Nice Nazis

Bill Cunningham opened a McCain rally in Cincinnati today by torching Obama. I am not a listener of Cunningham, and reading those comments I wasn't shocked by them. Coulter says worse to a much broader audience every time she speaks on FOX.

What surprised me was McCain's IMMEDIATE apology for the statements. I mean, the echos are still reverberating in the hall. The reporters didn't even get a chance to ask him about it, and he's there taking ownership of the issue and saying it won't happen again. No BS about "Someone in the campaign being overzealous," or "Cunningham's speech wasn't cleared by my people," or blah blah. He said someone on his campaign cleared Cunningham to speak and apologized for the content.

(I don't think it carried over to the comments comparing Albright to "death warmed over" or the difference between Rob Portman and Barney Frank [Portman's wife, Jane] but I digress.)

This gives me hope. For the first time since 1984 we may have a campaign that is going to focus on ISSUES and not who can one up on the catapulting of mud. (And I'm not saying Mondale didn't try and throw mud, but come on. It's Walter Mondale.)

This ties in with what Titus discussed today about conservative radio hosts derailing the "conservative" movement. Coulter calling "liberalism" a disease is not making measurable and specific strides concerning valid issues of social welfare and development. Cunningham picking on a gay congressman or a past Secretary of State does nothing to further McCain's campaign or help identify "core" conservative issues.

Dial the way back machine to just after Al Gore invented the internet, and the Bund's driveway was in a place called Wealthwood Park. We were often accused of being Nice Nazis because the name calling and bashing hid the core issues and problems. I am glad McCain seems to be an honorary member.