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| VanC wrote: |
| fff wrote: |
| I can find plenty of incidents where Palin and McCain crowds have insulted/threatened Obama and Democrats. One reporter was actually assaulted at a Palin rally after she complained about the "liberal media." |
And there are plenty of instances where Obama supporters have threatened and committed violence against Republicans and their property. But you won't read about it as often in the "liberal media". That was my point.
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| McCain himself was booed when he called Obama a "decent man." |
I've seen clips where people at Obama rallys have booed when he's said something nice about McCain or Palin. So what? People act like this has never happened before during a presidential campaign. 
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| Black reporters have been asked to leave Palin rallies because security worried for their safety. |
One instance of he said/she said. I'd hardly call that an epidemic, but, of course, that's what the "liberal media" wants us to believe. I don't buy it.
"Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren said two other Florida reporters were removed along with Price and any other reporters who weren't with the national press should have been removed as well. At all campaign events, national and local press are separated for logistical reasons.
"Race played absolutely no role in any actions taken by our employees or anybody else in this case," Zahren said."
| fff wrote: |
| Palin and McCain are, as George Wallace said, putting the hay down where the goats can get it. And it won't do them any good. People like these aren't going to vote for Obama. And they turn off independents who might vote for them. |
So McCain calls Obama a "decent man", has bent over backwards during the entire campaign to keep race out of it, never mentions Jeremiah Wright (which the Clintons pounded him on during the primary), and he's still being compared to George Wallace. Boy, that race card must be getting pretty frayed around the edges by now. Sickening.
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And none of this shows that McCain can draw a crowd anywhere near what Obama draws.  |
So why did YOU bring up the subject of hostile crowds? Besides, even if the size of these huge crowds are accurate (and we've all seen crowd size misrepresented before), it apparently doesn't have much bearing on the poll numbers. Heck, Obama should be up by 30 points if all the hype were true. The only crowd that really matters is the one that shows up on election day. We'll see. |
It's the McCain campaign that's using fear and smear tactics. Palin has regularly used the word "terrorist" "anti-American". McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer told us yesterday that parts of Virginia that don't support McCain are not "real Virginia." They've been divisive and racist. For the most part they don't discourage their supporters at rallies when they scream out "terrorist". They're fanning the flames of race and cultural differences in this country. We don't need that. And if you watched Colin Powell this morning, you see that was one of his major reasons for endorsing Obama.
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