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...megawattage and influence. If, as the saying goes, money is the mother's milk of American politics, Obama should open a national chain of dairies. The announcement that he had raised a record-smashing $150 million in September made it clear that not only will he greatly outspend the Republicans in all battleground states, but he'll also have enough left over to make a last-minute play for some deep red states as well. Republicans finally found a message to sink their teeth into, going after Obama's remark to Joe the Plumber that he wants to "spread...
Finally someone has recognized why we elect our Presidents based on primitive emotions and not reasoned discourse [Oct. 20]. After 50 years of voting for both Democratic and Republican Presidents, in 2004 I watched dumbfounded as Ohio, which had suffered the loss of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs, voted Bush back into office to pursue four more years of vanity, Constitution-shredding and a high-school-level understanding of geopolitics. It was then that I realized that presidential elections are more about biology than intellect. All Karl Rove had to do was present George W. Bush as the alpha...
...brains of thinking white voters register alarm when they hear fear-inciting words from Republican candidates. People, white and black, will vote for Obama because they use their brains. Doris Schaffer, FALLBROOK, CALIF...
...example, with its use of Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, as political ammunition. Appealing to the worst of voters’ prejudices, such tactics are particularly fiendish for their ability to degrade even those who speak out against them. A friend of mine, stalwart of the Republican information network that he is, regularly forwards to me chain letters that proclaim themselves revelations, bringing real Americans the news withheld by the sinister liberal media. Several of these letters have seized upon the apparently shocking fact that Senator Obama’s middle name is a name common...
...hurt he or she was by an attack ad, especially in the middle of a three-front war on terrorism, in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the globe—not to mention the financial crisis.Of course, McCain had great moments in the 90 minute debate. After being criticized for Republican policies, McCain told Obama, “I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago.” Even though Obama has demonstrated an aptitude to think on his feet, he simply did not have a comeback...