More Bizareness at Town Hall; audience member says Obama is an Arab as she gets ready to ask Quest.

[TeamJordan23]

McCain then grabs the mic and says he is a good person and not an Arab. McCain is literally playing with fire with his audience.

Summary of Town Hall: McCain told crowd that we have to be respectful to Obama to an audience person that said he cannot imagine raising his son under an Obama presidency. Some in the crown booed McCain when he tried to defend Obama. A few minutes later, an audience member tells McCain to bring up Ayers, so McCain starts talking about the Ayers association just a few minutes after he said we should be respectful to Obama. Shortly thereafter, this audience member says she is terrified by him and that he is an Arab. Pretty entertaining and scary at the same time I would say.

[Guaranteed]

1. Ahhh...thought it was something different. nt

[butterfly77]

2. I have been wondering where are...

the Muslims and Arabs at McCain's events who need to ask him if they are a Muslim are they not Americans?

[goodgd_yall]

3. I actually think

these crazies popping up to ask questions or make comments are even freaking McCain out. He's a nut, but not the same kind of nut as Palin and her kind.

[jberryhill]

4. Okay, now I'm worried about HIS safety too

He's gotta be around on Nov. 4th to vote against.

If he starts defending Obama's character to these goons, they're going to turn on him.

[Stephist]

8. This is exactly what I think is possible

McCain PUT A STOP TO THIS.

[jberryhill]

13. I retract my prior "let it ride" attitude on this...

I was glad to see this come out so it can be exposed, but now I'm getting creeped out by it.

The candidates are not going to get hurt, but somebody is likely to get hurt at this point.

He's got to put a lid on this stuff if he has a smidgeon of dignity left.

[magdalena]

27. I don't think McLame could put a stop to this even if he wanted to.

His base doesn't respect him at all. Him defending Obama and urging calm is only going to incite more hatred on to himself. If they really want to dampen the hostility they need to send their queen out there with this message and I doubt this is something she'd be willing to do.

[iceman66]

29. If McCain manages to "win" this election

he had better hire a food taster.

The evangelicals are already 'praying' for his early demise.

[spanone]

5. i think it's great...america gets to see just how ignorant the mcmaniacs are

[jberryhill]

14. I thought that this morning

Now, I'm thinking about people that are going canvassing over the weekend.

That's another thought. This needs to come to a close.

[Drunken Irishman]

6. It's getting way out of hand and it's scaring A LOT of people.

[Billy Burnett]

7. Where/how did you see that?

[TeamJordan23]

11. On cnn.com, they were carrying his town hall in Minn. It just ended a few minutes ago. nm

[eleny]

9. I keep remembering the "Brooks Brothers Protesters" back in 2000

I believe that many of the people shouting and ramping up the McCain crowds are people planted by the campaign.

Should anything bad come of this, McCain can kiss his political career and anything left of his reputation goodbye.

[SweetieD]

10. lol what has the gop wrought?

[Matariki]

12. I think McCain's had a 'talking to'.

Hopefully Palin has too. She's the real problem, imo.

[firedupdem]

15. Tweety said something about him telling the crowd to be

respectful. A little too late McCain.

[TeamJordan23]

18. Well he told them that. But then talked about Ayers again. And then this question came up. nm

[Guaranteed]

19. Not too late, but not NEARLY enough.

He needs to remind these people that we are all Americans- not terrorists.

That means Obama, and that means THEM.

[emulatorloo]

16. So did McCain really call Obama a good person?

I would like to hope that McCain will renounce this stuff really soon.

[wndycty]

20. Yeah I saw it, it was so fucking insincere. . .he couldn't even look at the questioner

:kick:

[msallied]

17. This is freaking me the fuck out. Who ARE these people??

:mad:

[Guaranteed]

22. They're regular people being manipulated by a lot of really, really

nasty fucks.


These people are probably decent human beings in their normal, everyday lives. But the Rovians know what buttons to push to turn them into animals.

This time around, though, I think they fucked up.

[msallied]

24. They smacked a hornets nest, and will earn every sting they get as a result.

[LibertyorDeath]

33. Oh My Fucking Gawd

"These people are probably decent human beings in their normal, everyday lives"

NO NO and Fucking NO!!

They are narrow minded intolerant self-centered racist Fucks.

[RagAss]

34. No they're not...They are pieces of shit...racists...raised in hatred..

Fuck them and their kind !

[TexasLady]

23. Im RELATED to some of them

seriously, there are a few that are in my extended family that would fit right in. Im so ashamed.

[msallied]

26. I have some in South Carolina who could come close...

I'm glad I'm not near them, because I'd probably slap them silly the second they opened their bigoted mouths.

[janx]

21. McCain can't stop it now.

His campaign made the decision to tie Obama to terrorists; now, McCain can't stop the tide.

[City Lights]

25. If he's not careful, he's gonna get burned by it. nt

[woolldog]

30. The GOP is already getting burned with it...

It's hurting the GOP brand. Watching those mobs, what moderates would want to share the same party as those people?

[City Lights]

32. I'm glad to see some of them speaking up about it.

If it doesn't stop, I hope more of them join in.

[nyccitizen]

28. Link to video? nt

[TheDonkey]

31. Why all these townhalls, is this new? Or is it to just provide a "cover" for outrageous smears

[mokawanis]

35. McCain and Palin started this mess

and whipped the wingnuts into a frenzy of ignorant hatred. The responsibility for correcting the situation is on them and I don't know that they can put the tiger back in its cage.

[political_Dem]

36. I also think it is too late.

McCain and Palin made it their business to incite violence and hatred during their town halls and stump speeches. They made it their business to use all the code words in order to make their adherents angry. They also made it their business to redefine what it means to be an American and to link that definition with fear, superiority, and self-righteousness.


They made their bed. Now, they have to lie in it.