[Vision2020] McCain/Palin Continue Using Dishonest Fear Tactics in Robocalls

[No Weatherman]

I agree. Your dishonesty makes you look desperate.



On 10/16/08, Saundra Lund <sslund_2007 at verizon.net> wrote:
> More Politics of Desperation & Dishonesty
>
>  http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccainrnc_robocall_q
>  uestions_w.php
>  OR
>  http://tinyurl.com/48n648
>
>  New McCain Campaign/RNC Robocalls Question Whether Obama And Dems Really
>  Want To Keep Us Safe
>  By Greg Sargent - October 16, 2008, 12:17PM
>  The McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee are pumping stark
>  new robo-calls into Virginia that assert that Barack Obama isn't "who you
>  think" he is and subtly question whether he and his fellow Democrats really
>  want to keep us safe.
>
>  The insinuations in the call -- which was sent our way by a Virginia reader
>  -- go considerably beyond the McCain campaign's official message about Obama
>  and national security, meaning this is another under-the-radar effort to
>  push a more lurid message than might be considered acceptable in broad
>  daylight.
>
>  Give it a listen:
>  [Click To Play at Web site]
>
>  "Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats aren't who you think they are," the
>  call says. "They say they want to keep us safe, but Barack Obama said the
>  threat we face now from terrorism is nowhere near as dire as it was in the
>  end of the Cold War. And Congressional Democrats now want to give civil
>  rights to terrorists."
>
>  Note the effort to sow doubts by saying Obama and Dems "aren't who you think
>  they are" and that they merely "say" they want to keep us safe.
>
>  The claim about Dems and civil rights for terrorists seems to be a reference
>  to Congressional Dems' support for habeas for terror suspects. And the
>  assertion about Obama and the Cold War appears to be a distorted reference
>  to this recent claim by Obama:
>
>  "Iran, Cuba, Venezuela -- these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet
>  Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed
>  a threat to us."
>
>  The robocall closes with a stark suggestion that Obama and Dems can't be
>  trusted on national security. "John McCain and his party allies understand
>  the threats we face," it says. "When you vote, vote for the team you can
>  trust to keep America safe."
>
>  Today's call comes after we reported here yesterday that the McCain campaign
>  are pumping calls into multiple states claiming that Obama put "Hollywood
>  above America," suggesting a massive last-minute robocall effort by McCain
>  is underway as the race enters its final stretch.
>
>  Neither the McCain campaign nor the RNC immediately responded to a request
>  for comment.
>
>
>
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