Comments on: John McCain’s “black” child

By: The Man Who Sits Across from Skinny – Politics Anonymous

The Man Who Sits Across from Skinny – Politics Anonymous — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:26:49 +0000

[...] Bush’s henchmen racked his family over the political coals by accusing McCain of having a ‘Black child,’ due to the dark-skinned nature of his adopted daughter from Bangladesh! Yes, the child was from [...]

By: nba rumours

nba rumours — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:59:39 +0000

if you looked at the mccain’s family photo ops lately, bridget is conspicuously missing, in the eyes of republicans a daughter from bangladesh makes mccain about as muslim as obama

By: Shey kimura

Shey kimura — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:50:41 +0000

well i think that if he has a "black" child then that makes him a bit more HUMBLER and more down to earth because if he had all white children then people would see him as a up tight snooty like yuppie and so like yea>>>>>>

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Wed, 01 Sep 2004 06:08:07 +0000

In addition, no partisans would push-poll undecided voters in the final days of a close election without checking with the campaign first and testing the message for blowback.

But all you need to do is see whether the campaign heeded calls to condemn the lie. If it didn't, it was complicit.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:53:39 +0000

As is "Bush=Hitler"...

I missed where the Kerry campaign ran a Bush = Hitler push poll in a closely contested state?

Innuendos from campaign insiders doesn't cut it with me.

If a campaign's dirty tricks operation leaves fingerprints, it's not doing its job. What you look for is whether the candidate publicly denounces it and makes the partisans shut it down. Partisans respond to these kinds of calls. No such thing happened with the McCain smear.

By: MD

MD — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:47:43 +0000

Yeah, I should just avoid the red flag myself...

During the DNC, I saw 'Bush knew' bumperstickers. Some people are morons. What are you going to do? Put them in a freedom cage outside the Fleet Center?

So a politician who loses thinks the winning guy played dirty pool? Ok. Innuendos from campaign insiders doesn't cut it with me.

And you know, so what if there are people in the Republican party who disagree with some of the party's planks? What am I supposed to do? In either party I will be asked to put up with some seriously egregious stuff, that I absolutely do not believe in. I'm a pragmatist. I try my best. Once again, during the DNC I heard a lot of people say they disagreed vehemently with a lot of the party platform and with John Kerry but at least he's not Bush.

And finally, look at the make-up of the 527's. There is as much if not more money in the Kerry supporting 527s. Moveon.org etc.

By: vinod

vinod — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:46:57 +0000

the 'child of a black prostitute' smear was demonstrably false, nasty at a deeply personal level

As is "Bush=Hitler"....... or Powell=Bush's Chimp.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:24:01 +0000

I doubt they were directed / endorsed by Kerry / Bush...

False moral equivalence: the 'child of a black prostitute' smear was demonstrably false, nasty at a deeply personal level, and made in private phone calls to voters rather than in a public film. The question is whether the push pollers worked at the direction of the Bush campaign. Campaign insiders, including McCain himself, say yes.

By: vinod

vinod — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:13:35 +0000

trying to short circuit this debate.... lemme summarize. Pushpolls are bad BUT they are as much the work of "average partisans" as $100M Michael Moore documentaries or ANSWER-sponsored political riot techniques... In both cases, I doubt they were directed / endorsed by Kerry / Bush but they are unalloyed in their partisan effect.

By: Manish Vij

Manish Vij — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:02:32 +0000

I doubt they were directed / endorsed by Kerry / Bush...

Average partisans make purple heart band-aids. They don't hire professional polling firms to conduct push-polls.