State Democratic chairman Jerry Meek says the Republicans are running the worst "smear campaign" he has ever seen against Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
He said Obama is being unfairly maligned in automated telephone calls and in campaign literature sent out by the campaign of presidential candidate John McCain, the Republican National Committee, and the state Republican Party, Rob Christensen reports.
The rule in college basketball, Meek said, is that you start fouling when you are behind.
"That is exactly what we are seeing with the McCain campaign, the RNC and the state Republican Party," Meek said. "They are using negative personal attacks and fouls against Barack Obama because they realize the clock is running out on them."
Meek cited one mailing by the state Republican Party that ties Obama to William Ayers, the 1960’s radical, turned college professor, who held a reception for Obama during his first legislative campaign and also served on an education board with him.
He noted that the flyer put the following unattributed quote (from Ayers) next to a photo of Obama: "I don't regret setting bombs. I feel we didn't do enough."
Meek said the ad was "designed to deceive."
He called on North Carolina’s two Republican Senators, Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr, who is McCain’s state chairman, to urge McCain to stop the tactics.
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Re: Meek: GOP smearing Obama in N.C.
Hey mike27513 , if you're going to continue the smear why don't you at least use spellcheck?
Can't spell but can smear - what a joke.
er correction - William Ayers 1960's mass murderer turned Obama colleague