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Maybe this is why Wright is going public now. No way will Obama's opponents let this be, so if Wright can show up in interviews and appear calm and intelligent and human and not some insane, deranged, wackadoodle....
See where I'm going?
As for McCain's "cred", he's not fooling me. I don't think he's fooling Obama either, but Obama isn't going to take McCain to task for this because it would fall into his category of distraction.
Come on, my brother. What is Obama supposed to say?
" Naw, I don't believe McCain."
What he really wants to say is..
" Ain't this a bitch? Even if it's only words, at least McCain is sayind the right words. Hillary ain't said SHIT about the ad."
That's what he WANTS to say.
The thing is that unless he has evidence that show McCain is behind this, he can't accuse him. It's a Black man's word against a white male "war hero's" word. Who do you think the public will believe.
I can just imagine the media reaction if Obama said he believe McCain's denials are bogus: "How dare he not believe a former P.O.W.!" "If it weren't for McCain's sacrifices, Obama wouldn't be where he is today".
This is where is surrogates come in. They can come forward and plant doubt in the minds of the voters by saying something like, "Well, it says alot that the presumptive GOP nominee can't persuade his fellow party members. If he doesn't have influence over fellow party members, how can he cross part lines to get things done in Washington?"
or.....
"Well, McCain did seek the nomination of Hagee and he did make that commencment speech at Liberty, so.....".
or....
"First, he has Bill Cunningham introduce at a rally. Then his campaign sends a email trying to tie Obama to Hamas, and now this? I sense a PATTERN".
The Obama campaign has already taken McCain to task. Here is the quote:
"The fact that Senator McCain can't get his own party to take down this misleading, personal attack ad raises serious questions about his promise to the American people that he will run a civil, respectful campaign."
Team McCain responds by saying that Obama has been the one who's failed to condemn attacks on McCain's character and integrity.
-Micheline
The civility is in publically denouncing the ad, which both McCain and the RNC have done.
McCain has no power to pull the ad? As the Republican nominee?
The NC GOP must really not have much respect for him.
i have no doubt that he's reveling in the fact of this ad being out there, while officially taking the high road.
and this is precisely his plan for now. he's out of money, so he's on every talk show, making little news items, helped along by his ass sucking fawning toadies in the press.
this is perfect for him. he gets to look like the good guy ~ because no one could imagine that St. John McCain could do what was done to him in 2000 ~ while benefiting from the fact of the ad.
it's even better, because now he publicly denounces it and looks like such an ethical candidate, but i am 100% certain that he's thrilled.
john mccain is scum. he's dangerous. god help us if he wins.
Besides, the ad isn't even about Obama. It's about the two democratice candidates for governor there. If Clinton was in the ad, no one would be complaining that it was unfair.
He is no more a friend of the black community than Hill/Billy or anyone else in the DNC. Its not that hard to see where many of these people stand on race related matters, pander to the Hispanics since they are the major group now, and, for the DNC, they have no fears of blacks leaving, since, many will vote for HRC if she steals the nomination. And, this blind allegiance to the DNC is why blacks are still at the bottom of the rung.
That North Carolina GOP ad? More than 172,000 views since Tuesday, with who knows how many who have now seen it replayed on cable news networks.
Also revealing is, as Instapundit's reader noted, the response: Jeremiah Wright is ipso facto racially divisive and thus out of bounds for a political ad. So is showing Osama bin Laden, the Obama camp insists in response to a Hillary Clinton ad. So is quoting Obama's statement at the San Francisco fundraiser about "bitter" small town Americans "clinging" and whatnot.
Stephanopolous asking Obama about Bill Ayers? Out of bounds. Asking him about why he doesn't wear a flag pin? Not fair, not permitted, and making the whole debate "something akin to a federal crime" in the eyes of the New Yorker.
Asking more than eight questions about Tony Rezko? That's just being unreasonable.
John McCain is already competing for the voters in the center, while Obama and Clinton are still competing for the votes of the party's liberal wing.
An element of this strategy, by the way, includes McCain sometimes taking shots at his own party, often in ways that will make conservatives grumble. See today's criticism of Bush's handling of Katrina, or his criticism of the North Carolina GOP commercial featuring Jeremiah Wright, or his criticism of Cincinnati talk show host Bill Cunningham for calling Obama by his full name.
But day by day, a crystal-clear contrast is being drawn between McCain and Obama.
Liberal radio talk show host Ed Schultz calls John McCain a warmonger at an Obama rally, and the Obama campaign issues a terse statement that he shouldn't be called that term (and oh by the way, our candidate opposed the Iraq war from the start.
Obama's top surrogate in West Virginia, Senator Jay Rockefeller, insults all fighter pilots and suggests that McCain doesn't care about the lives of people on the ground because he dropped bombs during his wartime service. What's the response?
“Senator Obama has a deep respect for Senator McCain’s service to this country and doesn’t agree with what Senator Rockefeller said,” said Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
We never see Obama denounce any of these remarks, (heaven forbid he do so in front of a camera like McCain does) or ever call anyone out as inappropriate.
The DNC chops up McCain's quote, and Obama doesn't object. A liberal group makes a web ad mocking McCain's age, and Obama doesn't object. Jimmy Carter goes overseas to hug Hamas leaders, and Obama says he doesn't approve, but he can't do anything about it.
One guy says he's going to unite the country, and is running on hope, but when his surrogates try to kneecap an opponent, we get these milquetoast disapproving statements from press aides. But when somebody on McCain's team does something that's even remotely controversial, the senator denounces it in front of the cameras.
One guy walks the walk, the other guy just talks the talk. And the frustrated independents, exhausted from nasty politics, will notice this.
Independents comprise arguably the most intelligent part of the electorate.
He's such a liar & stupid enough to think he's being slick.
He expects his audience to be smart enough to come to the obvious conclusion: McCain doesn't mind the ad.