Posted on 10/14/2008 12:44:43 AM PDT by pissant
What happened to the Sen. John McCain we once knew? What happened to the jovial, optimistic war hero who promised a civil and elevating presidential campaign? Where's that campaign that would be based on real issues, not brainless emotions or partisan cheap shots?
Ah, those were the days.
That was long before the economy tanked and McCain's poll numbers went into a slide behind Sen. Barack Obama's like the Dow Jones industrial average.
These are the days in which McCain's attacks against the Democratic nominee have grown sharper and angrier. He unleashed his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, like an attack puppy. Together they pushed their conservative audiences farther right and, in some cases, right over the edge.
Of course, every campaign, even that of Obama, distorts quotes or pushes half-truths in the heat of a close campaign. Politics ain't beanbag. But the red-meat rhetoric thrown out at McCain's recent rallies stains his good name with a tinge of fearmongering, anger-baiting and xenophobia.
"This is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see America," Palin said.
Her oratory has sparked lusty boos and jeers. Shout-outs from the crowd have included "terrorist," "socialist" and "treason."
A Washington Post report said a man yelled, "Kill him!" at a rally in Florida last week, and that an epithet was shouted at a black sound technician with a TV news crew.
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Oh, good heavens, Clarence. You know the truth about that incident. There's another truth you know deep down as well. The Father of Lies loses the battle.
I most certainly don’t always agree with you, but on this “you are correct sir!”
Don’t you love the smell of Rat fear in the Morning? He doesn’t understand how America is reacting to a woman.
Pray for W, Palin/McCain and Our Troops
Further proof that the attacks are working.
Why in the world does Page think that McCain would take advice from him?
These Tribune columnists (Page, Zorn, the editorial board) have their tongues so far up Obama’s rear they could tickle his tonsils.
Race card much, Clearance?
Right,pissant, but the left loves to lob the racist bomb at us all the time so I decided to start throwing them back.
Yeah, WHAT attacks ? I’m still waiting.
What else is 0bama lying about?
You’d think a black sound technician would have recorded someone calling him a racist name.
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