Jay Kersting's Blog

I read this yesterday and dismissed it as a bit of a joke.  Then I heard Shepard Smith end "The Fox Report" with it last night.  He did QUALIFY that he was only repeating other reports and did not know that it was certainly real.  So, I will do the same thing.

Men, start squirming in your seats. 

The Nigerian e-mail scams wanting to give you money aren't appreciated in the Democratic Republic of Congo now, but the e-mails for the various "enhancement" products are NOW getting an incredible response rate.  Look for Smiling Bob from Enzyte to go on a promotional tour there this summer.

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So a new ad is running in North Carolina that is being funded by the North Carolina Republican Party.  And John McCain has already called for the ad to come down.

The ad states that Barack Obama is too extreme for North Carolina and it shows clips of Jeremiah Wright to illustrate that fact.

Two points here.  First, John McCain is NOT running against Barack Obama...for now.  Second, John McCain has no legal ability to get those ads taken off the air.

McCain did, preemptively, request that the ads come down from the airwaves as soon as possible.  He stated that, "there is no place for that kind of campaigning, and the American people don't want it."

I think he is right and has done the what most of agree we wanted him to do.

Barack Obama, rather than saying what McCain did was right, said that since he is their candidate, he should get them to take the ads down.

Apparently, Obama does not understand campaignn finance laws.  McCain CANNOT have any official involvement in the state party.  

Don't misunderstand me, I agree with Senator Obama's frustration, but I think the proper action would have been to have thanked Senator McCain and ask that the NC GOP take his suggestion to heart.  But he didn't.  I will not make any assumptions as to why, but don't be surprised if I remind you of this story later on....IF McCain and Obama face each other this fall.