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I'm glad that I'm not the

DF — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:58:44 +0000

I'm glad that I'm not the only person who had this thought. You have to admit that it's quite the coincidence. That's not at all the same as evidence, but at what point does the correlation become overwhelming?

For what it's worth, Josh

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:01:40 +0000

In reply to Not at all. I don't think

For what it's worth, Josh Marshall just offered his vote on deliberate provocation and campaign plants up at TPM.

Not at all. I don't think

DF — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:26:00 +0000

In reply to More than radical. If someone

Not at all. I don't think your analogy holds though. If people at Obama campaign events were yelling things like, "Go Osama!" and Obama didn't stop to address it, don't you think it would be fair to ask whether or not he agrees with them?

Now, that's not exactly what I'm pondering here. Hopefully we can at least agree that the McCain campaign is goading this kind of sentiment with their new tack. There's nothing speculative about that. They're clearly trying paint him as "the Other" with this week's rhetoric and I certainly don't see them stopping on the stump to remind their fellow Americans that a U.S. Senator is certainly not a terrorist or traitor. Those are very serious charges indeed.

What I'm saying here is that I was struck by the sudden and consistent nature of these incidents. I'm not accusing the McCain campaign of doing this themselves, but politics is a dirty business. This wouldn't be the first time, even this particular presidential campaign, where plants have been used. As I said, I have no evidence that this has occurred. However, it is plain that the memo is out. Both McCain and Palin are encouraging exactly this kind of sentiment at their campaign stops this week. There's nothing speculative about that in my mind.

More than radical. If someone

Michael Wolraich — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:56:00 +0000

In reply to Hello, world!

More than radical. If someone raises a "speculative" Obama attack, e.g. "There's no evidence that Obama supports terrorists, but it certainly seems a bit suspect," I call it a smear. This is of the same vein. There is plenty to criticize in McCain's tactics without resorting to speculation.

PS Welcome to DagBlog. I hope that you weren't expecting me to wear my kid's gloves.