In yet another sign that the McCain Campaign is abandoning the negative strategy it had adopted only a week ago, the New York Times reports on the following statement issued by the campaign:
[A] spokeswoman for the McCain campaign disavowed Mr. Frederick’s remark. “While Barack Obama is associated with domestic terrorist William Ayers, the McCain campaign disagrees with the comparison that Jeff Frederick made and believes that his comment was not appropriate,” Gail Gitcho, the spokeswoman, said in an e-mail message.
And that, it would seem, is the end of that.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Heh…you’re being facetious, right? Because otherwise, they never would have brought up Ayers in that statement.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Justin,
It’s better than nothing at least.
Let’s see how many times they mention Ayers today. My guess is zero.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
[...] I’ve already noted, the McCain campaign has already distanced itself from Frederick’s statement, and McCain himself has dismissed Frederick as “some guy” from the Virginia Republican [...]