Originally Posted by pan6467

Ah but that scenario is what people see only reversed. Like it or not, THAT is what has been portrayed and is in people's minds.

As are all the other scenarios and more.

The perceived truth is what the candidate must run against, not the truth. What was the truth on Kerry? Didn't really matter, it was what the perception was and how well that was handled that hurt him.

And again if you don't like the thread there is no law that says you have to post in it or even read it, if you find it so offensive.

I was just curious if theses "scandals", "truths", hypocrisies, and so on were on the other candidate how people would react.

You seem stuck on the first one DC..... so let's look at it..... Did Wright go to Libya in the 80's when Libya was considered a terrorist country? How is this different than a GOP candidate having as his "spiritual leader a man who went to South Africa in the 80's showing support for Apartheid?

Has Obama had business dealings with a known racketeer named Rezko? How is this different than a GOP candidate having business dealings with the Gambino family?

Does Obama's church support and work with Louis Farrakhan the leader of what some believe to be a truly radical racist group called the Nation of Islam? How is his different than a GOP candidate's church being associated wih a Neo Nazi group?

Friends with Bill Ayers,who bombed military and government buildings. How is this different than a GOP candidate being associated with a person that blew up abortion clinics?

That is what we have been fed. Now you reverse it and see what the other side sees. Then argue how you can support that man.