be part of the McCain campaign’s appeal to people to consider Barack Obama in the last three weeks?"
"Look, John McCain has told us a long time ago before this campaign ever got started, back in May, I think, that from his perspective, he was not going to have his campaign actively involved in using Jeremiah Wright as a wedge in this campaign," Davis said. "Now since then, I must say, when Congressman Lewis calls John McCain and Sarah Palin and his entire group of supporters, fifty million people strong around this country, that we’re all racists and we should be compared to George Wallace and the kind of horrible segregation and evil and horrible politics that was played at that time, you know, that you’ve got to rethink all these things.
"And so I think we’re in the process of looking at how we’re going to close this campaign," Davis continued. "We’ve got 19 days, and we’re taking serious all these issues."
-- jpt
I say: bad call.
The tax/socialism issue is gaining traction. Stick with it.
Powell double-crossed him.
Too late, morons.
And it’s too late to say you were wrong on not drilling in ANWR, and too late to say you are against amnesty.
You had your chance months ago. Instead, you told your base to shut up.
Actions have consequences.
They are going to call us racists no matter what we do. Heck, we could have Michael Steele at the top of the ticket, and they’d still call him a closet Nazi.
Let Wright’s chickens come home to roost. Use him. Use him now.
Flood the airwaves. !!
One more thing he had better hit on is Biden's statement of an international (terrorist ?) attack to test Obama soon after he takes office. IMHO these are two thing that could win the election for him.
yes, stick with socialism on one side, growth and opportunity on the other.
I think they should use Wright non-stop in the last 5 days (10/30 - 11/3) or so. If they are saving money for the final blitz, Wright should be used in it.
Not using it now will increase the explosiveness of the attack.
But since McCain wants to lose nicely, and be a good chap, he will stay away from Wright. Too bad...
Tell them what you think.
rickdavis@johnmccain.com, ameese@mccain08hq.com, anickel@mccain08hq.com,
johnmccain@gop.com, info@gop.com,
RNCommunications@gop.com, Chairman@gop.com, Political@gop.com
I hope McCain goes nuclear on Wright. The media will whine. The Obama campaign will cry “racist!”
But the Obamabots have already done their worst.
If smart they would use the piece, I think Hannity has, that has Obama speaking of who Wright is to him then Wright spewing his hate and alternating. It’s great.
no stick to the winning message. wright is old news and doesn’t affect the bottom line.
Do it ALL!!!
Wright, Rezko AND the murderer Ayers!
Tax/socialism and Wright are both good. I say kitchen sink.
Let Sarah do it.
If they aren't going to get any credit for being “good guys” for not using Wright, and if they are going to be called racist no matter what they do, then what's the point?
It's a legitimate question - you talk about Ayers, you talk about Wright, you talk about “Spreading the Wealth,” and taking the totality of all the circumstances, you're left with the question: Is Obama as moderate as he claims to be? Or is he the wolf in sheep's clothing?
Wright is a big dot that needs to be connected to Ayers and ACORN and the rest... If McCain is resistant, let Sarah do it. She believes it is a valid issue and is willing to put the effort in to sell it as such.
Socialism/tax issue is gaining traction.
But Wright is so disgusting.
Not sure if anyone cares, though (that doesn’t already know).
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