There was a time when I respected, even admired, Sen. John McCain. There have been times when he has reached across party lines, authoring or co-authoring legislation for the betterment of the country. During the primaries, I knew many people – lifelong democrats – who were upset with the tone of the debate among the Democrats and began to seriously consider voting for McCain because of his affability and candor.
That time has passed, as it becomes more and more apparent that McCain will sell his beliefs, his soul and his country, just for the sake of getting elected. Consider the recent surge in attacks on Sen. Barack Obama from McCain and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin.
Obama “launched his political career in the living room of a domestic terrorist.”
“Our opponent … is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he’s palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”
“Barack Obama’s friend tried to kill my family.
I don’t really care about smears or attacks on an opponent during a political campaign: both sides do it. I don’t care that the Republican Party is playing the race card – they’ve been doing it for decades. Negativity and politics are synonymous, and I think everyone has accepted that.
But as Frank Rich this past Sunday, a dangerous line is being crossed. Attendees at McCain and Palin rallies, in response to these ludicrous accusations, have shouted “Terrorist!, “Treason,” “Kill Him!” and “Off With His Head.” In a country where racism still exists, and where a constant concern over an Obama candidacy has been that someone would assassinate him, any language or verbal attack that makes this more likely – without any actions by the McCain campaign to condemn such inflammatory outbursts from their supporters – is despicable.
There may be negativity coming from both sides of the campaign, but I haven’t heard Obama or Joe Biden say things about McCain that cause their supporters to yell that McCain should be killed.
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I meant to say Secret
I meant to say Secret Service on the last one (just posted on Drudge, no hard work there) but also…
“There may be negativity coming from both sides of the campaign, but I haven’t heard Obama or Joe Biden say things about McCain that cause their supporters to yell that McCain should be killed.”
Ludacris:
“McCain don’t belong in any chair unless he’s paralyzed”
If I were a betting man, I’m sure half of the left wingers reading this would say “Its just paralyzing not DEATH! Such a big difference!”
Or this: http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/29/abort-sarah-palin/
Lefties: “Abortion isn’t murder so this is TOTALLY OK!”
Or this: http://michellemalkin.com/2008/10/12/pds-mobsters-in-philly-lets-stone-her-old-school/
Or this: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjM4NjFjZTc5MGJmMzkzMDE1NWUzZDlkOTEzOWUxMzQ=
But no, Obama the post-partisan (what a joke that turned out to be) and his disciples are SO SO SO much much holier than thou.
MATT DRUDGE DEBUNKS YOUR
MATT DRUDGE DEBUNKS YOUR MYTH
On “Kill him”
http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html
Why does Alex HUSSEIN Ely
Why does Alex HUSSEIN Ely continue to pal around with terrorist elitists such as Senator Barry O’Government? Is it because he loves arugula so much, and arugula is a plant just like ACORNs, which want to subvert our democracy? You can put lipstick on a columnist, but that can’t hide the fact that Bill Ayers secretly wrote this blog post. Answers to these questions and more when I interview America-hater Alex Ely this HC weekend, without preconditions. Stay tuned!
you’ve got it all
you’ve got it all backwards. it’s the pubs who are registering dogs, kids, dead people; and disenfranchising those they don’t want to count. i can see how you might be confused in this day and age of doubletalk and i’m glad to have been of service :>
SNOPES DEBUNKS YOUR
SNOPES DEBUNKS YOUR MYTH
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kenya.asp
Oh, ffs, the
Oh, ffs, the drama….
I’ve heard that the yelling was coming from Obama plants. That would really, really surprise me, given how truly honorable and honest all the Obama workers have been. Hey, trade ya a cigarette if you’ll register your dog and a seven year old….
This is what Obama
This is what Obama doesn’t want the American people to know. In 2006, Obama campaigned for a relative in Kenya, who was running for the Presidency. Obama’s cousins name is Raila Odinga. Subsequently, Odinga lost by 230,000 or so votes. He did not accept the loss. So he called for demonstrations by his political supporters who in turn committed ethnic cleansing and genocide. Point blank, this guy tried to subvert the election process and use blackmail until he got what he wanted. Here is a video that gives a good accounting of the events along with photo’s as proof of Obama and Odinga campaigning together. And Obama, used U.S. taxpayer money for this and his Senatorial position to help this terrorist. Titled: Barack Obama & Raila Odinga – Link: – http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ&feature=related