Dog Whistle Much? In Florida Mailboxes, Harsh Attacks on Obama on "CRIME"

[jefferson_dem]

October 20, 2008, 6:49 pm
In Florida Mailboxes, Harsh Attacks on Obama
By Damien Cave

Early voting in Florida began today, with long lines at several polling places, a flood of robocalls, a rally by Senator Barack Obama in Tampa – and some new, harsh anti-Obama literature in my mailbox.

Those of us who live in swing states are already familiar with negative television ads from both Democrats and Republicans. At this point, I’m on the verge of having nightmares with the giant ball of orange thread rolling through Senator Obama’s health care ad – the one that runs incessantly here, ending with a narrator saying Senator McCain will leave you “hanging by a thread.”

But even in this hot-headed environment, the literature stands out. One flier, paid for by the Republican National Committee, states that in the midst of the economic crisis “Barack Obama’s solution is to take more of your money!”

By several fact-checkers‘ accounts, that’s a misrepresentation of Senator Obama’s tax plan, which would cut taxes for roughly 95 percent of the country.



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