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Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 2:00 PM

Crooks and Liars: McCain ’strenuously disagrees’ with strategist over the upside of terrorism

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As Silent Patriot blogged earlier, Charlie Black, the lobbyist who now serves as the McCain campaign’s top strategist, told Fortune magazine with “ startling candor ” that a terrorist attack on U.S. soil before the election would help give his candidate a boost . “Certainly it would be a big advantage to [McCain],” Black said. It was an odd thing to say. Black wasn’t literally hoping for a terrorist attack, but his concession was nevertheless inappropriate. When asked if a terrorist attack would benefit one candidate over another, the tasteful response is to say electoral considerations pale in comparison to the seriousness of terrorism. Instead, McCain’s chief campaign strategist effectively said, “Yep, terrorism would be good for...
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