Playing Dirty in South Carolina

[illinoisprogressive]

25 Jul 2007 07:06 am

With the headline "Democrats Play Dirty In Charleston," the Palmetto Scoop blog published what it said was a flier found affixed to fence posts near the Citadel, the location of Monday night's Democratic debate.

The pamphlet, suggestive of an appeal to racial prejudice, visually links Barack Obama to Michael Dukakis and to Willie Horton, the convicted rapist whose furlough in Massachusetts became a controversial television ad during the 1988 presidential race, and it goes on to accuse Obama of favoring early release for sex offenders.

The charge leveled at Obama lacks evidence and the citation appears to distort a 1999 state senate vote on prisoner sentencing. The legislation expanded "good times credits" for convicts.)

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/

[illinoisprogressive]

1. gosh. I wonder who could be behind it???

[jmp]

3. I bet it's the same people behind ...

Hillary is 44.

[William769]

4. Accusations and no facts. As Obama does so does his supporters. Go figure.

[SaveElmer]

6. Probably an Obama supporter trying to get folks mad at Hillary...

Just as much evidence for that is in your implication..

[rinsd]

9. Team Smear-4-Obama on the case.

[William769]

2. People who play dirty are people with green tomatoes. NT

[illinoisprogressive]

5. hey, I like my husband's green tomatoes.

[William769]

8. Changing modes now I see.

As Obama does, so does his supporters.

[nevergiveup]

7. Whether Hillary or Obama

become the nominee I suspect there will be a Willie Horton type ad in 2008. I think Obama would likely strike back very well against such an ad but I wouldn't underestimate Hillary either. Whether one supports Hillary, Obama, Edwards or one of the others we really need to all stick together fighting such obvious racism.