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A new McCain ad attacks Obama and Biden for supposedly being disrespectful of Sarah Palin.
It states that "they said she was doing what she was told." An Obama adviser argued that she made a false claim about Obama's legislative record and that "maybe that was what she was told." The spin here makes the comment a lot more sinister than it is. The advisor is affording her an out that maybe she did not know what she was saying was untrue, that maybe it was just what she was told.
It states that "they lashed out at Sarah Palin; dismissed her as 'good looking.'" But Biden merely remarked that in a comparison between her and him one difference was that she was good looking. That is not lashing out and it is quite a stretch to argue that it is dismissive. It's a compliment. As ThinkProgress.org notes this is a view that has been expressed by the McCain camp and Republican media.
What Biden expressed is a widely held opinion that few will argue. She is better looking than he is.
The final claim of "disrespect" is that Obama called Palin a liar. Technically, in an ad where he challenged their claim to be mavericks, he said that McCain and Palin were lying. "She was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records?" If challenging a political opponent's claims about their record is disrespectful then even the most civil campaigns are filled with disrespect.
The McCain ad is nothing more than playing the victim and whining. It attempts to shield Palin from any criticism and oddly some compliments, and paint any comment on her as sexist or disrespectful.
Meanwhile, Greg Sargent of TalkingPointsMemo.com imagines racism in the new McCain ad.
While this is just from some lefty website, rather than the Obama campaign, it demonstrates the same sort of whining. As if there is some specific tone that can be positively identified as one meant to "chide an uppity black servant." Sargent clearly reads way too much into tone. Obama supporters would be wise to ignore this part of the "talking point memo."
A new McCain ad attacks Obama and Biden for supposedly being disrespectful of Sarah Palin.
It states that "they said she was doing what she was told." An Obama adviser argued that she made a false claim about Obama's legislative record and that "maybe that was what she was told." The spin here makes the comment a lot more sinister than it is. The advisor is affording her an out that maybe she did not know what she was saying was untrue, that maybe it was just what she was told.
It states that "they lashed out at Sarah Palin; dismissed her as 'good looking.'" But Biden merely remarked that in a comparison between her and him one difference was that she was good looking. That is not lashing out and it is quite a stretch to argue that it is dismissive. It's a compliment. As ThinkProgress.org notes this is a view that has been expressed by the McCain camp and Republican media.
What Biden expressed is a widely held opinion that few will argue. She is better looking than he is.
The final claim of "disrespect" is that Obama called Palin a liar. Technically, in an ad where he challenged their claim to be mavericks, he said that McCain and Palin were lying. "She was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. Politicians lying about their records?" If challenging a political opponent's claims about their record is disrespectful then even the most civil campaigns are filled with disrespect.
The McCain ad is nothing more than playing the victim and whining. It attempts to shield Palin from any criticism and oddly some compliments, and paint any comment on her as sexist or disrespectful.
Meanwhile, Greg Sargent of TalkingPointsMemo.com imagines racism in the new McCain ad.
While this is just from some lefty website, rather than the Obama campaign, it demonstrates the same sort of whining. As if there is some specific tone that can be positively identified as one meant to "chide an uppity black servant." Sargent clearly reads way too much into tone. Obama supporters would be wise to ignore this part of the "talking point memo."
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