McCain Camp Re-Thinking Decision to Not Use Rev. Wright as ‘Wedge’ in Attacks on Obama

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[tiredoflaundry]

I hope someone does it, I so damn tired of seeing all Obama commercials from morning till night!

[Harry Wurzbach]

Taxes aren't a big enough issue to the electorate because as pointed out, 40% of the people in this country DON'T PAY TAXES!!!

Well, it's a big enough issue to the 60% who do pay taxes and who do turn out in large numbers to vote on election day. Plus it provides a non-controversial reason for people to vote against Obama. Attacks on Wright, though I don't see it as a racial issue, would invariably lead to discussions about whether or not the McCain campaign is racist between now and the election. It's much better to force Obama to prove that he's not a taxer and a socialist, and that is very much on the mind of the voting taxpayer. At this point I'd be willing to bet that more people care about their taxes going up as we head into a recession with the markets already hitting the sh!tter. Obama's "change" is going to be expensive if you vote for him is McCain's best argument right now.

[twigs]

I agree. McCain needs to stick to the issue that works and resonates with people. But the 527s can do some of the heavy lifting for him. It seems to me that last minute undecideds tend not to like negativity from the candidates themselves.

[napscoordinator]

The Cindy McCain smear job in the NYT this weekend was the tipping point.

What? I did not hear a thing about it and i was on FR all weekend.

[Loyolas Mattman]

It’s a simple commercial - use Obama’s own words from his books and then cut to Wright.

They have to use the full Wright quote, though. The part where he goes “Not God Bless America, not God Bless America, GOD DAMN AMERICA.”

They can do a second one with pictures of the outpouring of emotion after 9/11 juxtaposed against “THE CHICKENSSSSSSS are coming home TO ROOST...”

[italianquaker]

Do both!!

[HamiltonJay]

GOD DAMN AMERICA.

[junta]

Can’t trust him on Wright/Ayers/Plaeger can’t trust him on the economy. A two birder

[Beagle8U]

Please explain the difference between sitting in a racist church for 20 years and attending Klan rallies for 20 years?

[italianquaker]

Nah he is going to attack wright that is the word from one of there field ofices. Remenber this little tidbit not G-D bless America but G-d damn America you will be seeing it shortly

[kaylar]

Agree wholeheartedly : Wright, socialism, Ayers, ACORN, Odinga, “bitter clingers” slam....Throw everything at the SOB and hope for the best.

[Mrs.Liberty]

nice guys finish last......

[gridlock]

Hit him with everything. Throw in Odinga, too.

[9YearLurker]

I agree, Chet 99. Wright fits if he’s used in the radical-socialist context tied very much to taxes and the implications for our economy. Racial tit-for-tat right now isn’t going to work, and I really don’t understand why Davis has to telegraph what they are or aren’t going to do anyway.

Hammer on taxes, including the effects of not extending Bush’s tax cuts, and on all of the evidence of Obama’s ties to a swarm of radical Marxists in Chicago who, while practically overthrowing our financial system (see ACORN), have been plotting how to overthrow our political system from within for years.

[kcvl]

Behind McCain, Outsider in Capital Wanting Back In

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/18/us/politics/18cindy.html?bl&ex=1224475200&en=12299783805b8c72&ei=5087%0A

[CaliforniaCon]

RE: “I get the sense McCain is really pissed about Obama going back on his word on public financing. The penalty to Obama may be that McCain goes back on his word on using Rev. Wright.
One other thing. Why is using Rev. Wright racist?”

“Having a spiritual advisor known for saying “God D@#N America” from the pulpit would be unacceptable for a presidential candidate of any color. It would not matter if the advisor was pink with green polka-dots.”

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AGREE! There is nothing more wrong with pointing out Obama spent 20 years in Wright’s church, listening to his frequently spewed hate, than there is in discussing Obama’s long-time associations with the likes of home grown terrorists Ayers and Dohrn, ad nauseum.

The 527’s or McCain’s campaign itself could easily come out with ads that shriek Wright’s “God Da*m America” loudly and clearly, while not even showing Wright’s face at all! We’ve seen it already but we need to HEAR it again!

Completely agree that it doesn’t matter WHAT color Wright is, though — it’s about the message and Zero and wifey listening to it in that “church” for so many years.

[The_Reader_David]

Actually, fold Wright into the attack on Obama’s socialism:

A one-minute spot that gives the history of Obama’s connections with the hard-left (Ayers, Wright, Khalidi, ACORN) and crooked Chicago interests (Rezko, Giannoulias), then segues via “Is it any wonder he backed ACORN’s demands to loosen credit standards?” into the subprime mess, and “Is it any wonder he wants to use tax-policy as a means of introducing socialism?” into an attack on the ‘95% get a tax-cut lie”, and ends with something like “Barack Obama, hiding his past so you won’t know what he plans for the future”.

[HoustonTech]

I say him ‘em with both issues.

“Do you want your taxes going to folks who don’t work, pay no taxes, and ‘G D America’? We don’t!”

[9YearLurker]

We’re thinking on the same track, The_Reader_David.

[pburgh01]

Hit him hard and use the Jui Jitsu move. Obama surrogates will whine the predictable.."Well Senator McCain does’nt want to talk about the economy". I always thought a real small business owner speaking plainly without any of the fluff right into the camera would work. Sorta Joe the Small Biz owner ad. The ad would consist of the small business owner..Folks don't believe Senator Obama when he said his tax increases will be on the rich. If his tax plan goes into effect I won't be able to expand my business, improve my service and in fact will have to layoff some of my employees which I consider friends. Senator Obama I am Joe the Plumber and we can't afford 4 years of your socialism.