“N.C. GOP releases Rev. Wright ad”
By SusanUnPC on April 23, 2008 at 8:25 PM in Barack Obama, North Carolina, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.
UPDATE: This is about coattails. How much of a drag will Barack Obama be for state candidates, especially those who’ve endorsed him early on? Particularly in the South and in the West. Did you know that Barack Obama is polling behind John McCain in New Mexico? Besides the obvious example below of candidates in North Carolina — we have to think about the effect of endorsing Obama on Democratic candidates in states like New Mexico and Arizona.
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The first video that Laluchasigue showed us this morning has no voiceover. This ad, running in major N.C. markets (starting tomorrow, I hear), has voiceover. Its title? “EXTREME.”
From the Charlotte Observer, which links the above video:
A new TV ad from the N.C. Republican Party tries to link two Democratic candidates for governor to Barack Obama’s controversial former minister.
“For 20 years, Barack Obama sat in his pew, listening to his pastor,” the ad says, segueing into video of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright shouting, “No, no, no. Not God Bless America. Goddamn America!”
The ad continues, “Now, Bev Perdue and Richard Moore endorse Barack Obama. They should know better. He’s just too extreme for North Carolina.”
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The ad is titled “Extreme.” Republican chairwoman Linda Daves, of Charlotte, appears briefly at the end.
It is believed to be the first time nationwide that Republicans have used Wright’s comments in a TV advertisement since the comments first drew scrutiny last month.
Daves said at a news conference that the ad would begin airing statewide Monday during evening news shows. She said she did not know how much money the party plans to spend on airing the ad. The money is coming from individual donors, she said.
McCain denounced the ad, calling it “offensive” and saying it “degrades our civics and distracts us from the very real differences we have with the Democrats.” …
Here’s how this works: John McCain can stay above the fray by denouncing the ad, while the state GOP weakens its state Democratic opponents.
Here’s how this will work nationwide: This ad, and others of its ilk, will be used against every Democratic candidate across the nation who endorsed Barack Obama.
Now, surely GOP 527s would produce anti-Hillary ads if she’s the nominee. But they won’t be able to tar her as anti-American or consorting with unrepentant terrorists or a minister who hates “Amerikkka.”
Have fun viewing these images:
http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/4/23/18152/4469#208
Oh my…I’m still laughing! Thanks.
A lot of Democrats are going to lose races because of this jerk.
Sigh. I agree Uppity. We all knew this was going to happen. McCain can denounce these ads all he wants just like Bush “denounced” the swiftboat ads but that won’t stop them from airing. The GOP does this every election. This will not only bring down Obama but it will bring down the entire Democratic Party and it will take another Clinton-esque Democrat (should we wait another 20 years for Chelsea?) to bring back the Reagan Democrats and white working class vote. The Democrats are so screwed. This isn’t fun and games anymore. This is truly scary and Obama’s campaign would be dead by now if Hillary had dropped out sooner. The GOP would then have reason to pay full attention to Obama and smear him from now until November.
Perdue and Moore both deserve to lose for endorsing Obama. Obama blocked the revote and tried (tries) to keep late states from having a meaningful vote [You can vote for Stalin or not vote for Stalin]. I’m a N.C.ian, and I was going to vote Perdue. Not now. The DNC has earned what’s coming to it. Best thing: Dean will go home and Obama can eat his waffle.
I was going to vote for her too, don’t know who I’ll vote for now maybe no one. I was real disappointed for her endorsing BO, I betcha she is wishing she had not now.
I really don’t want McCrory to be gov. I think he is in the pocket of every land developer around Charlotte, unbridled growth under his tenure without the infrastructure to support it..he will do the same thing statewide.
No shit. This should have been a slam dunk for the Dems after eight years of W. Now Barry’s gonna crash the entire fucking party. MIGOD. Who else could fuck it up so bad? Unfuckingbelievable. Barry has to get out NOW to save the party.
True — Obama has no coat tails.
I’m expecting Hillary to be the Democratic Nominee.
However, if Howie Deanie and Donna Brazile get their way in spite of what the the real democrats want . . . .
I have decided NOT to vote in the November GE. It was the stupid WA democratic leadership who forced a caucus on the WA state voters — when we voted for a Primary.
So anyway they don’t need my vote — so why bother to vote?
The only way to complete the suicide of the democratic party is to allow it to die. That is if Howie Deanie and Donna B. get the candidate they have been trying to force on America.
When, for the love of God, are the Dem “leaders” going to wake up?! They think if they continue to shield Obama none of this will come up. Talk about denial.
Maybe they’ve been bought off?
Fox should have a link to the second ad that is running in NC. Hillary just may have a chance in NC…LOL and the whiners thought Hillary was tough?
Hillary had a good chance before the ads ran, all the talking heads keep talking about a HUGE black population here, only 20% of the population is black. They don’t know what they are talking about. There is close to 1.5 million unaffiliated voters (largely white would be my guess) who will be able to vote for a democratic candidate in the primary, democratic party has 2.2 some million registered dems.
I think the ads will hurt him here. You have to take the polls with a grain of salt, there is a huge number of undecideds and guess who undecideds are pretty consistently swinging to? HILLARY!!!! I don’t think things are quite as rosy for BO as the media portrays.
But the babies must have their rattle, so nothing else matters but to get Obama the nomination.
yup
No joke: I know people who are seriously planning to emigrate in such case.
Don’t worry folks, this is just the Clinton’s doing it to Messiah Obama again!
The end of November will see a sea of Red and it won’t be anything but the blood of democrats paving the way to major victories for Republicans!
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Great ad! I wrote to my two senators and governor
last month. I stated that they needed to support Hillary Clinton because she was the strongest candidate in the Democrat race. I pointed out that because our state votes Republican for President, our holding the two senate seats and the governorship is tenuous. And that were they to endorse Obama, that would cause downticket strength to Republicans. I received back the traditional
computer generated thank you note for my opinion.
But now they and all superdelegates– especially those in red states– can see what happens when you align yourself with Obama.
I will not donate to the GOP, I will not donate to the GOP…
Those of us with any common sense knew these ads were coming. This is just the beginning.
I hate when they bleep things. I wonder if the full effect - the full total scare of Jeremiah - will come through without it. Of course it might play the other way too. But yes - this is just the beginning.
Barrys coat-tails are on fire. Come November if he ends up the nominee (NO!) the Dems will lose a lot of elections.
…including and especially the presidential election.
duh!
BWAHAHAHAHA! Maybe obamalamadingdong can whine some about this and the mean menz will jest go away.
What if Hillary is the nominee and TPTB force Obama on as the VP???? I think that would drag her down!!!
Of course, Obama has said he doesn’t want to be VP… and I pray someone would convince him to actually stick to that…
I think we would get to see a real belly laugh from Hillary now at the prospect of having an anvil on the ticket with her.
I pray she isn’t forced to accept him on the ticket. IF for any reason, she must, I will stand by her decision because I’ll figure that something absolutely critical forced her to do so. But I am certain that she would otherwise have NO desire to have him on her ticket.
I would DEFINITELY not accept her as VP. I am sick of superior women making mediocre men look good. That is out for me. I wouldn’t vote for him if my mother was on his ticket.
If she takes him as VP she won’t live long enough to do anything. He will jump into the first seat that he wants so badly at all costs.
Let’s face it: Obama is a bad politician. How about that San Francisco mayor? Then you get 1) female; 2) black; 3) gay all on the same ticket. Slam dunk!
In the Exit polls a full 47 percent of Hillary voters said they will NOT vote for Barack Obama.
Obama refused to have his pick taken with that mayor. It flew thru the gay community like wildfire. He’s toast with them.
That’s what I mean. It’d be perfect.
I think it’s oo late for Baby-O on the VP slot…..He has proven to be immature…..His puppeteers should’ve vetted him better…In the internet age where information is accessible to the degree it is this is just arrogant incompetece….This is what Hillary has been sayin all year and now it’s finally catching up…..
I just saw a video on Taylor Marsh site where KO of MSNBC is talking about taking Hillary out, and when I say out I dont mean on a date.
Is some of the men in MSM going nuts, to come on the air and openly preach violence against a woman, what is really going on in this country?? I am so disgusted at what I am hearing in this election this has to be the worse election this country has very witnessed.
With these thugs, I wouldn’t be surprised.
I just saw a video on Taylor Marsh site where KO of MSNBC is talking about taking Hillary out, and when I say out I dont mean on a date.
Is some of the men in MSM going nuts, to come on the air and openly preach violence against a woman, what is really going on in this country?? I am so disgusted at what I am hearing in this election this has to be the worse election this country has ever witnessed.
Went and checked out that video. I think someone needs to take out Keith Im up Barrys Butt Olberman.
It always comes down to “What does barry need to do”.
Hopefully….HE WILL BE OUTTA THERE…..KO that is…..
Think back as if you were in early 2007. The DNC tells you that this is what they want for a nominee.
1. Someone who lost ALL critical swing states of FL, OH and PA.
2. Someone who lost the popular vote.
3. Someone who kicks FL and MI voters to the curb and then claims their votes and delegates don’t count (thus deceitfully circumventing #2) and claims his name wasn’t on the ballot in MI while at the same time refusing a revote.
4. Someone who insults middle America.
5. Someone who’s only big state win is his home state.
6. Someone who has lost most core democratic states.
7. Someone who has won the majority of red states that will not come into play in November.
8. Someone who will turn guaranteed blue states like Massachusetts into a swing state.
9. Someone who associates with known unrepenting terrorists.
10. Someone who bowls a 37.
Think clearly now. In early 2007, would you have accepted such a nominee? Is this what the DNC is looking for? Or would you have laughed at the above description?
But of course, the delegate count in what matters the most in November, right? Right? Personally, I’ve never heard of delegates counting for anything in November. They mean diddly squat.
It’s a job. And when you apply for a job you present a CV. And what’s always at the bottom of a CV? Your references.
What would be at the bottom of Hill’s CV? Almost every general in the US armed forces.
What’s at the bottom of Barry’s CV? Tony Rezko, the Daley mafia, and Jeremiah Wright.
You’re head of HR. It’s your call. You have two applicants for the job. Which one do you take? Which one does anyone take?
Ehemmm………Barry does’nt have a CV because he has only been PRESENT in the US senate for a year before he started to run…..Barry has a one page MONSTER resume……And that aint’ enough…..chuckle…..
“”It’s a job. And when you apply for a job you present a CV. And what’s always at the bottom of a CV? Your references.”"
EXACTLYYYYYYY!!!!
For those of us who are more intelligent than that of a walnut. Your references are to verify that you are who you say you are! They are not representatives. So the rhetoric of someones reference can’t be used to prevent one from getting the job or gettig the job done. Can we please stop the stupidity? It seems to be contagious on this blog!
LOL!
Here’s a link to a story on Fox online saying that McCain has asked the NC GOP to pull this ad. It goes on to say that McCain states that Rev Wright is not fair game. I’m hoping that this is just pro-forma by McCain.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/23/mccain-disavows-ad-but-calls-obama-bitter-comments-elitist/
That’s meaningless. He can disavow the ads and they run them. He benefits from the ads without taking too much heat for them.
He could honestly be against the ads but its meaningless.
And in my view, Wright is fair game — its Obama’s 20 year affiliation with him and Obama’s poor judgment that I call into question — as does America.
Of course it’s fair game. It’s a question of your references. As with any job.
Good point!
McInsane is snickering right now…..
Oh Mccain is just doing that so he can say “I tried to stop it, it’s not me”. It’s like the swift boat stuff. The ad will run and you won’t hear from McCain again. It’s hard to believe I may have to vote for him in November.
It’s hard to believe I may have to vote for him in November.
‘It’s dirty work but someone’s got to do it.’
Sorry, here’s the correct link.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/04/23/mccain-asks-north-carolina-gop-to-pull-ad-on-obamas-pastor/
Dayum we sent in our absentee ballots a few days ago and I voted for Perdue.
I had no clue she was an Obamabot!
Had I known……. I would have picked another.
We get to see Hillary tomorrow! YaY!!
You could always beg to have your vote changed to “present.”
aw shoot Guitarist! I never even considered it! I’m just too opinionated. Saying “present” would just be a COP OUT for me!
but that’s just MY feelings about it (ribrib)
LOL
Yes. Change your vote if you can. Obamabot alert: if you support any Dem candidate at all, make sure you know their position on Barry first.
So McCain will once again take the high road whilst HRC will probably get blamed
for this latest round of RAM behavior.
I agree, Wright is indeed fair game and we will be suffering the consequences of that right up until election eve.
I bet this knuckle head thinks if he picks Hillary as VP that we will all spawn for him. Oh goodie, another superior woman holding up a mediocre man. Let the bastard hang and wait four years if they steal this number. He will never win anyhow.
Perish the thought but should it come to that Hill can do a lot more good somewhere else. She’d wither away in the shadow of someone as vapid as he.
>>> Oh goodie, another superior woman holding up a mediocre man.
Yeah, none of my ex-wives (I call ‘em all the same name - “Plaintiff”) were real excited about that program, either.
Obama is a cancer to each of those superdelegates who have endorsed him and they may not realize it yet, but that bamboozlement will be show itself to many more soon enough.
Hello Sugar,
I wanted you to know a blog piece you wrote inspired me to write a letter to some black leaders about what you have been going through on your blog.
Discrimination is discrimination. We are supposed to be a free country and you should never be discriminated against because of your Constitutional right to associate with whom you wish. I am speaking of the pressure on you to conform as if you were a cog in a huge machine/monolith of having to support Obama because you are black.
As far as the superdelegate/bamboozlement point you raised:
It is truth that there is a MSM bias towards helping Obama. I’ve predicted if he is nominated that bias will switch to McCain. Maybe it won’t. But maybe it won’t matter:
I get the feeling the super D’s are very nervous now about Obama. Those who have said they support him are probably having major buyers remorse. Those who feel pressured to conform will probably not jump on his bandwagon since he can’t win a big state (other than his own), and all the other well documented issues making him unelectable.
There could be a mass exodus of his super D’s if another scandal breaks. I think he is on the teetering edge of oblivion and it won’t take much to push him over the edge.
Only that fucking idiot Obama and his handlers could turn the first (used to be) viable black candidate into a discrimination-fest.
As I have said before, I am open to all peoples and when a seasoned, empathic and wise black women or man with great judgment is presented to me as a choice for President, I will not hesitate to vote for them. Obama is none of those good things. In fact he is worse — he and his thugs have managed to turn the clock back 50 years on “race” relations.
You will never achieve equality by bullying yourself into power. Nelson Mandella knew this. He achieved equality with his mind and super-human wisdom.
I wrote this to a colleague last night, and I was referring to the Obama/MSM/corporate/far-left-loony alliance:
Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to Hillary!
Ciao,
G-N-G
sugar you and I both know that some of them endorsed via fear.
Hey Sugar!! :-]
I’ve been lame today and not visited your nice site. I think I’ll go check it out right now.
Cheers to a Great PA victory!!
Did anyone else hear about what Olberman said regarding one of the SD’s needing to take Hillary into a room and “only HE coming out”? First off, there are female super delegate. The anti-Hillary, anti woman bias is alive and well. As if only a man could take her out. Quite frankly, with the way that she has performed with grace under fire, a tube of Kryptonite couldn’t do it!
Second, apparently Olberman had Rachel Maddow on and they both were of the mindset that Hillary has a responsibility to come out against this GOP ad targeting Obama. They said something to the effect that the Obama people should take out an ad that reads: “if Hillary won’t come out in support of her Democratic challenger, why do you think she would come out in support of you?”
Where in the hell do these people come from? Is this a sewing bee or a presidential primary? The GOP takes out an ad in NC and somehow Hillary should bear the responsibility to castigate the NC Republicans for demeaning her competitor! I tell you it all makes sense now as to why John Kerry is so pro-Obama and anti-Hillary. I kid you not, but I think that John Kerry thinks that it was the responsibility of the Clinton’s to defend his war record for him, in the court of public opinion, so that he could stay above the fray.
Oh please,I had to hold my nose to vote for Kerry. I will never do that again.
D I T T O!!!
I feel the same way. What I was saying is that every single so-called Democrat who has either come out in support of Obama or who has railed against Senator Clinton has done so because rather than blaming themselves for their own failings, they would rather lay them at the feet of the Clinton’s.
Kerry-loser
Brazile-couldn’t lead a Democratic candidate to victory with a map and a flashlight
Kennedy-remember my name. So I ran against an incumbent president and couldn’t answer the simple question of why I wanted to be president in the first place.
I mean the list of de facto losers on the Democratic side goes on and on. They know that with the Clinton’s they will have to bring their “A game” and they know they don’t have one. They want the position, but don’t want to do the hard work. That is why they have found a kindred spirit in Obama.
LOL……..Yeah Kerry was a difficult vote…..That’s the last time I consciously vote for a complete loser……Rather stay at home and be able to wake up to myself in the morning…..Just sayin’…A Vote is a terrible thing to waste……
Love it!
Worry for not, stick with the plan and keep hammering away at this:
Obama is unelectable due to scandals of his own making, inability to win important states, etc.
The delegates will flip to Hillary given time, and time is Obama’s worst enemy. His cruise control is set to land him into oblivion of the history books, and not as President.
I kept saying this all along:
Once the Party commits to a candidate, it OWNS the candidate and all his/her baggage.
If Obama is our nominee, then WE, TOO, STAND BEHIND WRIGHT, REZKO, AYERS, AUCHI, GIANNOULIAS, and countless others.
Our choice.
Hello,
I’m not sure what you mean. But for the sake of argument I’ll assume you are a Hillary supporter warning everyone what a disaster it would be to commit to him because of all his terrible baggage?
I wonder, sometimes, if Obama enjoys an OJ bounce.
Meaning even if AA voters recognize him as the inferior candidate, they vote for him because he, with his OJ defiance, and threats, represents retribution against racist Anglos.
I don’t know if this is true, but I kind of get that feeling, sometimes, reading.
Very sad.
I would see an opening for a strong black leader to emerge, ala MLK, to counter.
I hope.
Maybe Sugar! (and why NOT a woman?)
Agreed.
it would seem to me that obama has slanted his campaign in that direction. it is often subtle, but lately it is much mor apparent with the rapper hand signals. throw in michelle’s and rev wrong’s snotty attitudes, what you have a a lot of red flags saying beware of these people. humility, kindness, humanity, graciousiness are simply words in a dictionary to them. there is rage that is fueled by a “liberation theology” that tells them they are victims and we are nothing but souless oppressors. now it the good people of illinois want to send him to the senate with the baggage, then fine. if he goes off the rails, others can vote him down. but there is no way he can be president now. i wish he was what he projected himself to be.
Marxism takes no prisoners……Marxism is the social justice solution at the foundation of LIBERATION THEOLOGY….Hard to have a liberal society under MARXISM……
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sN1qZMBE9Gc
Didn’t Barrack from from divorced parent’s? Um, sorry Michelle, open mouth, insert Obama
this woman is a so arrogant ,,,makes me puke
Watch it, or you could get a visit from Winnie Mandela’s…er, Michelle Obama’s Soccer Club.
Ehemmmmm…….MICHELLE PAY YOUR PROPERTY TAXES…..Nuff said….
She seems arrogant only becuase you’re intimidated!!!! Be a man!
they’re both toast, for sure i’m not going to vote for them.
PAGING UPPITY
Hey Uppity,
That guy who was concerned about the 9.2 vs. 10 figure on the margin:
That post of Hillary on TV video clips Wednesday morning clearly shows the MSM was reporting a 10 point spread. So anyone who used that figure today was doing so without trying to beef up the number as he implied.
At least a couple of the videos show the spread as 10 points. The CNN video caption is:
If that guy is reading this, he should complain to CNN and not so much here?
I kinda thought I was not hallucinating the 10 point figure. But as of a few hours ago, the unofficial spread from the state of PA was 9.2, but that’s not final.
Pollster John Zogby: Let me start with the observation that Hillary Clinton did not win Pennsylvania by running a negative campaign. The negatives that came out against Barack Obama were self-inflicted mistakes - his comment about “bitter” Pennsylvanians, his bobbling of questions over why he sometimes does not wear an American flag pin in his lapel, and lingering questions about his Chicago pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. He compounded his trouble by going negative against Clinton, because in doing so he took himself off his core message of hope, change, and the promise of a new kind of politics. He became just another politician.
And coming under the heading of “Things I Didn’t Need,” these multiple negative issues cropped up against him all at the same time, when he was already running in a state where the demographics were stacked against him. Pennsylvania was never realistically a winner for Obama anyway, but he may have done some damage to himself by responding the way he did. We do not yet know
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1489
It would be a colossal error for the Obama campaign to respond to attacks by lashing out at the Clintons and dragging their old scandals back out into the public square. Exit polling from Pennsylvania shows that a significant percentage of Clinton supporters - 43% - would either vote for Republican John McCain in a general election match-up against Barack Obama, or would stay home, and Obama is not going to win those Clinton voters over to his team by bringing all the old Clinton scandals back to life. And should he win the nomination, he will desperately need those supporters.
What a crock - the SF Chronicle’s political reporter (hah) writes an article that quotes some University of San Francisco professor (”teaches classes in race and politics”) who not only accuses Bill Clinton of inserting race into the campaign in S Carolina, but compares Obama’s Wright problems to a “lynching to the 15th power”. Yes, now his supporters are talking about LYNCHING.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/23/MN3A10AHNB.DTL
This guy at the SF chronical is inciting violence……Isn’t that ILLEGAL…Even in San Francisco….Yellow Journalism at it’s best….Thse people are makin Imus look like a moderate….Sheeeesh…..
The night of the long knives has begun. Barry will be sliced and diced within a month of Denver and the party bosses will go “what happened?” as Barry’s coat tails turn into a ball-n-chain for every sitting Democrat that has endorsed him.
Remember if the GOP can sink a war vet with a impeccable background like Max Cleland imagine what they are going to Democrats who back Barry despite knowing the assholes and anti-American thugs he hangs with.
The carnage will be magnificent and will stand as a testament to the flaming incompetence and arrogance of the party elite.
That said, as others have pointed out the Democratic party has a bad habit of selecting total losers and effete fops for preznit. People that have no appeal beyond the party hacks that vote for them in those caucuses.
The Dems need to get rid of the caucus system if they want a chance at ever getting the presidency. Otherwise WJC will be just a fluke.
The party needs to let working class people have a say for once. Not a bunch of upper income types who have nothing better to do than play charade at the local caucus gathering or let operatives bused in from certain campaigns to game the vote.
And oh yeah…dump Iowa and NH, they had their day in the sun and its time for other states to be first.
George Soros will soon realize that Obama was a very bad investment.