Palin Camp re: "Hussein" comment: "We do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric which distracts.."

[sabra]

What about the "hangin" around with terrorists comment?

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/06/politics/fromtheroad/entry4504484.shtml

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UPDATE: Palin campaign spokesperson Tracey Schmitt issued the following statement on Sherriff Scott’s remarks: “We do not condone this inappropriate rhetoric which distracts from the real questions of judgment, character, and experience that voters will base their decisions on this November.”

According to his web site, Scott became sheriff in 2005.

“People could say running for sheriff took either courage, ignorance, or a combination of both,” Scott said on the web site.

Many of the thousands of people in attendance roared their approval at Sheriff Scott’s dig at the Democratic nominee, whose Kenyan father shared the same exact name as his son.

After Sheriff Scott left the podium, local radio host Mandy Connell took the stage next. She too drew a loud ovation when she said Obama “hangs around with terrorists.”

[Democrats_win]

1. Now we know where Todd's been: shoveling up the crap in Palin's wake.

OMG! First we had daily lies from McCain and now this. She's like that SNL lady, Rossana Danna (or whatever). Now she says, "Never mind."

[TygrBright]

2. "OMG! We said 'Hussein!' We said 'Barack Hussein Obama!'"

"OMG.... So sorry! We never should have said, 'Barack Hussein Obama!' It was terribly inappropriate to say 'Hussein,' as in, 'Barack Hussein Obama.' We TOTALLY apologize for saying 'Barack Hussein Obama!' That was very bad of us."

"Seriously. We never should have said 'Hussein,' as in, 'Barack Hussein Obama.' We will tell everyone associated with our campaign that they must never refer to our opponent as 'Barack Hussein Obama,' only as 'Barack Obama.' No 'Hussein.' Really."

"In the future we expect our campaign not to repeat the mistake of saying 'Barack Hussein Obama' and we will delete all references to the name 'Hussein' from our materials. It was grievously unfair for us to remind people that our opponent's middle name is a common MUSLIM name like 'Hussein,' which lots of Islamic extremist terrorists are called, when of course we would never imply that our opponent had any connection to Islamic extremist terrorists because of the middle name 'Hussein.' We want that to be very clear."

"So we will never refer to the Senator as Barack 'Hussein' Obama again, and we expect everyone to respect our decision to avoid using the Senator's middle name 'Hussein,' and likewise eliminate that reference from their speeches, etc."

"Got that, everyone? We're SORRY we said 'Hussein', and we will never say 'Barack Hussein Obama' again, and we hope everyone will forget that we ever said 'Barack Hussein Obama', and will likewise refrain from referring to the Senator as 'Barack Hussein Obama.' NO MORE HUSSEIN!"

"Really!!!"

"We Promise!!"


ironically,
Bright

[yardwork]

3. How about inciting death threats against candidates? How does Palin feel about that?