McCain spokesman: 'the Muslims... are going to kill us.'

[americanstranger]

One of John McCain's fellow POW's in Vietnam defended the war in Iraq, saying, "The Muslims have said either we kneel or they're going to kill us.''

In a phone call with reporters arranged by the McCain campaign, Colonel Bud Day added: "I don't intend to kneel and I don't advocate to anybody that we kneel, and John doesn't advocate to anybody that we kneel.''

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Day, who lives in Pensacola, was part of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that smeared former Democratic nominee John Kerry's war record in 2004.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2008/07/mccain-pow-bud.html

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You'd think that the McCain braintrust would actually know better than to have some 85-year-old lying racist from Jesusland going on the record as one of their spokespeople and lumping in 'Teh Mooslims' who are American and vote with terrorists in the Middle East. Guess not.

Expect a 'Bud Day doesn't speak for me' statement from McThuselah before the day is out.

- as

[sakabatou]

1. So... McCain IS a bigot

[MarjorieG]

2. and by association-Obama

[no_hypocrisy]

3. I just called my brother to check on that and he said, no, he's not going

to kill anyone that he knows of.

We can all relax now.

[americanstranger]

5. Thanks for checking!

I'm still going to go look under my bed just to be safe. :)

- as

[grantcart]

9. yeah my brother in law said the same thing but then he has been working for

the US government in a foreign embassy for 3 decades so I kind of figured if he was going to he would have by now.

[NJmaverick]

4. Hey he speaks for McCain and that's what matters

McCain is as much a racist as old KKK Bud.

[NightWatcher]

6. first he hates the g--ks, now Muslims. Nice guy

[Scurrilous]

7. He has it wrong...

...it's the Catholic Church that wants us to kneel.

Then stand. Then sit. Then kneel again.

[totodeinhere]

8. There are a lot of Catholics who are good Democrats. There is no need to insult them.

[americanstranger]

10. As a Catholic, I found that funny.

Anyone who's been through a mass can identify with it. :)

- as

[mrs_p]

14. i, too, found it funny

lol

[anonymous171]

19. The Pope is plotting our downfall!

[blogslut]

11. And the hits keep on coming!

Quite a group of supporters you got there, Johnny McSame. Bigots, sexists, corporate failures, neocons and lunatics. All I can say is, keep it up, all the way to November!

[Arkana]

12. *sound of banjos plunking softly*

[DinahMoeHum]

13. George E. "Bud" Day is a wet shit-stain on the Medal of Honor's legacy.

Flame me, if you want - I really don't give a fuck.
:grr:
BTW, my father was a former POW (World War 2, Belgium December 1944, liberated April 12, 1945) who very rarely spoke about his experience, much less used it as a prop for anything political.

:patriot:

"Show me a hero, and I'll show you a bum"
- Gregory (Pappy) Boyington, World War 2 Marine Ace, P.O.W. and MOH recipient

[TeamJordan23]

15. Obama camp should jump on this. nm

[NatBurner]

16. wow

all i can do is shake my head

[baldguy]

17. Does he include our Muslim allies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan & Saudi Arabia too?

[americanstranger]

18. Due to lack of a qualifier, I guess so.

He didn't say that our allies are some other group of Muslims besides The Muslims.

So, yeah - our allies apparently want us to kneel or they'll kill us.

Way to reach out to the world there, McThuselah.

- as

[yellowcanine]

20. McCain is going to rue the day that he left the swiftboaters into his campaign.

More work for the McCain Campaign pooper scooper detail.

[InternalDialogue]

21. How Twelfth-Century of him.

Bud almost makes me want to don my helm and mount my steed. Hand me my lance, lad, we're off to Persia!

[berni_mccoy]

22. "FEAR FEAR FEAR! 9/11! 9/11! 9/11! We're ALL GONNA DIE!!" Yea, Rudy, Keep it Up.

[ErinBerin84]

23. well, this isn't surprising, but the McCain camp's one sentence response made me laugh....

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/07/mccain_campaign_declines_to_di.php

McCain Campaign Declines To Disavow Top Surrogate's Remarks About "The Muslims"
By Greg Sargent - July 18, 2008, 3:11PM


The McCain campaign is declining to disavow a top surrogate's assertion that "the Muslims" have said that "either we kneel or they're going to kill us."

As noted below, the comment was made by Bud Day, a frequent leading surrogate for McCain, on a conference call with Florida reporters. I asked the campaign whether they agreed with the assertion.

Here's what McCain spokesperson Michael Goldfarb sent me:

"The threat we face is from radical Islamic extremism."


This isn't quite how Day described the threat -- the McCain camp attributes it not to "the Muslims," but rather to radical Islamic ideology -- but the McCain campaign won't explicitly say it disagrees with Day or disavow his remarks. If anything, it shades a bit in the direction of backing Day up.

This is partly because of who Day is -- McCain is reluctant to throw him under the bus. Day isn't just any old surrogate. Day, a Medal of Honor recipient and Swift Boat Vet, is a former fellow POW of McCain who frequently speaks for the candidate on campaign conference calls.

Just to recap: This high-profile McCain surrogate said that "the Muslims" are going to kill us, and the McCain campaign doesn't appear to disagree.

[NatBurner]

24. look at these miserable, bitter beer-faced schleps

i almost feel sorry for them