As Obama and Biden make any effective attacks on McCain's economic policies and how they favor Cindy and himself, Republicans will accuse Democrats of frightening folk and stirring up "class warfare." That's what I saw from our own local wingnut, Jim Wooten, in the AJC. It's up to you Obama surrogates out there to point out how gentle Obama and Kerry are being and illuminate the nastier attacks that are available. Fortunately Glenn Grenwald has given you the tools.
Glenn's article
Here are a few of the pertinent quotes he dug up:
Rush Limbaugh, throughout 2004:
I mean, [Kerry]'s been there, but he's basically a skirt-chaser, folks. He's a gigolo. . . .Kerry is cheap. Most gigolos are. I mean -- I think it -- I think it goes with the, with the definition. . . .[W]hat do you consider a fair wage? John Kerry considers a fair wage a wife with 500 million. So, he had to find a company that had one. Well, there aren't too many of these companies that have little heiresses running around that are single, have 500 million that some guy can marry into. . . .Because see, Al Gore's daddy was a senator and Al Gore's daddy worked his way up from wealth and power to wealth and power. I mean, he got more of it than anybody ever dreamed of for having as little to go on. I mean, he's one of those old boys. You know how that worked back then. Then John Kerry's daddy is his wives. (laughter) I mean, he's a gigolo. Everybody knows this. There's nobody in our party really has much respect for this guy and you can see it last night, but I can't say that. I mean, you got sugar daddy wife back then. You got sugar daddy wife now. He worked his way up from a blue blood to a platinum American Express card, and it doesn't have his name on it.
Knight Ridder, October 30, 2004:
In Kissimmee, Fla., when Cheney brought up Kerry's name, a listener shouted, "He's a gigolo!" Cheney's response: "Ahhh, I'm not sure. I got to concentrate here on my work."
Hannity & Colmes, Jan. 24, 2004:
ANN COULTER: John Kerry can't really speak to the middle class tax cuts, inasmuch as he is ...
SEAN HANNITY: Yes.
ANN COULTER: ... a kept man. He lives off the money made by other men and left to their daughters or wives
Michelle Malkin, "Limericks for John Kerry," July 24, 2007:
Lucianne’s rhyming readers have responded with their own verses. A sample:
There once was a phony named Jawn
Who almost sailed in on a con
He thought he was shifty
But got beached by the Swifty
Now lives as the Gigolo Mon
Now we all know that John McCain came back from Vietnam and cheated on the wife who had stood by him, "test-driving" his potential new mates until he found the heiress who could finance his political career. You can draw the appropriate analogies. Your problem will be staying inside the appropriate word limitations.
Whenever Democrats make any sort of effective populist economic attack the automatic Republican response is EVIL CLASS WARFARE!!! Usually this response works. So its up to you to shown them how gentle Obama is and what their own populist attacks feel like coming back the other way.
Finally, don't forget the advice John McCain gave Obama about Corsi's swift-boating attacks in Obama Nation - "You've gotta have a sense of humor."