Photos by Mike Baird and Marcn
The McCain campaign is pretty well known for looking desperate these days. In August he recruits a relatively unknown firecracker, Sarah Palin, whose job was to re-ignite the Republican base… yeah, turns out she’s a joke. Later, he suspends his campaign to “handle” the economic crisis on Capitol Hill… ends up looking, well, desperate. Then the whole Williams Ayers thing, which ends up making Obama look like he’s “paling around with terrorists.” (There’s that Palin charm again).
Now, he’s back, doing something he urged his fellow candidates not to do: going after spouses!
According to Talking Points Memo, the McCain campaign is now pointing out the fact that William Ayers’ wife, Bernadine Dohrn and former Weatherman, landed a gig at Sidley Austin LLP in 1984. Then, CLEARLY in a plot to take down the fabric of society, Michelle Obama started working at Sidley Austin!!!
Just to point out the ridiculousness of this attack (yes, that paragraph up there is the entire attack), there are currently 500 people employed in Sidley Austin’s Chicago office alone. According to the almighty Wiki, there are 3,600 international employees, 1,800 lawyers, and the firm is the 9th largest in the world (5th largest in the United States) with roots going back to its 1866 founding.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:55 am
If you’re going to be a hypocrite, at least make sure your attacks hold water.
I’m less bothered by the candor of this campaign than I am that people actually take these attacks as credible– as though the guy you’re voting for isn’t capable of lying.
October 20th, 2008 at 10:13 am
A new low. I seriously didn’t expect this campaign to get so dirty. When McCain became the nominee, I was conflicted, since I thought we would get 2000 McCain, but his campaign is just depressing and disappointing.