The civility cops have been giving John McCain a hard time for the tone of his campaign. But they are ignoring the fact that McCain has held back from using a political line of attack that could be highly effective because of what it could do to the country.
Obama’s connection to Rev. Wright are, potentially, hugely damaging to his candidacy. It dredges up a whole set of emotive issues surrounding race and brings into question much of his political persona. The attack ad on the issue Tucker Carlson sketches out over at the Daily Beast shows the kind of punch that a spot on it could pack:
“The spot opens with the familiar yet still shocking tape of Wright pounding the pulpit and looking crazy:
Wright: “God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.”
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