N.C. GOP defies McCain on ad depicting Obama and Wright

Well, gee what are you going to do, eh? States are states and so are state parties.

And so the North Carolina Republican Party has decided for its own internal reasons to defy its presumptive presidential nominee and run an anti-Obama ad -- or at least say it's going to run the ad so the news media will run it endlessly for them for free-- that Sen. John McCain and RNC head Mike Duncan say should be killed.

They've both said they sent messages to the state party chair Linda Daves, a little old lady also shown in the ad who looks like she's sitting in a rocker about to serve tea instead of ignite a political controversy.

The 30-second ad is really a two-bank shot for state consumption aimed at the two Democrats vying for their party's gubernatorial nomination on May 6.

As The Ticket has noted previously, both Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and state Treasurer Richard Moore have endorsed Barack Obama who has a militant minister, therefore, according to the ad, they're not good. It doesn't involve McCain, who's says he hasn't seen the commercial but heard enough to dislike it.

It pictures, as shown here, Obama with his preacher of 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, with one clip of a now familiar infamous rant, saying, "No! No! No! Not God bless America. God bleep America!"

Referring to Perdue and Moore, it says, "They should know better. He's just too extreme for North Carolina." (Obama, not Wright.)

You can watch the ad here if you really must. McCain and Duncan obviously feel the ad is too extreme for them.

But if the Democrats can't yet figure out who their nominee's gonna be come November, it looks like the little old lady chair of the North Carolina Republican Party thinks she has.

--Andrew Malcolm

                                     Photo Credit: Trinity United Church of Christ

Comments

[Alma Ludivina]

The add should include a picture of pope benedict and Senator mc Cain evangelical friend who said that catholic church is the great whore. AMEN

[Stephen Gianelli]

First what controversy? It came up in the Pa debate and throughout the campaign there and we have all pretty much seen the You Tube clips ad nausium.

Second, I do not think that Obama has adequately explained his tolerance for Wright's views, nor do I believe that Obama was unaware that his close friend blamed 9/11 on us policy, that Obama did not attend service the first Sunday after 9/11, nor do I believe that Obama is offended by such statements. (I am.)

[Mara]

McCain has stated that he wants nothing to do with the ad. The Clinton campaign, on the other hand, refuses to comment. People often compare their tactics to Lee Atwater. I lived in South Carolina for 15 years. Comparing Clinton political tactics to Atwater's is an insult to his memory. I've never observed anyone who would go as low as a Clinton.

[Ron]

Here is John McCain trying to look like he is taking the high road..... PLLEEAASSEE.

[GC]

I can only imagine that this is their attempt at pushing people towards Hilary during the primary. If Hilary wins, it prolongs the fight for the nomination, which will further divide the Democrats. They also probably realize that Hilary will be a hell of a lot easier to defeat than Obama, even though she'll never be nominated.

[BJ]

David Axelrod and Barack's entire campaign IS to blame for playing the "race" card to begin with. NOW it's come back to slap him in the face!

When they twisted Hillary's words around about MLK, and made it appear to be about "race", they exposed the lightning rod... Then, when Bill made a comment, they twisted it around again to make it appear that he was belittling Obama's achievements & wins in certain States.

How stupid is that? Clinton has done so much for African Americans. It was during his administration that African Americans made economic gains. How can anyone accuse him of being against Blacks?

Before they did this, RACE was NEVER a FACTOR.

Now, it has almost become Blacks vs. Whites. OBAMA has now become the BLACK candidate. This was exacerbated when the Rev. Wright controversy hit the airwaves.

And the REPUBLICANS have taken Obama's bullets and turned it against him.

If Hillary does not win the nomination, absolutely I will vote for McCain! And I'm sure the Republicans know this all too well. There is NO WAY I will take a chance on a man who has too many questions about his past! HIS BOOKS don't tell me a thing... they are only marketing tools. He can portray himself anyway he wants to. I don't believe him anymore!

When he first spoke in 2003, my first reaction was: "There's the future president of the US". NOW, I'm so soured, I will not take a chance.

There is too much at stake in this election.

[dave]

what is at stake at this election? the future of the american republic, the values of the constitution, the understanding that people are born with inalienable rights, the tradition of liberty and freedom, the chance to win back the country for the people by the people, to return to the people their own money and the fruit of their labor, their own responsibilities, their own minds. to establish peace and justice at home and abroad, to protect the country from harm, violence and terror domestic or foreign, to get rid of the 'unholy alliances' between government and all sorts of special interests of corporations and greedy or power obsessed 'elites'/'white collar criminals'... to suggest that any of the pre-picked and media-hyped candidates for the white house, whether clinton, obama or mccain, could stand for anything but more of the corrupt, treasonous and ruinous 'globalist imperial banana republic' mentality is delusional. and incidentally, RON PAUL is still in the race.

[wakeup123]

If they run the add, all supporters of Obama need to boycott the sponsers of the news or TV affil.

[bbub]

Can anyone tell me why the Republicans have ads running against Obama yet? The looks like an ad for Clinton.

[cash]

"But if the Democrats can't yet figure out who their nominee's gonna be come November, it looks like the little old lady chair of the North Carolina Republican Party thinks she has."

I've got to disagree with you on this one. They are using this now while they still can. They can't use rev. Wright in the fall if Obama is not the nominee. They know he is unelectable in the GE and think maybe the democrats are not stupid enough to nominate him. I hope they are right about us not being that stupid but unfortunately I don't think they are. And for Mara at 9:37....The NC republican party puts out an ad condemning the 2 democratic candidates for governor for their endorsement of Obama and Hillary should apologize for that? You Obama supporters are beyond ridiculous.

[Elizabeth Gilmore]

Reverend Wright? If they had any sense they would be running attack ads about Mrs. Clintons threat of Nuclear war in the Middle East. That would surely raise gas prices.

Nuclear retaliation in the Middle East if any of Iran's neighbors are attacked? Obliteration of the total population of Iran? " "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president we will attack Iran," Clinton said. "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."

Pretty nightmarish talk and very irresponsible. What if her intelligence was tp prove as faulty as George Bush's was" She would have killed 30,000,000 people by "mistake." This is the type of thinking that we don't need in the White House, and I'm wondering why it is not being made more public by the media. Makes "bittergate" look like a mole hill in comparison. This is dangerous talk from a presidential candidate,

[N.E. BodybutHillary]

If the GOP wants to stoop as low as Hillary Clinton has done to try to bamboozle the voters, let them. Barack Obama will rise above the muck just as he has done with his democratic rival.

[KAY GLOVER]

We all as Americans are sick of Hillarys underhanded ways. She thinks she has an "ENTITLEMENT" to the presidency, you earn the position! I thought if she didn't take PA. by double digits she was out. OH! I forgot this is QUEEN HILLARY she makes up the rules as she goes along! I guess 9.2% is double digits to her. Just like she, and only she can take the 3:00am call, and as she said she'll NUKE IRAN: look out for gun-toating Hillary.She hasNO integrity, isn't HONEST, is demoralizing, degrading and thinks she's above us all.

[FreedomofSpeech]

Time to tell Linda Daves what you think of her disgusting commercial. Time to exercise our freedom of speech, don't you think?

LCDaves@aol.com

That's her email address, from her bio page http://www.ncgop.org/leadership/ncgop.asp

Democrat or Republican, dirty politics is dirty politics and we should not take it any more. Let her know what you think, voice your opinion.

[Rose in Atlanta]

There is a God who is over all, see all and knows all. Change is on the horizon, ready or not America, we must live up to the truth of our Constitution and Declaration of Independence. We must finish the work of the Founding Fathers by uniting or continue the divide and conquer tactics which make us look like hipocrits in the eyes of the world.

Thank goodness for the Internet where we can get some glimmer of what is really happening in this Presidential Campaign.

Shame on the News Media for being so biased and attempting to sway the minds of the people.

Americans are ready for a Government of the people, by the people and for the people. We are ready for Change We Can Believe In.

Please wake up and smell the coffee!