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environmentalist Donating Member (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:47 AM
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John McCain's Missed Opportunity
Source: THE ENVIRONMENTALIST

John McCain missed the single greatest opportunity to address his most dangerous supporters directly and to repudiate their threats of violence after Senator Obama brought up the threats in the debate. McCain chose not to do so, calling them "fringe" while lauding ALL his supporters as "patriotic."

This came after Senator John McCain made a point during the debate that Barack Obama should repudiate John Lewis' Wallace comparison, which Senator Obama had done already, while pointing out that Lewis' concern about violence, given the congressman's first hand experience, was a valid consideration.

Senator McCain was not impressed. Nor was he impressed when Senator Obama directly brought up the vitriol from McCain and Palin's rallies, citing words like "terrorist" and "kill him," which John McCain dismissed as coming from fringe supporters, after which the Republican senator went on to laud all his supporters as "patriotic Americans."

Read more: http://politics.the-environmentalist.org/2008/10/mccains-missed-opportunity.html
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 01:57 AM
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1. John Mccain and Sarah Palin' think AIP is "patriotic", too.
Edited on Thu Oct-16-08 01:57 AM by LynnTheDem
But then, John mccain and Sarah Palin' don't think.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:16 AM
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2. Typical double standard Republicanism
Fits with all the rest of their ideology

"Waaaah, you didn't tell Lewis what a bad man he was, waaaaah!"

"But my supporters who throw around death threats are fine upstanding patriotic citizens!"

Waaaaaa, the bankers need a bailout, waaaaah; let's cut off all the "entitlements" for the welfare queens to pay for it

Same shit different day
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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-16-08 02:25 AM
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3. Too true, and it's getting old. n/t
:dem:

-Laelth
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