A little timeline
by Hanlon on October 13, 2008 at 10:43 am
I like timelines. They help organize things. So let’s go over this one piece by piece.
October 6-10: At varying rallies, supporters of McCain and Palin shout things like “kill him”, “bomb Obama”, and “terrorist” when either of the candidates bring up the Democratic Senator.
October 10: Obama responds not by blaming the people, but chastising McCain for fostering that attitude amongst his supporters, saying “it’s not hard to rile up a crowd by stoking anger and division.”
Slightly later on October 10: Defending their acidic supporters, McCain’s senior advisor Nicole Wallace made the claim that he was attacking their supporters, saying “Barack Obama’s assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising,” and bringing up the ‘bitter’ comments again.
October 12: In an odd reversal, McCain campaign manager Rick Davis now distances the camp from the racist supporters, even suggesting that they aren’t real supporters at all, and that they were sent to disrupt the rallies, further saying that “if you compared the rhetoric of Barack Obama on a daily basis with the rhetoric of John McCain and Sarah Palin, you’ll find that our rhetoric pales in comparison to what Barack Obama says about John McCain every day.”
So first it’s an insult to the supports, then maybe they aren’t supporters at all and it can’t be McCain’s fault because Obama’s rhetoric is way worse.
This is absolute BS. There hasn’t been a single attack on McCain or Palin uttered by anyone involved with the Obama campaign that even comes close to “Obama pals around with terrorists”. There’s not one Obama ad nearly as dishonest and vicious as McCain’s ad asserting that Obama wanted to teach sex ed to kindergarteners. McCain’s campaign has become so dishonest and mean-spirited even Republicans are turning away, while the worst Obama can be accused of is “talking about the Keating Five.”
Tip: when you continually say your opponent is friends with domestic terrorists and that he wants to teach five year olds about condoms, it indeed is your fault when your supporters go off the deep end.
Posted: October 13th, 2008 under 2008 election, Barack Obama, John McCain.
Comment from Dormilona
Time October 13, 2008 at 12:18 pm
As I recall, when the McCain supporter expressed her fear of Obama (”he’s an Arab!”), McCain’s response was something like, “No, he’s a good, decent family man, with whom I happen to disagree.”
The people who have been insulted? Every Arab in the world, including the Arab-American electorate. That would include a lot of “good, decent family men.”
Nicole Wallace should be apologizing for McCain campaign’s racism, not whining because someone called them out!