"I absolutely repudiate such comments, and again I will take responsibility it will never happen again.”
Evidently John McCain has a very unique definition of the word 'never'. The McCain campaign has openly expressed its intention to attack the character of Obama, in what can only be described as a last-ditch measure intended to bolster McCain's waning popularity; and while McCain himself has personally refrained from attacking Obama directly, his running mate Sarah
Palin seems to have no qualms about it. During a speech after the October 2nd debate, Palin stated that Obama is "palling around with terrorists who would target their own country" and added "This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America. We see America as a force of good in this world. We see an America of exceptionalism."
Although Palin may not be aware of the full meaning of the word exceptionalism, the notion that the U.S. has the exceptional right to operate outside, and effectively ignore, international law, the hate's still evident. And while Palin at least hasn't been openly violent, the same can't be said of supporters at rallies. While the references to Obama's middle name, Hussein, by Palin have become more and more frequent, supporters have taken it one step further. ‘Treason,’ ‘terrorist,’ and ‘kill him!’ are phrases that are becoming commonplace during her speeches, and in some instances supporters are devolving into use of racial slurs; in one instance directed at a member of the sound crew for a news station. And though it's certain that neither McCain nor Palin would condone such bigoted remarks, their presence certainly speaks for the mindset of a growing number of McCain supporters.
-bWa
No presidential platform can run without a hipocrisy or two slipping out. Although there have been myriads of kinks that one can easily spot in the Republican Campaign, it is plain to see that you strategically omit all the hipocrosies in the Democratic campaign. Barrack Obama is keen on stating that he is beyond a shadow of a doubt liberal and has voted with them almost all the time if not all. However, during the earlier campaigns he ran, he put a major emphasis on how he "reached over the aisle" to a republican congressman Chuck Hagel in his first day of congress. How can you have a candidate whose image is the very antithesis of Conservatism and simultaneously support his whole "i reach over the aisle" shpiel. John McCaine said quite accurately during the first presidential debate, "It's hard to reach over the aisle from that far left. This is ever so prominent in the McCaine campaign, yet, i can see you're just catering to a pitifully select audience. I saw the votes. Why not show this to some conservatives? Seems like there's little to discuss in your sphere where one political party dominates the widespread ideology.
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