> Fran wrote:
>> On Oct 11, 2:42 pm, "Tim Hattrell" wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm 47 ansd I've never seen anything this disusting in politics in
>>> my life.
>>>
>>> McCain supporters are embarassing the entire US.
>>>
>>> "I am a Maverick" wrote in
>>>
>>>> McCain trys to calm down a hateful crowd of his ignorant followers.
>>>
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGcVdDTFRY
>>
>> must say that I am troubled by the direction the McCain campaign is
>> taking. I am 50 years old, yet cannot recall a presidential campaign
>> in which one or more of the presidential contenders stirred such
>> vitriol and animus towards a rival amongst their base. We are in
>> uncharted and dangerous waters here. This is no longer robust debate
>> or even the kind of negative personal attacks one saw in Swiftboat
>> 2004. In my opinion, this is a dagger at the heart of the polity, and
>> the authors of this approach need to pull their horns in. McCain once
>> said that service to America came before winning elections, but on
>> current form, this looks to be implausible. What sort of patriotism
>> is it that salutes the flag but spits on its spirit?
>>
>> I was watching these McCain supporters on youtube, unfiltered by 'the
>> mainstream media'.
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxzmaXAg9E
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJghQMq49dw&feature=related
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxECcTjCuw
>>
>> One of the things I found interesting was the animus towards the
>> people with the camera, especially in the first video. It's a real
>> siege mentality. If you're from the media, you must be in the tank
>> for Obama, and be some sort of 'liberal Muslim terrorist socialist
>> commie f*****t fellow traveller'. One can see organisers trying to
>> discourage people from talking to the cameraman and far from an
>> atmosphere of open discussion, a wave of animus not just to Obama
>> supporters, but to the media as well. This is what the world, as
>> well as Americans will see of politics US-style. Is this not
>> shameful to every civilized person?
>>
>> Make no mistake. What this footage documents is the grooming of a
>> putatively violent mob, a band of people being given the beginnings
>> of cause in their minds at least, to engage in criminal conduct. One
>> of the more disturbing moments, off camera, was the child of one of
>> the reluctant interviewees holding an Obama doll who said you needed
>> gloves to touch him. This is a household where the children are being
>> taught to hate. There is the persistent use of Obama's middle name by
>> Palin and other Republican operatives, which plays to the bigoted
>> attendees at McCain rallies.
>>
>> Obama, Palin assured us, "doesn't see America the way you and I do" .
>> They have opened a portal into the America they see, and everyone
>> should take careful note.
>>
>>
>> Fran
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