"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.
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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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This implosion would be fun to watch weren't so disturbing.
Posted by: Jason W | October 07, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Totally - it's like a lynch mob up in those rallies.
Posted by: RyanB | October 07, 2008 at 02:52 PM
I also want to laugh, but it makes me sick that these are Americans.
I wish they'd say what they really think. "I hate Obama because he's not white."
Posted by: Manny Stevens | October 09, 2008 at 01:55 PM
Sigh.
No one heard anyone say "kill him" that could be verified. Yes, McCain and his campaign is stooping to stupid appeals to try and defeat Obama. McCain is losing, and everyone knows it. But even the Secret Service looked into this and found nothing solid:
http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html
Will the media retract this? Of course not. I guess it's better to let the story live and stay out there. It sells more papers and gets more clicks to say that Republicans are racist, I suppose.
Obama himself propagated this at the last debate.
He really should take the high road and say it didn't happen - because apparently, it didn't.
Posted by: Pocho Saurus | October 20, 2008 at 05:54 PM