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“Kill him!”, “Terrorist!”, “Sit down boy!”— Sounds from the latest McCain/Palin rallies
UPDATE: (10.9.08) Just found this on Ben Smith’s blog over at Politico. Man-on-the-street interviews from a McCain/Palin rally in Strongsville, OH.
Secret Service is looking into the “KILL HIM” threat yelled during Palin’s rally in Clearwater, FL. No thanks to the McCain/Palin campaign.
I attended two Obama rallies during the primaries. At each one, Obama made a point of praising Sen. Clinton for her many achievements, calling her a worthy opponent. At one of the rallies during this praise, someone in the audience booed. No words, no threats. Just a boo.
Some audience members chuckled. Obama paused, furrowed his brow, shook his head… And flat out condemned the negativitiy. Like, denounced and rejected it.
So when I see stuff like this from McCain/Palin rallies, it royally pisses me off.
McCain, seriously? Someone calls Obama a terrorist at your rally, you take a pause, let the audience bask in their laughter and excitement, and then go on to condemn the “angry barrage of insults” that come out of the Obama camp? Really?
Oh, and let’s not forget about that Palin rally in Fort Myers yesterday, where a supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, “Sit down, boy.”
But worse yet, the “Kill him!” proposition that came from a supporter at a Palin rally in Clearwater, FL. Seriously?
It’s beyond gutter politics. It’s criminal.
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McCain said on October 10 of 2008 :
“I have to tell you. Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don’t have to be scared of as president of the United States,” McCain told a supporter at a town hall meeting in Minnesota who said he was “scared” of the prospect of an Obama presidency and of who the Democrat would appoint to the Supreme Court.
From pumping up hostile crowds to trying to calm them down
The event of McCain calming down two followers filled with fear of Obama.
A woman that believed Obama to be an Arab and a man who was afraid of a “moslem” or “terrorist”.
This shows how confused and old is John McCain. This is one in a thousand little scenes that shows how McCain is imploding under pressure.
McCain was afraid of being accused of inciting to Violence. And that is exactly what he and Palin have been doing during the past weeks.
I have read and heard about Too Many McCain Incidents : lack of mental stability and emotional maturity, short temper, impetuosity and proclivity for high-stakes gambling and also casinos, McCain gambles in Casinos”
Uncontrolled reactions and Bad Temper : Irascible and Arrogant McCain. This is worse than Alzheimer and Racism.
The worst in any president is to become mad falling pray to irresponsible actions.
The Election is a test of Intelligence for America.
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