Perdue, Moore, Obama and Wright
April 23rd, 2008, 10:40 am · 2 Comments · posted by Barry Smith
Should Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore be connected to Barack Obama’s former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright? The North Carolina GOP thinks so.
The state Republican Party is sponsoring an ad chiding the two for endorsing Obama. The ad shows Wright delivering one of his controversial messages and identifying him as Obama’s “spiritual mentor.”
“They should know better,” the ad says of Moore and Perdue. “He’s just too extreme for North Carolina.”
Click here to see the ad on YouTube.
Should Obama’s pastor be a factor in the North Carolina gubernatorial election?
April 25th, 2008 at 10:07 am
Time To Start Worrying
Whether or not Obama really is as far to the left as I think him to be, the profile of Obama primary voters will reinforce that image throughout the year. That is really why Pennsylvania will be so damaging to him. …
April 27th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I am astounded at the ignorance displayed by the NC GOP by putting up an ad that acts as if an association of a political figure with a mainstream American religious minister could be considered toxic. Get out of the dark ages, NC GOP and make it real that NC is an educated, decent state with a population worthy of more than this cheap political hype.
Shame on you and shame on Tar Heels who are not actively objecting, Republican and otherwise.