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Disgusting. Please tell me I didn't hear what I thought I heard.
Did someone in the backround say "Kill him"? And did McCain just describe his onw campaign. Does this man have any shred of decenancy or honesty left in his giant bitter inflated ego with a an equally horrendous personal agenda?
Newsweek article where I found the video.
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/10/06/will-mccains-anti-obama-strategy-work.aspx
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This is absolutely disgusting.
On Oct. 6, 2008 in Clearwater, Fla, Palin got into her Ayers speech.
"Boooo!" said the crowd.
"Kill him!" proposed one man in the audience.
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Posted Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:15 AM
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I'm afraid you heard right. Even McShame was irked by it for a split second. Looked like a freakin' KKK rally.
Here's the video... warning: do not watch in any situation where you would rather not be heard using angry expletives.
The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. - Theodore Roosevelt
More McCain lies.
Today, The New York Times wrote a facts check article about this town hall meeting: Drilling Down on the Facts in McCain’s Speech
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Actaully he needs to realize what the hell he is doing. These people are just looking for a reason to do Obama harm. They will explain it away by saying Obama is dangerous and its for thesafety of there wives and daughters..People these sort of sick beungs are out there and mcCain and his Female dog (pitbull thats what she called herself) is fanning the flames.
They should be ashamed
Are the trolls writing his speeches?
Here's an excerpt from the speech today:
"Rather than answer his critics, Senator Obama will try to distract you from noticing that he never answers the serious and legitimate questions he has been asked. But let me reply in the plainest terms I know. I don’t need lessons about telling the truth to American people. And were I ever to need any improvement in that regard, I probably wouldn’t seek advice from a Chicago politician.
My opponent’s touchiness every time he is questioned about his record should make us only more concerned. For a guy who’s already authored two memoirs, he’s not exactly an open book. It’s as if somehow the usual rules don’t apply, and where other candidates have to explain themselves and their records, Senator Obama seems to think he is above all that. Whatever the question, whatever the issue, there’s always a back story with Senator Obama. All people want to know is: What has this man ever actually accomplished in government? What does he plan for America? In short: Who is the real Barack Obama? But ask such questions and all you get in response is another barrage of angry insults."
Sounds eerily familiar...
The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. - Theodore Roosevelt
This is how it works.
Step 1: Find out what are our most fundamental weaknesses.
Step 2: Accuse the other side of those weaknesses so that you will, at least, have the "but I said that first" argument.
And he just kept on talking, isn't silence a form of acceptance?
In my opinion, McCain's silence in this particular instance is a form of or a sign of success. Because that is all that "rally" was designed to do... fan the flames of hate and fear. NEVER in my life have I seen, or did I dream I would see, something like this in a Presidential campaign.
What an embarrassment for our great country...
How true.
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The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. - Theodore Roosevelt
Country First.
Why anyone would want to encourage hate - particularly in a country as diverse as our own - when they can turn on the news any time they want and see how that kind of tactic has worked in other countries...I'm sorry, there's no excuse for it. It's obvious there is no regard for America at all in that attitude. I can only guess that their need for power has become so great that they have become blinded to all else.
I just hope Americans fall back on their basic decency and common sense to recognize the horror of this and refuse to support it. I don't want to be part of a country where later people look back and say...how and why did they let that happen? It truly scares me.
The Hitler Jugend were pretty into this kind of "humour" too.
The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. - Theodore Roosevelt
Deutsche Christen...
This really IS the most important election in our lifetimes.
The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. - Theodore Roosevelt
His smile seems so spooky to me. It's more appropriate for Halloween night. His laugh is even worse.
Felicia
Rachel Maddow in her show tonight said that in the McSame rally today, a supporter said "terrorist" and in pitbull palin's rally, a supporter said "kill him".
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Either way completely shocking, highly inappropriate that a candidate would NOT stop these comments - but honestly McSame is proving that all he cares about is winning at all cost - however, the reality is that he will Lose.
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GOD forbid that these type people completely lacking in principles would even have a chance...
OMG... McShame campaigned for Wallace? Well, that explains a whole lot. Wallace was in neck deep with the Klan.
The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. - Theodore Roosevelt
"OMG... McShame campaigned for Wallace? Well, that explains a whole lot. Wallace was in neck deep with the Klan. "
YOu know what the sad thing about Wallace was he ended up getting shot and spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. It was a black woman that took care of him and the blacks who supported. All the hateful Klan members basically turned their backs on him. He said he regretted the day he ever got involved with the Klan and him espousing racial hatred for a vote. It's might funny how the tables turn.
It's might funny how the tables turn.
I like this saying, and I think it applies here....
"God don't like ugly!"
or
"God never sleeps!"
The excerpt below is copied from Daily Kos, and is a report of other things that went on at Palin's rally. I am truly afraid, and not terribly proud of my country these days.
I don't hold McCain or Palin responsible for what their supporters yell, but they definitely don't exhibit the behavior of great leaders by allowing these things to go on and not speak out about them.
Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy."
The problems we face will not be solved by the minds that created them.
Why aren't we seeing the footage of this??? I hope it comes out.
The American people are slow to wrath, but once that wrath is kindled, it burns like a consuming flame. - Theodore Roosevelt
Ind: I watched Rachel's show last night, too. Do you recall a story about the U.S. Army adopiting a new policy? If I remember correctly, it was basically taking the Bush Doctrine as official policy, but I could be remembering incorrectly. I just heard it in passing.
I am trying to find more data on the issue but don't know where to start. The story disturbed me when I heard it but I can't remember the details.
Yes...it seems that Army will be doing more nations building, moer "Peace Corps" like missions.....
I missed most of the segment but I think their mission statement has afficially changed.
I don't know where to begin. Obviously, you can never control what someone in your crowd of supporters says or does-but you certainly can respond to it/send a message of disapproval. Saying nothing condones the behavior. I am so ashamed right now that anyone would find it acceptable to shout out such hatred or to throw such hatred towards the press (I am not saying they are always perfect-but this is ridiculous!)-and that someone running for President or VP would stand silent. This goes way back to the early attacks we saw on Obama-some more subtle than others but all outlining a scary racial theme of hatred. The GOP and McCain's campaign will now have to bear some responsibility here. This will not reflect highly upon such leadership and I predict will be outright rejected by the majority of Americans. If McCain does not address this or allows it to continue, there will be major consequences. It is just disgusting. I know that if something inappropriate were yelled at an Obama rally and Obama heard it, he'd confront it immediately. The shame I feel is in 3 parts:
-as a Republican (what has happened to my party? This is truly rock bottom!)
-as a Christian (the audience is supposed to the religious right-wing. How is that acting in a Christian way?)
-as an American
Let's turn the page on this and elect Obama! It's our only hope!
Kelly,
Well written (great points) and I agree with you completely!
....or instead of caves, back on the plantation.
Felicia - texas
Free Speech stops when inciting terrorism ...
There's no constitutional free speech protection for inciting terrorism; Google-YouTube and NYT are off-base
"... I, like all Americans, cherish and understand the critical importance of truly respecting freedom of speech in our American Democracy.