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North Carolina Republicans pull anti-Obama ad
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - North Carolina's Republican Party on Thursday withdrew an advertisement critical of Democrat Barack Obama's links to a controversial preacher, Republican John McCain's campaign said.
McCain senior adviser Charlie Black said he had been informed by the Republican National Committee's representative in North Carolina, that the state party had agreed to withdraw the ad.
McCain, the Republicans' presumptive presidential nominee, had appealed to the state party to withdraw the ad, saying he wanted to run a respectful campaign.
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2429689820080424
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Comments (4)
It's all well scripted isn't it. It gets the ad mentioned so it serves it's purpose and then McCain can be painted as the hero for getting it pulled and being above the partisan attack ads.
April 24, 2008 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
They run ads like these against our nominee (whoever that is) in the fall. The national rethugs and McCain don't want to hit Obama now because they want to run against him.
April 24, 2008 5:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
And right after Charlie Black made that announcement for the benefit of the evening news, the head of the NC Repugs refuted it and said the ad is going to run it's full course. It's Swift-boating McCain style- like Good Cop/Bad Cop
April 24, 2008 6:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's particularly self-serving when the major news outlets have been running that ad (for free) over and over again in the name of "news".
God I hate repubs!!!
April 24, 2008 6:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
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