Rev. Gilbert H. Caldwell: Words Matter
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The presidential election is just days away and everything is a talking point. With one campaign thoroughly entrenched in desperation tactics and another engaged in maintaining a widening lead, the rhetoric has been decidedly one-sided over the last few months.
Most recently, the favorite and most convenient issue the McCain-Palin campaign has vanguarded has been Barack Obama's connection to former domestic terrorist William Ayers. His alleged association continues to be brought up despite evidence to the contrary. The irony is that the Ayers topic continues to trudge along while McCain's friendship with G. Gordon Liddy is treated as an afterthought by his campaign as well as the media.
Earlier in the campaign season, a more effective attack on Obama was his connection to Jeremiah Wright, which was fairly substantial. Of course, with economic issues so prominent on the American mind, those sub-issues have become less relevant.
So with time winding down in a bitter election, the McCain-Palin ticket are going to ride their scare tactics until the wheels falls off; whether that be Joe the Plumber, Bill Ayers, or Ashley Todd. The question is where do you draw the line on the connection game when you have people at your own rallies shouting everything from "terrorist" to "kill him" to the n-word.
Where's the repudiation or apology from McCain or Palin? More than anything this shows the triviality of holding candidates responsible for other people's actions when there's no accountability within your own campaign.
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By: Mia powell on 10/29/2008 5:15PM
McPain and Palin know they are going to lose and that is why they keep bringing up Mr Ayer and Mr Wright, and now Mr Obama people need to get dirty and bring up Gordon Liddy. And as far a Joe the plumber I thought he a single dad who is paying his bill because he was behind on his taxes but now he is rolling around with the GOP and who is paying for it John wayne mcpain and his crew.
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By: bunnycorona@hotmail.com on 10/29/2008 11:34PM
McCain is an old tired man, he is 72 years old, he is nothing but a clone of Bush, and Palin is the stupidest white womam who God ever blew a breath into, she is a crackpot who McCain hired because he thought us women were so stupid that we would buy into, "Well, we didn't get Hillary, but we can get this Palin" who is the most despicable female that ever walked this earth, she took advantage of Alaska and had them pay for her daughters to fly first class and stay at first class hotels at the people of Alaska's expense,
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By: Arthur Outen on 10/30/2008 12:53PM
McCain Is a SOCIALIST!!! He accepts Social Security, Medicare, Retirement And many otheer grants without contributing any monies to these programs.
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By: proud McCain voter on 10/31/2008 8:21AM
To Arthur.....you need to learn the definition of socialist.....McCain was a member of the armed forces and has worked and earned paychecks from his political appointments for over 50 years....which means he has paid into social security...medicare and retirement....if (which i doubt he does) draw from medicare or s.s. it is his money in the first place....it is not money taken from some "richer person" and given to a "poorer" person...ie "socialism"....also moron McCains wife is worth over 100 million dollars so i doubt he needs any "handouts" as you are trying to suggest
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By: Tyrone on 12/14/2008 12:37AM
And Palin should apologize for what exactly?
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