*crickets*

No surprise... Hillary hasn't condemned it, either!  Ironic!  McCain has and so has the RNC, but where's Hillary's leadership on this issue!

are indeed gonna come home to roost in the general election

subject. Of course, no one here supports this ad; and quite frankly asking this question implies that democrats/progressives supporters of Clinton support somehow this ad. I am certain that 99.99% don't.

Moreover, I really don't think this ad is racist. This ad is typical attack ad that question Obama patriotism by associating him with Rev. Wright and bringing in the NC candidates who endorsed him.

Having said this, was this ad expected? Yes. Is it surprising? No. Are we going to see more of this? Of course yes. Are we going to bitch everything a 527 group or RNC or state GOPs cut an ad like> No. Should we stop being shocked by things like that and think about a smart reply? Hell yes.

"This is a legitimate area, as everything is, when we run for office."

No need to blame the harmless Clinton bloggers when they're just following the example set by their candidate, right?

I just heard that the republicans are going to pull that ad in North Carolina.  I really don't see what's wrong with airing the ad.  It's Obama's pastor of 20 years.  I don't think it's off limits.  It's not racist in my opinion.  Just shows who Obama has been closely associating with for the past 20 years.

get some fucking loyalty?
This is an attack as against Dems running for office in NC! Hey if you you don't support Dems running for office in NC fine!

This is a slam against Democratic Party candidates
Beth Purdue and Richard Moore...

Really just like when HRC was asked if BO was a muslin.  She said immedately "of course not" but how many times did we here the she only said "I take him at his word at the end".  She defended BO and he and his campaign and his supporters twisted her words to smear her.

Just checking because the fact is if she condemned this ad BO supporters would attack her and if she doesnt than BO supporters will attack her.

Loyality is somothing BO know little about.

Like the bosnia.  Did BO defend HRC about the bosnia. NOOOOOO.  So please stop with the bosnia loyality nonsense.  

david

It's not racist, it's just an attack ad. Interestingly this is the second swift boat style ad released by Republicans against Obama. Why would the Republicans work hard to attack Obama while the primary continues unless they would rather run against Clinton in the fall?

Also Clinton's continued silence on this matter plays right into Obama's hands. The ad is out there and helps her regardless by any effect on voters perceptions and it helps prove her overall campaign theme so speaking out costs her nothing, just like McCain. But her silence allows Barack to go around saying, "See? This is exactly the kind of old politics we need to end. Even Senator McCain and the Republican National Committee see this but Senator Clinton stays silent while two good Democrats are unfairly attacked. Is that the kind of leadership you want in Washington?"

Hey, she endorsed Obama.  Now she has to deal with the consequences.

Richard Moore is another Democratic candidate..
http://www.charlotte.com/govissues/story /572374.html

At what point in time will people realize that the 2008 Elections are more than just the President?

here who understand why this is racist. They don't understand the black community at all on this site. At least most of the commenters I've seen don't.

How is this racist? It's not about race - it's about Obama's long-standing relationship with a hateful man. Be prepared to see more of these ads if Obama wins the nomination.

And why do specific Clinton supporters have to condemn this? Is this some sort of purity test? Should we go up on the mountain and ponder our purity?

Sorry, I'm not going to cuddle Obama like he's the baby Jesus. This is his fault.

Already posted about this, with very disappointing results.  See the post here:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/4/24/2244 0/7800

Actions speak much louder than words.  Hillary alone is throwing three democrats under a bus to try and keep a truly unfortunate narrative of her campaign alive.

Racist or not, the answer is no.  The vocal but luckily very tiny fringe that posts on NoQuarter, Hillaryis44, Hillarys bloggers, and dominates the Rec list here will not condemn baseless attacks against the likely Dem nominee.  Quite the opposite.  

They will self righteously say they told us this would happen, all the while spreading and trying to legitimize false and baseless smears against Obama.

So many of you agree, it is OK for Hillary to let Bev Purdue and Richard Moore hang out to dry and have their campaign destroyed.  The reasons you all give is:

1)She did not make the add
2)The ad does not attack her
3)If she responds someone will attack her
3)Barack should respond to the add
4)Because you think Barack should respond to Randi Rhodes
5)It's a race baiting ad against Obama that she does not need to respond to.
6)Because you think it proves Clinton's point that she is not electable.

Wow, let me respond to your incredibly unethical responses

1)  She did not make the add but made up the issue and perpetuates it every day she does not denounce it.  Besides, the response of "Teacher, it wasn't my fault" is not the response of a presidential candidate.

  2. The add does attack her, and all other democrats who have any sense of decency
   3. Barack has responded to this add.  As has the DNC, the RNC, and Mike Huckabee, John McCain, most pundits, everyone has, except for Clinton.
   4. I actually think they both should denounce these shock jocks...Barack should denounce Rhodes and Hillary should denounce the right wingers like Limbaugh who keep saying the same kind of crap in support of Clinton.  Does not mean just because one of them has not, the other gets a pass.  HOLD THEM TO THE SAME STANDARD, DON'T JUST KEEP LOWERING THE STANDARD. I know you don't believe any Obama supporter is capable of criticism him, but there you go...wrong again.
   6. She should do it precisely because it is race baiting and she should help the national debate rise above that, why do you think she is not seen as a good candidate for Black constituencies, or as an honest candidate, or as a candidate who will raise the national debate to a higher level that is more productive when it comes to the issues she cares about.
   6. I think it proves the point that Clinton is unelectable.  Super delegates will see this as more proof she will stab anyone in the back if they are not on her team.

Remember, she is telling Bev Purdue and Richard Moore she does not care enough about other democrats to help them out.  Probably because they are Obama endorsers.  I personally believe she would have already bailed them out if they were her supporters. But it is also a pretty good indication of why they are not her supporters.

Finally and most important, she should do it because it is the most important political job of a POTUS, to build the biggest coalition they can.  Hillary is incapable of working with anyone who disagrees with her.

This is the same reason Bill Clinton allowed thousands of democratic seats across the country to be lost on his watch.  We lost the House, the Senate, lost hundreds of governorships and state legislative jobs, and ultimately Clinton's VP could not get elected (don't blame it on Bush, if Clinton was doing his job of protecting the party, Gore would have won by a landslide big enough that none of us would remember the name GWB).

Please someone....please....explain to me why this commercial is racist? It is a negative and it questions Obama's patriotism by association to Wright, but as far as being racist...I don't see it.

I condemn the ad. Doesn't make any difference, though. What can I do when the national Republican party is already trying to get it pulled?

Oh and by the way, we'd better go ahead and buckle up, everybody. There will be plenty more where this came from. The Democratic nominee, whether it's Hillary or Obama, is going to get slammed, as always.

Some simple questions...
Those saying that this is not a racist ad...
Those saying this attack ad on two Democratic candidates for Gov...are not like Rove attack on Max Cleland?

Do you, for a second believe that if Sen. Clinton was our nominee there would not be Bosnia ads connecting Dem candidates to Sen. Clinton?

Do you really believe there would not be ads with President Bill Clinton saying "I did not have sex" and tie it to Dem candidates?

Is is a little sad that MyDD has come to a place where people who claim to support the Democratic party prop up a GOP ad...

tap yer toes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCcfhAlV4 -E&feature=related

I don't like the ad, but i knew it and more like it were coming, but how do you call it racist?

http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNe ws/idUSN2429689820080424

Not racist? Yep a GOP ad would never...ever try and be racist....

This is a GOP ad people...
If some Clinton supporters want the GOP to carry your water fine..

Does NC have some racist roots?

Two words.. Jesse Helms.

This will backfire...... as NC is moving forward just as Obama is leading our party forward.

so it is a false challenge you put out in your poll.  Well, repugs could support it and always do.

The problem is, "condemning" this add is not going to do much to stop the repugs from using this in every state against every downticket dem who is running.

So the challenge is not to condemn it, or taunt people to take a stand, the challenge is how to defeat this, assuming the repugs are going to use this.  Yelling about it is not going to help.  What's the strategy?  How to counter it?  Maybe that should be  your next poll.

Remember here the target for you is not HRC or posters here who support her.  The target is the repug noise machine that will use this all over the country.