Now that the North Carolina GOP advertisement is the latest buzz, John McCain weighed in against the ad. That’s a shame. He should’ve said he didn’t agree with it but that it’s the NCGOP’s call on whether they should run it. Instead of doing that, he tried lecturing Republicans:

McCain called the ad “offensive” and said it “degrades our civics and distracts us from the very real differences we have with the Democrats.”

“From the beginning of this election, I have been committed to running a respectful campaign based upon an honest debate about the great issues confronting America today. I expect all state parties to do so as well,” McCain wrote in an e-mail to Daves, asking her to pull the ad.

Sorry, Sen. McCain, but this isn’t part of your business. If the North Carolina GOP wants to tie Rev. Wright to Democratic gubernatorial candidates, then they should do so without getting lectured by an outsider, even if that outsider is the GOP presidential nominee. PERIOD.

I’d further ask Sen. McCain what he finds offensive about the ad. The fact that it’s causing Sen. Obama grief tells me that it’s worth running. I’d also suggest that the Pastor J-Wright issue is important to alot of people. Just because John McCain doesn’t want to hit Obama hard on the character issue doesn’t mean that those issues are off limits. I suspect that the North Carolina GOP is attempting to put the Democrats’ candidates for governor on the defensive for endorsing Sen. Obama. I suspect that they’re trying to say that his judgment isn’t solid and that these candidates have exercised poor judgment in endorsing him.

I also suspect that this ad is having great effect in North Carolina because it’s a solidly red state. Pastor J-Wright’s anti-American diatribes won’t sit well with North Carolina voters.

That’s fair game as far as I’m concerned.

Technorati Tags: John McCain, RNC, North Carolina GOP, Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Election 2008

Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog

1. STFU McCAIN!

   Comment by george — April 25, 2008 @ 12:09 pm

2. I find it unsettling that John McCain never hesitates to criticise Republicans, and treats Democrats with kid gloves. It’s getting a bit old. (no pun intended)

   Comment by Lonely Conservative — April 25, 2008 @ 6:10 pm

3. Not only am I going to have to hold my nose to vote for McCain, I’m going to have to vote with fear and trepidation. Voting for Hillary or Obama is out of the question. But, I know that whatever crumbs McCain might throw to conservatives during the campaign, he’ll go back on them should he ever get elected. I fear the man. I loathe the man. But, who else viable is there to vote for?

   Comment by Kalifornia Kafir — April 25, 2008 @ 11:45 pm

4. But, who else viable is there to vote for?

   I hear you that!

   We got a choice between a socialist, a loony tune nobody really knows a damned thing about, and a warmed over Bush.

   It used to be a matter of the most acceptable. This year its a matter of which one you hope will do the least damage.

   Comment by T. A. Gray — April 26, 2008 @ 7:26 am