An aide to John McCain was suspended from the campaign today for blasting out an inflammatory video that raises questions about Barack Obama's patriotism.
Soren Dayton, who works in McCain's political department, sent out the YouTube link of "Is Obama Wright?" on twitter at 12:31 today with the tag, "Good video on Obama and Wright." It has since been taken down.
Twitter is an online device that allows users to send out short messages and links en masse through computers or PDAs.
McCain and his campaign have repeatedly said that they would stay away from personal attacks on Obama, but the temptation has increased as Wright's words have dominated the race in recent days.
Informed that Dayton was circulating the video, McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said he had been suspended and "reprimanded by campaign leadership."
"We have been very clear on the type of campaign we intend to run and this staffer acted in violation of our policy," she said. -- from politico.com
4 comments:
You can call me crazy but...
I have wondered lately if this type of thing is conspired in a back room somewhere... with the candidate knowing full well it's going to happen, and the person who does the deed knowing that they will be sacrificed. So the campaign can get the message out there, but then not be condemned by those who don't agree with it.
Not as likely with this one since the vid was taken down already... but with the Geraldine Ferraro thing??
Could be. Another angle is that someone is willing to be the 'bad guy' so that the campaign can come back and appear to be actively taking the high ground.
Yeah - it wouldn't surprise me if sometime there is planning that goes into it. Of course, that pre-supposes there is planning going on in the McCain campaign.
I think Johnny would be best served if he took a 3-month vacation...kept quiet...worked on his tan - and just let Hill and BO continue shooting at each other. ('Cause its going to get uglier before it gets prettier on that side of the aisle).
I agree - McCain needs to keep taking international trips - anything to keep himself completely out of the spotlight - just let Clinton machine unleash all it's got -- I agree it will be ugly.
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