Republican Dirty Tricks?

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Thursday June 05, 2008 · 12:01 PM PDT

2008/06/05 · 12:01

Are Republican Operatives Packing the Airwaves?

I've been listening to "Talk of the Nation" on NPR this afternoon and listeners have been calling in claiming to be Clinton supporters who will vote for McCain instead of Obama. What strikes me so odd about this is that they were spouting Republican talking points. They're voting for McCain because he has more experience and Obama doesn't. Paraphrasing they're comments: "We need the leadership and experience that McCain can provide." "McCain has the experience in Washington to get through the gridlock that Obama doesn't have." And they both said, "I didn't vote for Hillary Clinton because she was a woman, but because she was tough enough to get things done." Or, "I listen to Obama's speeches and the rhetoric sounds great, but later there's nothing there. It's just words." Or a Hispanic woman claiming to be from Florida, "He has beautiful rhetoric, but he doesn't have the experience to get things done. I'm looking at the bigger picture, and McCain has the experience to get things done. And we're really mad about having our votes taken away in Florida. Most of my friends feel the same way."

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