Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > Leland, > > >> You and I also agreed that Obama would make an easier target for PACs >> and bloggers who would launch "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" like >> attacks against Obama. Hillary, on the other hand, had name >> recognition, was well known, and was well vented. >> > > I don't really think he's an easier target for his race. There were racial > attacks against white candidates like Dukakis, for example. Racial attacks > get used pretty regularly, and right now there's a lot of sensitivity to it > even among republicans so I'm guessing it won't be out front and blatant. > Where it is likely to happen is in more private settings. > > The folks that would respond to a racial attack are probably not Obama > voters anyway. Perhaps the attack machine won't be as racially motivated as > in prior elections. > > The real attack machine will be coming for liberalism and for inexperience. > There's a lot of fodder on the liberalism front, because Obama is recorded > as being anti death penalty
Abolishing the death penalty; what a splendid idea, considering that it is likely that greater than 30% of those put to death are innocent of the crime for which they were convicted. That my position btw. I'm not sure about Obama and the Democratic party platform position on this issue. Regards, LelandJ > and several other positions that are more > liberal than the Clintons were. > > IMO, it is going to be difficult to elect a president from the far left, > whether there are racial attacks or not. > > Kristyne > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
