McCain has more Integrity than Clinton: Asks NC GOP to Stop Running Wright Ad

[berni_mccoy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080423/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_obama_ad;_ylt=Agq0hvzaH9KXBVIEf1UPeq2s0NUE

By LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writer
55 minutes ago

INEZ, Ky. - Republican John McCain asked the North Carolina GOP not to run a television ad that brings up the controversial former pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

North Carolina Republican party officials insisted the ad will run as planned despite McCain's request.

The ad opens with a photo of Obama and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright together and a clip of Wright, whose incendiary comments about race have bedeviled Obama.

"He's just too extreme for North Carolina," the narrator says in the 30-second spot.

"We asked them not to run it," McCain told reporters on his campaign bus in Kentucky Wednesday. "I'm sending them an e-mail as we speak asking them to take it down.
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McCain, in an e-mail to Daves, said he will draw sharp contrasts with Democrats. "But we need not engage in political tactics that only seek to divide the American people."

Where the hell is Hillary? Is she asking them not to do it? Is she sending them an email? Is she even speaking out against it?

Perhaps she thinks it is good to divide the American people and the Democratic party?

[truebrit71]

1. Stay classy Hillary...

...:eyes:

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[truebrit71]

54. You're right of course...

...and that's a tremendous shame...

[JackORoses]

2. Hillary is who had them do it in the first place.

She is broke.
She can't afford her own attack ads anymore.

[stranger_with_candy]

3. It's really sad

When the Rebulican candidate asks to play fair and Hillary feels it's ok to destroy our party internally.

[redqueen]

4. Ouch.

Showin up Hillary & her campaign.

Smart move on his part.

[Mags]

5. everytime the Precious gets his feelings hurt, you guys cry for

Hillary to help. Let him take care of his own. He is the man in the race.

[redqueen]

8. Nobody's crying here. We're pointing out how shallow and inept her campaign is.

Try to keep up. Not much longer to go...

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Who said anything about hurt feelings?

And I KNOW no one is asking for Hillary's help. LOL

[Mags]

18. this in the OP. I think that is calling on Hillary.

Where the hell is Hillary? Is she asking them not to do it? Is she sending them an email? Is she even speaking out against it?

[proud2BlibKansan]

Once. Again.

Who said anything about hurt feelings?

[Mags]

26. me

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. And you have yet to prove that anyone's feelings are hurt

Your feelings don't matter.

[Mags]

35. that's exactly why BO couldn't close the deal in Pa and anywhere else,

His bitterness comment told the nation that their feelings don't matter. You are doing his job for him just fine.

[berni_mccoy]

41. You know who can't close the Deal? Clinton. She couldn't do it in Iowa,

On Super Tuesday, in March and in April. She had this thing locked-up from the get-go and she completely fumbled it. She's incompetent and her campaign is a miserable failure.

[proud2BlibKansan]

45. Okay

So other than Hillary's, whose feelings are hurt?

Quit dodging the question. Put up or shut up.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

46. I tend to think of them as two nearly evenly matched candidates

which of course would explain the long race and the relatively narrow margins.

But if you prefer to think of Hillary as an awful candidate whom Obama should beat easily, that's fine with me.

[berni_mccoy]

52. Oh, SNAP!

Great response.

[MattBaggins]

76. Hmmm and why can't Hilita

close the deal?

[cali]

17. he's doing just fine.

and he's going to wallop her in NC. Did you hear that virtually all the Edwards top folks endorsed him today in NC? And that Governor Henry of OK endorsed him this morning? Hillypoo is cooked. 9 points in PA just doesn't cut it. She screwed herself with SDs, as well.

:hi:

[Mags]

22. did you hear that Edwards folk were hardly able to carry NC?

[berni_mccoy]

36. Why do Hillary supporters hate Edwards so much?

[Mags]

43. I love Edwards, was for him in the beginning, I would vote for him today if I could.

so take your crap and shove it.

[burythehatchet]

71. HIllaroids hate EVRYONE who doesn't love the Queen. Most of all, they hate themselves.

Losers, we called 'em up north.

[ScarletSniper]

37. she loses NC BIG..BETCHA

[Deep13]

21. "the Precious?"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[masshole]

30. WTF is that supposed to mean?

"He is the man in the race". :wtf:

If Hillary was being attacked by the rethugs like this, would you expect Obama to denounce the ad "Because she's the woman in the race"?

[burythehatchet]

72. douchebag making nightly douchebag comments looking for attention

[goletian]

49. more sexism from hillary supporters. surprise, surprise.

the fact that mccain at least tries to appear as if he has integrity makes hillary a god damned embarrassment.

[sampsonblk]

53. Spoken like a true team-playing Democrat-nt

[burythehatchet]

75. They are not Democrats. This board is infested with those who wish to destroy the party

this is not a test

[dano81818]

78. hillbilly's been off the team since "john mccain has a lifetime of experience...

my opponent has a speech...."


what a douchebag move that was.

[MattBaggins]

74. If you really want Hillary to win

and let's say she does; will you object if many of us just shrug our shoulders and say "her problem" not mine, when she is dodging sniper fire about everything from foster to her being a closet lesbian?

[burythehatchet]

77. They want McCain to win. That's why tearing down the Dem nominee is Job 1

[cali]

6. that's dangerously naive

it's plausible deniability. it's a wink and a nod behind the scenes. they'll run it. he looks clean. it's exactly what bushy did in 2004.

[democrattotheend]

10. That's what I am worried about

Althought 2 can play the game. We can fund 527's that talk about Keating 5 and McCain's marital infidelity and Obama can get points for denouncing them. And Democrats will have a lot more money to spend on it.

[redqueen]

12. Do you think it's smarter to do that crap behind the scenes...

or to have the candidate herself out there slinging shit?

Cause NOBODY is naieve enough to think the shit won't be flung.

[berni_mccoy]

19. Hillary could also do herself *and* the party some political good by denouncing the ad

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. Oh he just doesn't want his own crazy preacher exposed

[crankychatter]

9. It's a political move

you may be right on the integrity question...

but be cautious not to extol McCain over Clinton or we
become what we abhor

[berni_mccoy]

14. It's good enough for Hillary to extol McCain over Obama.

[rox63]

29. Maybe the ad is the GOP's way of thanking Hillary for praising McCain over Obama

They're just returning the favor. :grr:

[redqueen]

16. Doesn't matter what "we" do... it's public perception that is influenced.

That's the audience for this move.

[EFerrari]

11. Why waste the ad buy? Clinton will do the same work for them.

I don't believe this was a principled stance, but just more theater.

[Deep13]

15. berni_mccoy endorses McCain!

Wrong web-site, pal!

[berni_mccoy]

24. No, Hillary and her supporters are in the wrong party.

Over 50% of you would vote for McCain over Obama in the General Election.

[Deep13]

31. Well, she's been a solid D. for thirty+ years and I have been for over 20.

So who the fuck are to tell me that some newbie represents the real D. party and that I don't?

Right when I think maybe I can hold my nose and vote for St. O in the fall, some idiot like you tells me I'm not a real D. If you think HC's admirer's don't belong in the party, then in November you may very well get your wish.

Do not think the ideologically pure among you represent the average D. voter because you don't.

[berni_mccoy]

33. If you don't like being accused of being a Repuke, don't do it yourself.

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[berni_mccoy]

44. Project much?

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[SoCalDem]

20. Dumb like a fox..By making a big deal about NOT running it,

CNN & MSNBC will show it a million times for FREE and tell us why it's NOT being shown :rofl:

John's smarter than we give him credit for

[redqueen]

23. Correction - his CAMPAIGN is smarter.

I don't know that I'd give Mr. "Sunni? Shia? Iran? Al Qaeda? Extremists? What? Who? Where am I?" too much credit on this one.

[SoCalDem]

27. He may not know details..but he knows politics

:rofl:

[Justitia]

25. Hillary is buying the rights as we speak. -eom

[NJmaverick]

32. So much for Hillary's arguement that her smear campaign is OK

because they republicans will do it

[kdpeters]

34. More integrity than Clinton? Way to set the bar low...mighty low.

She's not exactly running on her integrity. Integrity is one of her greatest weaknesses. She's running on that Washington insider experience -- the opposite of integrity.

[berni_mccoy]

55. It may be a weakenss, but she's gone to subhuman levels at this point.

[americanstranger]

38. I'll take a more cynical view here.

This is nothing more than CYA for McCain. The ad will still run.

McCain knows that all he has to do is go on the record as 'asking' the group to take down the ad, and he is absolved of any responsibility.

The ad will run, McCain will shrug and say 'Hey, I asked them to take it down.' Win-win for McCain, because he probably prefers that the ad run every day between now and November.

- as

[berni_mccoy]

42. Clinton could have done the very same thing. It would give her kudos politically

And it would have gone a long way to heal the divide she is creating in the party.

[AllexxisF1]

39. Let's see what Hillary does.

HMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm my guess nothing.

[Lucky 13]

48. Wow. You know it's bad when McCain out classes you.

[dpbrown]

50. So he can save it to use in the general election... geez

Half-cocked much?

[berni_mccoy]

51. Why are HIllary supporters so disturbed by this? You guys are truly going off the deep end.

Maybe it's because you are seeing her how she really is.

[dpbrown]

61. You're the ones who are easily tweaked

My candidate is already out of the run for the nomination. I just like tweaking Obamanuts.

[me b zola]

64. You're admitting that you are here to distrupt?

:shrug:

[Faryn Balyncd]

56. Why on earth is HRC doing McCain's dirty work for him?

[powergirl]

57. Anyone want to join me right here and wait for Sen. Clinton to denounce this ad?

Anyone, anyone? I'll be right here. :popcorn:

[berni_mccoy]

59. Still waiting...

[powergirl]

62. I'm still here, waiting

Getting sick of the popcorn, you know.

:popcorn:

[Bake]

58. Plausible deniability.

This way, when the 527s run those ads in the fall, he can point back to this and say he had nothing to do with the ads.

But I'll give McLame credit ... it's a classy AND SMART thing to do now.

Bake

[nomaco-10]

60. Yes, McCain is a real pip.....

He wants to run a swell campaign so that he can win the GE and BOMB,bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

To his campaign staff; "Let's keep it clean guys, we gotta alot of those shia or is it sunnis we gotta kill?"

[Exilednight]

73. Hillary is willing to nuke Iran. Hillary = McLame. n/t

[ecstatic]

63. Obama has a lifetime of integrity, McCain has a lifetime of integrity... Hillary? Well

she has a speech about Sniper fire that she gave one night while tired.

[berni_mccoy]

65. Brilliant!

[mystieus]

66. But then again it could be one of those backhanded deals.

[Perry Logan]

67. I think you got your goalposts mixed up.

[berni_mccoy]

81. Nope, you are thinking about Clinton. She's moved them so many times, no wonder.

[HooptieWagon]

68. McCain has more Integrity than Clinton ...

Duh... even Satan has more integrity than Clinton.

[seaglass]

69. You got played. This is what makes Independents vote for

McCain - he is oh so reasonable, isn't he?

[berni_mccoy]

82. Hillary has a perfect opportunity to show unity here. McCain outshines her.

She has declined to comment on the Ad. She needs to speak out against it or she is not a Democrat.

[rocktivity]

70. Don't you know a setup when you see one?

They create the ad. He criticizes the ad. The criticism becomes public. The public praises him. The ad runs anyway. He reaps its fruits!

:boring:
rocknation

[berni_mccoy]

85. Oh Golly Gee! I fell for the nasty GOP oldest trick in the book. You Moron.

This is about Clinton's turning away from defending a fellow Democrat against bullshit racists tactics of the GOP. If Clinton doesn't have enough integrity and decency to denounce this crap then she doesn't deserve the nomination.

[rocktivity]

90. I thought that went without saying

But after her not defending a fellow Democrat against frivolous sandbag tactics at the Philly debate, I wasn't expecting her to make the effort.

:eyes:
rocknation

[Dbdmjs1022]

79. At least John McCain is a decent human being. The same can't be said for the Goddess of War

[Butch350]

83. Oh Come On...

The GOP is playing the oldest trick. It's the GOOD COP - BAD COP routine. (wink-wink)

McCain says don't run the ad - but inside he's thinking F**K yeah run that ad.

Don't be so dam gullible, pleeeeeze

[berni_mccoy]

84. Don't you Recognize Betrayal when you see it?

Oh GEE Thank you for edumacating me on the oldest trick in the book. What Would I ever do with out the wise noobie telling me what I see??!

Moron. This isn't about McCain, it's About CLINTON and her lack of DEFENDING a fellow Democrat against a SWIFTBOAT ATTACK.

[expada]

86. Republicans are tougher than Hillary

Just by asking them to stop they won't do it.

[Sensitivity]

87. Sad but true

[BzaDem]

88. You cannot be serious. You are actually defending McCain? He just wants to look good, while secretly

allowing these attacks! To think that someone on DU would defend McCain's completely obvious doubletalk is really crazy.

And why didn't Hillary send an e-mail? Did you pay attention to who is running the ad? IT'S THE NC GOP. Do you really think that the NC GOP would drop everything because a democrat asked them to?

[berni_mccoy]

89. Looks like McCain was successful. And all you HIllbots who posted

That it was just a political ploy to do McCain's work should really take a hard look at your candidate and why she never said a word. She is as bad as the people who came up with the Ads.