Would it be fair to say that the McCain camp's hateful rhetoric is now in the mainstream?

msallied

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Fri Oct-10-08 04:57 PM
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Would it be fair to say that the McCain camp's hateful rhetoric is now in the mainstream?

I'm hearing a lot of people talk about it, and in a not-so-flatting-for-McCain way.

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complain jane

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Fri Oct-10-08 04:58 PM
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1. Yes and some a-hole

was just on MSNBC totally defending it, saying Obama's "feelings must be getting hurt".

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msallied

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Fri Oct-10-08 05:00 PM
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3. Wow.

I am going to keep hoping that people are seeing this shit for what it truly is. I simply do not see this as at all helping John McCain. It will harden the wackiest of wackos in his base, but the rest will probably either be staying home on election day or voting for Obama.

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jberryhill

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Fri Oct-10-08 05:03 PM
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6. LOL - Nobody Ever Tried To Offend A Black Guy Before

Yeah, I'll bet that race hate comes as a real surprise to Senator Obama.

Which a-hole was that?

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complain jane

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Fri Oct-10-08 05:23 PM
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7. I didn't catch his name and I never saw him before

White hair and beady eyes. On with Chris Matthews.

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EFerrari

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Fri Oct-10-08 04:59 PM
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2. Yes, they have been mainstreamed. And if we allow it to stand

we are making a mistake.

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jberryhill

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Fri Oct-10-08 05:02 PM
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4. Probably needs a bit more exposure to sink in broadly

We tend to forget that we're ahead of the media curve on a lot of stuff.

It's reached the Salon/Rachel/Keith level, and starting to get into the major op-eds. When it hits the local newspapers, affiliate coverage at campaign stops, and water coolers, then it's gone far enough.

I'd like them to keep it up for at least another two or three days.

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msallied

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Fri Oct-10-08 05:03 PM
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5. It seems the Ayers stuff has made mainstream press...

but not the lynch mob rallies the two of them are holding.

GOD this makes me so freakin mad. :mad:

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jberryhill

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Fri Oct-10-08 07:30 PM
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9. This just in....

Yeah, it's gone far enough.

It just exploded.

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skooooo

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Fri Oct-10-08 05:33 PM
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8. Even Wolfe Blitzer is calling McCain on it....

that says something!

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