Ignorant Republicans embarrass McCain, their party

john mccain has besmirched himself, letting the rove/atwater machine drive his campaign into the swampy slime. the shreiking kooks at these town hall meetings are the result of a smear campaign that should result in a landslide for obama. the day of the white trash republican is numbered. however, the only thing that is saving us is that they are dying faster than they reproduce. thank god for the internet.

Senator McCain, I'd like to ask you why you've attacked Senator Obama for associating with the former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, even though you have befriended G. Gordon Liddy, who was jailed for what amounts to subversion of the Constitution. Liddy also once told his radio listeners to deal with agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms by shooting them -- "a head shot," he recommended. What's the difference between Liddy and Ayers?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/13/AR2008101302171.html

Why is being a Muslim a slur? It's inaccurate, but not a slur. Or a smear. That's some kind of new politics and rising above the hate double standard we have here, isn't?

You call me that four letter word and yeah, I think violence might be a result. The fact that you dismiss that t-shirt as no big deal tells me a lot about you.

I would guess you feel the 'bros before hos' t-shirt is an acceptable shirt to wear.

Funny, I don't see one peep out the women of the Star about these things being directed at Palin. Not one. But oh, baby, don't you say one thing about Obama, that just gets them a going. Shame. As Madeline Albright said, "there is a special place in hell for some women"--the devil is going to need to add on.

http://weeklystandard.com/Weblogs/TWSFP/TWSFPView.asp#9124

This is not the same thing as the mobs at a McCain rally calling out "Kill him" and "terrorist!"
Wearing a tee shirt that labels Governor Palin a four letter word may be rude and offensive but it's not going to incite violence. The only things missing at a McCain/Palin rally are pitchforks and torches. Burning crosses are optional.

Support your candidate with intelligence and respect. This is excellent advice. But one cannot let stand the the deliberate effort to mobilize voters by inciting hatred. It must be pointed out and condemned by all each and every time it occurs..

where's your outrage over the "Obama is a Muslim" slurs?

Yes, it is tempting to tear down instead of build up. But it is critical at this time that we band together for the common cause of seeing Obama-Biden in office and keep McCain-Palin out of office.

Please reach that goal via respect and civil discourse, the key word being civil here.

McCain and Palin have sown the wind with their hate speeches against Obama. They are generating an Aryan Nation, Skinhead response that is reminiscent of the Nazi rallies at Nuremburg and our own KKK lynch mobs. Shouts of Traitor, Kill Him! Off with his head! are frequently heard. McCain and his partner in crime are fully aware of the meaninglessness of their charges but it plays well to blood-thirsty rabid supporters who cannot accept McCain's impending defeat. McCain's campaign is a disgrace.

I find your headline and the post both inflammatory....unnecessarily so.... where's your corresponding indignation regarding the democrats wearing "tee" shirts at Obama rallies with the phrase "Palin is a C--T" ?

All of you who keep harping on Ayres keep forgetting (or is it simply choosing not to remember) that Barack Obama met William Ayres in the home of a FRIEND of RONALD REAGAN. He served on a board with him with prominent REPUBLICANS as well. There is NO EVIDENCE that he ever heard one of Rev. Wright's infamous tirades. On the other hand, there is an abundance of evidence that John McCain belonged to and consorted with an Anti-Semetic group (according to the Anti-Defamation League) which also housed Nazi sympathizers, as well as people involved in the Iran Contra scandal and a host of other scurrilous operations and questionable activities which could easily be described as TERRORIST IN NATURE, including financing the beginning of the Taliban. McCain himself has ties to Iran-Contra. There's the Keating 5 scandal, for which he was censured (and got off because he is an honorable man, i.e., a war hero) and which his wife and father in law were involved in up to their necks. He decided he couldn't stay with his wife who had WAITED FOR HIM for 5 and a half years while he was imprisoned because she'd been in a disfiguring and disabling accident, so he: went to Hawaii; cheated; met Cindy, a rich heiress; and divorced his inconvenient wife. Oh, by the way, his mother then sued his ex-wife for the things she'd given her during their marriage.

He earned the nickname McNasty in high school, and has maintained its upkeep throughout his life.

His campaign has been running on lies. Last week, it was instilled with fear and hate. The GOP has relied on the ignorance of a certain number of voters to maintain a competitive number of voters. If people actually looked at what their party stands for and supports, they'd lose a large number of their voters. Governor Rabblerouser has done her best to stoke that segment of their voters, which even their own analysts and supporters were telling them was going too far and could lead to violence. The people in those rallies resembled a mob; if you doubt it, watch the comments made by a number of them as they entered one of those events when they were asked what they thought of Barack Obama. Fanning the flames of racism, fear, hate, and violence is exactly what their campaign was doing.

At least McCain / Palin have toned down the rhetoric. However, they still have yet to learn how to tell the truth.

The maniac Dems who have been screaming for G. Bush's head - naw, they're not ignorant nuts. Neither are the 9-11 Troofers - just regular Joes, too. And then there are those very normal Dems who think Obama is the second coming of the Messiah - they're just regular folk. It's just the Republicans that are ignorant boobs who are an embarrassment.

I guess the difference between Republicans and Democrats is that regular Republicans are CAPABLE of being embarrassed. Democrats are shameless fools. IMHO

It might have been an actual, unscripted ad lib. Give him points for not making some wisecrack about, "I suppose he'll eventually tell us," or, "You mean this week or next week when he changes his mind?"

When someone comes from the truth, we know it without knowing how we know it. We know who is spinning BS and who is coming from the truth. Obama doesn't fill time selling the self. He is selling a way to rescue this nation from 8 years of unadulterated BS. We bought into it and watched the great slide into economic ruination. We looked the other way while they sold us a fake war as a photo op to garner power and authenticity. We have been duped from 9/11 to this moment in time, and we have had enough. We aren't going to swallow any more BS because we know what it looks like. We can taste it immediately, and garbage is garbage, no matter how you dress it up. We have inherited the most god awful mess imaginable, but you can view this as the great opportunity to serve the people, finally, instead of pure greed. I look fortward to the shift from darkness to light, from utter BS to real policies that get this wonderful country up and running once again.,

That was the first thing that struck me: "He's an Arab." "No, he's a decent family man." Whaaaa? So incredibly insensitive and shortsighted, I can't think of words to describe it.

They so carefully screen anyone they allow in the hall, that's how. Do you honestly believe McC's events are open forum? Hah.

I think its odd that the McCain campaign is trying its hardest to come up with weak arguments about Obama's past associations, when they have such liabilities of their own. It's well documented that McCain was flying to vacation destinations with the criminal Keating, which was a big part of this nation's LAST banking meltdown. And of course "palling around" with G.W. Bush is bad enough. But Palin has also been an active participant in the group in Alaska that wants to secede from the United States (Country first??). Not to mention that Palin has been palling around with "witch hunters" at her church. That's just weird. Look, Sarah seems like a nice enough person to have a beer with, but that's not qualification to run the country. A lot of people wanted to have a beer with GW Bush, until they realized he was posssibly our worst president ever. So, fine invite Palin to the block party, but she's just not qualified to run the world's most powerful country. And whether or not you put much stock in "book smarts," McCain graduated in the bottom 1% of his class. Think about the bottom 1% of your class.

Because the McCain supporters don't turn on them immediately and beat them senseless.

This video says it all. McCain supporters in NYC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQalRPQ8stI

How can you be so certain that all those calling out in that CROWD of people are actually McCain supporters?

You're not qualified by experience, education, or native intelligence to judge what is "typical" for a liberal. Sorry. Please empty your drool cup outside the door.

The fries are ready in cooker #3 PC Boy.. don't let them burn this time!

The strain of living under the Obama Presidency will probably prove fatal for microcephalics, such as, for example, yourself. I suggest Waziristan, a truly polite society.

Are you kidding?
"to his credit...."?!
Do you really think his answer was respectable?

"he's an arab."
"no ma'am, he's a decent family man...."?!

He showed absolute, total disrespect for Arabs by saying, in essence, "no, he's not an Arab- he's a decent human being."

I don't understand why the media is so complacent when he says stuff like that.

But yes, I do agree that there are some ignorant voters out there:

How can these people think that if he were indeed a Muslim Arab, that he would allow same sex marriages AND abortion?

No "true" Muslim condones such behavior; they're more inline with the Southern Baptists than one could imagine!

you Obama lovers don't like facts like Ayres, Reverands Wrong & Pflager and convicted felon Resko...

Obama, closet racist, pacifist, socialist, unfit to lead....

Interestingly, I heard Michelle Malkin and other right-wing mouthpieces, in the past couple of days defending the obnoxious and threatening behavior of the McCain/Palin audiences. They are calling it a media fabrication, essentially.

And, they continue with the Ayers lie.

2 major, independent, fact-checking sites have fully examined and reported on the McCain campaigns charge (their ONLY campaign theme, at this point).

The result? McCain and Palin have been lying and distorting the truth.

I have highlights from both sites, along with the links to both, in one convenient location, for those who want to fight smearing with truth.

It's at:

http://scootmandubious.blogspot.com/2008/10/fact-check-debunks-lie-about-ayers.html

Palin is guilty of inciting hate. She needs to shut up and realize she's playing with fire. Some of these people are taking this way too serious and it wouldn't surprise me if they resorted to violence.