A state party advertisement in North Carolina has come under fire even from leading Republicans. It shows a grainy clip of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., Mr. Obama’s former pastor, cursing the United States, and it notes the endorsement of Mr. Obama by two Democratic candidates for North Carolina governor. “He’s just too extreme for North Carolina,” the commercial concludes of Mr. Obama.
Senator John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, demanded that the advertisement be pulled, and others characterized it as reminiscent of the racially tinged spots of past North Carolina campaigns. But Mr. McCain has no authority to force such commercials off the air, a situation that could provide him with the advantage of taking a stand against a polarizing campaign spot while possibly benefiting from the advertisement.
Not only is your party NOT the "Party of Lincoln" (and generously I'm working with your implied meaning)
There's a sense among some GOP activists that the McCain campaign depresses the base by refusing to engage in the base-tending tactics that these ads exemplify. Also: how many times does McCain have to remind his party that he doesn't like these types of ads and doesn't want them to run? How many GOP state parties will rebel against their nominee's discomfort with ads like these? (Two, so far: Tennessee and North Carolina.)
...you're not even the leader of your party. The North Carolina GOP publicly refused your request.
What, precisely, suggests anyone in your party takes your suggestions seriously? Nothing that I can see...unless, of course, these 'gestures' were done specifically to create a situation that could provide you with the advantage of taking a stand against a polarizing campaign spot while possibly benefiting from the advertisement. In which case you are quite the, um, "forward-thinking leader."
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