Earlier today, after giving our Dan Collins a link, Allahpundit wonders whether the Wright stuff has legs:
MM thinks the Wright thing is a net loss for Obama going forward, but how far forward? Newsday and Politico report that the GOP is feeling frisky over it, but given the depths to which the left has already sunk to present McCain as a bigot (Greenwald and his Hagee obsession being but one example), I’m not sure how you go about attacking Wright in the general without playing into that.
Neither the McCain campaign nor the GOP need spend much time on Wright. What the Politico’s Jonathan Martin refers to as the “freak show” will address it, though calling the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth “freaks” says more about Martin than those he attacks. TPM’s Josh Marshall would call it “multiple distribution channels.” The Willie Horton story is a prior example of an attack arising in the Democratic primaries being exploited by third-party groups in the general election. The main difference now is that there are more information channels. I cannot speak for HotAir, but there is not a day that passes in which search engine requests for information about the Wright stuff do not appear repeatedly in the Protein Wisdom referrer log.
It’s all about bridging differences.
Oh, the mash-up opportunities!!!
Heh. Indeed.
Some of them might miss the reference, though, Karl. Maybe serr8d could do something.
Uggghh – heard a tool from Syracuse University… Boyce (?) Watkins… defending Wright with the argument that “…Rev Wright just wants to know why no one cares about the stuff happening to our people”. I did what I always did and wondered how it would come across for one of my people to say “our people”… when as soon as I thought it I quickly realized I must not think it… a racist and all, dontcha know.
now I feel all victimy and stuff.
Dan,
I wouldn’t dream of stifling anyone’s creativity, but folks who miss the reference can click on the last link.
And that from someone who made the Tom Lehrer allusion yesterday.
Well, c’mon. The movie was never on Doctor Demento.
It goes on and on I think. He just done told white people that black people hate them, but they wouldn’t understand cause it’s just a thing but is why they damn well better make him president or next time there’ll be another distraction. Hey did you know white peoples made AIDS for to kill black peoples with? What were we talking about again?
Shock! Straw poll: Progressives favor Obama
Earlier today, after giving our Dan Collins a link, Allahpundit wonders …
Well, obviously Allah couldn’t link your post, Karl.
The median IQ of HotAir readers is 92.
;)
The answer is simple- McCain wasn’t a member of Hagee’s church for 20 years. If I’m McCain and he gets the nom, I’d run campaign ads bulletpointing Wright’s comments and follow it up with “Obama attended church services for 20 years”.
Here’s the hilarious thing- even though I’m apparently racist conversative facist nazi, I’d be fine with a black man or woman leading this country. I just want one who doesn’t hate me because I’m white. I’m not sure Obama does hate me because I’m white but I’m sure as hell not taking the chance.
Obama will have to give plum appointments to race hustlers… which will set white people back 100 years and blacks back 200
Wright’s racism is not the long ball, Obamakin’s complete and total transparency in attempting to manage the affair is what needs to be finessed back into the general election.
Why? Have you been commenting over there too? Stop, and their IQs will gradually rise back to their normal levels.