Comments on: Will McCain-Palin Follow Up Ayers With Wright? http://themoderatevoice.com/23392/will-mccain-palin-follow-up-ayers-with-wright/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 23:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/23392/will-mccain-palin-follow-up-ayers-with-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-158574 DLS Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:37:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/sarah-palin/23392/will-mccain-palin-follow-up-ayers-with-wright/#comment-158574 Too little, too late. "Credit" the McCain campaign for ineptitude again if they do it now. Too little, too late. “Credit” the McCain campaign for ineptitude again if they do it now.

]]> By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/23392/will-mccain-palin-follow-up-ayers-with-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-158482 elrod Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:28:36 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/sarah-palin/23392/will-mccain-palin-follow-up-ayers-with-wright/#comment-158482 Quick answer: no.<br><br>Reason: somebody at a McCain rally will yellow racial epithets and it will get caught on camera. The Ku Klux Klan could literally show up at a McCain rally. <br><br>If they invoke Wright, they lose control of it. Quick answer: no.

Reason: somebody at a McCain rally will yellow racial epithets and it will get caught on camera. The Ku Klux Klan could literally show up at a McCain rally.

If they invoke Wright, they lose control of it.

]]> By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/23392/will-mccain-palin-follow-up-ayers-with-wright/comment-page-1/#comment-158227 JSpencer Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:59:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/sarah-palin/23392/will-mccain-palin-follow-up-ayers-with-wright/#comment-158227 By now the Wright bizz has been raked over the coals pretty well, dissected, blown up, explained, put into context, etc. Those who continue to believe it's a valid issue (a minority) will continue to think this; nearly everyone else (a majority) is either bored by it or understands why it doesn't matter. <br><br>Barring a new round of fear pandering (which might serve only to increase ugliness in certain crowds) I don't expect to see any ads on the subject. Of course I could be wrong, and maybe they gamble Obama would reject the low road and not lob rocks at the glass house McCain/Palin inhabit. <br><br>As for Ayers, I think that ship has pretty well sailed, which is to say the same cautions apply. Fact-checking has revealed there is little to make hay from:<br><br><a href="http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/he_lied_about_bill_ayers.html">http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/he_lied...</a><br><br>Frankly I think McCain has a better chance of edging up among "undecided" voters by getting the straighttalk express back on the tracks, forget about Obama, and spend the next weeks talking positively about his plans as president. A side benefit might involve salvaging some of his reputation. By now the Wright bizz has been raked over the coals pretty well, dissected, blown up, explained, put into context, etc. Those who continue to believe it's a valid issue (a minority) will continue to think this; nearly everyone else (a majority) is either bored by it or understands why it doesn't matter.

Barring a new round of fear pandering (which might serve only to increase ugliness in certain crowds) I don't expect to see any ads on the subject. Of course I could be wrong, and maybe they gamble Obama would reject the low road and not lob rocks at the glass house McCain/Palin inhabit.

As for Ayers, I think that ship has pretty well sailed, which is to say the same cautions apply. Fact-checking has revealed there is little to make hay from:

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/he_lied…

Frankly I think McCain has a better chance of edging up among “undecided” voters by getting the straighttalk express back on the tracks, forget about Obama, and spend the next weeks talking positively about his plans as president. A side benefit might involve salvaging some of his reputation.

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