Kerry Condemns "Hate-Filled" Language At McCain-Palin Rallies
The Obama campaign has thus far largely stayed away from reports about the increasingly angry rhetoric coming from some attendees of McCain-Palin rallies. (The candidate did make an indirect reference to the rallies this morning, saying, "it's not hard to rile up a crowd by stoking anger and division.") 2004 Democratic nominee John Kerry, however, directly addresses the issue in a fundraising appeal today.
"The reports are piling up of ugliness at the campaign rallies of John McCain and Sarah Palin," Kerry writes. "Audience members hurl insults and racial epithets, call out 'Kill Him!' and 'Off With His Head,' and yell 'treason' when Senator Obama's name is mentioned. I strongly condemn language like this which can only be described as hate-filled."
Kerry also put the comments on his "anti-"smear" site. And he added in the fundraising appeal: "According to reports, every ad paid for by the John McCain campaign is now a negative ad - every single one! McCain allows his running mate to make outrageous charges that only a few years ago would have disqualified someone from serious consideration for national office."
The Obama campaign is in a somewhat difficult position when it comes to handling reports of offensive behavior at McCain-Palin events. On the one hand, it's in Obama's best interest to spotlight extreme rhetoric that surfaces at GOP rallies. On the other, the Obama campaign has accused the McCain camp of trying to distract the American people instead of addressing real issues. And that's a tough case to make if they start talking about these sorts of ugly sideshows.
"The reports are piling up of ugliness at the campaign rallies of John McCain and Sarah Palin," Kerry writes. "Audience members hurl insults and racial epithets, call out 'Kill Him!' and 'Off With His Head,' and yell 'treason' when Senator Obama's name is mentioned. I strongly condemn language like this which can only be described as hate-filled."
Kerry also put the comments on his "anti-"smear" site. And he added in the fundraising appeal: "According to reports, every ad paid for by the John McCain campaign is now a negative ad - every single one! McCain allows his running mate to make outrageous charges that only a few years ago would have disqualified someone from serious consideration for national office."
The Obama campaign is in a somewhat difficult position when it comes to handling reports of offensive behavior at McCain-Palin events. On the one hand, it's in Obama's best interest to spotlight extreme rhetoric that surfaces at GOP rallies. On the other, the Obama campaign has accused the McCain camp of trying to distract the American people instead of addressing real issues. And that's a tough case to make if they start talking about these sorts of ugly sideshows.
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See all 164 CommentsSenator McCain has fallen off the path of leadership and honor.
Senator McCain has fallen off the path of leadership and honor.
Obama may or may not have the same idealogy as these radical men, but his association with them suggests that they may share some of the same political interests and goals--goals that many citizens view as contrary to traditional American ideals and values.
Couple the financial support and political assistance of men like terrorist-bomber Bill Ayers, and the responses from the crowds take on a tone that can be easily understood in the context of a political rally for Obama opposition.
Did you check McCain''s list or are you another one of his blind followers?
"For 8 years the hate drooling haters of Bush, GOP and Republican have made slime and smear and acually created a cash making industry of hating Bush, the GOP and the Republicans."
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So you love Bush, GOP and Republicans without conditions despite their errors (4,000 dead americans in combat/more than 2,500 in 9/11, Osama Bin Laden and Al Quaeda still doing the polka, and the Taliban is back in Afghanistan, as well as all those years of Republicans not seeing the sh*t that''s coming to the country). WOW what have you been smoking?
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"Demoncraps, the 2 faced party of hate drooling rage and screaming libel and slander."
And what you just said was full of peace, love and happiness...how sweet!
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"Poor little whiney babies can dish it out by the buckets but can''''t take a few teaspoonfulls back."
Yup, we sure can see that from the way you are acting.
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"Payback is never fun to hypocrites."
You betcha! So how does it feel?
Payback is never fun to hypocrites.
2 faced hypocites who are now getting a taste of their own medicine that helped depress and trash this country for the last 8 years.
Demoncraps, the 2 faced party of hate drooling rage and screaming libel and slander.
Demoncraps, they wrote the rules on throwing filth at Repubs and GOP and Bush now they are so hpocritically two faced angry anyone would DARE to use thier own filthy tactics against them.
Poor little whiney babies can dish it out by the buckets but can''t take a few teaspoonfulls back.
Funny how that makes me think of McCain.....
It''s simply AWE-INSPIRING for those of us that PAY ATTENTION to HISTORY.
Let''s see HATE was Mussolini''s TOOL which INSPIRED ADOLPH to USE THAT TOOL to Inspire HATRED against not only the Jews but also the Gypsies, blacks, the mentally handicapped and ALL THOSE NOT LIKE THEIR version of "US".
So, the wheel of HISTORY has come nearly FULL CIRCLE already in LESS THAN 70 years - Long enough to DUMB DOWN a NEW population and make them FORGET THE HORROR OF FEAR BASED MANIPULATION targeting ONE after ANOTHER SCAPEGOAT.
Now, who will be those "scapegoats in this NEW WITCH HUNT?? "liberals" have become the NEW fear-monger Palin''s "DIRTY JEW" to spew HATRED at.
The PROBLEM though is that it WILL NOT end there.
Just like anyone - particularly the VULNERABLE were the ones that were tortured and murdered in PAST "witch hunts" like WWII and Salem.
EMPLOYING the tactics of SCAPEGOATING and HATE removes RATIONAL thought and replaces it with an irrational MOB mentality.
In the end, the consequences are dire and HUMANITY is DIMINISHED.
you mean you''re giving the previous Republican controlled legislature(who held it longer than 2 years) a free pass on this one? They didn''t see it coming?
You voted for Bush, right? Twice?
For the last 8 years we%u2019ve watched the Bush administration invoke the hate and fear of the public and manipulate the public support to start the war on Iraq. They%u2019ve shamelessly used the same tactic of fear and hate to endorse torture, distortion and violation of the US Bill or Rights, criminal eavesdropping and invasion of the privacy of American citizens, deregulation of the energy and defense industries to support the criminals at Enron and Haliburton, and complete destruction of the American values figuratively, literally and ethically.
You know, your comment supports the perspective that there are 2 kinds of Republicans. There is small number of filthy rich Republicans who exploit everybody, and there is large number of the often inebriated %u201CJoe-6-packs%u201D who mindlessly follow the Republican leaders and chant their provocative but shallow bumper-sticker slogans. Somehow, I suspect you are not one of the filthy rich.
He pals around with people who wanted to overthrow the government. One of them is His closest follower.
He also pals around with persons whose business dealings are shady.
He was listening to a raving religious lunatic, and spoke well of him, but rejected the vision of that raving lunatic, still He showed respect for him.
He despises capitalism and instead promotes a very socialistic vision during speeches.
He believes health care is a right not a privilege and allows people to be cured for the least expense.
He talks about hope and did not incite fear, nor promoted it, with those He talked to.
He kept back a lot of things secret and would not say everything He knew to everyone.
He did not speak or rile the crowds to anger and hate but pushed for change.
He also talked about meeting your enemy without precondition.
He only told the truth about Himself to those He trusted.
Somebody shouted "Kill Him!" at an important political gathering.
In the last minutes of His Life forgave a thief and died besides scoundrels.
Oh, and He lived 2000 years ago...maybe that''s why...
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