The smear and fear tactics from the Democratic National Committee have reared their ugly head in Pennsylvania. Here is a postcard the DNC is using to flame the culture wars and wrongly characterizing John McCain arriving in Pennsylvania mailboxes (and maybe others) today:
Frontside:
Backside:
McCain has them scared and they are going ugly early in Pennsylvania.
115 comments September 6th, 2008
Clinton campaign advisor Bill Shaheen has resigned following his comments that Democrats should be worried about nominating Barack Obama because his illegal drug use during his youth could come back to haunt him in the general election.
But, really, should he have resigned? Was it such a bad thing for him to suggest that it could become a liability for the Democratic Party if they nominated Obama? Because, let’s face it, it would and should be.
Some on the left praise Barack Obama for being honest about his prior drug use, which included smoking marijuana and snorting cocaine, as if his honesty today make his past drug use okay.
If Democrats want to pretend that Obama can turn anything shady in his life or his record into a positive by being “honest” about it, then by all means they should continue thinking that…. Because no matter how you try to dress it up, past issues with drug and alcohol won’t help you in a general election. President Bush’s past problems with alcohol was not only seen as a liability from the left, but it was something they exploited and tied to endless jokes at Bush’s expense during his first run for president.
So, I believe Obama’s past drug use is fair game. But, I’d be more than happy to wait for the general election have that discussion.
UPDATE: Israpundit points out something else that speaks a lot about Obama’s character — and nothing good.
17 comments December 14th, 2007
Interesting flash from Drudge.
Democrat party officials are avoiding any and all criticism of Republican presidential contender Mike Huckabee, insiders reveal.
The Democratic National Committee has told staffers to hold all fire, until he secures the party’s nomination.
The directive has come down from the highest levels within the party, according to a top source.
Within the DNC, Huckabee is known as the “glass jaw — and they’re just waiting to break it.”
So, is this true, or is it reverse psychology? While I don’t doubt that the Democrats are prepared for an all out smear campaign against whomever the Republican nominee is, I am curious about their confidence, though the report makes a good point:
In fact, as the story broke over the weekend that Huckabee said he wanted to isolate AIDS patients back in 1992, the DNC ignored the opportunity to slam the candidate from the left.
“He’ll easily be their McGovern, an easy kill,” mocked one senior Democrat operative Tuesday morning from Washington.
“His letting out murderers because they shout ‘Jesus’, his wanting to put 300,000 AIDS patients and Magic Johnson into isolation, ain’t even scratching the surface of what we’ve got on him.”
Of course, one could make the argument that any of the top three contenders for the Democratic nomination will be easy to defeat because of one thing or another. But, if I were the Democrats, I’d be more concerned with Huckabee’s potential to lock the Southern vote. His recent issue with his pardons and the old comment about AIDS patients will matter a lot more in the primary than in the general election — but it will likely hurt a lot in the primaries. I would have pegged Huckabee a shoo-in for the VP slot two weeks ago… Now I’m not so sure.
Still, with the baggage Hillary has and the experience Obama doesn’t have I don’t think Democrats are positioned very well for a smear campaign. Oh, and then there’s Edwards, who couldn’t even help Kerry win his home state in 2004.
13 comments December 11th, 2007
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