McCain Aide: North Carolina Anti-Obama Ad to Be Pulled

[Pirate Smile]

Top strategist Charlie Black tells TIME’s Michael Scherer the controversial ad linking Obama, Rev. Wright and two North Carolina Democrats will not air.

“The ad has been pulled. I don’t think it ever ran, except on the web.”


Earlier: State party chair Linda Daves defends the commercial, set to launch next week.

“A state party chairman has the duty and the role to also look out for our downballot, our statewide races,” she tells MSNBC.

Ad re-airs footage of Rev. Wright, and denounces two gubernatorial candidates for endorsing the Illinois Senator.

McCain has personally called for the party not to run the ad.

DNC Chair Dean issues statement Thursday pressing McCain to do more to stop the ad.


http://thepage.time.com/2008/04/24/north-carolina-gop-chair-defends-ad/


Good.

[islandmkl]

1. just great....now the MSM will be OBLIGATED to 'show you the ad that was not seen by anyone'...

just show the ad and let this goddam GE war get started...

[LakeSamish706]

2. Well that gives me a tad more respect for McCain at this point... Good on him...

Now where the fuck was Hillary with respect to criticizing this ad?

[angstlessk]

4. hell, you sound like Hillary now!!! McCain better than Hillary???

I think not!!! Though I will vote for Obama

[LakeSamish706]

6. You still haven't answered my question, where the hell was your candidate...

in denouncing this POS ad? She was nowhere to be found once again.

[angstlessk]

10. like I said in my post, I am for Obama, but I would NEVER ever

claim McSame is better than Clinton EVER EVER EVER!!! I will vote for whichever is the nominee PEROID!!

[LakeSamish706]

12. Good for you and you are entitled to your opinion... But I won't be voting if Clinton somehow...

steals this from Obama... Have a nice day.

PS:

I don't recall anywhere in my post where I said that McCain was better than Clinton.

[Indenturedebtor]

15. Hillary was at Fox

Spreading her own garbage around and validating such attacks.

[FSogol]

7. More respect for McCain? I call bullshit.

He can deny the ad, but they threw the mud already. It makes McDubya a hypocrite in my book. He can deny the ad while gaining from it.

[LakeSamish706]

9. Neither you or I will ever know what McCain's roll was in this, but one thing we do know...

your candidate was nowhere to be found in putting this ad to rest... So if I were you I would STFU.

[FSogol]

11. Who is my candidate clown?

Edited to add: Can't believe people on DU tell people on DU to STFU. Instead of whipping yourself into a fury over supposed slights to your candidate, why don't you go outside and take a walk. Its a nice day outside.

[NNN0LHI]

8. Only a fool would want Clinton to interject herself into Obamas Reverend problems

Or worse.

Don

[AlCzervik]

3. maybe the cable stations will stop playing constantly to show us hoe bad it is

no, that won't happen and the NC gop just got a whole lot of ad time for free. Fuckers.

[Bok_Tukalo]

13. Very clever

Cheap, too.

[AlCzervik]

14. it was nice how McCain gave them an assist by asking them to pull the ad, that worked

out nicely for him. Fucker.

[PVnRT]

5. Too late - it's been splashed all over the news

That may have been the plan all along. Remember the attack ad flap from "The West Wing"?

[Pirate Smile]

16. Well, now the NC GOP is saying they are going to run it - just forget what McCain's

people said about getting it pulled. Pathetic.