Truth Squad Avengers!
Cross-Posted to The Debate Link
Over at The Plank, Michelle Cottle reports that John McCain is establishing a “truth squad” specifically to counter negative attacks in South Carolina.
Can’t say I blame him. Say what you will about McCain, but he was brutally smeared in South Carolina 2000, the worst being “Black baby” calls (McCain has an adopted child from Bangladesh, “unknown” operatives implied that McCain had fathered an illegitimate black child). I find it amusing that South Carolina has become nearly legendary for low, dirty, vicious campaign tactics that really should shock the conscience of any sane, moral human being. It’s yet another reason why the region’s flaunting of its moral superiority over the rest of us grates me (others on the list: its leadership in committing treason-in-defense-of-slavery, politically charged “irregularities” in the state Bar scoring). It’s a culture that developed out of its Jim Crow days, and has not dissipated to this day.
2 Responses to “Truth Squad Avengers!”
Sorry, David, I love ya, but you've really got to get over your willingness to stereotype the South willy-nilly.
John McCain was sorely abused in South Carolina, and like it or not, it was done in a way that exploited and pandered to southern stereotypes. The fact that the dirty tricks used there were effective, suggests that the blame has to be shared by the objects of the pandering. I have to wonder now what John McCain's thoughts are when he considers his return there?