Could You Be Scared Into Voting For McCain?
Will You Be Scared Into Voting For McCain? – by Catherine Morgan (cross-posted at The Care2 Election Blog)
The GOP wants to scare you into voting for McCain. Don’t fall for it. Last week, I posted on how John McCain’s top adviser, casually mentioned that a terrorist attack would help Republicans. I hope everyone (both Republicans and Democrats) will vote on all the issues, and not on one emotion (fear).
From The Huffington Post…
Last week, as expected, the GOP, unable to run on its disastrous record, pulled out its 2004 playbook and opened it to “Scare Tactics,” offering up fear-mongering hatchet men Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, and John Bolton to deliver the message that we should all be afraid — very, very afraid — of what an Obama presidency could lead to. Little things like the obliteration of a U.S. city (Gingrich) and more terrorist attacks (Bolton).
This fright-fest came in the wake of McCain telling us that al Qaeda will increase its violent attacks to try to defeat him, and that Hamas wants Obama to win.
In case we didn’t get the message, up popped McCain’s chief campaign advisor Charlie Black with his considered opinion that another terrorist attack on U.S. soil “certainly would be a big advantage” for McCain.
What do you think? Can fear win the election for John McCain? Does the issue of “fear” trump issues like the economy, healthcare, and the environment? Do you expect there will be an “October Surprise” designed to scare the public? Would you change your vote out of fear? Let me know what you think in comments.
Read full post at The Care2 Election Blog
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Time: July 1, 2008, 11:14 am
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