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Is Obama getting off easy?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... his campaign on these occasions: So yes, I agree with Jonah that Obama has had an easy ride on the basis of identity politics — but that’s not really the fault of the McCain campaign.  Unfortunately, the media has a glaringly obvious double standard on how it treats the two candidates.  McCain could ignore this, of course, but he risks the damage that the media can do with the vast majority of voters who don’t bother to work around the media to discover the truth on their own.  As Rick Moran notes, the McCarthyite tactic of accusing opponents of latent racism has no rebuttal ...

Krauthammer: Racism “last refuge of the liberal scoundrel”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... even before there is any evidence of it, and there has not been any evidence of it before or since, is scurrilous. They say patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Accusations of racism is the last refuge of the liberal scoundrel, and it has been used again and again on the part of the Obama campaign. So why do they do it?  It works .  And why does it work?  Barnes explains: Right, because when they use it, it neutralizes an attack, and then you don’t have to answer it. Rick Moran made the same point yesterday.  It’s a particularly vicious smear, simply because it ...

Joe the Plumber for President!
Slublog — ... Also, if the McCain ad people are on their game, Obama's refusal to repudiate John Lewis should be pointed out. Obama not only refused to criticize Lewis, he ...