Ah yes, there’s nothing like the upcoming elections to bring racists out of the closet. Check out this article about an email from the GOP in Florida to supporters which said:
“This is their chance to get a black president and they seem to care little the he is at minimum a socialist and probably Marxist in his core beliefs . . . After all he is black- no experience or accomplishments but he is black.”
I just finished watching the 30-minute Obama video that ran during prime time across seven US networks. It was flawless (very high production quality). Here are my observations:
it did not mention McCain, Palin, or the Republican Party;
no negative attacks against McCain or Palin, he stuck to the main message: the economy, healthcare, education and how the middle class in America is struggling;
the people featured in the video were from the swing states, mostly older people (parents, retirees, auto workers) — surprisingly, no young people except for little children. I find this odd given that Obama has been targeting the youth vote since day one;
most of the people who endorsed him were governors from swing states like Kansas, with the surprising appearance of Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.
Shortly after the video, which I watched on MSNBC, I saw a very negative McCain ad targeting Obama personally with the same old message that has not worked in the past two months. The contrast between the two campaigns could not be greater.
