When Mccain/Palin say Obama is a radical...They are really saying "Pssst, he's BLACK"

There's something happening here, and what it is, is all too clear. McCain - Palin rallies over the last few days have disintegrated into festivals of hate, and the two candidates at the center of this are encouraging it.

There were shouts of "Nobama" and "Socialist" at the mention of the Democratic presidential nominee. There were boos, middle fingers turned up and thumbs turned down as a media caravan moved through the crowd Thursday for a midday town hall gathering featuring John McCain and Sarah Palin. ... In recent days, a campaign that embraced the mantra of "Country First" but is flagging in the polls and scrambling for a way to close the gap as the nation's economy slides into shambles has found itself at the center of an outpouring of raw emotion rare in a presidential race.

Standing at the center of the crowd, McCain and Palin drew on the crowd's energy as they repeatedly trained their fire on Obama. McCain and Palin are soaking in the crowd's anger, amplifying it, and feeding it back. "Senator Obama has a clear radical, far-left, pro-abortion record," McCain said after being asked about the issue.

The answer prompted a shower of boos from the crowd members. They booed again when he mentioned William Ayers, who bombed U.S. facilities to protest the Vietnam War as part of the domestic terrorist group the Weather Underground. They booed again at the mention of Rep. Barney Frank, a liberal from Massachusetts.

And McCain is promising more than anger. He's promising that he will name names. He's promising a new economic black list for Wall Street -- and for Capitol Hill. "Will you assure us," one woman asked, "that, as president, you will take immediate action to investigate, prosecute and name the names of the people actually responsible?" A

"I will," McCain answered.

"The same people that are now claiming credit for this rescue are the same ones that were willing co-conspirators in causing this problem that it is," he said, raising his voice to be heard over the crowd. "You know their names. You will know more of their names."

Just look at that statement for a moment. Two weeks ago, John McCain suspended his campaign and trotted back to Washington, claiming he had to help shepherd in the bailout agreement. Two days ago he was bragging about it. Yet here he is saying that the people "claiming credit" for this agreement need to be prosecuted.

The language McCain and Palin are using: "radical," "palling around with terrorists," "willing co-conspirators" is growing more heated by the day. It's language that's compounded by the "dangerous" commercials McCain is running across the country. It's the kind of language that you use in describing an enemy in wartime. It's the kind of language that not only excuses violence, but encourages it. More and more it sounds as if McCain has inhaled the ghost of Joseph McCarthy and is exhaling the fevered rancor of Charles Coughlin.

The "Straight Talk Express" long ago left the station. "Country First" is the last thing on their minds. Nothing remains of John McCain's campaign but a tight little ball of festering hate. Considering the volatile nature of the country at the moment, and the fear so many are facing as they watch their life savings evaporate, that hate is all too easy to spread. There are millions of Americans looking for someone to blame for this disaster, and McCain is desperate to give them a target. He's said many times that he wants to reach across the aisle, and he's doing that, but he's holding a knife in his hand.

Maybe it's guilt over McCain's decades of voting for and evangelizing for the deregulation that brought on the crisis. Maybe he's desperate that the mob not look at his own record for the source of their troubles. Maybe he's simply angry because he sees his chance slipping away. Whatever it is, it's ugly. And getting uglier. Any decent candidate -- any decent human being -- would be working now to tamp down that ire, not raise it.

What John McCain is doing is no more responsible than tossing lighted matches into a tinder dry forest. Someone is going to get burned.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/10/12151/472/626/625840

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[TheSkinzilla]

Hasselback reinforces the dumb blonde stereotype. She never has an original thought, she simply reiterates the stance of the Republican party.

[gooffbball]

Obama is not an Arab. Just because his name is foreign doesn't mean he's an arab. I suppose you think that Martin Luther King was a king.

[Mw3JOSEPH]

Deadliest Catch without the crabs! Were almost out of gas CALL THE ARABS! IM A PUSSY PIRATE MY NAME IS JACK SPARROW, LOLOL

[AGpixar2000]

@TheSkinzilla Joy does the same thing

[LesciK12]

@Drrck11 a black man shouldn't be caught dead with her. She doesn't deserve the greatness of a black man, whether sexual or not. She's just a bigoted right wing conservative dumb blonde.

[jrwel14]

@4u2b1ib12 see that you have had discussions with Conservatives, too.

[jrwel14]

Sarah Plain. Who likes to echo Truman. Truman said, If, you want to live like a Republican. Then, vote Democrat.

[Drrck11]

Elizabeth needs some black di___.

[gombis666]

Let's rename - "When Mccain/Palin say Obama is a radical...They are really saying "Pssst, he has some really shady friends and mentors."

[BraniusBalki]

Radical connections? George Bush funded Osama bin Laden, where are all the cons opinions on that? or is that not important?

[harveysuperboy]

Elizabeth is a racist.