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“N.C. GOP releases Rev. Wright ad”

By SusanUnPC on April 23, 2008 at 8:25 PM in Barack Obama, North Carolina, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

UPDATE: This is about coattails. How much of a drag will Barack Obama be for state candidates, especially those who’ve endorsed him early on? Particularly in the South and in the West. Did you know that Barack Obama is polling behind John McCain in New Mexico? Besides the obvious example below of candidates in North Carolina — we have to think about the effect of endorsing Obama on Democratic candidates in states like New Mexico and Arizona.
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The first video that Laluchasigue showed us this morning has no voiceover. This ad, running in major N.C. markets (starting tomorrow, I hear), has voiceover. Its title? “EXTREME.”

From the Charlotte Observer, which links the above video:

A new TV ad from the N.C. Republican Party tries to link two Democratic candidates for governor to Barack Obama’s controversial former minister.

“For 20 years, Barack Obama sat in his pew, listening to his pastor,” the ad says, segueing into video of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright shouting, “No, no, no. Not God Bless America. Goddamn America!”

The ad continues, “Now, Bev Perdue and Richard Moore endorse Barack Obama. They should know better. He’s just too extreme for North Carolina.”

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The ad is titled “Extreme.” Republican chairwoman Linda Daves, of Charlotte, appears briefly at the end.

It is believed to be the first time nationwide that Republicans have used Wright’s comments in a TV advertisement since the comments first drew scrutiny last month.

Daves said at a news conference that the ad would begin airing statewide Monday during evening news shows. She said she did not know how much money the party plans to spend on airing the ad. The money is coming from individual donors, she said.

McCain denounced the ad, calling it “offensive” and saying it “degrades our civics and distracts us from the very real differences we have with the Democrats.” …

Here’s how this works: John McCain can stay above the fray by denouncing the ad, while the state GOP weakens its state Democratic opponents.

Here’s how this will work nationwide: This ad, and others of its ilk, will be used against every Democratic candidate across the nation who endorsed Barack Obama.

Now, surely GOP 527s would produce anti-Hillary ads if she’s the nominee. But they won’t be able to tar her as anti-American or consorting with unrepentant terrorists or a minister who hates “Amerikkka.”