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McCain Pushes N.C. GOP to Drop Obama Ad

Aboard his Straight Talk Express bus this morning, John McCain talked about a recent collision -- one with the North Carolina GOP.

The state party has announced it will run an ad that reminds voters of the controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor. The spot begins with an image of Rev. Wright and then slams the state's Democratic gubernatorial candidates for supporting Obama.

The announcer begins, "For 20 years, Barack Obama sat in his pew, listening to his pastor." The screen then slides into the infamous clip of the Rev. Wright preaching in Chicago.

The ad is not expected to run until Monday -- a week ahead of the state primary -- but McCain has demanded it remain off-air.

The N.C. GOP has denied the request. Here's the spot:

Chatting with reporters, McCain explained: "We asked them not to run it. Obviously, I don't control them, but I'm making it very clear, as I have a couple of times in the past, that there's no place for that kind of campaigning..."

Obama, in Indiana this afternoon, said of McCain's request: "He'll get them to pull it [the ad] down... since he's their nominee and standardbearer."

-- Sarah Lovenheim

By Sarah Lovenheim |  April 23, 2008; 4:36 PM ET Ad Watch
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People are losing site of the fact Hillary would be ahead if Micigan and Florida voters were counted. They will be in November and they will remember being disqualified.

Racism, yes it's alive and well and has been taught at Trinity church since 1979. Black Theology has been taught there since 1979. Black Theology teaches black people their problems are because of "white" people. Look it up, please. Also look up Nation of Islam, wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_of_Islam, Black Muslim
and read the platform, this is in line with Black Theoeogy. Look at this link it shows Trinity has been teaching/preaching :http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/000316/hopkins.shtml , Why is everyone turning a blind eye to this?

Black Theology and Black Muslim have nothing to do with religon. Black Theology and Black Muslim is a MOVEMENT. Please read the links and decide for yourself. Black preachers of all dominations are teaching Black Theology, again, not a religon a movement.

Posted by: Us Voter | April 24, 2008 12:37 AM

ludicrous that you try to act like there is more racism from blacks than from whites towards blacks. and even if there is more racism from blacks, we all know that its the whites who make the rules.

Posted by: allison | April 24, 2008 11:15 AM

Michigan and Florida counted? Clinton would be ahead? What a sad delusion! How can anyone make a statement of fact about two contests where neither candidate campaigned actively, not to mention one in which Barack was NOT even on the ballot? Is is sheer wishful thinking to imagine that Hillary would be ahead IF Michigan and Florida were counted.

Only a fair contest where both candidate have the chance to campaign and influence the outcome would be fair, and acceptable. Anthing short of this is political thuggery.

Does this say something about Hillary and her backers? The signs are ominous!

Posted by: Shumi | April 24, 2008 12:06 PM

What gives a person the audacity to claim that "Black preachers of all dominations are teaching Black Theology". Only a warped, racist, prejudices mind believes this. At any rate, what makes a quote from another human being gospel truth? Again, only the simple minded, who are enslaved by their hatred and prejudice, are swayed by another's hateful insinuations (http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/000316/hopkins.shtml)

Grow up and be smart, whoever-you-are!

Posted by: Shumi | April 24, 2008 12:14 PM

What gives a person the audacity to claim that "Black preachers of all dominations are teaching Black Theology"?????

Only a warped, racist, prejudiced mind believes such drivel. Has this person been to ALL black churches, let alone ALL denominations???

At any rate, what makes a quote from another human being gospel truth?(http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/000316/hopkins.shtml).

Again, only the simple minded, who are enslaved by their hatred and prejudice, are swayed by another's hateful insinuations,

Grow up and be smart, whoever-you-are!

Posted by: Shumi | April 24, 2008 12:21 PM

Usvtr: first of all uneducate fool!
Learn how to spell MICHIGAN!
stupid!RACIST(KKK!)Parasite!
I will pray for you!

Posted by: dvdpt | April 26, 2008 9:41 PM

Judicial Watch Calls on FEC to Investigate
McCain Presidential Fundraising

Judic ial Watch , the publi c inter est group that inves tigat es and prose cutes gover nment corru ption , annou nced today that it filed a forma l compl aint, dated April 22, 2008, with the Feder al Elect ion Commi ssion ( FEC) relat ed to a fundr aisin g lunch eon held at Londo n's Spenc er House to benef it Senat or John McCai n's presi denti al campa ign The venue for the event was appar ently donat ed to the campa ign by forei gn natio nals, in viola tion of feder al campa ign finan ce laws

" Recen t news repor ts sugge st that Sen John McCai n and John McCai n for Presi dent may have accep ted an in- kind contr ibuti on from forei gn natio nals Lord Roths child OM GBE and the Hon Natha niel Roths child of Great Brita in in contr avent ion of feder al elect ion laws, " Judic ial Watch Presi dent Tom Fitto n wrote in a compl aint lette r dated April 22, 2008 "On behal f of Judic ial Watch and its suppo rters , I hereb y reque st that the FEC investigate the matter"

The McCain fundraiser was held on March 20, 2008 at London's Spencer House , billed as " London's most magnificent 18th century private palace" The McCain campaign distributed an invitation indicating that the site for the luncheon had been provided "by kind permission of Lord Rothchild , OMGBE and the Hon. Nathaniel Rothschild ," who are both foreign nationals In statements to the press , the McCain campaign referred to the luncheon as a " fundraiser"

While it is, as yet, un-clear how much money was raised during the luncheon, had the venue not been donated to the McCain campaign, the net profit from the event would have been significantly reduced The donation of the venue , therefore, repre sents an illegal in- kind campaign contribution

Accor ding to 2 USC ยง 441e, Contr ibuti ons and donat ions by forei gn natio nals, it is illeg al for any forei gn natio nal to " make a contr ibuti on or donat ion of money or other thing of value " to a Feder al, State or Local elect ion ( Judic ial Watch filed a simil ar compl aint on April 14, 2008, conce rning a fundr aiser by Elton John for Hilla ry Clint on's campa ign)

"The Clinton campaign recently accepted an in- kind contribution in the form of a fundraising concert by Elton John And now the McCain campaign has apparently run afoul of federal election laws with this foreign fundraiser The FEC must treat these incidents seriously, and hold any campaign that accepts contributions from foreign nationals accountable We cannot allow these presidential campaigns to play fast and loose with the law, " state d Judicial Watch President Tom Fitto.


For those who do not know who,

In November of 1910, after having consulted with Rothschild banks in England, France, and Germany. Senator Nelson Aldrich boarded a private train in Hoboken, New Jersey. His destination was Jekyll Island, Georgia, and a private hunting club owned by J.P Morgan.

Aboard the train were six other men: Benjamin Strong, President of Morgan's BAnkers Trust Company; Charles Norton, President of Morgan's First National Bank of New York; Henry Davidson, senoir partner of J.P Morgan; Frank Vanderlip, President of Kuhn Loeb's National City Bank of New York, A. Platt Andrew, Assistant Secretary of Treasury; and Paul Warburg


The devious planners of the revised bill titled it "Federal Reserve Act" to mask its real nature. It would create a system crontrolled by private individuals who would control the nation's issue of money. Furthermore, the Federal Reserve Board, composed of twelve districts and one director (The Federal Reserve Chairman) would control the nation's financial resources by controlling the money supply and available credit, all by mortgaging the government through borrowing.

Frank Vanderlip


"Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States. In the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."

President Woodrow Wilson, September 4, 1912

Posted by: watch | April 27, 2008 10:59 AM

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