“Race” For The White House: Who’s Driving The Straight Talk Express? |
| Published: August 1, 2008, 5:01 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential election, barack obama, john mccain, politics u s, propaganda catapulting, republican pundits gone wild, racism, 2008 election, george w bush, race |
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I suspect that John McCain is no longer the driver of the straight-talk express. I say as much in light of two developments. One, in the last few weeks, the McCain campaign has been retooled with a number of former Bush campaign operatives…operatives who cut their teeth under the tutelage of Karl Rove. I would equate it with the principle of, “If you can’t fight them, join them.” McCain, struggling to gain traction in light of the Obama campaigns ability to control the news cycle, has apparently opted to hand over the reigns to the folks who assisted George Bush in negatively defining John Kerry, the Democratic nominee in 2004. The second piece of evidence is far more subtle but it may also be far more telling. Take a look at the following video. First, I note that McCain opted against speaking to the media as a group regarding his campaign’s assertion that Obama has played the race card. Instead, McCain spoke very briefly with CNN’s John King in [ Full article ] |
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