Beware! Evil McCain is attacking.

The latest email from the Obama campaign has a high level of drama attached;

In the next 36 hours, the McCain campaign will be pouring millions of dollars — if not tens of millions — into negative attack ads against Barack Obama.

Before John McCain accepts the Republican nomination on Thursday, his campaign has to spend every last dollar of primary funds they’ve raked in from Washington lobbyists and special interest PACs.

Just yesterday, they aired a new negative ad in 14 swing states. His campaign manager even admitted that all McCain has to rely on is attacks, saying that for them, “This election is not about issues.”

He doesn’t want Americans to notice that the Republican platform is the most extreme we’ve ever seen — opposing stem cell research, denying a woman’s right to choose no matter what the circumstance, and continuing to spend $10 billion a month in Iraq.

With so much at stake, we can’t allow another election to be determined by petty and divisive political tactics.

Make a donation of $5 or more to fight back against an unprecedented week of negativity from John McCain.

The McCain campaign is trying to distract voters from the real issues — so we’re going to focus on what they’re trying to hide.

They’ve come out against the life-saving possibilities of stem cell research.

They don’t even mention protecting equal pay for equal work.

They support huge tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans.

They’ve almost completely ignored the $10 billion we’re spending every month in Iraq.

And they make zero exceptions for a woman’s right to choose — even in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother.

If that all sounds like more of the same, that’s because it is. John McCain is offering a third term of the disastrous Bush agenda, so it’s no wonder his campaign would choose to focus on attacks instead of issues.

I remember in the 2000 and 2004 elections we were subjected to the same level of dishonest fear-mongering from the Democrats. I remember some SFB claimed Bush would recind the 14th Amendment and return Blacks to their slavemasters.

Everything is an attack on Obama. McCain points out that he’s less experienced than Sarah Palin (using facts) and it’s an attack.

The quote from Rick Davis, in it’s entirety is (Washington Post link);

“This election is not about issues,” said Davis. “This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”

Davis added that issues will no doubt play a major role in the decisions undecided voters will make but that they won’t ultimately be conclusive. He added that the campaign has “ultimate faith” in the idea that the more voters get to know McCain and Barack Obama, the better the Republican nominee will do.

The Democrats have moved the election away from issues by focusing on personalities. Obama beat Clinton, not on issues, but on personalities and some mumbo-jumbo about “change” and “hope”. There was hardly a sliver of light between between Obama and Clinton on issues.

They selected Biden to strengthen the perception of their ticket – having nothing to do with issues.

They’ve been attacking Palin, not on issues, but on personal and private details. They’ve been calling McCain a “third Bush term”. Punto. That’s not about issues, it’s about perceptions. What about this ad has to do with “issues”?

Besides, what was so bad about the Bush years? The lowest sustained unemployment in history? Relatively well-managed inflation? The surprisingly quick economic recovery from a major attack on our mainland? The record-setting tax revenues? What?

I’ll let ya’all take apart the finer points of his email.

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