The National Black Republican Association has launched the most
personalized attacks of the presidential campaign to date, accusing
Barack Obama of being an "arrogant elitist," and raising his
connections to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko.
In three radio spots that the organization modestly claims are
"eye-opening," the NBRA goes where its GOP counterparts have not:
throwing the kitchen sink at Obama -- including racial references -- in
hopes that something sticks. "Racist Democrats declared they would vote
for a 'yellow dog' before a Republican because the Republican Party was
the party for blacks," one ad states. "Racist Democrats will not vote
for Obama, a black man."
In another 60-second spot entitled "Arrogant Obama," the narrator states:
"Bitter is what Obama called blacks and whites who love God. Racist
is what Obama called his white grandmother who raised him and made
sacrifices so Obama could get a good education and become a
millionaire. Obama's friends are terrorist Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright
who said innocent Americans deserved to die on September 11th. Obama is
an arrogant elitist who turned his back on poor blacks and his own
country."
From another spot, entitled "Radical Obama":
"Look beyond Barack Obama's skin color and soaring rhetoric and you
will see an arrogant, elitist millionaire whose voting record is the
most liberal in Congress. Look at the people around Obama, and you will
understand that Obama lacks the judgment to be our next president.
Obama's mentor for 20-years was Rev. Jeremiah Wright who said innocent
Americans deserved to die on September 11th. Obama's 20-year friend and
bagman was Tony Rezko who was recently convicted of fraud."
The ads, according to an NBRA press release, will air on radio
stations in battleground states. But what kind of affect they'll hav