Palin Drops Reference To William Ayers From Stump Speech By Greg Sargent<http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/profile/sargent>- October 8, 2008, 2:48PM
After attacking Barack Obama's association with William Ayers for several days running, including yesterday, Sarah Palin made no mention of Ayers in her speech at a joint appearance with McCain in Pennsylvania that ended moments ago. Neither did McCain. The missing Ayers reference suggest that the Ayers attacks may have backfired, and that the Obama campaign's counter-attack -- that the McCain team wants to use slimy negative attacks to distract from a discussion from the economy -- may have been effective. It's also possible that Palin dropped the reference today because unlike in the past few days, she's appearing jointly with McCain. But even if that's so, it suggests that the McCain team doesn't want McCain directly associated with the Ayers reference. Palin's non-mention of Ayers is only the latest sign that the McCain team is all over the map on Ayers right now. This morning, *The Politico* quoted<http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_advisers_taking_ayers_w.php>McCain advisers saying McCain wouldn't focus on the former Weatherman going forward. But the McCain campaign also blasted out a statement<http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_campaigns_muddled_selfc.php>from John Murtagh, who says his house was bombed by the Weather Underground when he was nine, hammering Obama's ties to Ayers. In other words, the McCain campaign wants Ayers to be discussed in the press, but doesn't want McCain -- and now also Palin, perhaps -- associated with such a slimy attack at a time when voters want solutions to the economic crisis. -- "Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change." - Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks, 1965 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
