RALEIGH, N.C., April 24, 2008
N.C. GOP Leaders Stand By Anti-Obama Ad
RNC, McCain Condemn Controversial TV Ad But State GOP Still Plans To Air It
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Republican National Committee member Linda Shaw said Thursday she was shocked that her colleagues decided to produce and air the ad, which shows Obama with his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and a clip of Wright's anti-U.S. comments.
"I do not support it," Shaw said. "I had nothing to do with it ... and I'm very disappointed."
Shaw, a longtime party leader, said she repeatedly urged state party chairwoman Linda Daves to withdraw the spot.
John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee, asked party officials to not run the ad on Wednesday and again Thursday.
"I cannot dictate to the North Carolina Republican Party what their message is, but I condemn it and I can appeal to the overwhelming majority of Republicans in the state of North Carolina," McCain said while campaigning in New Orleans.
State GOP spokesman Brent Woodcox said officials still planned to air the ad Monday, beginning with the evening newscasts. He said the party had not completed the details on the size of the ad buy.
Despite the ad's focus on Obama, Woodcox has said it is targeted at Democratic gubernatorial candidates Richard Moore and Bev Perdue; both have endorsed Obama, an Illinois senator. The ad was posted online Wednesday.
WRAL-TV in Raleigh and WSOC-TV in Charlotte have declined to run the ad, Woodcox and station officials said.
Jim Hefner, vice president and general manager at WRAL, said the station had determined the ad was "inflammatory" and decided not to run without knowing that McCain and national Republicans had objected to it.
Democratic party officials have criticized the ad. On Thursday, state Democratic Party Chairman Jerry Meek urged Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole to use her power to keep it off the air.
"As the highest-ranking Republican in the state, you have both the ability and responsibility to erase this stain on our state," Meek said in a letter to Dole. "Your silence tells North Carolinians that you will also sanction similar gutter tactics in your own campaign."
Dole said in an interview that she didn't want to get involved.
"I am concentrating on getting my work done here in the Senate, and I'm just not going to get into refereeing a third-party political ad that has nothing to do with my race," she said.
North Carolina holds its presidential primary May 6, with 115 delegates at stake. Polls give Obama the edge over Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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See all 69 CommentsThis tells us about who they really fear in November and also about how effective Senator McCain will be in controlling the party- if you even believe the good cop- bad cop routine for one minute...
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Posted by ksh1022 at 07:30 PM : Apr 24, 2008
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I''m glad you think so. I will remind you of this if Hillary by some miracle gets the nomination. If you think this ad agains Obama is bad, wait and see what NC does to Hillary. Hillary can''t win the Whitehouse. I know you get paid to put all this rah-rah for Hillary stuff on the message boards, but she is not the best candidate for the Democrats.
You all like polls so much, the polls say that an honest person lies 13 times a day. I''m afraid if we get rid of all the bad people, there just won''t be anyone left.
Posted by crewmember1
You''re right. We shouldn''t be fishing is the polluted waters of lawyers and politicians for a president....but they''re the only ones with money and willing to throw themselves at the feet of voters for the opportunity to put their interests first and walk away filthy rich and with security that recessions and acts of Congress can''t touch.
And they should
That%u2019s right folks. We twisted his words. It%u2019s all your fault. And it%u2019s Hillary%u2019s fault he said what he said too. He didn%u2019t really say what he said. You twisted it! You twisted his twisted words. It%u2019s really nice stuff, not bad stuff. You just are too stupid to understand Black Liberation Theology, dammit. No I mean *********. How could you twist all that loving stuff? You are despicable! Cut it out! All you ********* Americans should apologize to Reverend Wright right now!
Lordy, well you knew it had to be the Rich White Btch who was never called a N fault......Obama learned his victimhood form a PRO
Jeramiah was Right!
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Posted by Antonn2 at 09:04 PM : Apr 24, 2008
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Where did you get your neo nazi training? I sense a touch of the Klan here.. are you a member of the Klan or do you just associate with the Hard Line Nazi''s? Sieg Heil Mein Fuhrer!!
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Posted by shutupNvote at 08:18 PM : Apr 24, 2008
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Now Now! You FORGOT to give the salute after your attack. That''s NOT a good thing for you Nazi''s to do you know. Heir Cheney will most certainly have the gestapo out looking for you! Now let''s let Darth know you are out here holding up the ROVE mentality! Ready?? SIEG HEIL MEIN FUHRER!! SIEG HEIL GRAND WIZARD!!
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Posted by ccfsdca at 08:43 PM : Apr 24, 2008
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It''s called FASCISM you moron and IF America isn''t better than this... IF they will hold someone ELSE to blame for the words and actions of another, they DESERVE what they get. MYSELF?? I think our nation is better than these freaks in N.C. I think these klan people are not the norm at all... Sieg Heil Bush
You are right if obama wins the election the klan will bring out its best and many of them were trained you know where, by the best.
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Posted by ccfsdca at 09:28 PM : Apr 24, 2008
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Again! IF America is dumb enough to vote for the same thing for 4 more years based on yet ANOTHER Swift Boat Ad.. fine! THEY deserve what they get! I do NOT think the Democrat Party should back down to these NAZI''s any more than they did to Joe McCarthy. IT''s the EXACT SAME thing he did, guilt by association, and IF we as a people do NOT stand up to it we deserve to sink into fascism. Sieg Heil Grand Wizard.
You are right if obama wins the election the klan will bring out its best and many of them were trained you know where, by the best.
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Posted by ranger1948 at 09:42 PM : Apr 24, 2008
Have you ever thought about where we''d be IF we hadn''t stood up to McCarthy when he did this? Where would we be if we didn''t stand up to the Klan when they do it? We should be running this election on the MOUNTAIN of problems we have. Failing to do so will, most certainly, distroy the nation. REMEMBER we have an enemy out there who has played these fascist to the hilt, kicked their behinds badly. Sieg Heil Grand Wizard.
They already have done it with the help that obama gave them. obama has lost.
YES I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND DON''T WANT IT TO HAPPEN AS IT WILL TARNISH THIS GREAT NATION EVEN MORE. HOWEVER I SERVED WITH SOME OF THESE BOYS, SINCE I WAS WHITE THEY WERE RALLY NICE GOOD OLD AMERICQAN BOYS, HOWEVER THEY ARE BORN INTO THE KLAN, RAISED BY ITS OWN DOCTRINES AND KEEP RAISING THEIR CHILDREN BY ITS DOCTRINES. yOU WILL NOT CHANGE THEM AND THEY WILL NOT ACCEPT A BLACK PRESIDENT, EVEN IF HE IS ONLY 6 AND 1/3% BLACK.
McBush is lying. If you can''t control your own party, how can you defeat Al Qaeda?
We don''t smoke marijuana in Backwater North Carloinah
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We don''t take our trips on LSD
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We don''t burn our draft cards down on Main Street;
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We like livin'' right, and bein'' f ree.
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I''m proud to be an Oakie from Backwater North Carloinah
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A place where even squares can have a ball ----
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We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
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And white lightin''s still the biggest thril of a ll
We don''t make a party out of lovin'';
We like holdin'' hands and pitchin'' woo;
We don''t let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.
And I''m proud to be an Oakie from Backwater North Carloinah ,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightin''s still the biggest thril of all.
Leather boots are still in style for mainly footwear;
Beads and roman sandals won''t be seen.
Football''s still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Backwater North Carloinah
OH NOT THE SOUTHERN STRATEGY AGAIN! so borrring,
THEN YOU HAD BETTER BE PREPARED FOR A WAR THAT WILL MAKE THE CIVIL WAR LOOK LIKE A PICNIC.
I do not wish to have a war with the blacks. I want to see this natin come togther as one nation with equal rights for everyone. But i will fight anyone who tries to take over this great couintry. And anyway we wouldn''t be fighting Muslims, we would be fighting terrorists. I have a daughter who is Muslim and i respect her religion and her right of choice.
Hillary survived snipers, she can of course survive this. But superdelegates are smart enough and they will not help to put a liar in the white house.
Obama 08!
He is the biggest problem, yet, he isli8ke the pot calling the kettle black (no reverse pun intended).
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Above BS compliments of a paid Hillary shill. I don''t have a problem with people supporting Hillary, but I do get tired of these paid shills.
I have been prepared for years, and i don''t care what race comes down the block. You want to see a holy war, come down my block
Where do i sign up to be a paid shill, i could use the extra cash.
Samantha rode a broom and i liked her
If obama gets the nomination i would vote for mccain before i would vote for obama and i don''t like McCain.
Let me tell you about the typical "youth vote". You guys talk a good game but if there is a good concert or you have a hot date you won''t show up to vote. That''s a historical fact. Most of you think Obama is an agent of change. Do you think he''s going to wave a magic wand and politics in the U.S. will be different. After 8 years of Bush I can understand you wanting to affect change but wouldn''t it be nice to have a concrete plan to accomplish these goals. Also wouldn''t it be nice to have a person with a proven track record of implementing change to try to accomplish these goals. Obama has done nothing significant to change anything. He just talks and talks. And you immature nitwits just cheer and cheer. Back before you guys were out of kindergarten us Democrats elected a great president, Bill Clinton. Under his 8 year 2 term presidency, we had jobs, no war, a budget surplus and good standing on the world stage. He was smart and tough and he was a moderate Democrat. He was considered by many "the first black president" because he was fair to all people and most importantly not a racist. The 50% of the country you say hates Hillary are probably Republican because they know she is tough enough to take them on and the rest are you Obama nuts because you can''t stand it that she won''t "drop out".
Posted by KSH1022 at 03:49 AM : Apr 25, 2008
You know, insulting young voters is not a really good way of convincing them of anything. Omitting the above sentence, your post would be pretty good.
Your comments clearly demonstrate the fact that immaturity is not a matter of age.
Ranger1948,
If you would vote for McCain you would be an idiot responsible for the continuation of everything wrong with the country.
Rumor has it that Barney Fife, Obie, & Aunt Bee are also part of this deceitful Muslim conspiracy.
Posted by jedi0808 at 01:51 AM : Apr 25, 2008"
There is no way McCain can win, except with a big help of Diebold and co.
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