Apr 27 2008
Another Accusation of Race, Yet No Explanation
We are seeing the return of Jesse Helms-style politics.
The N.C. Republican Party is scheduled to begin airing a new TV commercial Tuesday featuring video of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright making inflammatory remarks about America’s treatment of African-Americans.
As everyone by now knows, Wright is the former pastor of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. But the ad goes further, tying the two leading Democratic candidates for governor, Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and state Treasurer Richard Moore, to Wright because they endorsed Obama.
The ad is so racially tinged that the national Republican Party and Sen. John McCain, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, asked that it not be run. McCain said the ad “degrades our civics and distracts us from the very real differences we have with the Democrats.”
Rob Christensen of The News & Observer offers up yet another in a long line of allegations that the Obama-Wright ad is “racially tinged” and like all other accusers Christensen offers no explanation as to what makes the ad racist. Furthermore, Christensen obviously never saw any of Helms’ ads because there is no comparison between this one and those.
What’s really ironic about all of the hooplah over this ad is that thanks to the Democrats making such a raucous over this, they have basically guaranteed that there will be hardly a voter out there who doesn’t see it. I’m not so certain that was the goal they were aiming for.
I left phone calls and emails at his office and the general manager Drescher. I am demanding a apology that he has labeled all Republicans as racists and that I bve given a article to respond in. Also I said they need to suspend or fire Christensen. Race-baiting by a writer is despicable.
This is really ridiculous. The ad states facts: Purdue and Moore both endorsed Obama. Most of the people I know agree that the two Democrat candidates are too liberal for our state, and Obama is too liberal for the White House. Also, the ad never mentions McCain. Where does he get off criticizing a local ad — especially one he admits he had not seen when he made his remarks. What is factually incorrect about the ad?
Too bad the liberal N&O believes linking Jesse Helms with the ad is a bad thing. For many people, that is the seal of approval.
Rob Christensen is a twit.