McCain booed after trying to calm anti-Obama crowd

[Leslie Anne]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

This is true on both sides though. There's a lot of misinformation about Palin that gets repeated as truth, even in newspapers.

True but Palin isn't getting death threats because of it.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

True but Palin isn't getting death threats because of it.

You know this for a fact?

Or do you just mean that no one is alleged to have yelled "kill her" at an Obama rally?

[Leslie Anne]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

Fact: Ayers is a terrorist but not arab.

Yes. I know that. Did you have difficulty reading my post?

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

You know this for a fact?

Or do you just mean that no one is alleged to have yelled "kill her" at an Obama rally?

You know exactly what I mean.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Yes. I know that. Did you have difficulty reading my post?

You know exactly what I mean.

No, I don't really. Please explain.

[PhiGam]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

Yes. I know that. Did you have difficulty reading my post?

You know exactly what I mean.

The link posted was so asinine that I replied with an equally lame response. I don't hold Obama responsible for his whackjob supporters and I personally feel that attacking McCain for what some guy said at one of his rallies.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

The link posted was so asinine that I replied with an equally lame response. I don't hold Obama responsible for his whackjob supporters and I personally feel that attacking McCain for what some guy said at one of his rallies.

Yeah, I'm not sure who would win a competition for who had the craziest supporters. Both sides have their serious nut jobs.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by PhiGam

The link posted was so asinine that I replied with an equally lame response. I don't hold Obama responsible for his whackjob supporters and I personally feel that attacking McCain for what some guy said at one of his rallies.

I don't think what they said was McCain's fault. And if you watch the video the first time he got those responses he was shocked. But he didn't speak up.

Now he's spoken up and I give him credit for that, but it might not be enough. And Palin is NOT speaking up. Some of the things that were yelled at those rallies aren't just insensitive or racist, they're threatening a presidential candidate... and the Secret Service isn't exactly cool with that.
Palin and McCain are only responsible for their actions, but it's fair to think that their reactions to the events are poor.


As for the death threats, we don't get to know if Palin's receiving any, but we know that thus far, there haven't been any yelled, on camera, at an Obama rally. (There's not much to say about "alleged" here UGAalum. You can hear it even on poorer quality videos. It saddens me. )

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I don't think what they said was McCain's fault. And if you watch the video the first time he got those responses he was shocked. But he didn't speak up.

Now he's spoken up and I give him credit for that, but it might not be enough. And Palin is NOT speaking up. Some of the things that were yelled at those rallies aren't just insensitive or racist, they're threatening a presidential candidate... and the Secret Service isn't exactly cool with that.
Palin and McCain are only responsible for their actions, but it's fair to think that their reactions to the events are poor.


As for the death threats, we don't get to know if Palin's receiving any, but we know that thus far, there haven't been any yelled, on camera, at an Obama rally. (There's not much to say about "alleged" here UGAalum. You can hear it even on poorer quality videos. It saddens me. )

Where? I've seen the "terrorist" one, but where can you find the "kill him" one?

I don't think it's a big reflection on either of the candidates, unless we want to do a similar kind of association with some of the nuttier Obama supporters, and they are out there.

How about the comedienne who sort of expressed a wish that Palin get ganged raped? Is that Obama's fault?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by UGAalum94

Where? I've seen the "terrorist" one, but where can you find the "kill him" one?

I don't think it's a big reflection on either of the candidates, unless we want to do a similar kind of association with some of the nuttier Obama supporters, and they are out there.

How about the comedienne who sort of expressed a wish that Palin get ganged raped? Is that Obama's fault?

The fault isn't in what was said but the candidate's response to the words. If this was at an Obama event I expect that the candidate would say something. From the word "sort of" I'd need more information.

No one expects a candidate to be responsible for everything a supporter says.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

True but Palin isn't getting death threats because of it.

She would be if she were on top in the polls. It's easy to be magnanimous when all signs point to an easy victory.

Just ask the Nebraska Cornhuskers (the 90's versions)

If you don't think this angst and vitriol is on both sides, I guess you didn't watch the same left-wing protests surrounding the conventions. There's a lot of crap out there and a few nutbag extremists to lap it up.

To say that McCain's supporters 'typically' believe this tripe is about as accurate as saying that most Democrats are too stupid to use a butterfly ballot.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by Kevin

To say that McCain's supporters 'typically' believe this tripe is about as accurate as saying that most Democrats are too stupid to use a butterfly ballot.

To be fair, I don't think anyone in this thread is saying that. If they were saying that, it would be pretty ignorant, but it seems like people on this board, for the most part, have been careful to sort out the nuts from the normal people when discussing McCain's supporters.