[Rhodes22-list] Jack Cafferty Questions Whether McCain Campaign is "Honorable"

[Herb Parsons]

There IS another option Ben.

How about we not worry about Rowe, or what any of the pundits are doing, 
and make our own decision?


Ben Cittadino wrote:
> Rhodies;
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> Here it is. One more "right leaning" pundit sees what is there.  Is he a
> sheep, folowing the herd to the slaughter? Is he a clear eyed observer,
> seeing what is right before us all? Is he the MSM in the tank for Obama? Is
> he constrained to call 'em as he sees 'em? You know what I think. What do
> you think? Should we send a message to the disciples of Lee Atwater (before
> his repentance) and Karl Rove (who has not yet repented) that the fear
> mongering style of campaigning of "Willie Horton" ads and such will finally
> be rejected? 
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> "FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:
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> John McCain said this on February 3, 2008, when talking about his run for
> the White House: “We will run an honorable campaign.”
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> McCain made that statement in response to a question about whether his
> campaign would resemble George Bush’s run for the White House in 2000, one
> of the nastier campaigns on record.
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> With less than 2 weeks before Election Day, it’s very much an open question
> whether John McCain has kept his word.
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> In fact, in the last few weeks John McCain has become downright nasty. It
> started around the time one of his advisers said that if McCain campaigned
> on the economy, he would lose. And the ugly personal attacks began. Barack
> Obama’s past acquaintance with William Ayers, Barack Obama’s economic plan
> is socialism, Barack Obama will say anything to get elected.
>
> His running mate, Sarah Palin, has chimed in with such gutter-level rhetoric
> as Obama pals around with terrorists.
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> The sudden negative tone for the man who vowed to run an honorable campaign
> is not going unnoticed by the voters. A recent CNN-Opinion Research
> Corporation poll found 60 percent think McCain has unfairly attacked Obama,
> up from 42 percent in September.
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> It’s sad that an honorable man like John McCain in a desperate struggle to
> avoid being embarrassed on November 4th has resorted to campaign tactics
> typically associated with people who can make no legitimate claim to being
> honorable."
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> Ben C.
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