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10/14/08

McCain/Palin Campaign Not Acceptable!

Where it all began and I will NOT let people forget! Notice the date of this post! Nothing has changed but gotten worse. We have now witnessed the violence of this kind of wording and hate mongering!



John McCain and Sarah Palin have stopped talking about the issues, and have instead launched a strategy relying on fear-mongering, racial divisions, and hate. The result is McCain/Palin supporters saying "kill him!" "terrorist!" "traitor," and more, at rallies, with the McCain campaign playing dumb in response.It's outrageous and it must stop.

McCain-Palin rallies have started to look more like mob scenes than political events. The candidates keep asking "who is the real Barack Obama?" (a question that also kicks off almost every McCain television ad).In response, supporters have yelled "terrorist!" and "traitor!" And the venom goes beyond Obama--one McCain/Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at a Black member of a news crew, saying "sit down, boy."

McCain and Palin are going down a dangerous path. Watching some of their supporters being interviewed shows the kind of fear their campaign is stoking and exploiting.McCain and Palin are clearly in the driver's seat. They've personally made it a point to use "terrorist" and "Obama" in the same sentence; they have surrogates repeatedly refer to him by his middle-name;and they keep pushing the discredited guilt-by-association smears that have long been debunked.

All of it plays on the much more sinister rumors in anonymous smear emails which claim Obama is Muslim, anti-American, and is somehow connected with terrorists. This strategy is powerful because Obama is Black, and it's designed to make Obama's race a disadvantage without appearing overtly racist.

As Americans of all stripes, we've seen how Barack Obama's historic candidacy has moved our friends and family to have a more honest conversation about race in this country. It's inspired a lot of people to step out of their comfort zone and confront racism in their own communities, with their friends, neighbors and families.

In the final days of this campaign, we can't let a desperate John McCain and Sarah Palin drag us down. If enough of us act, we can create a powerful story in the media about Black people and our allies of all races standing together against race-baiting and fear-mongering coming from the McCain/Palin campaign. But it will take a lot of us speaking in unison.

I think that McCain and Palin should be held accountable for promoting hate, racism, violence and mob mentality!-Mem

Breaking News Which Is Very SAD! This policeman should be fired!
Denver Police Sergeant sends email that says Obama is Anti-Christ! Oct. 14th 2008

Yesterday we had a brick smash the Colorado Democratic Party's window. Today we have a Denver Police Sergeant sending out ridiculous lies about Barack Obama using the department's email system.

9 Wants to Know has learned that an e-mail suggesting a presidential candidate is the anti-christ was sent from a Denver Police sergeant's computer to several other officers and friends.

A copy of the e-mail was forwarded to 9Wants to Know by a Denver officer who said it should be exposed because it was wrong to send this type of e-mail by a police officer using DPD computers.

Monday, Denver Police Chief Gerry Whitman began an investigation saying this “appears to be unauthorized use of the city e-mail system.” - 9News

The Hate Talk Express rides on.

3 comments:

  1. Exactly right. I also think that McCain/Palin should be held accountable for the audience and their mob mentality actions. They are the ones who are inciting it.
    By the way you have an awesome blog. Very nice!
    Mem

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  2. Bringing this back one more time! Where it all started....I don't want anyone to forget. The right are still saying the same thing and still trying to make the President the bad guy and violence has played out since the elections...this is where it started. With Palin and McCain!

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  3. When you have people at your rally yelling “Kill Him,” you have some problems with your supporters. When you throw around the word terrorist so easily, when failing to acknowledge your own ties to unsavory characters, you have some problems. But this is all McCain has, he has to go with it. I like the guy yelling “Commie Faggot.” Who thought that would ever come back in vogue? http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/

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