Ignoring McCain's own pledge, his surrogates are attacking Obama's patriotism and the traditional media is allowing it: What's the plan to fight back? |
| Published: August 13, 2008, 2:42 pm |
| Tags: gop attacks, barack obama, john mccain |
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Must read post from Greg Sargent at Talking Points Memo. McCain -- and the media -- aren't questioning the attacks on Obama's patriotism that McCain himself said weren't going to be part of his campaign. This is either another example of the McCain campaign just ignoring John McCain's wishes -- or McCain has been lying and is directly involved in a nefarious attack. Neither is good:In what is emerging as a clear pattern, high-profile McCain surrogates have been questioning Barack Obama's patriotism and his roots in American culture, without drawing any objection from the McCain campaign -- even though McCain campaign advisers have explicitly said that attacks on Obama's patriotism are off-limits.In some cases the McCain campaign itself has endorsed its surrogates attacks, such as yesterday, when Joe Lieberman made the incendiary charge that Obama hasn't always put his country first.Yet at the same time, the national political press and punditry have largely ignored the glaring [ Full article ] |
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