Keeping up the attack
October 15, 2008 @ 3:27 am | by Denis Staunton
John McCain and Sarah Palin have wound back their attacks on Barack Obama in the past few days and McCain has scolded supporters who overstepped the line in criticising his opponent. McCain won praise from across the political spectrum – and from Obama – when he corrected a woman at a town hall meeting who described Obama as an Arab.
“No, he’s a decent family man,” McCain said – as if the two categories were mutually exclusive.
Conservative talk radio hosts are still highlighting Obama’s association with former urban guerrilla William Ayers and Rush Limbaugh frequently treats his listeners to a loop of the Rev Jeremiah Wright’s greatest hits.
A political action committee called Our Country Deserves Better has gone a step further with a new television ad linking Obama with every enemy of America you can think of.
“Barack Obama seems to have different values from most Americans,” the ad begins.
“His supporters put up Cuban flags with the murderous leftist Che Guevara in Obama’s campaign offices. Obama’s campaign received $33,000 in illegal donations from Palestinians living in the Middle East. A top official of the terrorist group Hamas endorsed Obama’s campaign.”
MoveOn.org is taking a gentler approach in this ad running in North Carolina, which encourages young people to have a frank talk with their parents if they suspect them of supporting McCain:
