Was just watching CNN broadcasting McCain’s speech from Pennsylvania. A woman just shouted out “Kill Obama” (very audible) and the crowd cheered. McCain DID NOT repudiate the remarks at all. A disgrace. [UPDATE (by David): See video posted below and the comments. It’s possible that the person shouting at 0:18 actually says “No Obama.” Listen for yourself.]
Please share widely!
I’ve heard people demand the violent, grisly death of President Bush in the past 8 years.
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p>That left shoe isn’t fitting too comfortably on your right foot is it?
feel free to supply links to some these innumerable instances, and in particular feel free to indicate the instances where such utterances were made in the presence of a high profile Democratic party figure, and he/she failed to repudiate them.
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p>Otherwise you’re just moanin’ because your candidate is suckin’ wind.
Although I’ve seen plenty of articles about McCain taking the mic away from a woman who called Obama an Arab.
but the sound is busted on my computer til I get a hold of a Vista CD. (what I wouldn’t give to have XP back!) so I’ll take your word for it that it’s quite audible.
…even in the classiet places.
That has NOT happened.
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p>For one thing, it’s stupid to do so, no matter WHAT you think. The Secret Service takes any and all threats, no matter how unlikely, VERY seriously.
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p>If it did happen, especially in a public forum, we would be reading about it in the papers.
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p>NOT ONE PERSON, liberal or not, in my presence has EVER said anything remotely like that.
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p>But you know, you must be the expert. Because you are a total comment god.
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p>(Yes, that was completely sarcastic.)
Because it hasn’t happened very much.
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p>But I wouldn’t say the subject hasn’t been broached, very unfortunately. There was a movie made of the subject; and although I wouldn’t call that “calling for his assassination”, it was pretty distasteful.
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p>Joe, can you name any prominent examples of people calling for Bush’s assassination? Just to refresh our memories?
that’s about as prominent as what happened here on CNN.
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p>Gosh. You know, mic placement is HUGE for something like this. Just because the mic picked it up doesn’t mean McCain heard it. Ever watched a baseball game and all you can hear is this one guy yelling and talking and making you want to mute the TV and put the radio on? It’s because of the mic.
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p>I would hardly call some dipshit yelling at a campaign event a prominent example. As far as people calling for bush to be assassinated? I wish I could give you links of people saying it to my face, but unfortunately I don’t carry a flip around with me.
I echo David’s comment. McCain’s speech was covered by CNN around 1:00pm today. The remark was shouted out and very audible to the home audience. McCain stopped his speech while the crowd cheered the remark. He then continued on his “straight talk” speech. No repudiation of the remark. This is hate language pure and simple. There is no place for this. For a major political figure to not put that remark down, says a lot about his character or lack thereof.
I trust the Secret Service will be on it.
the person who shouts at 0:18 may well be saying “No Obama.” Listen again and see what you think.
What I heard from replaying it back on CNN was “Kill” as opposed to “No”. Either way, didn’t McCain ask for more civil discourse in last night’s debate when he was the victim. He should have a conversation with his crowds about civil discourse.
I was especially dismayed at McCain’s call for a repudiation of Congressman Lewis. Lewis is a bona fide hero and I was repulsed by McCain’s opportunism at his expense.
Sounds like “no obama” to me.
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p>I certainly wouldn’t expect a candidate, in the middle of concentrating on giving a speech, to do anything but tune out noise from the crowd. Especially if you don’t want to get distracted, lose your place, and watch a video of yourself stumbling to pick up the thread, hilariously narrated by Jon Stewart tonight.
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p>”Character” attacks made by Democrats, like “character” attacks made by Republicans, tend to make the attacker look worse than the attackee.
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p>He isn’t evil; he disagrees with liberals on issues liberals deem important. Not everyone who does so is acting in bad faith.
“I certainly wouldn’t expect a candidate, in the middle of concentrating on giving a speech, to do anything but tune out noise from the crowd.”
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p>Such completely and total malarkey.
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p>I remember on multiple occasions witnessing Deval Patrick, in the very middle of his speech, admonish his audience for booing when he mentioned Healey’s name in order to take on some point (or more likely, attack) of hers or other. I’ve seen other candidates do it too.
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p>The candidate TOTALLY COMPLETELY sets the mood and the tenor of his campaign. McCain ought to be ashamed, ashamed that people are shouting like an angry death mob during his speeches, because that whole time, they were doing it, not just whatever that woman was shouting, if indeed it was “kill.”
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p>All McCain has to do is stop people from doing it a few times, and it’ll stop happening. But he’s relishing it, because some enthusiasm is better than none at all in his mind.
“The candidate TOTALLY COMPLETELY sets the mood and the tenor of his campaign.”
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p>I’d change that to “The good candidate TOTALLY COMPLETELY sets the mood and the tenor of his campaign.”
Thank you Mr. Lynne. That’s the remark. Again, disgraceful and shows a lack of character.
… we don’t know what he could or couldn’t hear from the podium. I don’t remember anything about his hearing coming up when reporters were permitted (what was it… an hour?) to sift through hundreds of pages of documents about his medical history. It’s also probably been drilled into him about staying on message the day after the debate, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he heard it and ignored it.
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p>Even with the benefit of the doubt, it says something about my estimation of his character that I wouldn’t be surprised if he just ignored it.
Even without knowing what was being shouted, how could he miss the angry, mob-like shouting that was going on the whole damn time? It’s allowing THAT that allows the other, worse crap to continue.
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p>McCain has no respect for Obama, and so neither do his supporters. It comes from the top.
Yesterday, McCain and the RNC started robocalls to independents. The message read:
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p>On Hardball, Rep. Bachmann from Minnesota was suggesting that those of us who were liberal or left-leaning and Democratic were anti-American. She also suggested that the media should investigate Congress to determine who is anti-American.
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p>This is McCartyism at its worst as well as guilt by association. This week’s issue of Education Week has a story on the Chicago Education Project.
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p>This was not a radical education project. This is hate speech determined to divide us more as a country. Guess when you can’t talk to the issues, you need to do as much mud slinging as possible. And hope something sticks. Disgraceful.
While John McCain was trying to lay out his argument to be president, he’s interrupted by a supporter only interested in making sure the other guy loses. The crowd cheers this, forgetting that candidate they are supporting is actually there, trying to speak.
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p>That is the best case scenario.