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"I am glad the race for president has become a high school popularity contest."

what do you mean "has become"

10/10/2008 7:37:50 PM

ps i went to like 5 colleges and mccain finished at the bottom of his class

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 7:38 PM. Reason : that was after hurs comment]

10/10/2008 7:38:39 PM

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"Let's clarify things"

Impossible with those two (Tree and Socks). I'm watching them completely miss points even when they're spoon-fed to them.

10/10/2008 7:48:27 PM

^go back and read the thread you partisan hack

10/10/2008 7:55:30 PM

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"McCain camp defends the behavior? Posted: Friday, October 10, 2008 3:30 PM by Mark Murray Filed Under: 2008, McCain From NBC's Mark Murray Earlier today, Obama remarked on recent outbursts of "Traitor!" "Terrorist!" and "Kill him!" at McCain campaign events. "It's easy to rile up a crowd," Obama said. "Nothing's easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. But that's not what we need right now in the United States." In response, McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace released this statement, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. "Barack Obama's assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising. These are the same people obama called 'bitter' and attacked for 'clinging to guns' and faith. He fails to understand that people are angry at corrupt practices in Washington and Wall Street and he fails to understand that America's working families are not 'clinging' to anything other than the sincere hope that Washington will be reformed from top to bottom." "Attacking our supporters is a new low for the campaign that's run more millions of dollars of negative ads than any other in history." *** UPDATE *** McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers adds in another statement: “Barack Obama’s attacks on Americans who support John McCain reveal far more about him than they do about John McCain. It is clear that Barack Obama just doesn’t understand regular people and the issues they care about. He dismisses hardworking middle class Americans as clinging to guns and religion, while at the same time attacking average Americans at McCain rallies who are angry at Washington, Wall Street and the status quo.""

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1529529.aspx

HOW DARE HE COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE THREATENING HIS LIFE?!?!?!?

10/10/2008 8:01:11 PM

crazy right wing moonbats.

McCain really must be gettin desperate.

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:05 PM. Reason : l]

10/10/2008 8:05:08 PM

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"Let's clarify things: Quote : "i meant to say agentlion definitely implied that crazy McCain supporters Obama haters were more dangerous than crazy Obama supporters""

that's true, thanks for the clarification, Boone.
I am not implying that normal McCain supporters are necessarily any "worse", "crazier", or "more dangerous" than normal Obama supporters.

but I am saying that people who are voting for McCain simply because, or mostly because, of their strong vitriolic hate for Obama are more dangerous that Obama supporters. You will simply not find the magnitude or number of people who hate McCain for x-reason as you will who hate Obama for [his perceived religion, his race, his "terrorist affiliations"]

10/10/2008 8:09:03 PM

Wow.

So they respond to his remark about the McCain camp stoking anger and division by stoking more anger and division.

You know what this reminds me of? Islamic fundamentalists.

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:35 PM. Reason : .]

10/10/2008 8:16:57 PM

pew pew pew

10/10/2008 8:24:31 PM

Good good, lol, read em and weep. Every day the polling gets more devastating. You know shit is bad when McCain is forced to defend West Virginia by sending Palin out there, and now look, you've got Obama behind in freaking Georgia by 3.

Georgia.

Obama up at 79% on Intrade real money odds market. Unless something huge happens I'm not sure how McCain defends each and everyone of these Bush states that he is currently losing. He loses any and he is toast.

10/10/2008 8:25:38 PM

read these telephone surveys and weep!

10/10/2008 8:26:00 PM

Per Headline at top of NYTimes.com:

Breaking News 8:21 PM ET:
Panel Finds Palin Abused Power in Firing of Public Safety Commissioner, A.P. Reports

10/10/2008 8:26:05 PM

and i'm supposed to care about that why?

10/10/2008 8:28:17 PM

Wow. I have to hand it to McCain...he FINALLY steps in with decency after what was starting to become something scary. I hope it isn't too late.

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"After days of watching in silence, McCain calms the crowd at a Minnesota town meeting. “I want everyone to be respectful. And let’s make sure we are, because that’s the way politics is done in America.” Tells one supporter who says he’s scared of an Obama presidency: “I have to tell you, he is a decent person, a person that you do not have to be scared [of] as president of the United States.” After a woman calls Obama “an Arab terrorist” McCain interrupts to say: “No, ma’am. He is a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements.”"

10/10/2008 8:28:35 PM

gotta love fridays sometimes

10/10/2008 8:28:40 PM

/McCain & Palin campaign.

It was interesting while it lasted.

But alas...it's over.

Hopefully they go down respectably and not in a ball of accusatory flames.

Yeah right. They spit venom until the last day.

10/10/2008 8:31:28 PM

I vote for OBama is a vote for Al Qaeda. We can't let the 9/11 terrorists and Saddam Hussein win!!

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:33 PM. Reason : k]

10/10/2008 8:32:47 PM

^^^^Okay, I'm giving credit to McCain on that one. He is acknowledging that there is a problem and is being honest with people. However, let's see if his campaign begins to reflect that.

10/10/2008 8:38:33 PM

she abused her power but didnt break the law...sounds like she will fit in perfectly lol

10/10/2008 8:40:34 PM

is a candidate supposed to address anyone in the audience who says something inappropriate, throughout hundreds of campaign stops?

10/10/2008 8:40:37 PM

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"twista: read these telephone surveys and weep"

you bring up a good point. the prevailing wisdom is that these telephone surveys are incorrectly biased.

that they are incorrectly biased towards conservatives.

that the *true* numbers will be more in favor of Obama than they already are... because these telephone polls don't reach the growing segment of our population who only have cell phones, but no land lines. this segment which trends towards young, technically-aware, and politically liberal .

so, it's kind of ironic that you bring that up as a "counter" to the increasingly pro-Obama numbers coming out on a daily basis









[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:45 PM. Reason : ]

10/10/2008 8:43:36 PM

yeah i read that article today also

continue to get pumped up about some opinion polls

10/10/2008 8:44:44 PM

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"is a candidate supposed to address anyone in the audience who says something inappropriate, throughout hundreds of campaign stops?"

you're really just not capable of critical thought, are you?

10/10/2008 8:45:34 PM

you're retarded, arent you?

10/10/2008 8:47:09 PM

Twista & Socks vs. The World!!!!1

10/10/2008 8:49:39 PM

liberal college messageboard versus anyone who disagrees politically!

10/10/2008 8:51:16 PM

carzak
and if you nutbars gave him half a chance you would have seen that long ago.

instead, you just make up shit. "OH MAN, HE SAID BARRY'S NAME HE MUST BE RACIST!!" or "OMG!!! A WOMAN POSSIBLY YELLED TERRORIST AT ONE OF HIS RALLEYS!! I CAN BARELY HEAR IT ON THE VIDEO, BUT HE MUST HAVE HEARD IT OVER THE THOUSANDS@ RACCCCDSSIIIIMM!!!"

If you really want to see hate, I suggest looking to a growing number of Obama supporters. How many people believe Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic (again, not a fringe publication) when he accuses Sarah Palin of lying about having a baby? Or the Daily Kos when they speculate that McCain had a stroke???

THIS is what we're up against folks:


The Radical Fringe Has Officially Taken Over the Democratic Party

[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:53 PM. Reason : ``]

10/10/2008 8:53:03 PM

its almost sad to see how completely consumed with bitterness people like socks, hooksaw, twista. have become.


but y'all can still come to our Obama Inauguration Party.

Jan 20, 2009.

bring chips.





[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:54 PM. Reason : ]

10/10/2008 8:54:09 PM

^ I thought you were not going to post until Nov

10/10/2008 8:54:42 PM

i think yahoo has a liberal bias...they are making it like its super duper breaking news when its more of a meh nothing new story

10/10/2008 8:54:56 PM

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"After a woman calls Obama “an Arab terrorist” McCain interrupts to say: “No, ma’am. He is a decent family man with whom I happen to have some disagreements.""

You know in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, when the disgraced senator realizes he's a fraud and repents?

yeah...

10/10/2008 8:55:15 PM

i changed my mind. i got bored. it's just too much fun poking you guys.

10/10/2008 8:56:26 PM

mccain is just pulling a PR ploy so dumbfucks like yall quit getting scared to death of a few isolated batshit mccain supporters

10/10/2008 8:57:21 PM

Oh man, he yanked her mic.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081010/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_angry_crowds;_ylt=Avz1jvHwn6S7SQSnck7OD9eyFz4D




gg McCain. We'll let you be VP if you want.


[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 9:00 PM. Reason : ]

10/10/2008 8:58:24 PM

TT: word. This isn't so much about calming down his supporters but calming down the media who is convinced that McCain is a......




[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 8:59 PM. Reason : ``]

10/10/2008 8:59:07 PM

dems are hiring operatives to yell these things so it makes it seem like mccain has all the stupid dumb supporters

10/10/2008 8:59:16 PM

no dnl thats not correct, but you're not 100% offbase...obama supporters are turning these dumbass fans at rallies into news stories to scare the shit out of obama supporters

i'm glad i don't live my life in fear...

10/10/2008 9:01:25 PM

lol so technically obama supporters are deliberately scaring themselves?

10/10/2008 9:03:21 PM

^ they are pretending to be scared. But no one actually believes this shit. It's just a talking point to make themselves feel better about assinating the character of John McCain

10/10/2008 9:05:22 PM

i for one am glad to see mccain acknowledging the crowds chants, and to cool them down. i think at this point it's important for him to maintain his legacy and to not divide his own political party.

10/10/2008 9:12:00 PM

And so in other words, even McCain thought these people were dangerous kooks.

10/10/2008 9:26:59 PM

he thinks they're stupid, but i don't know where you magically come up with anything about being dangerous

10/10/2008 9:34:18 PM

It's about time McCain called out his own supporters. I give McCain a lot of respect, glad to see he isn't completely fallen in line with the rest of the neocons.

10/10/2008 9:37:39 PM

What's this? Obama supporters giving McCain credit where credit's due?

BUT SOCKS DOT DOT TOLD ME THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

WORLD. CRUMBLING.

10/10/2008 9:46:46 PM

I don't get you guys. I'm being honest in saying that kudos to McCain for addressing the crowd member. You throw red as fuck meat at your crowds, this starts to happen. You start putting the dots out there which I have repeatedly pointed on here 'he doesnt love America' + Ayers + Hussein, this is what you sow. I don't think he can save his campaign, and I certainly hope he doesn't, but if he finally takes the reins from his handlers and puts a stop to this slime, he just may save his reputation. I wish McCain well in that, I honestly do.

Say what you will but in a town hall format, NO ONE fucking deserves to say anything about Obama being an 'arab terrorist', how do you condone that? How do you tolerate that level of smear and hate? How?

It's startling and there's no room for it. It's not about living in fear it's about calling out something dangerous and fucked up. Guys, it's the trend...these crowds are getting more rabid as they realize they are slipping in this race. It really surprises me that you react the way you do saying it's just another Obama sensationalist media story. You should be proud of yourselves.



[Edited on October 10, 2008 at 10:00 PM. Reason : -]

10/10/2008 9:56:28 PM

all the crazy people vote for mccain

10/10/2008 10:03:42 PM

are you going to address this, or just continue with your non sequiturs?

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"It's startling and there's no room for it. It's not about living in fear it's about calling out something dangerous and fucked up. Guys, it's the trend...these crowds are getting more rabid as they realize they are slipping in this race. It really surprises me that you react the way you do saying it's just another Obama sensationalist media story. You should be proud of yourselves."

he raises a good point. We have 3.5 more weeks of this.
When will the first riot start at a McCain rally? At this pace, it won't be long. McCain has to step back at some point and reign in control of his campaign. He has lost control of his handlers. He needs to step up and take control and get his staffers back in line and tell his supporters that it simply will not be tolerated to accuse Obama of being a terrorist or that he should be killed.

Come on - look at the sequence of events here.
1) Seemingly when more than 20 McCain supporters get together in a crowed anymore, they can't help but start yelling "terrorist" and "kill him"
2) In response, Obama, in about as understated of a reply you could ask for, simply says "it's easy to rile up a crowd"
3) McCain's campaign accuses Obama of "attacking our supporters"?

Are you *fucking* crazy? How can anyone support this behavior?


I've seen the emails that continue to fly around - I have family members who believe them. And when you have a VP Candidate who all but says Obama is a terrorist himself, thereby validating the crazy email rants, she's just adding fuel to the fire. Well if it doesn't settle down, one of these fires is going to explode and it ain't gonna be pretty.

10/10/2008 10:15:37 PM

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"crowds are getting more rabid "

Do you think that if McCain wins, there won't be rabid crowds of Obama-voters creating havoc?

James Carville has basically warned us of race riots if Obama isn't elected.

10/10/2008 10:15:53 PM

if obama loses i cant imagine how the cat bus will be the next day

10/10/2008 10:17:49 PM

^^ i'm more scared of what will happen if Obama wins and is assassinated in the next 4 years

10/10/2008 10:21:23 PM