McCain Camp defends Death Chants

[kevinmc]

Source: NBC News

From NBC's Mark Murray

Earlier today, Obama remarked on recent outbursts of "Traitor!" "Terrorist!" and "Kill him!" at McCain campaign events. "It's easy to rile up a crowd," Obama said. "Nothing's easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. But that's not what we need right now in the United States."

In response, McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace released this statement, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. "Barack Obama's assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising. These are the same people obama called 'bitter' and attacked for 'clinging to guns' and faith. He fails to understand that people are angry at corrupt practices in Washington and Wall Street and he fails to understand that America's working families are not 'clinging' to anything other than the sincere hope that Washington will be reformed from top to bottom."

"Attacking our supporters is a new low for the campaign that's run more millions of dollars of negative ads than any other in history."

*** UPDATE *** McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers adds in another statement: “Barack Obama’s attacks on Americans who support John McCain reveal far more about him than they do about John McCain. It is clear that Barack Obama just doesn’t understand regular people and the issues they care about. He dismisses hardworking middle class Americans as clinging to guns and religion, while at the same time attacking average Americans at McCain rallies who are angry at Washington, Wall Street and the status quo."

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/10/1529529.aspx

[bemildred]

1. They really are desperate.

A politician who wakes up the mob is a fool.

[rebel with a cause]

44. Anyone who wakes up a mob is a fool

because you cannot control a mob and it sometimes will turn on you when you disappoint it. mccain and palin better be watching their own backs because they are creating a world of chaos around them. Wouldn't want to be them. Even if they win now by some miracle (cheating), they will be hated by so many.

[bemildred]

49. Yes. Mobs eat their own. nt

[Plucketeer]

52. Oop! Dupe!

[bemildred]

54. I'm not that worried about Obama. I'm sure he knows exactly what is up.

I don't think there are any illusions in his camp about the dangers. I'm worried about McCain and Palin and random bystanders. If you read about it, McCain's "supporters" are pissed off at him for losing, and they are dumb as a box of rocks.

[yardwork]

94. That's a very good point. McCain and Palin are putting themselves in danger.

A mob is most likely to attack the people in closest proximity.

[Plucketeer]

53. 25 days to go

I don't think we've seen the depths of their desperation. I hope to hell the secret service is covering EVERY possible base. There's some real lowbrow looney tooners that would do most anything for attention!

:scared:

[Richard D]

2. Shouldn't mcshame and pallid . . .

. . . be arrested for this?

[Sub Atomic]

61. Sure seems like they should.

The RNC is acting exactly like a Terrorist Organization.

[tavalon]

70. Domestic terrorists both!

[Stellabella]

3. I'm literally speechless.

Why those advisers' heads don't spin around and around is beyond me. Do they have any working brain cells AT ALL?

[AlCzervik]

4. wow, talk about having a tin ear. This is all on McCain, he could have denounced that bullshit

but he did not.

[tylerdee]

5. They are like school in the summer..... no class.

[GOPNotForMe]

6. Wow.... that headline.

[Solly Mack]

7. McCain-Palin - Putting Hate First

[my2sense]

8. The sad thing is that there is a group of

folks in this country will buy this BS.

[ShortnFiery]

11. But the ranks of folks who LIVE FOR this bunk are growing smaller from day to day.

This is the dying days of a quintessential campaign that's determined to LOSE UGLY.

[karynnj]

9. This is insane

They have now condoned those comments and defended the people - rather than speaking of them as "fringe"

[Puzzler]

36. You bet it's insane...

... of course he;s attacking those crazed supporters. That's the point. Does the McSame campaign really want to defend them? Evidently they do.

[halobeam]

10. this just feeds the racist/crazy ass crowds more.

they think it's perfectly all right now that they've been defended.

They could've been taken to task BY McCain and Palin, and if they wanted to do that, they would have. This is exactly what they want.

Beyond disgusting, now McCain and Palin should be taken to task... I hope they get what's left of their asses handed to them.

I can't think straight anymore, it's maddening.

[Bluerthanblue]

12. ignorant Nicole- it wasn't the 'supporters' Obama's statement addresses-

It was the messages of hatred and division comming out of the mouths of very ugly candidates- McCain, and Palin.

You are an ignorant fool.

Mccain's campaign is based on hatred and fear- Obama's is hope and progress.

I'll take Obama anyday, anytime.

[TankLV]

67. Oh, no - IT WAS THESE ASSHOLE "SUPPORTERS" HE DID & SHOULD ADDRESS!

BECAUSE OF WHAT THE SAID!!!!!!!!

GOOD FUCKING GOD...

[maddezmom]

13. I'm speechless

Ignoring it is one thing, realeasing a statement of approval is another. :puke:

[gratuitous]

45. This is coming from the same party that approves of torture

So it's not all that surprising, really. And their deliberate muddling of a critique of brainless mobsters calling for blood and the legitimate, righteous anger the Republicans have earned over the past quarter century of robber baronism just clinches the case (as far as I'm concerned) for designating the GOP a terrorist organization.

[Politicalboi]

14. And white is black

And black is white. Man these "people" are stupid and dangerous. I think someone should make yard signs or bumper stickers that say like the video Hate or Hope. That might just sink in to some of these morans.

[Cronopio]

15. Could this be an attempt to get Obama supporters riled ...

... so that an assassination attempt on McCain would be blamed on them?

[GinaMaria]

37. As disgusting as his actions are, we have the high road

It wouldn't make sense and would be way more difficult to incite an Obama supporter to that level of violence. These are all desperate stunts by a desperate campaign. McShame has been taking the wrong guidance from his team. He has definitely strayed from the path... well his path anyway. The old McShame would have been difficult to beat. It's like they are handing this election to us. Very odd and very strange.

Did you read the post about the for hire plant at his rally? These are very desperate people. I hope they find the peace they need.

[Cronopio]

86. I'm thinking that someone who *isn't* an Obama supporter could be induced to pull the trigger.

Someone who is of a convenient skin color, like Sirhan Sirhan.

[notadmblnd]

60. Why would anyone waste their time? He's old he's gonna die soon anyway.

if someone assassinates McCain, they need to look directly at Sarah Palin first. She has the motive.

[Cronopio]

87. But Sarah is white and anti-Muslim. She would be incapable of killing her own kind.

:sarcasm:

[illuminaughty]

78. Just when I think I've gone over the top with my little tinfoil head

Someone else says it out loud and comforts me. I mean someone is definitely trying to piss this side off big time. Hard to figure out.

[Cronopio]

85. I may not be overestimating their evil, but I might be overestimating their intelligence.

I'm sure someone on the Dark Side has thought about it, it's just a matter of how connected that "someone" is.

My wife keeps saying that McCain is a sacrifice play. Knowing how low the BFEE can get, there is a possibility that she's right.

[illuminaughty]

89. My friends have a similar opinion to your wife

I believe they'd do absolutely anything to hold on to power, delay an election, whatever is necessary. They sure are doing a great job of inspiring chaos in the country right now.

[yardwork]

95. Probably. The Republicans are masters at psy-ops from way back.

There's no question that the right wing would like McCain out of the way. They love Palin and despise McCain.

[CoffeeCat]

16. McCain's mouthpieces aren't even trying to make...

..sense any more.

They're the Veruca Salts of the political world.

Obama observes that death chants might not be what America needs right now, and McCain's failed
campaign screams, "You hate our supporters! You insult them! Barack Obama hates our supporter!"

These people are completely ridiculous and off the deep end.

Yep. I'm sure this insanity is playing really well in Akron, Tallahassee and Des Moines. :sarcasm:

[Milspec]

64. Veruca Salts??

I will publicly admit ignorance but who/what the hell is Veruca Salts?

[CoffeeCat]

65. Veruca Salt....

She was the spoiled brat in the "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" movie.

In the first movie, she wanted a golden goose, and ended up diving down the shoot
to retrieve a golden egg. In the version, she wanted a trained squirrel, and ended up
being carried away and thrown down the garbage shoot by the trained squirrels.

Kind of an obscure reference, I guess. :)

[illuminaughty]

79. Thank you.

I always feel so stupid when posting anyway and I was thinking to myself "jeez, I'm a dumb ass, I don't know who Veruca Salt is"...glad to know it was an oompa loompa moment and not a Shakespearean character.

[sinkingfeeling]

17. If McStupid's supporters are riled at Washington, then why are they chanting "Kill him" and

"Terrorist"? I think this reveals more about McSame and Ditz than anything.

[jberryhill]

28. Whenever I'm upset with the economy, I shout "Traitor!"

Doesn't everyone? :shrug: :shrug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

34. No, I shout "kill him!"

:)

[Kaleko]

35. Lol

[illuminaughty]

80. LOL

I was screaming at the TV "Hey you bastards are going to be eating a dirt sandwich next week and all you can do is scream, 'Terrorist'?" Frightening.

[Waiting For Everyman]

18. Their spokesmen are so LAME, they aren't even good at lying.

Everybody can see through it except them.

[barbtries]

19. unfuckingbelievable.

i can't summon words to describe what bottom feeding slime they must be. really, really disgusting.

[NHDEMFORLIFE]

20. The next time McSlime reaches across the aisle ...

The nearest Democrat should spit on his hand and kick him where his nuts used to be.

[GinaMaria]

32. Put on a rubber glove when he reaches across the aisle at

the very least. Yuck. Or even better, Mcshame him and leave his hand just floating out there, like he did to Obama.

[saigon68]

99. He Can't

His nuts are in Joementum's mouth

[MadrasT]

21. That's it. McCain is dead to me.

Before I just wanted Obama to win, but now I will take GREAT PLEASURE in seeing McGrumpy lose, lose big, lose hard, and be sent home to Arizona in disgrace to a life of obsolescence and total irrelevance.

He has crossed the line from being erratic and ineffectual, to being unrecognizable as a decent human being.

[superconnected]

22. I guess McShame would want his supporters to kill obama so he could win

[felinetta]

23. Their defense is utterly stupid and desparate!

[David__77]

24. I love that they're acting so crazy. It's like a caricature.

I cannot fathom that they're falling right into a trap of their own making. They've resorted to the "base mobilization" strategy that barely worked for Bush in 2004. Things are different now. Different voters, different climate.

[Roy]

84. Different voters,

And lots' more of them.....

[JEB]

25. OUT OF TOUCH

The over indulged Admiral's son married to the rich rich rich heiress is demonstrating how he hates regular hard working people.

[jb5150]

26. Speechless

absolutely speechless............The only good I can see coming out of a statement like that is to push more of the undecided toward Obama.

[liberal N proud]

27. We wouldn't want to let issues get in the way of a character assassination

The McCain camp is desperate, really desperate.

[GinaMaria]

29. Are they just pulling these stunts to stay on the news?

This is Campaign Theater for the electorally challenged! McStunt should just walk away. He's destroying any shred of his legacy that might have been decent.

[Doodler71]

30. Holy F*! They didn't... OMG...

They are the most vile and disgusting group of people I've ever seen.

[proud2BlibKansan]

31. Regular people go to political rallies and shout

"kill him"

"traitor"

and

"nigger"???


Maybe at GOP rallies, but I have certainly never heard any of those things at any rally I have ever attended.

[rebel with a cause]

48. I didn't even hear some of this stuff at the KKK rally I attended.

they were not that stupid. They were just full of hate and greed. These guys can make good money off of selling their brand of hate. Anyway, the rally was in in more control than these political ones. Of course we were surrounded by the state police and had cops on the roof tops with their assault rifles pointing down at us. :7

[Sam Ervin jret]

33. R.I.P. Sen. McCain's Honor. And may God have mercy on your immortal soul should anything happen.

[Shardik]

38. The McCain crowd is getting uncomfortably close to the RW'ers of the 60's.

and McCain and Palin are pouring gas on the fire.

This frightens me.

[Doctor_J]

43. I hope they start something.

When it's over there won't be enough of them left to field a baseball team.

[illuminaughty]

81. I would love to be able to just laugh

I mean it's beyond ignorant. But it is frightening in so many ways.

[yardwork]

96. You mean the right wingers who bombed churches and murdered little girls?

The right wingers who chased, screamed at, and threw bottles on children walking to school? The right wingers who turned police dogs on peaceful marchers?

They never went away. Palin woke them up and mobilized them like a zombie army.

[CJCRANE]

39. McCain is a sick old man clinging to power.

Hopefully people will see him for what he is.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. Can you imagine if we, in our anger over this illegal war, the 2000 coup, and this Wall Street mess

started chanting "Kill him"?

[Piewhacket]

41. So, you aren't saying it aint so...

NBC's Mark Murray (Oct8, 2008):
Earlier today, Obama remarked on recent outbursts of "Traitor!" "Terrorist!" and "Kill him!" at McCain campaign events. "It's easy to rile up a crowd," Obama said. "Nothing's easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. But that's not what we need right now in the United States."

McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace's response: "Barack Obama's assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising."

McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers laters offers: “Barack Obama’s attacks on Americans who support John McCain reveal far more about him than they do about John McCain.

Perhaps McInsane should hire some folks who speak English, because above Obama chided McCain against inciting a mob.
Actually, that is a pretty serious claim, with legs, needing a serious response.
Yet McCain's half-witted campaign "brain trust" obviously thought Obama was addressing the mob rather than the campaign, ie THEM.
Are they deaf? Dim-witted? Can they get NOTHING RIGHT? No wonder McCain has lost 20 points of polls recently.

In effect, the non-denial denial leaves us wondering what they are snorting down there at Repuk central.
They needed to deny they were inciting a mob, and promise not to do it again.
At least they had the good sense to admit it was their mob (supporters).
(No, wait! That's what they should have denied. Idiots! Are there no grown-ups down there?)

And there you have it. Yer classic campaign meltdown. How sweet.
Someone take some pictures of McCain's bozos for the comedy hall of fame.
hey!

[rebel with a cause]

50. No that is a spin...a red herring.

They took the attention off of Obama's accusation of mccain and turned it back on Obama's earlier statements that Hillary made such a big production about. That is how a bait and switch is done in politics. These guys are crooks, slimy beyond any hope of redemtion and a lot of other stuff that I don't like. I just hope that most US citizens are smart enough to see through this smoke screen they are throwing up. :grr:

[mamameow]

42. this is getting silly

the people who cling to their guns and religion in these hard times are joe six packs. mc cain and his chums are like a big balloon when the air is escaping fast, they just blow in any direction that the hot air carries them. anyone who thinks they are joe six pack should be insulted. the term means lazy, not well educated, drink beer because it is all they can afford to forget their troubles and usually live in run down trailers. the mc cain chimps need to explain what is a joe six pack and stop insulting people.

[la la]

46. holy jeebus-

i hope those out of control AREN'T * regular people*---America is screwn if that is true!

[The Traveler]

47. These people are sociopathic

Seriously. The McCain campaign has the rapidly morphing moral structure of the classic sociopath. They genuinely do not get it.

And, apparently, a certain percentage of their supporters are natural lynch mobsters ... and are indeed just like 'em.

Trav

[notadmblnd]

51. Obama has been in Washington two years, McCain, 26.

who should the crowd be more angry at? That's a poor fucking excuse John; since you've been part of the problem longer, you bear more responsibility for the corruption.

[Frisbee]

55. So I can only assume...

that if someone in an Obama or Biden crowd yelled "rape her" when they mention Sarah Palin, the McCain supporters, McCain himself and Sarah would all be cool with that. I'm sorry, but Kill Him, Traitor and Terrorist, are so far across the line of what should be acceptable by any decent human being that it makes my head spin. And how the McCain campaign can do anything other than condemn those who said such things in the strongest possible terms shows just how desperate they are to win, and to what depths they'll sink to accomplish that. Fortunately for sane people everywhere, it looks like they are destined to failure.

[illuminaughty]

82. Great point.

They probably are ready to lynch any black man who reaches across to shake Palin's hand.
Yeah, Can you imagine how Fox News would handle an Obama supporter yelling "Rape her"?

[Old and In the Way]

56. Republicans are masters of projection.

Apparently, people that identify with this Party are too stupid to understand that they are voting against their best interests. If they're lucky, they will lose.

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

57. McCain knows he has lost

their whole agenda now is to rile some lunatic up to do the unthinkable.

Don't be fooled into thinking he's still trying to win this election.

[Hulk]

58. It's too bad they don't listen to Senator Obama nor understand their own language...

Senator Obama has stated many times, equivocally and carefully that those who support this feeble old man and the "lipstick pig" are good people, sincere people, and true Americans as much as anyone else.

Just listen to what he is proposing. Listen to what the old fart and his "bitch from up north" are talking about....Ayers, Reverend Wright, Farrakhan, Islamic education, "Barack Hussein Obama", etc.

I'm sorry, but I honestly think most of the supporters for the old war coward and his piggy partner are deaf and/or stupid. They honestly believe this trickle down theory of making the wealthy MORE wealthy while killing off the middle class is GOOD FOR THEM??!

Idiots.

[TankLV]

68. NO! THAT'S THE PROBLEM! THOSE ASSHOLES WHO YELL "KILL HIM" ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE!!!

THEY ARE HIS SUPPORTERS AND THEY ARE - N0T - GOOD PEOPLE!

GOOD GOD, WE CAN'T EVEN CALL THESE ASSHOLES - ASSHOLES NOW?!?!?!

[truth2power]

59. Notice how cleverly the speaker diverts attention from the real issue..

which concerns the danger inherent in provoking a crowd to violence, and turns it instead to an argument over whether Obama understands ordinary Americans' frustration with the corrupt state of our government.

Red Herring, anyone?? :eyes:

[tomg]

62. "It is clear that Barack Obama

just doesn’t understand regular people." McCain has a point, if by "regular people" he means Kluxers, xenophobes, homophobes, sociopaths, misogynists, religious zealots who make Torquemada look like the Buddha, and the fine people at Fox News.

[WePurrsevere]

63. Wow... anyone with basic reading comp skills...

can see that this is a bunch of malarkey.

Apparently McCain and his handlers are so desperate that they're just throwing stuff out there that's obviously nonsense. "America First" my bonnie backside... the fact is that McCain is only out to help McCain and to heck with anyone and anything that gets in their way... even if it hurts others and our country. If he truly have a rat's butt about America he wouldn't be condoning and encouraging this type of nasty and horribly divisive behavior.

[TankLV]

66. Hello! You Repuke Assholes: TRYING TO DEFEND THESE IDIOTS SAYS A LOT ABOUT YOU FUCKERS!

Good god, do these IDIOTS have NO SHAME!

YOU!

REPUKE ASSHOLES!

YOU'RE - ARE - ASSHOLES FOR DARING TO SAY SUCH THINGS!

Simply UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!!!

[progressivebydesign]

69. and out of the OTHER side of his mouth, McCain today is talking nice at his rallies.

Fucking lunatics.

[yellowcanine]

72. Unless McCain now fires this spokesperson, we know he is not serious.

[Shallah Kali]

73. Unless they recant and publically apologize or mccain fires them he is lying

They have lost everyone except the rabid right wing and fundamentalist end timer vote so all they can do is rile them up to ensure they come out to vote as the GOP does it's damndest to supress everyone else's vote. I just watched the BBC's piece on how they are working to block the vote by Palast. They are utterly vile. I don't know a cuss word vile enough to describe these creatures.

[yurbud]

71. they ARE the status quo of corruption

[classysassy]

74. The world

is watching this country at its worst.Most of the republicans profess that they are Christians,it seem to me they have been hanging out with the devil,purely evil people.

[glitch]

75. Sounds like they are trying to appease the angry remnants that are still following them.

They've given up trying to attract anyone else, and now they are in the position of appeasing the dregs.

Are they simply trying to avoid a complete blow-out at the polls? Do they think they risk receiving under 30%?

God it sucks to be them, on every level imaginable.

[Dems4me]

76. This is 1 reason their down in the polls - THEIR NUTS!!! n/t

[Nevernose]

77. Notice both defenders mention guns?

Now, is this because Barack pointed out several months ago that Republicans win most of their elections by playing the gun-grabber card, or is it more nefarious?

Normally, I'd think I was being paranoid. But in light of all the recent bullshit, I think we might seriously have a Henry II on our hands.

[JimDandy]

83. McCain's campaign has just jumped the couch!

Erratic is too mild a word for how his campaign is being run. It is IMPLODING!

Today, McCain admonished his supporters, when they were clearly out of line, for calling his opponent a "terrorist" and an "Arab", but when Obama also encouraged McCain's supporters to chill out, McCain's spokesman called it an "assault" and "insulting".

There is a big difference between McCain supporters being "angry at Washington, Wall Street and the status quo", as his spokesman stated, (as if Obama supporters aren't, but that's not the point here) and McCain supporter's inciting violence by tell a crowd to "Kill him (Obama)"

We all know why the crowds were talking like that in the first place. Because McCain UNDERSTOOD "that (his supporter's) are angry at corrupt practices in Washington and Wall Street and he" UNDERSTOOD "that America's working families...hope that Washington will be reformed from top to bottom", but McCain COULDN'T ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, because they, and all other economic issues, are LOSING ISSUES for him.

McCain IS the status quo. McCain IS what needs reforming. McCain IS the cause of corrupt practices on Wall Street.

So, this whole past week the campaign made McCain attack Obama on a coded racial level and instructed Palin to say Obama "palled around with terrorists" and was a "friend to terrorists" and a "terrorist sympathizer".

It backfired and they are back-pedaling, and flip-flopping, and damage-controlling, because THAT message was ill received by independents, undecideds and moderate republicans.

I almost feel sorry for them - NOT!

Go Obama Go. :bounce: Go Obama Go. :bounce: Go Obama Go. :bounce: Go Obama Go. :bounce:

[HopeFor2006]

88. Regular people?

Are they kidding? omg

[AndyTiedye]

90. The Sort of "Regular People" Who Parade Around Dressed Up in Bed Sheets

[magellan]

91. Hm, these people shout death chants at the terrorists in Washington too

Will McSame's camp defend them?

[Imagevision]

92. The US. with it's history of assasinations, Mccain claims he has no control over his supporters?

When that old wench yells out to Mccain (referring to Hillary) how do we stop the bitch? - Mccain later on smiles at the comment!

[Ian_rd]

93. If they were clinging to their guns before, McCain now has them LOADING their guns.

Dangerous asshole.

[scarface2004]

97. mckaine supporters are cretin asshole white trash dicks!!!

and you owe us an apology for being born you moronic idiots!!!

[Supersedeas]

98. No one...no one should ever forget or forgive Nicole mini-Perino Wallace for twisting this issue

Obama is trying to unite the country and because he stands against the politics of division, that is an attack on McNasty's supporters.

Who the FUCK is she?