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McCain Resorts to Atwater's Bag of Dirty Tricks

They're trying to turn Obama into Willie Horton, Dowd writes

New York Times New York Times Oct 8, 08 11:15 CDT
(Newser) - Before Karl Rove, Maureen Dowd reminds us, it was Lee Atwater who masterminded the Republican smear campaign, and his demolition of Michael Dukakis was his greatest, dirtiest success. Atwater painted the 1988 candidate as a weak Harvard-educated elitist with a weird last name, a man who supported "the Scary Black Man" and was not on "the American side." Watching John McCain's ugly campaign, the New York Times columnist asks simply, "Sound familiar?" More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • Sarah Palin • race • smear campaign • Maureen Dowd • Michael Dukakis • Willie Horton

McCain Plays Horton-Like Race Card: Dukakis

Dem compares new ads to Bush spots that helped sink his 1988 bid

PolitickerMA Sep 23, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Dukakis says John McCain is using the same race-based tactics that sunk the Massachusetts Democrat’s 1988 presidential campaign, PolitickerMA reports. Dukakis cites an ad that criticizes Barack Obama’s supposed economic advisor, disgraced Fannie Mae CEO Franklin Raines, who’s also black. Dukakis called the spot “essentially” similar to the Willie Horton ads used to paint him as soft on crime. More »

OPINION

GOP Playbook: Find Foe's Strength and Attack It


Washington Post Washington Post Aug 23, 08 8:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican strategists are as adept as judo masters at turning opponents' strengths against them, Michael Kinsley writes in the Washington Post . With "genius, courage, creativity and utter ruthlessness," they managed to turn John Kerry's Vietnam service into a liability and Michael Dukakis' humble roots into elitism. Now, even more brazenly, they are striving to turn Barack Obama's eloquence and ability to stir a crowd into a negative. More »

 Foes Tag Obama With L-Word 

Critics say new-style candidate is an old-style liberal

Washington Post Washington Post Mar 26, 08 8:59 CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign says the candidate is beyond labels but the senator's critics think they've found one that fits: liberal. The McCain campaign has branded the candidate an "old-style liberal," while the Clintonites say Obama's positions could alienate moderates—and wonder how the candidate National Journal rated as 2007's most liberal senator could be a unifier. More »

More about:  Barack Obama • John McCain • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • conservative • liberal • moderate • Michael Dukakis

Dukakis to Dems: Make 'Chemistry'

Wants local 'captains' to create a personal bond over next candidate

New York Observer New York Observer Aug 22, 07 8:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Dukakis compares today’s political climate to the time of his own downfall in 1988, when George Bush Sr. overcame a 17-point deficit and whipped him 426-to-112 in the electoral college. Refusing to feel comfortable with the Dems’ advantage, Dukakis told the New York Observer that "We have to organize every damn precinct in the United States of America. I'm serious. Deadly serious.” More »

More about:  Election 2008 • Democrats • presidential campaign • smear campaign • political activism • grassroots • Michael Dukakis

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