PETITION TO DENOUNCE N.C. GOP AND FLOYD BROWN EXTREMIST ADS
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We the undersigned call upon Senator John McCain to insist even more strongly that the N.C. GOP withdraw its new attack ad against Senator Barack Obama and his two endorsers, gubernatorial candidates Beverly Perdue and Richard Moore. If the N.C. GOP fails to do so, Senator McCain needs to disassociate himself from any campaign activities this party conducts on his behalf. In this matter, we ask Senator McCain to demonstrate the leadership and integrity that has made many Americans think of him as a hero.
In addition, we demand that he exert all due influence to stop any of his campaign surrogates or donors from helping Floyd Brown to televise his new Willie Horton-style ad, in which he conflates Senator Obama with gangs and terrorists.
We also solicit Senator Hillary Clinton to speak out against these emotionally charged and negative ads, and we encourage her to help elevate the ethical standards of this election year debate.Finally, we ask both democratic and republican party leaders to denounce the use of extremist propaganda in these and any future campaign ads.
While we condone honest debate based on political records and qualifications, in opposing Senator Obama, rivals have relied almost solely upon ad hominen,guilt-by-association attacks to argue their case.Such attacks do nothing to affirm their own strengths and everything to demean the democratic process.
This petition will be circulated to interested individuals and groups for signatures. Then it will be emailed and posted to Senators McCain and Clinton, and to Linda Daves, Chair of N.C. GOP, and her direct staff; to the the leadership of the democratic and republican party, and to MSM outlets.
This petition has not been authorized by any campaign or campaign support group, official or volunteer.
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This is the 21st Century. The Year is 2008. The time for the NIXONIAN Era Politics and attacks are through. We, the "Silent Majority" will remain silent, no longer..even if our voices are only heard in the Privacy..of the Voting Booth..that many seek to corrupt. SURRENDER NOW!!! You will..and Have been...Assimilated! John From Cape Cod, Ma
I am 69 years old and had hoped that we, as a people, would have evolved further than this by now. This hate message hurts and shames me even more because I am a native of North Carolina, birthplace of democracy with Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence ("A full year before the National Declaration of Independence of July 4 1776. The Scotch-Irish of Mecklenburg North Carolina set themselves free of British ..")
Stop the bashing and just state what YOU ARE going to do to save this country!
STOP NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING.
You see, this is exactly what Obama's campaign is fighting against. What will you do if a man is elected who doesn't see the value in your old-style politics? You will fall from the arena. You will fail.
Your swift boat tactics won't work this time.
The political process that we have seen throughout the United States over the past few months has absolutely fallen to an abysmal low. We are not fighting an extreme sports fight-to-the-death but working to elect a president. What do vicious attacks say about the attacker? That they have nothing of merit, but hope to win by denigrating someone else. Please ... if you truly aim to be the next president, surely you would have the integrity to demonstrate how you would lead in difficult situations.
Voters are sick of the smears and want more discussion of the issues. Show Americans some respect. Thank you.
One of the biggest legislative changes we need is to stop ANYONE who thinks lying to the American people is a reasonable means to an end!
Please support honesty and integrity in the election process.
Shame on both of you if you don't denounce these attack ads on Barack Obama!
