WOW! To McCain from former supporter: "You are unleashing the monster

[ailsagirl]

...of American hatred and prejudice, to the peril of all of us."

Frank Schaeffer
Posted October 10, 2008

Senator John McCain: If your campaign does not stop equating Sen. Barack Obama with terrorism, questioning his patriotism and portraying Mr. Obama as "not one of us," I accuse you of deliberately feeding the most unhinged elements of our society the red meat of hate, and therefore of potentially instigating violence.

At a Sarah Palin rally, someone called out, "Kill him!" At one of your rallies, someone called out, "Terrorist!" Neither was answered or denounced by you or your running mate, as the crowd laughed and cheered. At your campaign event Wednesday in Bethlehem, Pa., the crowd was seething with hatred for the Democratic nominee - an attitude encouraged in speeches there by you, your running mate, your wife and the local Republican chairman.

Shame!

John McCain: In 2000, as a lifelong Republican, I worked to get you elected instead of George W. Bush. In return, you wrote an endorsement of one of my books about military service. You seemed to be a man who put principle ahead of mere political gain.

You have changed. You have a choice: Go down in history as a decent senator and an honorable military man with many successes, or go down in history as the latest abettor of right-wing extremist hate.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/an-open-letter-to-john-mc_b_133489.html

[dkf]

1. Wow. That is powerful stuff.

[ailsagirl]

2. Yes-- I heard about it on KO, I think... this guy is FURIOUS!!!

[ailsagirl]

3. A few more recs, please?? :)

[ailsagirl]

4. Thanks much

:kick:

[Xipe Totec]

5. McCain has summoned Deimos and Phobos

The companions of war, the daemons of fear and panic.

And they will turn on him.

[NBachers]

24. Sympathy for the Devil

I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans soul and faith

Gimme Shelter

War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

[juno jones]

6. K&R! n/t

[notaboutus]

7. WOW! is right

K&R

[Bluenorthwest]

8. Frank is an amazing guy

And he can really unleash the righteous fury. Good for him, good on him.

[ailsagirl]

9. He really let his fury out with this article-- wonder if mcpang is aware of it??

[cyndensco]

28. The second line of Schaefer's bio reads:

He is a survivor of both polio and an evangelical/fundamentalist childhood. :)

[Blue Gardener]

30. I've been reading his book

"Crazy for God"
He didn't really turn against the evangelical movement until he moved to America from Switzerland. This is where he encountered James Dobson, Pat Robertson, etc. and learned the what the real right-wing is all about.

[pacalo]

10. After 8 yrs. of learning about how they operate, it wouldn't shock me if

those who were yelling "kill him!" & "terrorist!" were hired plants to incite hatred from the crowds.

[cyndensco]

26. It would be comforting to know that the "kill him!" types were plants.

Unfortunately, I think they are the average, run of the mill, "Joe six-packs" who spew the hate. :scared: The RNC does not have to go recruit them.

[Waiting For Everyman]

11. Yes, he is amazing, former RR - his father was like the Plato of the RR.

Sr. was their "philosopher", the one with a brain who wrote "The Christian Manifesto", which the media types like Pat Robertson drew the credibility for their logic from.

[grantcart]

35. I agree he has done more to dismantle Reaganism than anybody on the left

[grannylib]

12. Right on! I hope more and more Republicans come out and SLAM

McSame and CariBOO Barbie for inciting hatred and for their own domestic terrorism in doing so.
FUCKERS.

[Skittles]

13. WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN THESE PAST FEW YEARS?

REPUKES PROMOTING FEAR AND HATRED TO WIN ELECTIONS DID NOT START THIS ELECTION CAMPAIGN

[lynnertic]

32. Here, here!

[Mad_Dem_X]

36. Exactly!

Suddenly, they're coming out of the woodwork, but where were all these Repubs several years ago? Why weren't they speaking out against the hate then?

[Johnboi70]

50. See "Frank is a good guy"

Frank Schaefer has been objecting to the radical-right's nastiness since 2006... a little late, but he's been at it for a couple years...

[Jacobin]

51. Ahem. What he meant was it was all winks and nods before

The author is upset that racism is now out of the closet and on display at these rallies for the independents to see, which is bad for the republican party.

My take,anyway

[donheld]

14. He's guilty of creating a bunch of TIm Mc Veighs

[BrklynLiberal]

15. I wonder if they let McSame see this stuff...

If he does not use a computer, where would he see it unless someone shows it to him?

[Kaleko]

16. He's sold his soul so many times, he's lost

all sense of direction. Did y'all see McCain wandering around during the last debate like someone haunted by the ghosts of Christmas past?

[BrklynLiberal]

17. It was almost pitiful..Both Jon Stewart and David Letterman made fun of it..

[Jackpine Radical]

18. Actually, I think the mortgages on his soul were bundled as Satanic derivatives.

Hell is kinda overflowing with mathematicians right now, so Satan is putting them to good use.

[Hekate]

19. FANTASTIC! This is what we have been needing--Conservatives of conscience becoming outraged

I hope Schaeffer had this missive hand delivered to McCain.

Hekate

[edwardian]

22. Conservatives of conscience?

Where have they been the last 7.5 years?When did they speak up for the downtrodden? As long as their precious market was doing well, they seemed to be a bit conservative with their conscience. Fuck'm. This socialist doesn't need such fellow travellers. My conscience is clean.

[emald]

20. GOP= terrorists

plain and simple. All you have to do is watch the crowds. Those who call for the death of a candidate, those who hear and do nothing, are terrorists, as far as I am concerned. So it appears to be that the GOP is nothing but a terrorist front. Wanna be a terrorist? Join the GOP. fuckers

[edwardian]

23. Hear, here!

The truth shall set you free! I agree 1,000,000 %. Never known a GOPer who didn't believe in resolving a conflict by killing someone. Almost a requirement to be racist, sexist and just fuckin'stupid. Bob Herberts recent NYT editorial includes an incredulity over how wrong repukes have been about everything!!! Terrorism is their strongsuit, they bomb health service providers, kill doctors, blokkade islands, deny reproduction education, rob widows and orphans. I feel like Basil Fawlty, apoplectic and conflicted at those dirty filthy, scum-thinking pseudo-humans.

[edwardian]

21. McCain is no hero.

He is a man who killed babies and other innocent citizens of VietNam. He is a murderer. I see no honor in killing for politics.

[orleans]

25. too late, frank. can't teach mcfuck new tricks--

he just updated his bio and that's how he is going down in history. the leader of the gotp (grand old terrorist party)

[cyndensco]

27. Schaeffer wrote a powerful article.

Think about it: When the repubs lose THIS race, it will be more than a loss for the presidency. It will be viewed as a cultural loss, an "America as they know it" loss thanks to the likes of palin, hannity, limbaugh et. al. The irony is most of the RR don't even like mccain.

[SunsetDreams]

29. K&R!!

Thank you Frank Shaeffer!

[riona]

31. I can't say we haven't seen this coming.

I can say, it's about time the rational element of that party is speaking up in noticeable numbers.

[ailsagirl]

41. YES! Before they'd cling to whatever the prevailing repug push

was for. Now those who have sense are, finally, saying STOP THIS!!! :spank:

[Seldona]

33. K&R

I have heard this sentiment elsewhere. The monster is unleashed, and it is bigger than we think. Unbeatable? No. But certainly something that requires immediate and serious attention. We need to call them on this and force them to either denounce it or endorse it openly. Obama should bring this up again and again.

[stevenleser]

34. K&R Long overdue. Where are other conservatives of conscience?

I am encouraged by this example but are there any others left?

[L0oniX]

37. I think it was Frank Zappa who called it "social terrorism" ...

and that's what these fundie repukes are all about.

[kestrel91316]

38. The entire Republican Party needs to be held responsible for

stirring up this hate-fest. NOBODY gets a pass. They don't get to pin it on McCain and Palin alone. This has been their MO for YEARS, and they don't get to play the innocent, aggrieved party now.

THEY ALL DID THIS. THEY ALL NEED TO SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES.

[AllyCat]

39. He can't even reel these people in if he tries! Watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRd2cebz7Vw

[ailsagirl]

40. The mob mentality is truly a frightening thing...

Even a few people could wreak major havoc should they choose... I don't know what to say except we have to push on and have faith that these lunatics will slither back to whatever hell it was they came from in the first place. I'm hoping they're a "dying breed." What else can we do?

[The Wielding Truth]

42. And they are still at it. ;;;;;;; link ;;;;;;;;; below

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/12/mccain-rally-minister-non_n_133956.html

[Stump]

43. McCain - Palin haven't heard the hate...

Don't you guys think they would have stood up by now if they did? Jeez... :sarcasm:

[Uncle Joe]

44. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread, ailsagirl.

[progressivebydesign]

45. Tho McCain is acting different in public, his NEW ads are just as vile.

They have not changed their stripes.. they are still doing the terrorist association and name calling in different ways, Do not be fooled. McCain is still as filthy and nasty as ever.

I'm so glad to see someone else calling him out on his shit. It CANNOT be just that Mccain offers some lame defense of Obama once or twice at an event, they need to stop their ADS that say so (like the new one running that clearly says "Obama worked with terorrists" and lied about it, they need to stop their emails to reporters that came out just a day ago trying to link MICHELLE to Ayers/terrorists, to the McCain employees in the media blaming Obama for critizing the wonderful McCain supporters.

[happygoluckytoyou]

46. yeah mclame... if you pop a corp-suckle,,, we could end up with your choice as VP... so calm down!!!

[Best_man23]

47. Just a little

kick

:kick:

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

48. The final coffin nail will come when someone yells N-words at a McCain rally.

And I don't think that event is more than a week away.

[Johnboi70]

49. Frank is a good guy...

Frank Schaeffer broke with the Repugs in 2006 and, in an Op-Ed piece, endorsed Jim Webb after Macaca-Man tried to use one of Webb's books as evidence that he was a pervert. I sent him a supportive email and he was nice enough to reply to me personally. He is a good example of the difference between a conservative and a reactionary. The Repugs are reactionaries. Moderates who vote Repug are giving reactionaries unearned and dangerous legitimacy. McCain-Palin's recent nastiness is merely an example of reactionaries saying publicly what they have always believed in private. Radical reactionaries need to be re-marginalized. Hopefully, Frank is an example of a larger trend of conservatives splitting with the radical-right.

[man4allcats]

52. It's up to McCain now.

If he makes the right call, he can go do as a decent man. If he fucks up, he'll go down as a Neocon Fascist enabler along with Bushco. If it were me, I'd choose the high road, but we'll see. The Palin path is open. If he chooses that path, then he fails and we might all die. So be it. We will live or die on this election.