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Is McCain's Camp Trafficking in Subliminal Racism?
jossip.com - 8/29/2008
Is McCain's Camp Trafficking in Subliminal Racism?
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(Click image to enlarge) Not to sound get Oliver Stone-y on you guys, but does this still from a McCain ad Higher have people in the background holding up letters to spell the word "hang?" And before everyone goes nuts, yes, it's obviously a piece of Obama's "change" slogan that is being held aloft, but the ad never pulls back the dark edges of the shot to ...

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Subliminal Racism?
Mollygood — ... Stone-y on you guys, but does this still from a McCain ad Higher have people in the background holding up letters to spell the word "hang?" And before everyone goes nuts, yes, it's obviously a piece of Obama's "change" slogan that is being held aloft, but the ad never pulls back the dark edges of the shot to reveal it. See the spot for yourself, after the jump: CONTINUED » ...

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