McCain camp: ‘We lost the spin war'
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By ANDY BARR | 10/15/08 11:11 AM EDT
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John McCain campaign senior strategist Nicole Wallace conceded Wednesday that
the campaign “lost the spin war” by allowing Barack Obama’s campaign to brand
the Arizona senator as a dirty campaigner.
“The truth is they play dirty politics, and maybe we haven't been quick enough.
Maybe we don't have enough friends in the media to carry the message,” Wallace
said on MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" show. “We certainly lost the spin war about his
fighting a more negative campaign. The truth is that Barack Obama has spent
more money on negative attack ads against John McCain than any politician,
Democrat or Republican, in history.”
Wallace blamed a double standard in the media which highlights any potentially
negative mention of Obama’s race while ignoring attacks against Republican vice
presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s gender.
“There is an acceptance of the gender bashing that's happened with Sarah
Palin,” Wallace said. “It's an atrocity. Win or lose, we'll spend a long time
examining the atrocities that have been carried out.”
“The truth is we've had a lot of thoughtful discussions about race in this
campaign, and that is entirely appropriate. We should continue to do so. We
have spent far less time talking about the gender bashing that happens, not
only out of the Obama campaign, but on the far left,” the strategist added.
But Wallace said that no matter the tack taken by the McCain campaign in
pushing its message, its efforts have so far been futile.
“Well, look, it's like running against God,” Wallace said. “You know, the media
has anointed [Obama]. Many, many places in the media, present company excluded,
and he's got more money. He opted out of public funds. No one cares about
that.”http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14593.html
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