'Kill him,' again

[Hope And Change]

October 14, 2008
Categories: Sarah Palin

'Kill him,' again

http://www.scrantontimes.com/articles/2008/10/14/news/doc48f4ba8994588930223377.txt">The Times Tribune, covering the crowd awaiting Sarah Palin in Scranton, reports:

Chris Hackett addressed the increasingly feisty crowd as they await the arrival of Gov. Palin.

Each time the Republican candidate for the seat in the 10th Congressional District mentioned Barack Obama, the crowd booed loudly.

One man screamed "kill him!"

Supporters have been noted shouting “kill him,” “terrorist,” “off with his head” and other equally incendiary terms about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Others have directly suggested Mr. Obama is a Muslim, which he is not, or a traitor. Some comments even drew rebuke from Republican presidential nominee John McCain.

Other than the lone man, there were no other such outbursts.


ALSO: http://fromtheleft.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/please-meet-gayle-obama-is-an-arab-quinnell/">A liberal blog has an interview with the Minnesota woman, Gayle Quinnell, who asked McCain if Obama is an Arab.



By Ben Smith 01:49 PM

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Kill_him_again.html#comments

[wndycty]

1. Well here we go again. . .hopefully the McCain campagin will condemn this. . .

:kick:

[rucky]

2. Palin already missed that chance.

again.

[Hope And Change]

3. Nahhh, McCain would probably like to know in what context this was said.

:eyes:

[JuniperLea]

5. Or he would claim to have heard the same thing at Obama rallies...

That's his new answer to the hate.

Karma, do your work!

[Alter Ego]

4. Please let this hit cable news. For the love of God, this needs to be exposed.

[monmouth]

6. The person yelling that knows, has to know, this is despicable. Just

looking for attention. These are needy people.

[EnviroBat]

7. Welcome to the beginning of Civil War 2.0

It's getting ugly out there...

[YOY]

8. These are not a group of people who say things figuritively.

n/t

[AlCzervik]

9. did you read some of the comments, some fool thinks it's a "Liberal plant", um yeah that's it.

[demokatgurrl]

10. What the HELL is the Secret Service doing?

They should interrogate this guy and give him the scare of his weasly little life.

[peace13]

11. That is how they can stop this insanity.

Make one example and that will be it. It is funny that these folks can holler this out in public. In private if I have a conversation that could be misconstrued I correct it out loud in case I am being bugged, yet these folks have no fear. I say arrest his *ss and let us hear the whole story. Peace, Kim

[uponit7771]

12. What was the response of the person speaking?! Where is the secret service?!

[AndyTiedye]

13. The Republicans Are Encouraging this Because They Want Someone to Really Do It

They think it is their best chance of "winning".

[AlinPA]

14. Agree. They are running out of options and cannot allow him to win.

[alwysdrunk]

15. On tape?

If not it didn't happen. You know what I mean....

[rvablue]

16. I don't think condemning is going to help at this point

this fire has been set and it's like a wild fire now, not a house fire that can be contained quickly.

The tone of the crowds is starting to freak me out. There has always been this racist and bigoted rage, stoked by the liberal-bashing of Rush and Sean, seething in the under belly of this country.

Palin and McCain have now tapped into this powder keg and I don't think their condemnations will do a thing to stop it at this point.

[stillcool]

18. freaking me out too..

and not in regards to Obama, but in regards to what this country has become. I am not familiar with lynch mobs, and dragging people from their houses in the middle of the night and killing them. I am not familiar with having ones house burned down, or ones church blown up. These people truly are terrorists.

[Life Long Dem]

17. I believe It's a crime to conspire violence against an individual.

If they are agreeing to the individual in the crowd inciting this violence, they are agreeing to the act of violence, and that's conspiracy to a crime.