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Sarah Palin turns green: RNC going after Independents in Minnesota
My daughter is in college out of state and therefore has not voted in any primaries. The RNC appears to be targeting her as an 'independent' voter. There were two phone calls last weekend, both opening with some variation of 'Hi, I'm so-and-so, an independent supporting John McCain'. Yesterday two flyers from the RNC arrived addressed to her. The first shows McCain and Palin waving to an adoring crowd and promises stem cell funding, climate change control, and fiscal discipline. On the reverse, a USA Today story headlined "In targeting big oil, Palin 'governed from the center'/She didn't press conservative views to state lawmakers" The inside text is headed: 'Sensible Solutions for America's Families' and begins:
"John McCain and Sarah Palin will work with Democrats and Republicans for sensible solutions to the problems facing American families.
As the mother of a special needs child, Sarah Palin knows first hand the value of advanced medical treatments and research, which is why she and John McCain will push for advances in stem cell research.
And the McCain-Palin plan for confronting climate change will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, shift to cleaner energy and create American jobs. In the Senate, John McCain has worked with Democrats and Republicans on climate change. As Governor, Sarah Palin went after big oil companies and won. Together, they'll address climate change to leave a cleaner, better future for our children."
The text goes on to promise cuts in wasteful spending and concludes with the footer: "Leadership that reaches across party lines. McCain-Palin. Change is coming."
Minnesota is a big technology transfer state--Medtronic, 3M, Unisys and Honeywell all have large facilities near my house--and our med school boasts one of the leading stem-cell research groups in the world. It's clear this mailing is intended to address concerns about Palin's positions on science and the environment. We are also a state which actually elects third-party candidates at times (Jesse Ventura; Independent Dean Barkley is polling at just under 15% in the MN senate race); the mailer portrays McCain as a bipartisan leader.
The second mailer (on this mailer, also distributed in NC, see the TPM story) offers a very unflattering picture of Obama next to gloomy economic headers (Turmoil on Wall Street') and asks "Do Democratic leaders REALLY think he is ready to lead?" The inside features a collage of quotes from Democrats criticizing Obama. Most, of course, are from the primary season. Only one quote is less than six months old. The others are six, eight, ten, ten, and fourteen months old respectively. The mailer does give the sources and dates for the quotes, in small but legible type.
Together, the mailers are a 1-2 punch: Obama is scarier than you thought; we are less scary than you thought. Personally, I think the first flyer is a classic example of The Audacity of Hype (a snide phrase frequently used against Obama): the image of Sarah Palin leading the charge on stem-cell research and green energy policy is so implausible I don't even know where to start...
NKA
"John McCain and Sarah Palin will work with Democrats and Republicans for sensible solutions to the problems facing American families.
As the mother of a special needs child, Sarah Palin knows first hand the value of advanced medical treatments and research, which is why she and John McCain will push for advances in stem cell research.
And the McCain-Palin plan for confronting climate change will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, shift to cleaner energy and create American jobs. In the Senate, John McCain has worked with Democrats and Republicans on climate change. As Governor, Sarah Palin went after big oil companies and won. Together, they'll address climate change to leave a cleaner, better future for our children."
The text goes on to promise cuts in wasteful spending and concludes with the footer: "Leadership that reaches across party lines. McCain-Palin. Change is coming."
Minnesota is a big technology transfer state--Medtronic, 3M, Unisys and Honeywell all have large facilities near my house--and our med school boasts one of the leading stem-cell research groups in the world. It's clear this mailing is intended to address concerns about Palin's positions on science and the environment. We are also a state which actually elects third-party candidates at times (Jesse Ventura; Independent Dean Barkley is polling at just under 15% in the MN senate race); the mailer portrays McCain as a bipartisan leader.
The second mailer (on this mailer, also distributed in NC, see the TPM story) offers a very unflattering picture of Obama next to gloomy economic headers (Turmoil on Wall Street') and asks "Do Democratic leaders REALLY think he is ready to lead?" The inside features a collage of quotes from Democrats criticizing Obama. Most, of course, are from the primary season. Only one quote is less than six months old. The others are six, eight, ten, ten, and fourteen months old respectively. The mailer does give the sources and dates for the quotes, in small but legible type.
Together, the mailers are a 1-2 punch: Obama is scarier than you thought; we are less scary than you thought. Personally, I think the first flyer is a classic example of The Audacity of Hype (a snide phrase frequently used against Obama): the image of Sarah Palin leading the charge on stem-cell research and green energy policy is so implausible I don't even know where to start...
NKA
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I received these as well. Don't worry MN residents and those that attend school here are not going to fall for these mailers. They attack Obama and then claim they are bipartisan. We aren't stupid, we've had a nasty Coleman campaign to get us up to speed on these bait and switch tactics.
No more smear tactics! Vote Obama 2008!!
October 17, 2008 1:45 PM | Reply | Permalink