The swiftboating by McCain, the GOP, and their talking heads in the media is backfiring BIG TIME on the Republicans and will continue to do so.
A Republican supporter I know of McCain switched over to Obama on Monday because of the Reverend Wright Swiftboating. Here's what's happened. I'm seeing similar stories elsewhere on the Internet, perhaps you have a story like this that you would like to share.
First, let me be clear that the Republican who just switched over is not comfortable with the Reverend Wright clips shown endlessly on TV and that this Republican does not agree with them one iota. On that, we all happen to agree. Obama agrees with him as well but you would never know that watching Faux News.
Second, it then dawned on this Republican that Obama had already condemned these remarks but he still found the remarks troublesome. But then the Republican stated the obvious - That you just can't automatically deem somebody guilty by this loose of an association.
Third, it next occurred to the Republican that the constant attacks on Obama were just unfair.
I then took a risk. I asked the man, "Do you know who John Hagee is?" He said, "No, never heard of him."
I asked, "What if I told you that he was a pastor whom John McCain actively sought an endorsement from?" There was no problem with this. I then asked, "What if I could show you quotes where Pastor Hagee called Catholicism the great whore, said Jews deserved the Holocaust, and that Hurricane Katrina was god's punishment for the people of New Orleans?"
I then said, "Let me ask you this. Why isn't Fox News and the media running loops of these quotes 24-7? You're an educated man and even you hadn't known of these quotes until I told you. How does that feel?"
He told me, "If what you are saying is true, then John McCain is an asshole." I gave him the sites to check out, the tools to research. And to his credit he did. He comes back a few minutes later and says, "To hell with McCain, I'm voting for Obama."
I suspect that some form of the above is happening all across America as the swiftboating of Barack Obama is backfiring big time on the Republican Party, a Party that has inflicted severe damage on this nation for the past several decades.
Most Americans, even most Republicans, are not Insanitized. Most Americans are also decent by nature. They understand when an attack is unfair.
(Note- This article does not take into account Obama's strong leadership and immediate denunciation of Wright's latest remarks. I surmise that Obama helped himself even more.)