"Obama Is An Arab"- Says McCain Volunteer In Letters

[jefferson_dem]

Run time: 05:45 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8XmerZEyHE   Posted on YouTube: October 11, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 11, 2008 By DU Member: jefferson_dem Views on DU: 1310

 

[hisownpetard]

1. There are no words.

[enki23]

2. i'm no professional, but she really appears to have mental health issues

not quite as deserving of our scorn, maybe, as the more-or-less functioning fascist assholes we've all seen in the vids from mccain rallies.

[jefferson_dem]

3. I almost feel sorry for this old woman.

In a "fogive her ... for she knows not what she does" kind of way. I'm interested in exposing the coordinated hate-efforts of the McCrypt campaign but I am not interested in exploiting this woman.

[gorfle]

5. Hey all those brown people look alike, right?

this sort of thing does not surprise me anymore.

[ginnyinWI]

9. no, this is normal for someone like this.

They are conservative and they are afraid of the new and different. They don't want a black man in their White House. They don't want anything to change. I've seen some of these emails and talked with people like this. They're afraid so they believe anything.

[L. Coyote]

20. People do not change, but the old ones do die, about 5% per Presidential election.

Or 10% since 2000. That turnover is a good thing, considering how this person thinks.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. .

:wow:

[Amonester]

6. "No he isn't." (said in a way that would get to her 'childish' level)

"And IF he was, what's wrong with someone being an Arab?"

(I don't know if that question was asked to that racist, the audio is inaudible here.)

[AlbertCat]

7. Well, I don't feel sorry for the ding bat

"He's still got Muslim in him!"

and about her extended family: "They all think the same." Yikes!

You see boys and girls, religion is somehow hereditary. Obama's father was Muslim (or Arab, even though he was not from Arabia)so "he's still got some muslim in him." even if he went to Rev, Wright's church. (Something else we need to worry about!)Anyway, religion is hereditary. It's like you can always tell a Jew by the size of his nose or the shape of their heads. Some leader in Europe decades ago knew this and did very well for himself spreading such info.

[life long demo]

8. This poor woman is 75 years old

and she and others are being preyed upon by the McCranky committee. I'm 65, and God I hope I don't get like that 10 years from now. The rethugs are scaring these people, and the rethugs know exactly what they are doing.

[Swagman]

10. isn't that "poor woman" McCain's age ? and a nasty racist

[ingac70]

26. 3 years older than McSame...

an ignorant old racist, not interested in learning the truth

[niceypoo]

11. The base

This is an 18%er that we often hear about

[Unca Jim]

12. Repost from the other thread on this...

Seriously, why be judgmental?

This lady is trying to learn more about the world around her and make this country a better place. EVEN THOUGH SHE IS TOTALLY MISGUIDED AND HAS BEEN FED LIES she is not hateful or unwilling to discuss politics with others. She doesn't hate Obama or his supporters; she doesn't advocate violence against anyone. She's simply concerned about what would happen if "an Arab" became President and made this country an Islamic nation. If I believed the bullshit she does I would be just as concerned as I am about Palin making the USA a Christianic nation.

The problem isn't that she's an idiot, it's that she is being fed lies by people and sources she trusts. Once she figures out she's being lied too, she might very well think more critically and could even come around to Obama after getting her facts straight.


SHE IS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE PEOPLE WHO PUT OUT THE LIES IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND MOST RIGHT WINGERS. She is the direct result of the Right Wing Noise Machine.

There is no point in judging her. We should be, like the folks in the video, offering her alternatives and correcting her mis-perceptions.

Take a look at some of the videos of other McCain supporters and compare.

She's top of the heap.

[omen]

15. Amen

I agree 100%

[Hutzpa]

16. She need to get educated

the major issue here is the McCain camp using people like these
as a tool.

The fight is not with these folks, its with the McCain camp for
propagating lies, distortion and extortion.

She wants to learn and it would be nice to expose her to the truth
and she can in turn pass it on to her family.

There are many like that out there who are just like her, but the
problem is the domestic terrorist who will use this as an opportunity
to do something stupid.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

17. There is no excuse for this

We live in a country where all you have to do is even the most basic of research to find out that not only is Obama not an Arab, but he is a Christian. There is no excuse for her, we are all being fed the right wing machines lies. But you and I and millions of other people know that Obama is a Christian. I don't care that you feel she is somehow a "victim of the system". She and all these other dolts should know better. We do!

[omen]

13. bless her soul, DONT JUDGE

You can tell she is sincere and not filled with hate. The woman is terribly misled.

This video IS GOOD thought.

It is an indictiment of the viral far-right machine, the Limbaughs and Hannitys and thsoe pulling similar strinings at the top of the RNC apparatus.

She is exploited by these heartless fucks. Bless this lady's soul

[Snotcicles]

14. Was that Dana Bash?.nt

[PA Democrat]

18. Transcript here:

http://the-uptake.groups.theuptake.org/en/videogalleryView/id/933/

[Amonester]

23. Thanks.

She 'may not' be a racist after all, but (another) ignorant 'victim' of racist propagandists.

[PA Democrat]

19. Were McCain campaign funds used to print & mail this letter?

I have been searching for a copy of the actual letter, so far with no success. I would also like to know if the McCain campaign is funding the spread of such despicable xenophobic hate speech. McCain is responsible for what his campaign is doing, and if funded it, he owns it.

[L. Coyote]

22. In all probability, YES (unofficially, of course).

[Limelight]

21. I actually find this incredibly sad.

Look in her eyes when asks her "Do think if he's elected, this will become a muslim country?" She has been fed so many lies about not only Obama, but about everyone of a billion muslims in the world basically wanting to blow her up that she's literally terrified. Her own party, for political gain, has literally filled her full of so much fear she basically thinks that Obama being elected would be the end of her.

How pathetic do you have to be to prey on an old woman like that just so you can pick up a few votes? :grr:

[Amonester]

24. And they won't tell her (in a letter or else) that McShame plans...

to cut her 'services' (Medicare, etc.) either, I'm sure.

[beac]

25. One think I don;t like about these kinds of interviews is when

the filmmaker asks semi-leading questions like "Is Barack Obama a terrorist?" or "What would happen if we were a Muslim country?" it just feeds the fire and doesn't really challenge the beliefs of these low-info voters.