McCain booed after telling crowd to be respectful to Obama
posted at 8:25 pm on October 10, 2008 by Allahpundit
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The gloves are off on.
But then something weird happens: He acknowledges the “energy” people have been showing at rallies, and how glad he is that people are excited. But, he says, “I respect Sen. Obama and his accomplishments.” People booed at the mention of his name. McCain, visibly angry, stopped them: “I want EVERYONE to be respectful, and lets make sure we are.”…
And then later, again, someone dangled a great big piece of low-hanging fruit in front of McCain: “I’m scared to bring up my child in a world where Barack Obama is president.”
McCain replies, “Well, I don’t want him to be president, either. I wouldn’t be running if I did. But,” and he pauses for emphasis, “you don’t have to be scared to have him be President of the United States.” A round of boos…
UPDATE: Indeed, he just snatched the microphone out the hands of a woman who began her question with, “I’m scared of Barack Obama… he’s an Arab terrorist…”
“No, no ma’am,” he interrupted. “He’s a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements.”
He did the right thing, needless to say, but I’m not sure how this squares with Palin telling people at fundraisers how many supporters are urging her to take the gloves off. It all goes back to this morning’s post: McCain wants to win the election but doesn’t seem to have the stomach to get truly nasty, so he compromises by bringing up Ayers but not pressing the issue too much. Gotta commit one way or another, champ. As it is, it’s a sad, strange situation to have one candidate forced to stick up for the other candidate in front of his own audience.
Now that he’s defended Obama, I think it gives The One cover to call him out on it at the debate on Wednesday in the guise of, “John, I appreciate you trying to set the record straight on my behalf, but this climate you’ve created…” etc etc. In the meantime, here’s the only video I’ve been able to find thus far. Shuster aired the footage where the woman in the audience calls Obama an Arab a few minutes ago, and McCain really did almost yank the mike out of her hand before she could get going and make it worse. It’s not up on MSNBC’s website yet, but if I see it somewhere, I’ll update. Click the image to watch.
Update: Here’s the CNN video via TPM. Best I can do on short notice.
Update: Depending on how much press coverage this incident gets this weekend, I wonder if he won’t decide to abandon the Ayers stuff altogether.
Update: Cox’s transcript is wrong, incidentally. The questioner doesn’t call Obama a terrorist.
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Did John Kerry ever say one nice thing about George W. Bush?
Speedwagon82 on October 11, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Screw McCain. I’m glad his irrational stubbornness got him through the Hanoi Hilton – but it’s the exact same thing that prevents him from listening to the people he’s supposed to represent.
Palin 2012.
thareb on October 11, 2008 at 1:01 AM
And the people he represents are stupid savages (i.e., conservatives).
barry norris on October 11, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Good, the more The One holds McCain responsible for the actions of supporters in a crowd the more McCain is justified in holding The One accountable for the actions of people with whom he’s had long close associations. The One can’t have it both ways.
* Mentored by a racist Communist as a young man in Hawaii
* Another racist communist got him into Harvard Law
* A terrorist helped launch his political career
* A racist hatemonger mentored him. Married him and baptized his children.
* A corrupt felon helped him buy his home.
Ya Barack, let’s talk about an old lady in a crowd you probably planted… that’s a good strategy.
TheBigOldDog on October 11, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Better stupid savages than complete hypocritical retards
TheBigOldDog on October 11, 2008 at 1:05 AM
Exit question, should McCain lead the Republican party after the truly uninspiring job he has done this election season? If not McCain, who would you suggest?
Angry Dumbo on October 11, 2008 at 1:21 AM
Michelle Malkin…. You, Me… Heck, even Allahpundit would be an improvement over anyone we have had in the last four years or are LIKELY to have in the future.
LegendHasIt on October 11, 2008 at 1:26 AM
Other than not calling Obama an Islamic communist terrorist who deserves to be executed for treason, what exactly would you have him do?
barry norris on October 11, 2008 at 1:29 AM
No sense of self-irony.
capitalist piglet on October 11, 2008 at 1:35 AM
What words would you use to describe Obama? Though neither will probably be totally accurate, I just want to see who’s closer to the truth, when I think back to this conversation a couple of years down the road. You know – after he starts revealing himself while in office.
That meeting with Hamas and Hezbollah representatives was a hell of a thing, wasn’t it? How ’bout that Obama campaign?
capitalist piglet on October 11, 2008 at 1:39 AM
Usually, the ones with very limited intellect and nasty disposition go away if you ignore them.
LegendHasIt on October 11, 2008 at 1:43 AM
Barack Obama is basically a giant baby. Nobody likes it when people are mean to babies, even when they are bad. Nevermind that the same liberals outraged at McCain not looking Obama in the eye or other nonsense, treated Dan Quayle, a two term Senator, as a mental defective.
Speedwagon82 on October 11, 2008 at 2:03 AM
This from a person whose side has said there will be riots if their guy doesn’t win, lol, and whose guy also sat in a racist church for 20 years, and who is close buds with a guy who regrets not killing more Americans. Yeah, Conservatives are the savages, lol.
Who needs Hollywood when the real world is so much more comical and ridiculous.
xblade on October 11, 2008 at 2:11 AM
John………….. you don’t realize what you are up against. That is why we are voting for Sarah, not you.
……….. if you don’t get who you are running against by now, you never will.
Seven Percent Solution on October 11, 2008 at 2:31 AM
Hey guys lighten up.Give McCain a little TRUST.He’s fighting against Obama on the MSM’s playing field.If he telegraphs too much,the enemy can use that to their advantage. Think of it this way,we’re on the enemy’s field,the refs are on their side ,and the spectators are real hostile,and this is the LAST SHOT AT THE TROPHY. To mix metaphors, HE’S THE MAN WITH THE PLAN,LET’S RALLY TO THE FLAG BOYS,BUCK UP,AND DRIVE ON. Just my opinion.
bigmike on October 11, 2008 at 3:52 AM
Better to be a stupid savage than a muderous automaton ready to riot at a moment’s notice if your guy loses.
Least, that’s what Carville said you guys would do.
Personally, I’m inclined to believe that the accolytes of a known supporter of infanticide, who has an awful lot of friends who spend their time either encouraging others to acts of violence (Calypso Louie, Phleger; the “priest” with an appetite for murder, Ayers, all those Palestinians, the hip hop community, Al Sharpton, his Kenyan cousin the Marxist dictator, etc…) or engaging in acts of violence themselves (Ayers, the Palestinians, the hip hop community) would be just the kind of people to engage in mindless acts of violence upon command.
A command from a surrogate or group of surrogates, of course.
Someone on that side would have to play messiah should the hoards of Blueshirts throw a massive “tantrum”…
SuperCool on October 11, 2008 at 4:31 AM
So, for the past eight years, we on the right have had to endure the cries of how Bush stole the election (while ACORN is openly doing that right now with no outcry from leftus pols), accusations of racism (while thugs like Hastings make ludicrous statements about Gov. Palin), comparisons to Nazis (while Obama
Hitleryouth squads dance across the nation), calls for the death of Bush (while displays of the death of Clinton and Obama are taken down), but we’re the ones who need to calm down? WHAT THE HELL?!?!?madmonkphotog on October 11, 2008 at 6:44 AM
Obama is perpetuating a massive fraud on this country and is about to pull off a bloodless coup d’état. If McCain doesn’t recognize that Obama’s campaign is engaged in a political insurgency then he is completely out of touch with reality.
http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/clinton-supporters-sharing-evidence-for-rico-case-against-obama-campaign/
rplat on October 11, 2008 at 7:14 AM
Bradky says:
Actually, the exact opposite is true. McCain stands to lose two large constituencies if he continues to be a wimp on Obama: Blue Collar white males, and libertarians.
Blue Collar white males hate Obama cause he’s so opposed to their cultural values – guns, NASCAR, rural lifestyle ect…
Libertarians hate Obama cause he’s a flaming Socialist.
(I happen to belong to both groups as a “Blue Collar libertarian.”)
Don’t forget Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr is on the ballot in 46 states. What, besides Sarah, is to keep both these constituencies from pulling the lever for Barr?
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 7:44 AM
Caped Conservative, it is very much true. But it will be even more extreme than this.
If the feeling sets in that there’s no way McCain can win this, than the Libertarian vote for Bob Barr is going to go up dramatically.
Take a look at my Libertarian Republican blog (no, I’m not fishing for hits here). I ran an article yesterday “pinched” from the UCLA Bruins on-line newspaper. It quoted a young Republican who leans Libertarian who is going to vote for Barr. The poor guy is torn between voting Libertarian or McCain/Palin. He doens’t want Obama to win, so he’s now switched back to McCain.
But, if this guy senses that McCain is toast, why would he risk “throwing his vote away” on the GOP ticket? He might feel he could send a stronger message by voting Libertarian this year.
And he could very well be right.
Imagine the shock from the liberal media when they have to report “It looks like Libertarian Bob Barr has gained 10% of the vote in New Hampshire…”
Talk about a strong message for limited government that would send.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 7:50 AM
Sounds like McCain is now going to campaign for Obama..this makes my head hurt..
Lou on October 11, 2008 at 7:52 AM
Sounds like McCain is now going to campaign for Obama..this makes my head hurt..
Lou on October 11, 2008 at 7:52 AM
McCain believes in our system, no one person has the ability to destroy this country. That being said, having Democrats, especially our current crop, leading the Executive branch and the Legislative branch is a little bit unsettling. I can empathize with the crowds insecurity but emotional outbursts are not helpful.
Cindy Munford on October 11, 2008 at 8:00 AM
No, that’s not the case. McCain IS NOT THE ONLY CHOICE WE HAVE!
Former Congressman Bob Barr is on the ballot in 46 states on the Libertarian ticket, along with his running mate Wayne Root (Sports caster and Las Vegas Gaming expert). The Libertarian Party is the Nation’s third largest political party. They are not some kooky third party either. They actually have over 500 people elected to public office.
And in recent months they’ve seriously mainstreamed the Party even more, by booting out many of the kook fringe.
If voters sense that McCain is tanking, what’s to stop people from saying ‘F’ it! I’m voting Libertarian?
It’s not like Barr is obscure. He’s been on Glen Beck a few times, Cavuto, CNN, and yesterday AP had a syndicated article about his recent rise in the polls.
He could be the sleeper Ross Perot of 2008, unless McCain starts seriously attacking Obama.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 8:05 AM
I know the type. Have a few in my family. But I don’t think we set up a system here where people were supposed to be nonchalant or mildly disinterested in politics, yet still be voters. They have a responsibility to others to either help preserve the democratic/capitalist system, (or, on the other side, dismantle it.) An uninformed/misinformed, (even if well-intentioned) citizenry might ever so nicely and innocently march us right into socialism.
JiangxiDad on October 11, 2008 at 8:07 AM
That McCain guy makes Obama sound like a pretty decent sort of fella. Nice family man. Respectable. Sounds like he might just be worth a look.
Thanks, McCain. You’re one awesome campaigner!
Rush is wrong. This guy can’t be pulled across the finish line. This thing is over. John McCain has just given us President Barack Obama.
nocomme1 on October 11, 2008 at 8:08 AM
Again, this 3rd party BS has been my fear all along. Just like Perot, a vote for Barr assures an Obama presidency. Just like Perot, Barr knows he cannot get elected. I certainly agree that McCain needs “protest voted” far more than Bush did, but the fact remains, a vote for Barr will elect Obama. (Ron White – “You can’t fix stupid.”)
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 8:11 AM
Gee… no one on this site has had such a thought… very enlightening. Comments like these are very helpful…. I’m sure these kinds of comments will certainly work to increase turnout for McCain.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 8:15 AM
Nail, meet head.
marklmail on October 11, 2008 at 8:21 AM
Caped Cons. I agree with you. No argument from me. You’re missing my point. I’m not saying I’m hoping for Barr to rise to 10 million votes, I’m saying it’s now much more likely to happen, because of all these disgruntled Conservatives who are now pissed at McCain cause he’s not attacking Obama hard enough.
Rush Limbaugh quoted Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrug yesterday on his show. I almost fell off my chair! Rush has always been dismissive of libertarians, and now he’s quoting one of our icons!
Even Rush is on the edge. Have you heard him last couple days? He’s increasingly furious with “Yosemite Sam.” If he signals even slightly, that it’s over, and it might be best to just vote Libertarian, oh my gosh! Instant 10 million vote total for Barr.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 8:26 AM
Here’s the solution to stop the coming exodus of disgruntled conservatives to Libertarian Bob Barr:
1. Step up the attacks from McCain/RNC on Obama and his radically Socialist voting record. And it must be called that “Socialist.”
2. Emphasize Palin’s libertarian links. She’s attended Libertarian Party meetings in the past. Start calling her a “libertarian.” Start making a concerted effort to reach out to libertarian voters through Palin.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 8:30 AM
The frustration is boiling over, McCain allowed these idiots to destroy our economy…and he calls them good family men.
right2bright on October 11, 2008 at 8:40 AM
Or worse. The form of democracy practiced in the USA and in most of Europe is inherently unstable; it gives power to people who are incapable of wielding that power constructively, except by happy accident.
The next revolution needs to address the question of competence.
YiZhangZhe on October 11, 2008 at 8:47 AM
I’m voting for Sarah this time, so that I have a chance to vote for her next time. Bob Barr is going nowhere. Sarah has a bright future, unless McCain-Palin get crushed…. Can’t let that happen.
james23 on October 11, 2008 at 8:57 AM
I’m voting for Sarah too, for the same reasons, AND because she’s a libertarian Republican.
You’re missing my point. I’m saying that blue collar guys who have no allegiance to the GOP now may look at Barr as the 2008 version of Ross Perot. Hell, Barr’s Campaign Manager is Russ Varney, Perot’s 1992 Campaign Manager.
The more McCain tanks in the polls, the more chances there are that these voters will say “‘F’ it, screw ‘em all… I’m voting Libertarian this year.”
That happens and you’ll see a 45% McCain vote total drop down to 40 or maybe even 39% by election day.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 9:03 AM
Rush is wrong for the first time in over 20 years- With this nonsense of McCain’s, the manner in which he wasted Governor Palin, and now being NICE to a traitorous socialist, he lost the election big time yesterday. Where are his onions? Why bother running if you are half assed about it? I was going to vote for him as the lesser of two evils, was fired up over Governor Palin (and that Troopergate report is a crock of doo) but now, Bob Barr has my vote
trainwife1962 on October 11, 2008 at 9:13 AM
To quote a great American…”We’re screwed 08!
McCain former war hero now limp wristed “aisle crosser.”
Great plan…tell your supporters to not be afraid of an Obama presidency…has this pussy already thrown in the towel?
I really regret having held my nose and voted for this pansy on my absentee ballot…I guess there’s always 2016…we’re screwed!
jwp1964 on October 11, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Libertarian? Do they have some good philosophy? Yes… but in the end, they are liberals. Being fiscally conservative and socially liberal is a liberal. Build a society on the last 6 of the 10 commandments (the non-religious ones…) and trying to avoid the 7 Deadly sins and promoting the opposing virtues (again, non-religious… just recognizing that right and wrong do exist). Do that and fiscal conservatism come naturally from that. A Libertarien is the worst sort of liberal… they try to appeal to conservatives via the fiscal side while still having an attitude that a society should be able to do virtually anything they want. Proof? Position on drugs. They want to legalize them as though there is no deterioration of society that results.
Again, a vote for Barr is an effort to elect Obama. I suspect anyone pushing Barr as just another astroturfer… Barr cannot win. If you truly think so, well, Ron White.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Yes, maverick, be respectful. And election night you’ll be respectfully calling President-elect Obama and respectfully conceding the race. Then you can go back to the Senate and reach across the aisle some more.
Phooey on you.
abcurtis on October 11, 2008 at 9:20 AM
HEY JUAN! DO US A FAVOR AND STEP DOWN NOW! YOU PATHETIC BASTARD! HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR GOV PALIN AND PUT HER ON THE NEXT FLIGHT TO JUNO SO SHE CAN TRY AND ENJOY HER LIFE WITH HER FAMILY AND BE AROUND PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY SEE HER WORTH AND SUPPORT HER. We know, Juan, the only thing you hate more than the prospect of getting your ass handed to you in a landslide are those LOUD AND PROUD folks who take time out of their day to attend one of your rallies to SEE PALIN, NOT YOU! Believe me, if she wasn’t on the ticket, you’d be standing there, as you should be, looking like the idiot in front of the “green” backdrop before you picked her. ” FIGHT WITH ME….STAND UP AND FIGHT……” YOU ARE NOW A JOKE WHO IS AFRAID OF “OFFENDING” OBAMA???!!! Go back to sedona and live out your days mumbling to yourself walking along Oak creek you pathetic whimp. I guess Obama “broke ” you too???? GET OUT OF THE WAY AND STEP DOWN. THAT WOULD BE “HONORABLE”, SENATOR.
texaninfidel on October 11, 2008 at 9:27 AM
Are you f*cking kidding me Caped Conservative!!!
We are ANYTHING BUT LIBERALS! I’m the liberals’ worst friggin enemy. You’ve obviously never been to my Blog. I’m to the right of Gateway Pundit for gosh sakes.
DON’T YOU EVER CALL US LIBERTARIANS LIBERALS AGAIN!!! We have virtually NOTHING in common with them. We’re 80% with Conservative, maybe 10% along with Liberals. (Pro-Choice being about the only thing we agree with Liberals on.)
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 9:28 AM
Caped Conservative, it’s not just Economics we agree with Conservatives on, IT’S FOREIGN POLICY!!!
We’re more Pro-War on Islamo-Fascism than you Conservatives. You guys are wimpy on fighting back. Bush has used the word “Islamo-Fascist,” one single time since 9/11. We Libertarians recognize Islamo-Fascism for what it is: THE GREATEST THREAT TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION IN CENTURIES.
We support the War in Iraq, the War in Afghanistan, and would go even further to fight back against these Fascists in Western Europe.
My gosh, you don’t know a damned thing about Libertarians. You are completely clueless.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Oh? Not on drugs? Have I heard wrong from other Libertarians?
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Caped-one, the problem here isn’t how many potential voters will be turned off by my comments (negligible, I’m sure, but thanks for giving me influence where I have none) but how many will be turned off by McCain’s: thousands I imagine. He and his cluelessness are the problem. Nobody else deserves the blame.
nocomme1 on October 11, 2008 at 9:39 AM
My my my… How prescient of you. Gee! No one else is remotely aware of this. Is it your ego that requires you to state something that is obvious? or just astroturfing?
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Neither. It was just my response to your oblivious comment. But isn’t it nice how McCain is managing to bring conservatives together like this??
nocomme1 on October 11, 2008 at 9:57 AM
There was a comment back several pages, defending McCain’s defense of Obama, in that independent-moderates don’t want to hear anyone bring up the “socialist” word. To insert such an idea was going to turn them off and make them think the Republicans were a bunch of over zealous nuts, that we were trying to paint a completely untrue caricature of what an Obama presidency would bring.
Please.
These independent moderates who aren’t realistic about what Obama is, must be the same people who don’t want to know how sausage is made, or how many calories are in a Whopper. Eventually the truth bites you in the ass and you say you never saw it coming. I’m by no means an activist, but I am compelled in this instance to insist people look ahead to where Obama wants to take this country. Damage that will take years, decades, to repair.
This is why we, normal conservatives, are so angry, so fed up with McCain being such a pansy- nice is not going to get it done this election. Romney wasn’t the best candidate, but he would have taken Bambi to the woodshed over and over in the campaigning. McCain just doesn’t have the stomach for it, and that makes me feel cheated.
anniekc on October 11, 2008 at 10:01 AM
Look, whether or not you are conservative is unknown to me. What is known is that you are contributing to a line of commentary that HAS NO DIRECTION OR PURPOSE OTHER THAN SUPPRESSING THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE. If you fail to see that, I can’t help it… or do you somehow believe this will fill conservatives with enthusiasm to go vote?
What “oblivious” comment was that? I don’t see one? Please quote it.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:03 AM
That about sums up my feelings, as well.
nocomme1 on October 11, 2008 at 10:05 AM
And Libertarians don’t want to back McCain PRECISLY because he refuses to call Obama a Socialist.
So, it’s a wash. McCain can go for the middle, or he can go for the libertarian-Right. My hunch is that he’ll go for the middle, which will mean a huge boom for Bob Barr’s vote totals, straight out McCain’s hide.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 10:08 AM
My take is a little different(and I really don’t know what you have in mind.) It’s not my original thought, but I do believe the material prosperity and ease we enjoy due to our traditional liberal democratic form of gov’t, ultimately leads to this end-point. i.e., I’m not sure a society can have unending economic prosperity because it’s political institutions themselves inevitably get corrupted by that very prosperity. I think Fannie is a perfect case in point.
I’m sure you’ve seen this here or elsewhere before:
JiangxiDad on October 11, 2008 at 10:10 AM
This one:
My comments will do zilch to squelch a McCain turnout. Only McCain’s comments and actions are doing that. Aim your anger at me if you want, but it is McCain who is losing the election here. I have no part in this unfolding debacle.
nocomme1 on October 11, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Well, there it is… you would rather HAVE a socialist in office than support a guy that won’t call him one…. there are no words except Ron White’s.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:11 AM
No, we don’t agree with Liberals like Joe Biden, Charlie Rangel, Chuck Shumer and Jesse Jackson on drugs; all of whom want tougher penalties.
We agree with Conservatives on drugs like George Schultz, Bill Buckley, Milton Friedman, and Jonah Goldberg, all of whom support legalization.
ericdondero on October 11, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Sorry… didn’t realize you don’t understand sarcasm…
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:12 AM
How disappointing.As the representative of the ‘rest of the world’,i feel i must comment.
The U.S sells itself as a ‘beacon’,that other countries are jealous of.
To hear a Presidential and vice presidental candidate call Obama a terrorist,even worse an arab terrorists shows what depths you have reached.
So you want the world to believe Obama is a liar and an evildoer? Do you still want to be leader of the free world?
If Chavas or ahmadinejad called Bush a terrorist ,you want to invade.
Closet muslim,who hates America,have you any idea how ridiculous this makes you look.
Hate left-wing ideology and issues,rise above it,you are better then this.Well i hope so.
mags on October 11, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Well then, I guess we have to agree to disagree. You support drug use and abortion and I do not. We have a difference of opinion with no middle ground and I can clearly see you are more conservative from your position.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:16 AM
The Great Depression of the early 1930’s resulted in the economic and political collapse of the Weimar Republic, Germany’s post-World War I experiment in democracy. Adolf Hitler demonstrated his political skill in taking advantage of the opportunity provided by the depression. He developed his Nazi Party into a mass movement and used a combination of his popular support and behind-the-scenes intrigue to propel himself into power. Once he gained office, Hitler moved with ruthless determination to crush his opponents and establish his totalitarian dictatorship. Furthermore, National Socialism showed how a modern “civilized” country could fall to fascism as well as Communism. It created virtual certainty of war in Europe owing to misjudgment of the situation by opponents. Third, it demonstrated that a modern dictatorship is hard to wipe out without war. Owing to his attack on the Soviet Union, Hitler’s Germany pushed America and Britain into an alliance with Stalin. Finally, by Antisemitism culminating in Holocaust, National Socialism highlighted its own genocide policies while reinvigorating Zionism.http://www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/dmeier/Holocaust/hitler.html
See a trend here folks (maybe it is a little far-fetched maybe not)? Faltering economy caused by the housing market (democrats), Truth Squads in Missouri, Race card agenda from Barry Barack HUSSEIN Obama campaign, Farrahkahn a hater of Jews and Whites calling Obama the Messiah, I am sure many of you heard more. Am I afraid Yes I am, I am afraid of losing my freedoms, our children’s freedoms, by having the government move in and control my health-care which I pay for, owning banks forming a Socialist nation. Obama was a member of the New Party, I have yet to hear him deny it. We risk losng our 1st amendment and our 2nd amendment. I can go on but people need to think what can possibly be lost. Yes we are in some pretty dire times but are we going to permit socialism too step in and pave the way for our children by allowing the democrats to have all three branches, there must be balance. It isn’t up to our government to keep our freedoms but up to all of us to make sure our government does what is right for and by the people to protect our nation and her people.
Obama can’t even admit the Surge worked, he has no regard for our MIlitary Men and Women. He wants a Civilian Force that is larger then our MIlitary, didn ‘t Hitler have that with his Brownshirts?
This may jar a few memories…
“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors,” Barack Obama told a crowd in Elko, Nev. “I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face.” Actually, Obama supporters are doing a lot more than getting into people’s faces. They seem determined to shut people up.
http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelBarone/2008/10/11/the_coming_obama_thugocracy
We need to push McCain to stop being so nice but I understand why, when he has people calling Obama a Terrorist (his accomplices are), An Arab ( we have yet to prove it but his father was a Muslim which in turn he must adopt his fathers Religion and his mother was an atheist) and using the derogatory word for his half race just shows ignorance, there are other ways to skin a cat. I can understand McCain saying what he did short of saying we have no fear with Barry being POTUS we sure do, we have a lot to worry and be afraid about.
We need to stand strong and get our voices heard, but we don’t need to strong arm anyone but I will be on the defensive if someone attempts to strong are me. I love my second amendment and our states concealed carry. I believe in personal responsibility not government interference.
Robyn S on October 11, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Beat it troll. If you didn’t watch the video or haven’t read anything here (or anywhere else), neither of our candidates called Obama a terrorist or an Arab… it was an audience member that called him an Arab (not terrorist).
Speaking of depths, you are out of yours here… beat your little troll feet back to dKos and allow us grownups to argue amongst ourselves.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Oh sarcasm I get just fine, but even sarcasm has to be done well, so as not to come off as mere petulance and irrelevance. You haven’t quite mastered the sublties.
By the way [SARCASM ALERT SARCASM ALERT] your comments here are pushing McCain’s support to ever higher levels. Good job.
nocomme1 on October 11, 2008 at 10:20 AM
My comment:
Your response:
Now, it is clear that at that point, you understood my comment was sarcasm. However, you chose that same comment to support your statement that I was oblivious.
Which is it? Was my comment made because I was oblivious or was it made in a sarcastic manner which resulted in your reply? Can’t be both.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:25 AM
CapedConservative: You’re kind of hopeless.
Keep on keepin’ on if you want, but I think you hit the blog equivalent of “jumping the shark” (although by saying that I’m giving your comments a bit more credit than they deserve for ever having some merit) a little while ago.
Ta ta. This is pointless.
nocomme1 on October 11, 2008 at 10:33 AM
So long. The entire point is McCain is the ONLY choice between Obama and the Presidency. Nay-saying only serves to suppress turnout. What’s anyone’s point at this stage, stroking their own ego? Barr? Yeah, right… that’s the ticket! (for those who don’t recognize it, that last statement is sarcasm).
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Game over. McCain is done. We’re 3 months away from President Obama. *shudder*
How ironic that a former military man can’t find that killer instinct within him.
infidel4life on October 11, 2008 at 10:37 AM
What do we have going on today? Astroturf tag-teaming???
Jeez…
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Seriously everyone, what I’m seeing in this video and reading in many of these posts isn’t simply a disagreement with or even simple disdain for Obama’s policies and views but it’s an outright hatred. Not a racial hared in the vast majority of cases despite what those on the other side who hate our views would like to think but a partisan hate and it is simply too much. Nothing good comes from such hatred (on either side). Yes, we should oppose Obama and his views because like most of you I think that despite his best intentions (and they are good) I think he’ll set this country back. If/when Obama wins, for the sake of this country, I hope I am wrong on all of them. In the recent past I have stated that if/when he makes things worse it’ll be for the better because it might get us another Reagan or something but wishing harm on ones nation just to validate ones POV is simply hateful towards this country and it is quite simply wrong. I hope we all take a step back and look at ourselves in the mirror and realize we all essentially want the same thing, to improve America, it’s just that we have a different road to take getting there but it is towards the same goal I believe… I hope.
Yakko77 on October 11, 2008 at 10:48 AM
My ballot has been sitting here for days. If McCain doesn’t start saying what he needs to say to WIN I’m sending the ballot back with a “write in”.
As bad as Obama is, I can’t swallow what McCain is trying to feed us.
Bicyea on October 11, 2008 at 10:50 AM
You mean what the McCain Campaign is doing right now — like pissing off conservatives? McCain’s campaign is so mucked up right now and lacking in fight that it will not be a shocker in November if he loses…
eanax on October 11, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Your argument is the same old-n-tired claptrap. You continue to support the de facto political duopoly with this position. Continue to hold this belief and nothing will ever change — except the possibility of an ultimate merger between the Dem & Repub parties (which is well underway).
eanax on October 11, 2008 at 10:58 AM
It is tough to have much credibility to go around one day saying that Obama is pals with a terrorist and the next day say that he respects Obama and Obama is a decent family man.
This could have been handled much better and it makes McCain look weak.
I can see the Obama speech: “First McCain called me a terrorist’s friend, I challenged him to say it to my face and now McCain is saying I am a decent family man. Tough guy. Is McCain a wimp or what?!? Or maybe Erratic? Schizo? Senile?”
albill on October 11, 2008 at 11:00 AM
Spot on. The tragedy of this election is that America is throwing away its last chance to avoid the total systemic crash that socialism is leading us toward. The Crash will hit with full force when Social Security goes completely bankrupt, something that would have happened in less than 20 years anyway, but Obama’s vast spending and tax increases will bring it sooner. The subprime crisis is just a taste of things to come, and it’s tiny compared to the greater Crash on the horizon.
Every socialist disaster is inevitably followed by the socialists using their media control to fool the public into thinking freedom caused the problem, and more socialism is the solution. This will continue until the Crash, when the socialist argument becomes compulsive instead of apologetic, and will be backed up by the threat of force. No one knows exactly what will happen then, because it’s never happened on the American scale before. Every other socialist meltdown has happened in the shadow of a powerful economy, America’s, which could blunt the impact by providing avenues for creative energy to flow away from the dying socialist state, most dramatically through emigration to the United States. We’re going down now, and this time there is no one to lessen the blow – nowhere for free men to go. Everything that happens after the Crash is science fiction, the undiscovered country.
I think the future will look back and call this the Last Election – the last time there was a meaningful alternative to the dreary long sleep our electorate is sliding into. They know what they’re doing, too. Much of the truth of Obama has been hidden from them by the media, but they know enough to know better, and they’re too weary to fight any more. It’s too hard to understand the subprime crisis, too hard to wrap their minds around ACORN and Ayers, too hard to stare down the anti-anti-communists and call Obama by his right name. Hell, it’s too hard for them to use his middle name – easier to give in to the Cult of Personality and quietly agree it’s rude to say “Hussein.” It’s easier to just wave off the current crisis, forget who Barney Frank is, stop thinking about the ACORN guys registered to vote 300 times, stop trying to understand how someone with Obama’s shady past and wafer-thin resume can even be presented as a plausible candidate. All the voters have to do is mumble something about how Obama’s health care plan looks nice, and wow that Sarah Palin sure is scary, and they know the ruling class will accept them. Looking back takes effort, but going forward is easy – you can do it with your eyes closed.
The saddest thing is that I think this is the final, true end of the 9/11 saga. The old America stood up one last time, watching skyscrapers collapse into dusty tombs, and sent its best and bravest to do the right thing… but the worst among us backed out of the fight, and began trying to legitimize their cowardice and venality by cooking up stories about how 9/11 was really our fault, and Bush probably blew up those buildings, and Iraq was a peaceful kite flying paradise before we got there. For some reason Bush himself withered away and lost heart for the fight, vanishing into the shadows after 2004, and that is the one true crime he has committed during his presidency. A weak and wounded America is too tired to laugh Obama off the stage, so they’ll meekly shut up and let the media and the Democrat fraud machine roll him into office. It turns out Al-Quaeda got us, after all.
Doctor Zero on October 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Yes… same old clap-trap I’m sure. The central fact remains that the only thing between an Obama White House is McCain…. or am I missing something?
To withhold a vote for McCain is simply to assist Obama getting in office. This is simply an undeniable fact. If you wish to support Obama, hustle on off to a pro-Obama site.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Certainly no one should withhold a vote from McCain, but in my head it’s more of a vote against Obama.
anniekc on October 11, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Since it is getting hard to determine the difference between disgruntled conservatives that are so immature they MUST post something negative, trolls and astroturfers, permit me to re-post something from back in time….
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 11:24 AM
Note that Time has not corrected the false “terrorist”, which the woman did not say.
corona on October 11, 2008 at 11:25 AM
With his honorable and decent man comments, Senator McCain just innoculated Obomber against all of the Wright, Ayers and New Party stuff, and against anything else that crawls out of the Obomber closet in the last week before the election. If one of McCain’s mouthpieces, say Carly Fiorina or Phil Gramm, had said something that stupid, the Campaign would have tossed that person overboard–and rightly so. What do you do when the candidate himself makes the biggest error of the campaign?
Me, I’m ignoring him from here on out. This campaign is all about getting Palin elected, this time or the next–and nothing else.
btw, voting for Bob Barr would be responding to dumb with dumber.
james23 on October 11, 2008 at 11:30 AM
It’s a terrible injustice, but in many ways the media is our major opponent and enemy. Obama is more their vehicle. The McCain camp ought to call them out publicly.
JiangxiDad on October 11, 2008 at 11:31 AM
It’s true, and we all try to ignore what he says as much as possible. But those dumbasses who are just now thinking about making up their minds who to vote for hopefully don’t and can’t make the kind of connections you do. They’ll probably just vote for the one who makes the best impression at the time they have to make a decision.
JiangxiDad on October 11, 2008 at 11:36 AM
I have never seen that quote before but it and the other things you wrote are things I can empathise with. Certainly I think the renewal of Europe and the USA must begin with the spirit. The Puritans laid much of the foundations for the USA and for the UK and both lands became strong and prosperous on those foundations. Mockers and scoffers and people who compromise truth for comfort have been undermining those foundations ever since.
YiZhangZhe on October 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM
http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/10/09/barack-obamas-involvement-with-acorn-unearthed-missing-articles-recovered/
reshas1 on October 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Absolutely, because he truly personifies the current GOP.
angelat0763 on October 11, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Actually, I think the structure needs changed a bit. Have McCain run the Democrat wing of the Republican party and someone else run the Republican wing. Then put a conservative on top of them both.
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CapedConservative on October 11, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Flip the freakin ticket already! Palin/McCain!
I was done with this man three f***ing years ago. Who the hell voted for this man in the primaries? Shame on all of you who did.
For a former tortured POW, he has no fight in him whatsoever. Game over. There goes the neighborhood.
ErinF on October 11, 2008 at 12:25 PM
I don’t know if anyone else has mentioned this (some of you are very good writers to say the least). One thing we need to consider is that while most of us would like to hear and see Senator McCain give the One both barrels of buck shot, we need to consider some other factors that go along with a verbal barrage of unflattering comments (as true as they may be).
Senator McCain, once elected, knows that he has to unify this country and gain the support of all of those people who voted against him. If he completely trashes Obama, he may never get that support from those people. This group of people includes members of Congress, who he will have to continue to work with. He has got to be seen as a person they are willing to work with, if not, they will never approve a piece of legislation that he supports.
With President Bush, people have done everything they can to go against him, make him look bad and undermine his authority. We can not have this with Senator McCain. Our country has suffered being so divided.
I believe Obama is not a terrorist, but I do believe he is sympathetic to their goals and ideology. Without a doubt, he is a socialist and he will push a socialist agenda. He will motivate a democratic strong congress to take away our freedoms. Universal health care, special interest programs and combating global poverty are just a few programs if implemented will grind away our families incomes and the fortitude of our already weaken economy.
If McCain does lose this election, he goes back to the Senate. If he lets derogatory remarks about Obama go unchecked he risks losing favor of those democrats he has worked with before and his effectiveness as a Senator will be deteriorated.
I believe Senator McCain would love to just kick Obama in the nuts (if Jessie hasn’t cut them off yet) but he is thinking of the future and he is putting, as always, country first.
mindhacker on October 11, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Nah, that’ll never happen! Mac would consider that “torture”…
Palin on the other hand…
FLIP THE TICKET, RNC!
ErinF on October 11, 2008 at 12:41 PM
;-)
mindhacker on October 11, 2008 at 12:59 PM
To mindhacker- good post, well thought out, hope youu’re right,
To ErinF- Not many of us here did vote McCain in the primaries- the MSM shoved him down our throat, and then he and that dopey Huckleberry teamed up to get rid of Romney.
Oddly enough, my husband reminded me last night of what I said when McCain got the nomination- I was so pissed and I (very) rashly said I was going to vote Obama just to keep that awful immigration fraud McCain out of office. Oh, how far we’ve come.
anniekc on October 11, 2008 at 1:46 PM
I am SOOOO SICK of mccain. this clown wants to lose in the name of bipartisanship. if this is the best the GOP can do, then the hell with em.
Obama has sneering contempt for anyone who disagrees with him, he’s a racist marxist revolutionary socialist who would do anything for power, even throw his grandmother under the bus. he hangs out with terrorists, and believes in black liberation theology.
this is just a bad joke, but the joke is on us.
right4life on October 11, 2008 at 2:13 PM
oh please, bush bent over time and time again for bipartisanship…look where it got him. There is a cultural war on in this country. one side or the other will win….bipartisanship is just another word for surrender. pathetic.
thats the only people whose favor mccain cares about getting…he’s more worried about what uncle ted says about him than conservatives, whom he hates.
right4life on October 11, 2008 at 2:16 PM
John McCain:
The ultimate hall monitor.
HornetSting on October 11, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Caped Conservative,
How patronizing.Did i dream that McCain/Palin have claimed he ‘pals around with terrorists’ who hates America.
When people shouted ‘terrorist’ no-one corrected them,until now and you all seem pissed off when McCain did.
Surrogates and posters even here are saying ,to win you will have to prove he is a muslim.
Putting HUSSEIN in his name to imply he is evildoer does not endear you to the world,from a country who said it has freedom of religion.
This negative hatred as shown on this site is awful no matter what political ideology you follow.
It doesn’t seem grown up.
In the u.k we can discuss opposing views without resorting to names and assumptions.We seek out differences ,so that you have to justify your opinion’s.
I can’t stress enough how bewildered and shocked my family and friends are when i show them these comments,we are very pro-america .I am visting this site because i am interested in American politic’s.
I am disappointed that my comment means i am a troll or a lefty and have no right to comment because i am out of my depth.
Again, people are telling me Obama is a terrorist or agrees with terrorists,?closet arab because his middle name is Hussein.Obama and his wife communicate with terrorist fist jabs.
Then wonder why there is anti-americanism around the world,you are doing their job for them.
For balance,i don’t approve of the left-wing desperatley trying to get some dirt,using teenage pregnancy as a stick to beat Palin.
It is appalling how the left wing media slaughted Bush,when the country is at war.A timetable to leave Iraq is one of the most stupid things i’ve heard.
They have made it easy to hate Bush around the world.
mags on October 11, 2008 at 2:23 PM
HornetSting on October 11, 2008 at 2:27 PM
You must be kidding. Romney would have been portraited as the greedy businessman, Wall Street CEO, that brought the mess. But I agree that McCain is too shy to hit Obama hard. Thats the sad story.
clemycali on October 11, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Great point. Romney would be 20-30 points down since the sheep believe it was ONLY Wall Street that caused this economic crisis.
HornetSting on October 11, 2008 at 2:30 PM
what people? nut-job liberal british scum? you’re an idiot. this is a man who has Ayers as his mentor…a weather underground TERRORIST…do you hang with terrorists?
we don’t care if foreign wackos hate us…if they didn’t we’d be doing something wrong.
right4life on October 11, 2008 at 2:31 PM
who cares, maybe he would have had the guts to tell the truth about this whole mess, instead of bending over like mccain has. maybe he would have opposed that useless bailout.
right4life on October 11, 2008 at 2:32 PM
Did anybody listen to the clip? McCain said that he “admired Barack Obama’s ACCOMPLISHMENTS.”
Why doesn’t McCain quit screwing around and just officially endorse the guy?
logis on October 11, 2008 at 2:33 PM
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