Are John McCain and Sarah Palin running for president of the United States, or are they simply rallying members of local KKK? Who exactly is in the crowd at the McCain/Palin rallies at this point? As of right now, the McCain/Palin campaign is literally preying on the hatred and racism within the Republican Party to try and salvage its failed campaign. Here's what we know so far:
1. During a rally in New Mexico on Monday, John McCain asked his audience: "Who is Barack Obama?" Someone in the crowd, yelling loud enough to pick it up on television, yelled back "Terrorist!" John McCain did not deny the claim. Watch the video here.
2. During a rally in Florida with Sarah Palin, one audience member suggested killing Barack Obama. Read about it here. Now, I'm not well-versed in Senate law, but I have a pretty good feeling threatening to murder a member of the Senate deserves at the very least an investigation, no? Or is this going to become a common occurrence at Sarah Palin rallies? How many people are allowed to suggest murder as a feasible way to decide this election before someone does something? Hmmmmmmm ...
3. During the same rally in Flora with Sarah Palin, one particular audience member had a rather striking suggestion for a black man in attendance:
"Worse, Palin's routine attacks on the media have begun to spill into
ugliness. In Clearwater, arriving reporters were greeted with shouts
and taunts by the crowd of about 3,000. Palin then went on to blame
Katie Couric's questions for her "less-than-successful interview with
kinda mainstream media." At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters
in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others
hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy." -- According to The Washington Post
I have some bad news for those of you who are surprised by all this: the Straight-Talk Express never existed. John McCain is just like President Bush: a priviledged failure who used his daddy's name to climb the ladder. A man with a temper like no other. A man who, in this last month before the election, will resort to the lowest attacks possible in order to try and win.
