Friday, June 27, 2008

Charlie Black and the Politics of Fear by Jon Sobel

What does it say about us, as a society, when a truthful statement - or one that reflects, at least, some commonly accepted wisdom - is so politically unacceptable that it causes a minor firestorm in the campaign of a major party candidate?

Charlie Black, a top adviser to John McCain, told Fortune Magazine the other day that a terrorist attack on the US would be a boon to the McCain campaign. McCain hurried to distance himself from the statements, and Black apologized - but for what, exactly?

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