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When You Appeal To People’s Worst Instincts…..

by @ 5:58 pm on October 9, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, John McCain, Politics, Sarah Palin

You can expect to see stuff like this:

Politico’s Ben Smith sums it up:

As Jonathan Martin notes, there’s a special edge to the anti-Obama sentiment. Despised as John Kerry was, it’s hard to imagine Republicans calling him, personally, a “terrorist,” and speculating about his “bloodlines.”

And while the vitriol may help, a bit, in rallying the base, it’s also probably not something independent voters are going to find terribly attractive.

Especially when there are far more important issues out there.

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