The Violent Rhetoric Genie Has Been Let Out Of The Bottle

[WeDidIt]

McCain will never be able to put it back in.

John McCain will forever be linked to death threats against Barack Obama. HE pushed the environment for this. If anything happens to Barack, HE is responsible.

[grannie4peace]

1. i agree with you

[Matariki]

2. And Palin is ESPECIALLY culpable.

[jacksonian]

12. yes, today at least McCain tried to show small restraint

we have yet to hear any restraint from stroomtrooper Sarah.

She'd going to whip up crowds and let McCain be the weak "good cop". Just watch.

[Guaranteed]

3. Yup- you should amend that, though.

EVER happens to Obama, I think you mean.

[Why Syzygy]

4. Nothing is going to harm Obama.

But, MacMaverick will never recover, nevertheless.

[BlooInBloo]

5. Republicans are truly the most evil people on the planet.

[ladjf]

6. They are followers of the philosophy of "Republicanism", a cult

of greed, destruction and death.

[myrna minx]

7. Absolutely. His reputation will forever be sullied and he did it all himself, by making his

campaign rallies resemble klan rallies. :puke:

[RichGirl]

8. If anything happens to anyone...if one person is injured...

...because of McCain/Palin inciting hate...they will both be finished. They'll know what it feels like to be OJ.

[SDJay]

9. As are any 'leaders' who don't speak out.

I just called my congressman, Brian Bilbray, and had all of my employees, some of whom are even R's but equally sickened by all of this, do the same. Obviously I didn't get him on the phone, but got to someone who seemed to have some pull in his campaign, telling him that if he wants to earn any votes next month, he'd better show that he's willing to lead on this and speak out against it. If he doesn't, then the same guilt-by-association that's being used by the 'top of his party' will be used against him, and people will think he's the same sort of fundie bigot that the rest of the R's are becoming. I heard nothing but silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds, a 'thank you for calling' and then a 'promise' to speak to the congressman about it.

Will this do any good? Probably not. But if enough people make those calls, especially to H of R members running for reelection, we could get some people to speak out against this, if for no other reason than to distance themselves from the bastard child of the Nazis and KKK that this party has become.

[Iterate]

10. Our candidates are protected; individuals are not.

And that's how the cowards prey, on the weak or the isolated, the one from out of state, the kid wearing the wrong T-shirt.

McCain and Palin have lit a fire they cannot control.

If McCain won't stand up against this -his last chance for courage -then the last remaining moderates in the Republican party must. If there is one remaining journalist with integrity, one last preacher who hasn't been turned, one librarian, one citizen among them, now is the time.

It's only been a few months since the Unitarian church attack in Knoxville, but the gunman was crazy, right?

It smells like '68.

[jberryhill]

11. Thank you

I hadn't considered that previously. As delicious is the prospect of watching the Republican party melt down before our eyes through the sheer repulsive force of the behavior of their rotten core, you are correct - others are jeopardized if this behavior continues.

[WeDidIt]

13. Well, I was right

Sadly, I knew what I was talking about:

Raw anger in McCain's crowds as Obama strengthens
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and BETH FOUHY –

LAKEVILLE, Minn. (AP) — The anger is getting raw at Republican rallies and John McCain is finally acting to tamp it down.

McCain was booed by his own supporters Friday when, in an abrupt switch from raising questions about Barack Obama's character, he described the Democrat as a "decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States."

A sense of grievance spilling into rage has gripped some GOP events this week as McCain supporters see his presidential campaign lag against Obama. Some in the audience are making it personal, against the Democrat. Shouts of "traitor," "terrorist," "treason," "liar," and even "off with his head" have rung from the crowd at McCain and Sarah Palin rallies, and gone unchallenged by them.