Campaigns Shift to Attack Mode on Eve of Debate
Posted about 1 month ago on NYT > Politics
John McCain turned toward a more negative tone, and the Obama campaign signaled it would respond in kind.
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User Comments
For Obama were Obama’s political views. It’s obvious to the trained and untrained eye it goes closer to skin deep. Mc Cain dislikes Obama because he dare him, a black man, to stand over the master chair, and read the “Daily News,” to add insult to injury…Obama understood what he read.
You see it’s okay to challenge if you think you are going to win. It’s hard to fight intelligence regardless of the vessel it comes in.
So, now what started out with disdain, wearing a male two piece suit, and a pair of female high heels, has escalted to out right hatred.
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