Stay Classy, Sacramento
On its Web site, the Sacramento County Republican Party compared Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., to terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, urging voters to "Waterboard Barack Obama." "The difference between Osama and Obama is just a little B.S," said the ad below, which has since been removed from its Web site. Hector Barajas, a spokesman for the state Republican Party, said that the state party had asked the Sacramento County GOP chairman, Craig MacGlashan, to remove the image, which the Sacramento Bee was industrious enough to snag. "I called [MacGlashan] and asked him if they could remove it, and they are revamping their Web site and no longer having these type of images," Barajas said. "We made clear this isn’t the type of campaign that Sen. McCain nor us has been trying to run. There are no questions on Barack Obama’s patriotism, love for this country or whether he’s Muslim or not, becase he’s not, he’s a Christian." — Jake Tapper and Julia Hoppock
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Republicans are now backing away from the lunatic fringe of their party.
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm
Seriously, a state PARTY website.
Wow.
This election has really opened my eyes.
Posted by: Rhoda | October 15, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm
The lunatic fringe of the Republican party is called “the base.”
Posted by: Sarah | October 15, 2008, 5:32 pm 5:32 pm
Sadly, this is very common. Talk radio bigots are spewing hateful vile every day. Why does Jake Tapper go on these vile hateful talk radio shows?
Posted by: David | October 15, 2008, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm
No Ryan C. The lunatic fringe is the base of the party.
Posted by: hang | October 15, 2008, 5:37 pm 5:37 pm
Bet he will tell you what you like to hear. You don’t even need to waterboard him, you just need to hint you might do it. He has no principles.
Posted by: d0 | October 15, 2008, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm
For shame!!!!! what is the matter with you people.
Posted by: jenni | October 15, 2008, 5:38 pm 5:38 pm
Republicans have created a monster. I am reminded of the candidate’s (Lewis) motto in the movie “Head of State”……”God bless America and no place else”.
Posted by: Daisy | October 15, 2008, 5:45 pm 5:45 pm
If I were a republican (granted I never would be) I would be absolutely ashamed of what the GOP has become. Disgraceful.
Posted by: dem in chicago | October 15, 2008, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm
So this is the Sixpack campaign that McCain/Palin told us about.
Getting dumb and dumber!
McCain = No Style, no Vision!
Palin = To Stupid for Words!
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm
Wow, are the republicans so stupid that they don´t understand that this kind of behavior seriously damages their own candidate?
Just imagine them in a few weeks when it´s totally clear that Obama is winning the election.
Posted by: Krolle | October 15, 2008, 5:50 pm 5:50 pm
Sad…
Every day I am amazed by the new lows…
How pathetic. Dishonorable. Weak.
Posted by: blip | October 15, 2008, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm
Why did the GOP let the KKK take over?
Posted by: Joe | October 15, 2008, 5:59 pm 5:59 pm
Isn’t that just lovely. Bunch of freakin lunatics.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 6:03 pm 6:03 pm
Seriously?!? The Republicans have lost it! Its down to reactive instincts, and this is what they BRING! Dirty Slimy undispicable Trash! I really feel sorry for these people and all that follow. When I’m around the World and See things like this, I FEEL ASHAMED!
Posted by: Kuma La Mama ZENU!! | October 15, 2008, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm
yeah rhoda good for you…how many years of getting abused by the republicans though before you got wise??
thats how they play the game, by the time you figure out whats going on ,all the chickens have been stolen from the hen house ,the hen house is burnt down and the fire is spreading to who knows where…
i knew republicans were trouble the day nixon got on tv and said ” i am not a criminal” and i havent been wrong about them once yet.
btw ,wasnt there some gordon liddy terrorist type fellow involved in that ummm watergate thingie….umm and isnt he a really good friend and valued associate of mr mccain?
terrorist ? convicted criminal? yep both…
Posted by: bah | October 15, 2008, 6:04 pm 6:04 pm
So where is the Sacramento County Republican Party having their debate-watch party tonight?
Posted by: Tom J | October 15, 2008, 6:06 pm 6:06 pm
I just went to the Sacramento GOP website. (I had a hard time believing that any legitimate and respected organization would actively contribute to such hate.) Well… I believe it now! Their website is absolutely shocking! It’s FULL of derogatory cartoons and hateful speech towards Obama. I’m an Independant voter but was once a registered Republican. I will NEVER return to that party.
Posted by: Lorrie | October 15, 2008, 6:07 pm 6:07 pm
Why did the GOP let the KKK take over?
Posted by: Joe | Oct 15, 2008 5:59:23 PM
i think it was because the kkk has those sharp outfits ,although they only get to wear them at night . ill bet they do look spiffy by the burning cross light.
Posted by: bah | October 15, 2008, 6:07 pm 6:07 pm
They took it down because Arnold told them to – and good for him.
Posted by: mara | October 15, 2008, 6:08 pm 6:08 pm
Today’s republic party is more right winged and nuttier then ever.
The party of Eisenhower, Nixon or Reagan doesn’t exists anymore. It’s being kept hostage by some vicious NeoCon nutcases, having Hannity, Bill O’Reilly and Rush Limbaugh as their spoke persons.
The media hasn’t turned biased, it’s the republican party have become out of touch with reality. Pushing Palin as VP is the most irresponsible act I ever seen in politics.
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 6:11 pm 6:11 pm
This tells you all you need to know about Republicans, the party of ignorance, hate, and divisiveness. They are intellectectually and morally bankrupt. They really have nothing to offer this country but fear and loathing. They had eight years of power and have done all they can to destroy this country.
Posted by: Michael | October 15, 2008, 6:13 pm 6:13 pm
Lorrie – You’re right. My California relatives said that it was all taken down – but this website looks like it was done by middle school boys. Amazing.
Posted by: mara | October 15, 2008, 6:13 pm 6:13 pm
Another GOP Klan member running for office, trying to pump up the ANGRY MOB Republican base, that’s all…
No big surprise there!!
Man, is there even going to be a single Republican in office after November 4th??
As you watch all the ANGRY UNEDUCATED REPUBLICAN MOBS across the country, you have to wonder why they aren’t all in jail for burning crosses in Obama supporters front yards!!
Posted by: Davis | October 15, 2008, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
How childish. There is a fringe on both sides. Have you seen the DailyKos or Puffington Post lately?
Posted by: Captain America | October 15, 2008, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm
Only the Democrats have a KKK member, Robert Byrd.
Posted by: Captain America | October 15, 2008, 6:17 pm 6:17 pm
In today’s world, the one made by the republicans, GOP = KKK.
Posted by: JR | October 15, 2008, 6:18 pm 6:18 pm
Captain America, those sites aren’t a state party organization.
Posted by: Daisy | October 15, 2008, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm
obama had to scrub his website about his affilation with ACORN. now ACORN who….thats not the acorn i knew.
Posted by: ourfreednow | October 15, 2008, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm
that’s right… or is it “wright”…. anyone who doesn’t back B O … is a member of the K K K…..
How perceptive of you.
And you thought of that all by your selves……
There may be a lot of you but brainwise, you manage to all fit into just one.
Posted by: disigusted! | October 15, 2008, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm
What ever happened to free speech?
If a kid had an opinion, why should everyone run to silence the lost lamb?
i think the response is much worse than an idiot’s comment.
Soldiers die for this Country to allow it to be free. If that opinion is not yours, it it our right to shut anyone up?
Reconsider your stand on freedom of speech and expression.If the kid has a belief let him have a voice to record and hear.
In an AbC interview Obama called his religion Muslim, he was quickly corrected by the interviewer…remember?
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 6:23 pm 6:23 pm
“There is a fringe on both sides. Have you seen the DailyKos or Puffington Post lately”
Kos & Huffington pail in comparison to Free Republic & Red State.
Even Red State writers are embarassed by the crowd there.
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 6:24 pm 6:24 pm
pail = pale
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 6:24 pm 6:24 pm
Jeremiah Wright, Father Michael Pfleger, William Ayers and Antoin Rezko are not just people who happened to be at the same place at the same time as Barack Obama. They are people with whom he chose to ally himself for years, and with some of whom some serious money changed hands.
Some gave political support, and some gave financial support, to Obama’s election campaigns, and Obama in turn contributed either his own money or the taxpayers’ money to some of them. That is a familiar political alliance— but an alliance is not just an “association” from being at the same place at the same time.
Obama could have allied himself with all sorts of other people. But, time and again, he allied himself with people who openly expressed their hatred of America. No amount of flags on his campaign platforms this election year can change that.
Posted by: ourfreednow | October 15, 2008, 6:26 pm 6:26 pm
obama had to scrub his website about his affilation with ACORN. now ACORN who….thats not the acorn i knew.
Posted by: ourfreednow | Oct 15, 2008 6:22:05 PM
You want to bash Obama? Explain to me the US Council for World Freedom and McCain’s transition chief. McCain has also had ties to ACORN, so get off that nonsense.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 6:27 pm 6:27 pm
It looks like Jeremiah Wright was just the tip of the iceberg. Not only did Barack Obama savor Wright’s sermons, Obama gave legitimacy — and a whole lot of money — to education programs built around the same extremist anti-American ideology preached by Reverend Wright. And guess what? Bill Ayers is still palling around with the same bitterly anti-American Afrocentric ideologues that he and Obama were promoting a decade ago. All this is revealed by a bit of digging, combined with a careful study of documents from the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, the education foundation Obama and Ayers jointly led in the late 1990s.
John McCain, take note. Obama’s tie to Wright is no longer a purely personal question (if it ever was one) about one man’s choice of his pastor. The fact that Obama funded extremist Afrocentrists who shared Wright’s anti-Americanism means that this is now a matter of public policy, and therefore an entirely legitimate issue in this campaign.
Posted by: ourfreednow | October 15, 2008, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm
All the so called love for this country in this world as boasted by the GOP has NOT done one single thing for my 401K, the economic health of this country and the debacle of the Iraq war. So I say, What’s love got to do with it?
Posted by: Paula | October 15, 2008, 6:32 pm 6:32 pm
“What ever happened to free speech?”
Because democracy is more than freedom of speech. Democracy is also about being civil to each other.
Ruanda was also a democracy, we witnessed what happened when demagogue populists where sowing seeds of hatred.
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
During his tenure on the board of Chicago’s Woods Fund, that body funneled more than $200,000 to Acorn. More recently, the Obama campaign paid $832,000 to an Acorn affiliate. The campaign initially told the Federal Election Commission this money was for “staging, sound, lighting.” It later admitted the cash was to get out the vote.
The Obama campaign is now distancing itself from Acorn, claiming Mr. Obama never organized with it and has nothing to do with illegal voter registration. Yet it’s disingenuous to channel cash into an operation with a history of fraud and then claim you’re shocked to discover reports of fraud. As with Rev. Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers, Mr. Obama was happy to associate with Acorn when it suited his purposes. But now that he’s on the brink of the Presidency, he wants to disavow his ties.
Posted by: ourfreednow | October 15, 2008, 6:33 pm 6:33 pm
Posted by: ourfreednow | Oct 15, 2008 6:29:49 PM
Explain to me the US Council for World Freedom and McCain’s transition chief. McCain has also had ties to ACORN, so get off that nonsense.
I am still waiting for you to explain these and add to that G.Gordon Liddy.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm
“‘knew republicans were trouble the day nixon got on tv and said ” i am not a criminal” ,,
How come you believe Obama when He says,
“I’m not a criminal”. or “He’s just someone in the neighborhood I said hello to”
How come you aren’t disgusted when he throws the one family member who brought him all the way up… under the bus and demeans her by describing her as a typical white woman?
Obama IS bringing about change….. right back to the sixties!
And this kind of blog with it’s racist slurs against whites….. just adds fuel the the political fire.
The threat of rioting on the streets should Obama lose… doesn’t help either!
Be careful……..
Our country ISN’T broken…..
but Obama dosn’t know how to fix it.
Besides, he’s too busy blowing his own horn!
Posted by: disgusted! | October 15, 2008, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm
LOL right wingers are desperate to change the subject.
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm
I think by the the GOP is done exposing itself, only those with the dimmest of wits will take them seriously.
Posted by: Joseph | October 15, 2008, 6:37 pm 6:37 pm
Yes but McCain allied himself with Bush, Cheney and now Rove. Americans can see that these guys are alot more scary than Wright, Rezko or professor Ayers. Time and again McCain allied himself with dumb big buisnessmen instead of his fellow Americans. Now the evil slander of the base will finish him off.
Posted by: Loki | October 15, 2008, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm
The first acts of a dictator is to shut down the newspapers and other media and squash all truthful information from the people. Guess what, people, America is heading in that direction. If some news article or blog is not pro- Obama, its gotta be closed down.
Truth hurts Obama. Ayers, Rev. Wright, Rezko. Trinity Church, ACORN—all these people/groups represent Obama’s political agenda and personnal beliefs.
Posted by: Mary | October 15, 2008, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm
All the so called love for this country in this world as boasted by the GOP has NOT done one single thing for my 401K, the economic health of this country and the debacle of the Iraq war. So I say, What’s love got to do with it?
Posted by: Paula
PSSSST whisper…the idealism of both candidates to do something is lost to reality.Smoke and mirrors by Candidates do not make money happen.
Congress and the House has the purse strings.
It is they who blew the money thing. Last time I looked that group was largely Democrats.
Why do you have to point out Dem flaws all the time?
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm
Why did they take it down? It only shows you firsthand the GOP value system. They will stop at nothing to get their way. Wow! How will a GOP President deal with conflicts in other countries with this type of mindset? Well just look at Bush. Can only expect more of the same from McCain and his constituents. Look at how he’s done just in this election process alone. Don’t even want to think about what he would be like as President. God help us if that happens.
Posted by: lkinopfl | October 15, 2008, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm
The Republican Party has always been racist, so I don’t know why anybody is surprised by this offensive website. Furthermore, Sacramento is the city that launched Rush Limbaugh’s career.
I feel like nothing in this country will really change until we eliminate right wing hate radio and TV. Limbaugh, Dobbs, Hannity, Beck, O’Reilly, etc.
The corporations use these mouthpieces to spread disinformation, and to keep the populace angry and divided.
Posted by: McHooverville | October 15, 2008, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm
McCain will be exactly like Bush. He’s even said so. His record is over 90% voting with Bush. Obama will bring the change we need.
Posted by: independent 4 Obama | October 15, 2008, 6:43 pm 6:43 pm
We’re NOT scared of the weather underground. Much more important things are at stake here now.
Posted by: Loki | October 15, 2008, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm
I have made a decision. A summary of why Obama/Biden:
Foreign Policy: Iraq although Sen Obama did not support the surge, he got the original and most important decision right John McCain did not. We should not have gone into Iraq, as it was not the central war on Terror. He got it right, strategically, if not on the surge tactic. The war started in 2003, not 2007, Mr McCain.
World standing: I travel extensively overseas for business and although people are mostly polite, there is no question, we are not trusted anymore and it is harder to do business; after no WMD, torture, Katrina aftermath, economic imprudence; we no longer are the country that people look up to; but mention Barack Obama, and people’s eyes light up. He can repair a lot of damage instantly on inauguration day. John McCain is seen as Bush III abroad and leaves people fearful.
Economy: GOP trickle down economics, like communism, has been disproved as not a viable economic discipline; It dramatically drives up deficits, weakens the dollar, increases unemployment and creates foreign investor uncertainty, leading to unstable economic cycles. Obama plans to bring back the Clinton economic team to build a new 90’s style boom as they did before. Focus on reducing the deficit, invest in infrastructure, and stimulate the economy; McCain plans to keep the Bush team and policies.
Healthcare: this is a national tragedy, and embarrassment. A country this wealthy should be able to look after this basic human right of health. And no, I am not calling for Euro style healthcare. However, we need to do something to control costs and create universal access. In the end, we, the insured, pay for the uninsured. Lets stop pretending otherwise, get these costs accounted for and under control.
Sarah Palin: the VP choice is the first decision a potential commander in chief makes. Barack was conservative and prudent, John McCain was hasty, and reckless. I have seen enough, and there is no doubt that Gov. Palin is not ready to be VP let alone President
Conservatives stay in denial, but they know this is true. (and don’t use that tired “she’s as more executive experience than Obama” cause then you have to apply that to Sen McCain as well). His choice here is appalling and cynical.
Posted by: independent 4 Obama | October 15, 2008, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
Yes but McCain allied himself with Bush, Cheney and now Rove. Americans can see that these guys are alot more scary than Wright, Rezko or professor Ayers. Time and again McCain allied himself with dumb big buisnessmen instead of his fellow Americans. Now the evil slander of the base will finish him off.
Posted by: Loki
May I point out that when Bush called our two esteemed Bozo’s running for office into the White house they both ran like crazy to get there.
Bush said JUMP and they both tried to be higher on the totem poll than the other.
When they were dispatched forth by Bush wasn’t Obama dressed in the same clown suit as Mc Cain jumping through hoops?
It is hard to go there about Bush anymore when Obama empowered him and the latest demand.
Get the sleep out of your eyes….wake up.
Bush says jump and Obama screams HOW HIGH? too.
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 6:45 pm 6:45 pm
Mary,
McCain and the republican party are digging their own grave. Don’t blame the media for not reporting the bogus BS the McCain campaign is spreading.
What’s even more hypocrite is that when a conservative is critical about McCain he or she is chastised by the GOP. Give me break about freedom of speech and being tolerant.
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm
The “Waterboard Obama” sign has a strip of a shredded American Flag on it. How fitting.
Posted by: helloworld | October 15, 2008, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm
Some in the Republican party have a certain amount of integrity adn class, and some are just plain crazy and repugnant. They need to clean up the party and tell their right wing nuts to find a new home. Please do not sen d tem to the Democratic party. Thank you!
Posted by: eyeonyou | October 15, 2008, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm
“…The Republican Party has always been racist…”
Excuse me,
Abraham Lincoln:
- Emancipation Proclamation
Dwight Eisenhower:
- Implementation of Executive Order 9981 – requiring equal opportunity for African-Americans in the U.S. Military.
- Little Rock Nine – Nine African-American students are escorted into Central High School in the interest of integration in Little Rock, Arkansas by Federal Troops under the orders of President Eisenhower.
Please retract your statement.
Posted by: SandyB | October 15, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
I am afraid of a candidate that has a host of associates that he is friendly with until someone points out that fact then he denies it.Obama is like one of those people that you know, but just don’t trust because too many things just don’t add up. It is a matter of trust or lack of it.
Posted by: amazed801 | October 15, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
Unfortunately this is the ugly side to our great country. And more embarrassing, there are those who encourage this behavior and think that it is actually ok. I served my country for four years and always thought that honor meant dying for a country as wonderful as ours, as fruitful as ours, and yes, as hateful as ours. I took the good with the bad. I see a future, not color or religion with Senator Obama. No he is no President Kennedy, but for a generation that doesn’t have a cause to fight for, he is everything that we can be and dream to be. And for some, like me, he may inspire a country that is worth dying for.
Posted by: firefighter | October 15, 2008, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
The Republican Party has always been racist, so I don’t know why anybody is surprised by this offensive website. Furthermore, Sacramento is the city that launched Rush Limbaugh’s career.
I feel like nothing in this country will really change until we eliminate right wing hate radio and TV. Limbaugh, Dobbs, Hannity, Beck, O’Reilly, etc.
The corporations use these mouthpieces to spread disinformation, and to keep the populace angry and divided.
Amen to that. The sooner we rid of them the better this country will be – they are the the devil for sure.
Posted by: eyeonyou | October 15, 2008, 6:55 pm 6:55 pm
I don’t trust John McCain. He used to stand up to Bush and the neo-cons, but now he’s just one of them.
Posted by: Loki | October 15, 2008, 6:55 pm 6:55 pm
Hey – the title of the story should be “Stay Classy, Sacramento GOP”
The radical GOP nutjobs in Sac do not speak for the city.
Way to slime an entire city with an insulting headline, Jake Tapper.
Posted by: Sac liberal | October 15, 2008, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the fact that being a Muslim does not equal being a terrorist. Yes, there are terrorist that are Muslims and commit terror in the name of their god, but Muslims are not all bad people. All “Muslim” means is a follower of Islam. True, our country would never elect a Muslim, and Barack Obama has made it clear that he’s not, but when anyone discusses these attacks, no one ever mentions that Muslims by and large are getting a bad wrap.
Posted by: crazyvirgo | October 15, 2008, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
The Republican party of today in no way resembles the Party of Lincoln, or Eisenhower.
Today, it’s extreme right-wing, neocon, hate.
It’s a shame, even Ronald Reagan would be appalled.
Posted by: Paul | October 15, 2008, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
Barack Obama represents the best of the American Dream..that if you work hard,play by the rules, then you can succeed in this country. All those right wing-nuts blogging tonight would be much happier in Putin’s Russia than in Jefferson’s America…”We highly resolve that All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator by certin inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. God Bless Our Country, God Bless Barack Obama!
Posted by: A.Lincoln | October 15, 2008, 6:58 pm 6:58 pm
Actually, the Republican Party started using sleazy racial scare tactics beginning with Nixon and the Southern Strategy and they’ve been at it ever since.
Posted by: Liz | October 15, 2008, 6:59 pm 6:59 pm
None of this matters anymore!
It is COLOR before COUNTRY.
Posted by: Mike | October 15, 2008, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm
Well, I don’t think the Democratic Party of today would be anything for its predecessors to brag about either.
Posted by: SandyB | October 15, 2008, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm
Why hasn’t anyone mentioned the fact that being a Muslim does not equal being a terrorist. Yes, there are terrorist that are Muslims and commit terror in the name of their god, but Muslims are not all bad people. All “Muslim” means is a follower of Islam. True, our country would never elect a Muslim, and Barack Obama has made it clear that he’s not, but when anyone discusses these attacks, no one ever mentions that Muslims by and large are getting a bad wrap.
Posted by: crazyvirgo | Oct 15, 2008 6:58:28 PM
You are absolutely right. The Christian Republican types are supposed to love everyone. Bunch of hypocrites if you ask me.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm
I feel like nothing in this country will really change until we eliminate right wing hate radio and TV. Limbaugh, Dobbs, Hannity, Beck, O’Reilly, etc.
The corporations use these mouthpieces to spread disinformation, and to keep the populace angry and divided.
yes ,thats freedom of speech . that cant change because it is one of the main principals that this country is founded on.
it all boils down to intelligence and objectivity. americans arent smart enough to be able to tell when they are being used ,mainly.
the conniving republicans say what the ignorant masses want to hear , ie; “tax cut for you ” or “no gun control” or whatever issue of the day they can use to drum up ANY kind of support.
as everyone can see, the republicans will gladly accept and relish kkk and terrorist (g liddy) support if it advances their big business/corporate interests first agenda.
Posted by: bah | October 15, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm
What’s wrong democrats, can’t handle the truth? Of course you can’t, because you couldn’t put together an independent thought if you life depended on it. Because if you did and it was wrong, then you would be to blame. Better to let someone else think and talk for you, then if it is wrong, you can blame them. WEAK, WEAK….where are the real men and woman of this country? Oh that’s right, working to support themselves! Not standing, waiting for Obama to give us a hand out!
Posted by: Lynette | October 15, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm
so of course abc has posted the offensive page on its website, therefore ensuring that far more people will see it than would have had it remained unreported on the republican site…
Posted by: antijake | October 15, 2008, 7:04 pm 7:04 pm
No A Lincoln: You can’t forget the part about the amount of effort that will be spent getting the rich swines to pay their taxes.
Posted by: Loki | October 15, 2008, 7:05 pm 7:05 pm
“Cindy and John Mc cain have adopted a child and raised her without seeing color,and she doesn’t see color either.”
This is quite admirable and I was furious when Bush goons attacked his daughter.
But then McCain hired one of those Bush goons to work for Palin (Tucker Eschew)
John McCain “I’ll lose my integrity before I’ll lose an election)
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 7:05 pm 7:05 pm
How many of you have ever worked for a poor person? Huh? Anyone? Clueless losers!
Posted by: Jamarcus | October 15, 2008, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
As a resident of Sacramento I am appalled by the tactics of the Sacramento Republicans. As a citizen of the United States I am appalled by the tactics of the Republican party in general. Let us hope that our citizens are less gullible than the citizens of Germany in the 1930s and that we will reject the hate filled tactics of Republicans.
Posted by: Jim B | October 15, 2008, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
To Independent 4 Obama: your comments below are nicely stated!
Signed: another Independent 4 Obama!!
I have made a decision. A summary of why Obama/Biden:
Foreign Policy: Iraq although Sen Obama did not support the surge, he got the original and most important decision right John McCain did not. We should not have gone into Iraq, as it was not the central war on Terror. He got it right, strategically, if not on the surge tactic. The war started in 2003, not 2007, Mr McCain.
World standing: I travel extensively overseas for business and although people are mostly polite, there is no question, we are not trusted anymore and it is harder to do business; after no WMD, torture, Katrina aftermath, economic imprudence; we no longer are the country that people look up to; but mention Barack Obama, and people’s eyes light up. He can repair a lot of damage instantly on inauguration day. John McCain is seen as Bush III abroad and leaves people fearful.
Economy: GOP trickle down economics, like communism, has been disproved as not a viable economic discipline; It dramatically drives up deficits, weakens the dollar, increases unemployment and creates foreign investor uncertainty, leading to unstable economic cycles. Obama plans to bring back the Clinton economic team to build a new 90’s style boom as they did before. Focus on reducing the deficit, invest in infrastructure, and stimulate the economy; McCain plans to keep the Bush team and policies.
Healthcare: this is a national tragedy, and embarrassment. A country this wealthy should be able to look after this basic human right of health. And no, I am not calling for Euro style healthcare. However, we need to do something to control costs and create universal access. In the end, we, the insured, pay for the uninsured. Lets stop pretending otherwise, get these costs accounted for and under control.
Sarah Palin: the VP choice is the first decision a potential commander in chief makes. Barack was conservative and prudent, John McCain was hasty, and reckless. I have seen enough, and there is no doubt that Gov. Palin is not ready to be VP let alone President
Conservatives stay in denial, but they know this is true. (and don’t use that tired “she’s as more executive experience than Obama” cause then you have to apply that to Sen McCain as well). His choice here is appalling and cynical.
Posted by: another Independent 4 Obama | October 15, 2008, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
SandyB,
Today’s republican party is not the party of Lincoln or Eisenhower anymore.
The republican’s are not fiscally conservative, spending like mad men on wars and tax-cuts, are running an offensive anti-intellectual populism.
Lincoln and Eisenhower would turn in their grave when they see how McCain/Palin are campaigning. Longtime republicans like Powell and Snowcroft are now turning their backs to McCain…
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
SandyB,
That you needed to go back nearly 60 years to disprove that the Republicans party was always racist speaks volumes.
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
Racists can easily change party affiliation. After Lincoln freed the slaves in the 1860′s the South went Democratic. After LBJ instituted the Civil Rights Acts in the 1960′s the South went Republican…and that’s were all the racists still exist…proudly saluting the confederate flag and all it stood for….slavery, racism, oppression.
Posted by: A,Lincoln | October 15, 2008, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
The only thing the Republicans haven’t used in their smear campaign is the “N” word. How can anyone support a group of people who think the best way to govern is by smearing everyone else and not talking about real issues?
Posted by: nick ames | October 15, 2008, 7:07 pm 7:07 pm
I made 325K last year .. and my new offshore accounts are already opened “just in case”! Come and TRY to get it ..
Posted by: Shamiqua | October 15, 2008, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm
Didn’t you guys know we had the Klan, err I mean GOP right here in California? Their just trying to pump up the ANGRY MOB Republican base, that’s all…
No big surprise there!!
Man, is there even going to be a single Republican in office after November 4th??
As you watch all the ANGRY UNEDUCATED REPUBLICAN MOBS across the country, you have to wonder why they aren’t all in jail for burning crosses in Obama supporters front yards!!
What’s next lynch mobs being formed at McCain/Palin rallies?
Posted by: Davis | October 15, 2008, 7:08 pm 7:08 pm
I have an idea: Separate Dem.Party into two, the one is Extreme-Left & the one is Moderate-Dem., while Republican Party also separates into two….one is old-fashioned group & the other is flexible group. And, Moderate-Dem. and Flexible-Repub. may possibly marge.
Posted by: Ted | October 15, 2008, 7:09 pm 7:09 pm
SandyB .. remember their agenda and stupid kool-aid brains think if you don’t like Obama you’re racist!! HA HA! That stuff is definitely good laughter medicine ..
Posted by: Jimmy Jam | October 15, 2008, 7:09 pm 7:09 pm
Most Republicans aren’t real christians. They’re cardboard-christians. They go to church on Sunday and then forget about it the rest of the week.
Posted by: Loki | October 15, 2008, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm
I understand that Lincoln has turned over in his grave so many times during the McCain-Palin campaign that there’s a sink hole there now.
Posted by: Jeff | October 15, 2008, 7:10 pm 7:10 pm
What the Sacremento Republican party did was revolting and evil. With the way that McCain, Palin and the GOP have been running his campaign–inciting hatred and yes even violence with their rascist, biggoted vitriol I can say without reservation—I’m ashamed to be an American.
None of us should be surprised with this latest effort to smear Obama—-The McCain camps only hope is to poison the minds of the electorate with this filth!
Posted by: Leukevent | October 15, 2008, 7:11 pm 7:11 pm
“so of course abc has posted the offensive page on its website” — Yes, and good thing they did, to show these Republicans for the mean-spirited LIARS they are. What’s wrong with the GOP that it doesn’t think it can run on a platform of truth anymore? And then you go to that web page and it says it’s about “Freedom”? Tell that to the gay people they’re trying to step on right and left — American citizens who work and pay taxes just like all of us. The Republican party is in the TOILET in this country. I’m glad I left them when Reagan was in office and injected religion into the party. Separation of church and state is what this country was built upon and now we get a big reminder of why. It isn’t working GOP. Change your tactics.
Posted by: Robert | October 15, 2008, 7:11 pm 7:11 pm
In a month these rightwing nuts are going to get visits from those brave and honorable men who protect our President from threats. Incitement to torture? Waterboard him? For what? For having the nerve to run for the POTUS and win? Quite a sick bunch. A credit to their race.
Posted by: thebob.bob | October 15, 2008, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm
The only thing the Republicans haven’t used in their smear campaign is the “N” word. How can anyone support a group of people who think the best way to govern is by smearing everyone else and not talking about real issues?
Posted by: nick ames
SHHHH why do you have to remiond everyone that the only one calling Obama the N word was Jesse Jackson, when he thought the mike was off.
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm
Schieffer asks “Mr McCain, I understand tonight you are finally going to unveil your financial recovery plan tonight. Can you please provide the voters with the highlights of this plan?” McCain responds “Well My Friends, I have a plan heh heh heh. Did I mention I was a P.O.W.”
Posted by: no_more_mad_cows | October 15, 2008, 7:13 pm 7:13 pm
Just remember that the Republican candidate John McCain, when Senator fought tooth and nail in the 1980′s against celebrating Martin Luther King’s Birthday as a national holiday. It was only after a threatned national economic boycott of Arizona did McCain reluctantly relent. Arizona was the LAST state in the Union to accept the MLK Holiday! Ever travel to Arizona?
Not many black folks out there…they know where they’re not welcome. That’s John McCain’s state, that’s John McCain.
Posted by: A.Lincoln | October 15, 2008, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Oct 15, 2008 7:13:15 PM
“This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for America. We’ve got to work hard and we’ve got to work together. This is a fight for the future and it is a fight we must win.”- Hillary Rodham Clinton
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 7:16 pm 7:16 pm
Racists can easily change party affiliation. After Lincoln freed the slaves in the 1860′s the South went Democratic. After LBJ instituted the Civil Rights Acts in the 1960′s the South went Republican…and that’s were all the racists still exist…proudly saluting the confederate flag and all it stood for….slavery, racism, oppression.
Posted by: A,Lincoln |
Why do you always have to remind everyone that Linclon was a Republican?
Rice and Powell and Clarence Thomas were all appointed by Republicans.
Your making the Dem party look bad.
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 7:17 pm 7:17 pm
The lunatic base of the current Democratic Party are all Obama supporters. The moderate Democrats has been thrown under the buses–unwanted in the current election. I was a former Clinton supporter but feel betrayed by the party.
Posted by: Mary | October 15, 2008, 7:17 pm 7:17 pm
Is this all they have left? Lies and deception? Not like it’s going to matter anyway in California, it’s as blue as a state can get.
Posted by: Independent John | October 15, 2008, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm
Hello Jwench -
Hillary is my girl, but she does not think for me. I make my own decisions and I have decided that I will not support The Tainted One.
The position of POTUS is above his pay level.
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 – In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” – Susan B. Anthony
Posted by: LeeLee07 | October 15, 2008, 7:19 pm 7:19 pm
As an independent I can say without getting bashed, that the GOP during the reagan years and even the early H. Bush years were respected. Now this new generation of republicans, mainly the Post-Bush ones, not all but many, are as low as a party can get. Thats why i’m voting for dems this year, not all positions, but certainly the position of president.
Posted by: Independent John | October 15, 2008, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm
Uh Mary, have you seen any polls lately? Obama wouldn’t be as far ahead as he is now without the moderates.
Posted by: Loki | October 15, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm
Hatred is spitting against the wind. It comes strait back to your face.
Posted by: robinson | October 15, 2008, 7:22 pm 7:22 pm
Even if the GOP somehow win the white house this election, they will not have my respect again for possibly decades after pulling stunts like this.
Posted by: Independent John | October 15, 2008, 7:23 pm 7:23 pm
They didn’t take this down because of censorship. They took this down because it’s incredibly sophomoric.
Posted by: Greg M. | October 15, 2008, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm
Hey dottydo, you forgot someone.Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican.
Posted by: Sarah | October 15, 2008, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm
Jwench | Oct 15, 2008 6:35:06 PM
why don’t Y O U explain McCain’s deep deep involvement (snort) with Acorn…. and campare it with Obama’s wee involvement.
Posted by: disgusted! | October 15, 2008, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm
McCain/Palin/GOP = teaching Americans to hate Americans.
And they’re having a blast doing it.
Unbelievable.
Posted by: newz4i | October 15, 2008, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
Just remember that the Republican candidate John McCain, when Senator fought tooth and nail in the 1980′s against celebrating Martin Luther King’s Birthday as a national holiday. It was only after a threatned national economic boycott of Arizona did McCain reluctantly relent. Arizona was the LAST state in the Union to accept the MLK Holiday! Ever travel to Arizona?
Not many black folks out there…they know where they’re not welcome. That’s John McCain’s state, that’s John McCain.
Posted by: A.Lincoln
OOOPS you’re goofing up again.
The defender of the right for the people to vote on the issue was Mc Cain and others.
Arizona stated that it would not be dictated to by any administration and stood in support of the Constitution as law.
Kings wife went to Arizona and made a speech thanking Arizona for standing up to tyranny and dictatorship. She said that it is exactly what King would have wanted. The right of the people over government and not government over people.
There was never a racial issue there…it was a Constitutional issue. Get it right.
Why do you keep embarrassing the Dem party?
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
Mary,
Calling yourself a moderate Democrat is incredibly lame. It’s like Sara Palin claiming that she reads the Financial Times.
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm
Class from Republicans? You MUST be joking. People who think hate speech is political commentary have no class
Posted by: Q Pulpit | October 15, 2008, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm
if you want to see the face of hatred, all most of you have to do is look in the mirror.
remember you cannot identify a characteristic flaw in another unless it exists within you.
mccain/palin 08
Posted by: nevada 2 | October 15, 2008, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm
The McCain/Palin rallies, as hateful as they are, are sometimes hilarious. My favorite one was in Waukesha, WI, where the old guy yelled, “I’m mad…I’m REALLY mad!” That guy didn’t care about how bad the economy was doing — he thought the economy was doing great!
At that same WI rally, another guy was like, “Wow, we’re STUNNED that this Obama guy is where he’s at now.”
These two, as well as millions of others, want four more years of Bush/Cheney! McCain/Palin are not conservative enough, and they’re willing to ratify the 22nd Amendment of the US Constitution to enable BUsh to seek a third term. That way, Obama would lose.
No…WE’VE HAD ENOUGH. Obama for President. Throw the GOP out.
Posted by: mhuda | October 15, 2008, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm
anarchist.
on a side note…the attack on ACORN is a hanging chad. The whole of the organization is on point…if we looked into every organization…if we looked into every vote and more, yes, you’ll find some bad eggs.
Posted by: KenB, MI | October 15, 2008, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm
If they believe this is helping, they are dead wrong. If anything, this will backfire. Just like the idiots at McCain/Palin rallies. Maybe in a normal election cycle this could prove useful, but when people are trying desperately to pay their bills, this kind of nonsense makes people believe their interests and concerns are secondary, and that ultimately will cost the Republicans.
Posted by: Ivar T | October 15, 2008, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm
As far as I’m concerned, anyone claiming allegance to either party is a fool. But please, after years now of listening to Democrats hurl insults at the Republicans, disrupt speakers, march in the streets and certainly have produced far worse charactures than this, doesn’t all this teeth gnashing sound a bit silly? Four years ago, all the liberals were going to move to Canada because the second Bush administration was certainly going to be then end of the country. While Bush has been a boob to say the least, we are still here. Crying foul over the Republicans hurling insults when you have made a profession out of it yourselves is hypocrisy at its finest. I do however admit to getting a lot of entertainment as both sides cling blindly to the belief that either of our “choices” this year are going to do anything for us. See ya all in four years when we will do this all over again and the calls for “change” and “reform” begin anew.
Posted by: Free the sheeple | October 15, 2008, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm
Right on Bob, that is so true. Sarah Palin, Proud to be Stupid. George Bush, Proud to be stupid. And then if they aren’t stupid then they’re lying sneaks like Cheney or Rove.
I don’t know why the California GOP bothers with this stuff, they know good and well California is the Dem’s state. As to the statement “”We made clear this isn’t the type of campaign that Sen. McCain nor us has been trying to run.” It seems to me this well represents the kind of campaign they have been running. “Palling around with terrorists?” Just see the CA GOP website.
Posted by: Dave | October 15, 2008, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm
if you want to see the voice of hate speech all you have to do is read these posts.
mccain/palin 08
Posted by: nevada 2 | October 15, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
dottydo | Oct 15, 2008 7:26:45 PM
Hmm, I doubt McCain voted against an Arizona holiday because of our Constitution.
Posted by: newz4i | October 15, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential running mate has been running around the country, firing up her — yes, her, and not necessarily McCain’s — loyal supporters by blasting Sen. Barack Obama for “palling around with terrorists” and demanding that the American people know exactly when he learned of the past of 1960s radical William Ayers.
She has stoked the crowds by saying, “This is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America.” We all know what that is designed to do: Portray Obama as a foreigner who isn’t as American as she. Or you. Or Joe Six-pack, the hockey mom, soccer mom, Wal-Mart mom, NASCAR dad and the other coded words she uses regularly.
But what is truly pathetic is that Palin talks tough, but is really scared of facing her own issues.
Since she is good at proclaiming that the American people need to know who Barack Obama is — an attempt to paint him as a shady figure who might occupy the White House — the American people deserve to hear Palin answer if her husband, Todd, a former member of the Alaska Independence Party, agreed with its founder, who wanted to secede from the union.
Is there anything more anti-American than wanting to sever ties with the country?
Posted by: Brian | October 15, 2008, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
dottydo | Oct 15, 2008 7:34:00 PM, uh, I put the statement out.
Why are you giving someone else credit?
Posted by: newz4i | October 15, 2008, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
Just when I think they can’t get any worse they surprise me. There is no such thing as “class” anymore with this party. I can’t believe they aren’t turning a few off with this nonsense. Surely some decent people will say they’ve had enough and refuse to be associated with this.
Posted by: Susan | October 15, 2008, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
by the way where were all you purveyors of multi culturalism when our mostly white church group was in new orleans up to our knees in mud cleaning up after katrina we could have sure used your help-but is sure was scarce.
mccain/palin 08
Posted by: nevada 2 | October 15, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
Jwench | Oct 15, 2008 6:35:06 PM
why don’t Y O U explain McCain’s deep deep involvement (snort) with Acorn…. and campare it with Obama’s wee involvement.
Posted by: disgusted! | Oct 15, 2008 7:25:50 PM
What relevance does ACORN have. NONE. These registrations are checked by election officials in that state. McCain has had dealings with them in the past, so what?
I answered your question now you can answer mine. I have asked this several times to you republicans and not one of you has answered.
G.Gordon Liddy
US Council on World Freedom
William Timmons, the Washington lobbyist who John McCain has named to head his presidential transition team, aided an influence effort on behalf of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to ease international sanctions against his regime.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
PUMA still exists? The two hundred and fifty of you posting on the internet couldn’t even fill up a movie theater.
Have fun being a defining farce in American politics.
Posted by: Q Pulpit | October 15, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
The American people deserve to hear from Palin as to why she didn’t say a word to rebuke the hateful, pathetic and degrading comments made at rallies featuring her, such as when someone in the crowd called Obama a terrorist, someone else shouted, “Off with his head” and others suggested he is a traitor.
Posted by: Fred | October 15, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
Nevada2
“if you want to see the face of hatred, all most of you have to do is look in the mirror. remember you cannot identify a characteristic flaw in another unless it exists within you. mccain/palin 08″
Now you lost me.
So I should look in the mirror and yell “KILL HIM, KILL HIM, TERRORIST” a few times…
This really should make me a better person ?
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm
“I feel like nothing in this country will really change until we eliminate right wing hate radio.”
Why not?
B O has already impacted the middle of the road newspapers…. and the magazines… to the point where they automatically H I D E what needs to be heard… as they did the case of Hillary Clinton in her race against the barack…..
Soon we’ll be back to … was that book…”1980″????? and Big Brother once again will be watching Y O U!
Only THIS time, it will be BIG OBAMA
and his goons will be keeping an eye on you…. and anyone who doesn’t agree with them…. will be designated a member of the KKK and all their money will be double taxed and donated to the poor… who will thus become the rich…. all hail B O!!!!!!
Who cares if you blame it on the republicans?
That’s just a label.
YOU KNOW where the blame REALLY BELONGS.
Wait til the chickens REALLY come home to roost!
Posted by: disgusted! | October 15, 2008, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm
Nevada2 “if you want to see the voice of hate speech all you have to do is read these posts.
mccain/palin 08″
It’s more like annoyance at blatant ignorance and a blind march forward down the same bad road. That’s all you are doing, and I am very sad that some Americans would actually put a simple-minded hockey mom into the White House. She can keep her slogans and nonsense on ice.
Posted by: Dave | October 15, 2008, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
I feel that nothing in the country will be right again until the MSM, the politicans, big and small business start telling the truth instead of hiding it. I am an senior citizen and dare not hold my breath for this to happen. I cringe to think of the world my grandchildren will be forced to live in unless the socialism and far, far left agenda is stopped. Leaving the world a better place seems unlikely.
Posted by: Mary | October 15, 2008, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
The right insists on linking Obama’s name with Osama’s. How’s about McCain with McVeigh….same ridiculous logic
Posted by: joan | October 15, 2008, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm
These GOP folks obviously care more about their hyperbole than this great country. This shows they are not only childish but anti-American.
Posted by: Karl | October 15, 2008, 7:43 pm 7:43 pm
disgusted,
Chew on this :
John McCain, gave the keynote speech at a rally co-sponsored by ACORN in 2006. Other Republicans have also praised the organization’s efforts.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm
This is a normal part of the Republican playbook. Other parts include: (1) Lie about your opponent, but as you do, claim that he is lying about you; (2) Lie constantly and consistently, so that (dumb) folks (and there are plenty of them out there) will believe it; (3) whenever the media points out your lies or wacky ideas, claim the media is biased against you; (4) pick out something odd but innocent in your opponent’s background, and then distort it and twist it so that it makes your opponent look terrible; (5) run from your record and demonize your opponent.
Posted by: Bill Green | October 15, 2008, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm
Re: “unless the socialism and far, far left agenda is stopped.”
Oh brother. Hey Mary, GW Bush is the one who is right now nationalizing the banks.
A REPUBLICAN brought socialism to America, and don’t you forget it!
Posted by: McHooverville | October 15, 2008, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm
Karl | Oct 15, 2008 7:43:11 PM, yes the GOP is anti-the other half … who happen to be American.
Posted by: newz4i | October 15, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
Obama was a member of the Nickelodeon kids TERROR club too!
Posted by: Joe | October 15, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
:RESPONSE TO Free the sheeple THANK YOU FOR VOICING/ARTICULATING THE ONLY INTELLIGENT POST ON THIS BLOG. I KEEP FORGETTING I AM ENTERING THE ROMPER ROOM.
Posted by: nevada 2 | October 15, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
The American people deserve to hear from Palin as to why she didn’t say a word to rebuke the hateful, pathetic and degrading comments made at rallies featuring her, such as when someone in the crowd called Obama a terrorist, someone else shouted, “Off with his head” and others suggested he is a traitor.
Posted by: Fred | Oct 15, 2008 7:39:46 PM
_________________
Why?
Did B O say something about Lewis’s comparing McCain to George Wallace?
This election has gotten way out of hand!
Posted by: disgusted! | October 15, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
disgusted! | Oct 15, 2008 7:45:45 PM
Obama doesn’t need to apologize for what Rep Lewis said.
Your post is as erratic as McCain.
Posted by: newz4i | October 15, 2008, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm
The only hateful Republicans are the liberal Republicans or RINOs. The base of the conservative Republican CPAC, couldn’t care less who’s elected. Beside their idea of starting a new neo-conservative Republican Party may gain momentum. The real fiscal conservative Republicans don’t like John McCain very much.
Posted by: bob | October 15, 2008, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm
It would be one thing if this were just fringe wackos. But this is an official Republican Party site. There is no comparison to this sort of extremism in the Democratic Party. Nothing. Even. Close. This G.O.P. has gone wildly off course into extremism.
Posted by: ElodieStClair | October 15, 2008, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm
Palin the self-described ‘maverick’ needs to own up to what really happened with the firing of the commissioner in Alaska? She was declared by a special investigator to have been within her rights in firing the commissioner, but she was blasted for abuse of power and violating the state’s ethics act.
Posted by: Maverick | October 15, 2008, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm
i am a Mccain supporter..
I was a Hillary supporter.
I find NOTHING redeeming about Obama…
except that he DOES have a fine campaign manager.
If you can’t vote for mcCain….
then vote for Axelrod!
HE is the mind behind B O.
Posted by: disgusted! | October 15, 2008, 7:52 pm 7:52 pm
What else is new with these lowlifes. All they promote is hate, bigotry, and intolerence. They have no place any longer in legitimate politics. They have no morals or values, yet want to proclaim this is their core values. They all should be voted out of office and made extinct. If they think this is what America is all about, they are sadly mistaken. America is of many people, many cultures, many beliefs, each bringing new ideas and enriching the American spirit and way of life. Only the most narrow minded people like these dispicable Republicans cannot see the value of this and what made America a great nation. Ignorance is not one of them.
Posted by: Jake | October 15, 2008, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm
disgusted
“Why?
Did B O say something about Lewis’s comparing McCain to George Wallace?
This election has gotten way out of hand!”
- Who started the fire?
- John Lewis is right, people can do crazy things when they are constantly being poisoned with fear and sinister, mean-spirited BS.
Posted by: CLabs | October 15, 2008, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm
Obama doesn’t need anyone else’s mind behind him. He is very intelligent and well educated as anyone can tell. McCain and Palin on the other hand…
Posted by: Loki | October 15, 2008, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm
The GOP website looks like the work of the Ku Klux Klan forty years ago when they demonized Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The GOP deserves to lose in a landslide next month.
Posted by: hamishdad | October 15, 2008, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm
Katie Couric’s Ask the candidate series:
Question No. 2: Why do you think so many prominent political figures risk so much by being unfaithful to their spouse?
McCain said that “it’s something that I–I am not really running for president to address so I really can’t comment on it.” Couric then pressed him, saying people are “befuddled” by what’s gone on with John Edwards, former president Bill Clinton and former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.
McCain replied that he is “reminded of the biblical admonition about judge not. And so I really don’t make any comments about that because frankly, I want to be a good president and try to lead an honorable life. And I’ve been an imperfect servant and so I’m not judging.”
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm
McCain is just a rich angry ol man with a bucketlist… and on that list is to be President of the United States. He would sacrafice his own grandmother to be president!
Posted by: Brian | October 15, 2008, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm
I dont care who you are…By what possible measurement can anyone consider that the current replublican part/administration has earned anoth four years in the White Office. For Six of the last Eight years they controlled the Congress, Senate and White House and the country is definately not better off now than it was when they took over.
Republicans need to grow up. I am sorry but yes the McCain Palin rallies are almost identicle to Klu Klux Klan meetings. When you here people screaming Kill Obama with no response from the canidate.
Thank You McCain for setting the country back 50 years. Lets face it McCain’s only claim to fame is he was a crappy pilot who confessed to the Communist that Americans where agressors. So we know McCain is a coward who cannot fly a plane.
Posted by: MikeM | October 15, 2008, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
“With the DNCs’ support, Obama cheated at the caucuses and stole votes and delegates from Hillary.”
More PUMA lunacy.
The DNC stayed out of the primaries.
Obama won the most pledged delegates, the most Super delegates and the most votes.
Obam’s Democratic support is now at 87% (same as McCain’s support from the GOP).
PUMA = FRAUD
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 8:02 pm 8:02 pm
Hey dottydo, you forgot someone.Martin Luther King Jr was a Republican.
Posted by: Sarah
I assumed everyone knew that.
ooops.
The demand to have the Country be of the people, for the people, and by the people was why Arizonan would not just accept any rule handed down from the beeg Government. It had nothing to do with race. It was about State rights to vote on it.
The original no vote was to demand that Washington remember it’s place, and not dictate.
Mrs. King felt her husband would have demanded it as well, and lauded Arizona and Mc Cain for standing up to Washington.
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 8:02 pm 8:02 pm
The more I study that poster, the more disgusting it becomes. Such stupid racism, base ignorance and mean-spiritedness. How can Americans support the Republican party? I just don’t get it.
Posted by: Dave | October 15, 2008, 8:04 pm 8:04 pm
Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential running mate has been running around the country, firing up her — yes, her, and not necessarily McCain’s — loyal supporters by blasting Sen. Barack Obama for “palling around with terrorists” and demanding that the American people know exactly when he learned of the past of 1960s radical William Ayers.
She has stoked the crowds by saying, “This is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America.” We all know what that is designed to do: Portray Obama as a foreigner who isn’t as American as she. Or you. Or Joe Six-pack, the hockey mom, soccer mom, Wal-Mart mom, NASCAR dad and the other coded words she uses regularly.
But what is truly pathetic is that Palin talks tough, but is really scared of facing her own issues.
Since she is good at proclaiming that the American people need to know who Barack Obama is — an attempt to paint him as a shady figure who might occupy the White House — the American people deserve to hear Palin answer if her husband, Todd, a former member of the Alaska Independence Party, agreed with its founder, who wanted to secede from the union.
Is there anything more anti-American than wanting to sever ties with the country?
Posted by: Joe | October 15, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm
Disgusted,
I don’t hear any comments about that ACORN article. Could it be John McCain is a hypocrite?
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 8:06 pm 8:06 pm
“It had nothing to do with race. It was about State rights to vote on it.”
States rights were also cited as a reason for Jim Crow laws ans segregation.
I guess the right wing excuse for their racism never goes out of style.
“Mrs. King felt her husband would have demanded it as well, and lauded Arizona and Mc Cain for standing up to Washington.”
Wow…..I thought I had seen many ridiculous lies in my time here but a right winger saying Coretta Scott King lauded McCain for voting against a holiday for her husband when she was the driving force behind it becoming a national holiday takes the cake.
Posted by: Ryan C | October 15, 2008, 8:07 pm 8:07 pm
After the last 8 years… who could really vote republican???
Posted by: Brian | October 15, 2008, 8:10 pm 8:10 pm
Dave, Because when you think about it? The same personality types appear to be attracted to it. It’s sort of like that episode of Seinfield where he dated “himself” for the most part. The girl was a spitting image of him. So, a whole bunch of republicans must just find this attractive.
Posted by: Susan | October 15, 2008, 8:12 pm 8:12 pm
Desperately desperate! Turn the lights out—the party is over. This will not be another Kerry “swift boat” strategy. The republicans have no leg to stand. They resort to baseless attacks. The next thing will be a butteryfly ballot somewhere. Sad
Posted by: what667 | October 15, 2008, 8:12 pm 8:12 pm
CA Republicans have about as much class as Cortney Love. Good luck with that.
Posted by: AppeaseThis | October 15, 2008, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
This is truly sick. Whoever was responsible for that ad should be fired/expelled/whatever.
And McCain should apologize publicly (not because I care but because everytime someone remotely related to Obama does or says anything, the McCain camp attributes it to Obama and wants him to denounce or apologize).
Posted by: El_Pajaro | October 15, 2008, 8:18 pm 8:18 pm
Susan, I agree with you, but isn’t it sad that there is a very large number of people who completely resist knowledge and and honest search for truth? Racism, bigotry and hypocrisy is all created from rejecting the truth, from clinging to ignorance and not seeking out truth. So, that means we share the nation with a whole lot of pigheaded losers, and it’s no wonder we have seen the demise of everything we hold dear, represented in the Constitution and the American Dream.
Posted by: Dave | October 15, 2008, 8:18 pm 8:18 pm
Why is it when you post factual information for the Republicans run away like a bunch of little schoolgirls?When you prove them wrong they suddenly vanish…lol
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 8:19 pm 8:19 pm
The Republicans are pulling out their last, dirty tricks for all the world to see, in a rabid display of desperation. All that´s left is to count Obama’s overwhelming victory votes on Nov. 4, and then lead John McCain out to the saner pastures of Arizona, defeated and disgraced.
Posted by: David Riker | October 15, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm
An Obama-basher tried to use FactCheck.org as evidence that Obama’s birth certificate is a phoney….probably assuming that nobody would check it. Go to FactCheck.org. Obama WAS born in Hawaii.
Posted by: Sofia | October 15, 2008, 8:29 pm 8:29 pm
Mary, for the record Palin will go down as one of the most amateurish, unqualified vice-presidential candidates in the history of this country. If you read the transcripts of the vice-presidential debate you can see that she didn’t answer one single question, changed the subject with her brand of folksy babbling, and was ill-equipped to speak in complete sentences. This may be your version of a modern American woman but to me it was more of a throwback to the days of Hee Haw.
Posted by: Janice | October 15, 2008, 8:31 pm 8:31 pm
“FYI The Governor was impeached, Evan Meecham. The voters believed him to be too racist for Arizona.”
This is not true.
Gov Mecham was impeached and ousted for corruption charges 2years after he canceled MLK day.
AZ didn’t again recognize MLK day until 1992.
Posted by: MLK Day | October 15, 2008, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm
What little respect I had for the Republican Party is now gone. McCain publically condemns this cr@p but he’s made no attempts to control it. He is not only losing the Election but he’s dragging any respectable Republican into the toilet with him. McCain is a spoiled little brat and not the leader America needs in these hard times.
Posted by: dan | October 15, 2008, 8:38 pm 8:38 pm
and they like to believe they are the “moral” majority.
Posted by: TakingPictures | October 15, 2008, 8:38 pm 8:38 pm
Typical of the Repubs, drive a wedge into the country and create more division. If this keeps up we could be looking at another civil war. Truthfully, if these lunatics think they are the saviors of our humanity then what’s to stop them from “justified killing in the name of the Republican Party”? What is it that bush said, “You’re either with us or you’re against us”. Sounds pretty divisive.
Posted by: raggmopp | October 15, 2008, 8:39 pm 8:39 pm
The republicans are so deperate and these are not the republicans that we remember from the IKE years or even Bush 41. These are scared people in great fear and prone to racist appeals.
These are the dying moments of a once great political party.They are going to lose and most likely fade as a political party.
Posted by: JT | October 15, 2008, 8:40 pm 8:40 pm
dan,
whoopdeedo,
Now tell voters undecided why they should go for Obama.
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 8:40 pm 8:40 pm
I guess haven’t told us about his past we should forget about his bad behavior not only in his high school years but also his military days or nights were full of strip clubs visit insofar he became known as the man to see if you wanted a party you would not forget.
J.McCain a man of strong believes?
No Drama with Obama….vote..vote
Posted by: t.v.eddie | October 15, 2008, 8:42 pm 8:42 pm
RE: Disgusted. The book was 1984 not 1980. You are getting 1980 mixed up with the year that traitor- Reagan was elected. You know, the guy that Republicans idolize. The one who gave business the right to drug test everybody because some abuse drugs. The guy who sold arms to our enemies let AIDS ravage the country because he was afraid what his religious base might think. He also ran up our deficit. Conservatism is dead! It doesn’t work! They were wrong when they claimed the world was flat and they are still wrong. And the Republicans claim that they want to stay out of our lives. Ha! What crap! Yes, I was a Hillary supporter but anybody is better than another hate-mongering Republican like McCain and Palin. Obama 08!
Posted by: vince | October 15, 2008, 8:42 pm 8:42 pm
“I am sure Sarah Palin does not dwell on what you or I think about her.”
Sarah Palin thinks New Hampshire is in the NorthWest and that seeing Russia from her house gives her foreign policy experience.
Posted by: Now Way, No How, No Palin | October 15, 2008, 8:50 pm 8:50 pm
MLK,
Having served from January 6, 1987 to April 4, 1988, Mecham was removed from office following conviction in his impeachment trial of charges of the obstruction of justice and the misuse of government funds.
Mecham made an unsuccessful bid as an independent for the U.S. Senate in 1992, losing to John McCain. And he spent many of his final years trying to convince others that he was illegally ousted from office, even self-publishing a book “Wrongful Impeachment’’ and hawking copies himself at a booth he rented annually at the Arizona State Fair.
Please do not attempt to re write history. It embarrasses all dems.
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 8:55 pm 8:55 pm
Posted by: Dave | Oct 15, 2008 8:53:30 PM
I was upset when Hillary lost, but I am not going to cut off my nose to spite my face!
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm
Funny how McCain supporters can never tell us why they are voting for McCain. They can only tell us why they are not voting for Obama and their reasoning is rarely logical.
Posted by: Liz | October 15, 2008, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm
LeeLee, I’m a woman and I am an Obama supporter. I would have voted for Hillary had she won the primary, but she didn’t. It wasn’t stolen, it wasn’t taken from from her…she lost..sheesh!
Posted by: Liz
REALLY?
Why were we silenced on the floor and not allowed to speak out ot show colored scarves in supoort of her.
Censorship of women is Obama and the Dems biggest error.
I am not a member of a herd or Harem, and I agree with Susan B. Anthony.
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 8:59 pm 8:59 pm
dottydo, OMG, you can’t scream to break the rules. There are rules and you can’t change the rules midstream. If you disagree with the rules then change them beforehand or afterwards but not in the middle of the game.
Posted by: Liz | October 15, 2008, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
I was wondering when Karl Rove’s disciples would start playing the race card against Obama. I am a white male, registered independent and am backing Obama. The repubs are dispicible campaigners who will do anything to win an election. All they have managed to do in the last 8 years is bring this country’s economy to it’s knees and blow billions of dollars in an unjustified war. Time to get rid of these incompetents and give someone else a chance. Oh, BTW: F Bushie Jr.
Posted by: Agnostic Free Thinker | October 15, 2008, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
LeeLee,
If you think voting for McCain is going to have any impact, Go for it. I want to see this country prosper again and I want to make sure my nieces and nephews have a future.
To vote for somebody who doesn’t share your beliefs, out of spite, is childish and stupid. If you ever cared what Hillary fought for there is no way you could vote McCain.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 9:03 pm 9:03 pm
Liz –
Dottydo said it all. (Thanks, Dotty!)
PUMA! McCain/Palin 2008 – In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.” – Susan B. Anthony
Posted by: LeeLee07 | October 15, 2008, 9:04 pm 9:04 pm
Sarah Palin? Give me a break already. The only thing her selection as the repubs VP candidate showed was that McCain is a dottering old fool.
Posted by: Agnostic Free Thinker | October 15, 2008, 9:05 pm 9:05 pm
Agnostic, I agree. It’s sickening the depths that some would go to win. It’s not about country, it’s about winning and staying in power at all costs. What is even more sickening is that so many Americans fall for the fallacy of the game being played on them. It’s no wonder that right-wingers are not interested in equal education for all in our country because if that happened then they couldn’t fool the majority anymore.
Posted by: Liz | October 15, 2008, 9:07 pm 9:07 pm
Posted by: LeeLee07 | Oct 15, 2008 9:00:05 PM
Try politifacts. All of the McCain/Palin lies are debunked there.
Posted by: Jwench | October 15, 2008, 9:08 pm 9:08 pm
I never got the quote that McCain is like George Wallace until today. Today I helped my kid wiht his social studies homework. RIght now he knows four presidents: Washington(the first), Lincoln(freed the slaves) and FDR (WWII and Great Depression) and JFK (desegrated the south). I just realized, 100 years from now, Barak Obama will be added to the list of 5 presidents everyone can name. Three hundred years from now, Obama will be one of those most well known. The first black. And what a tide of hate he had to ride over to get there. What is happenening here is HUGE! And like JFK desegregating the south, who do we remember along with it? The ugly white racist George Wallace in his inaugeral speech said ” I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever”…that image, of that nasty ugly hateful racist white man, that will be Palin and McCain and all of you who go down this road. Three hundred years from now, one hundred, when having a black as president is no big deal, one thing our offspring will always remember is how very hateful and ugly you all were.
Posted by: Jess | October 15, 2008, 9:08 pm 9:08 pm
Facists of the world unite. The Republican party welcomes you.
PS. Make up stuff, we dont care.
Posted by: Bruce Becker | October 15, 2008, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm
Response to LIZ:
I don’t know who specifically spread the news. I just heard it on some TV Stations, which weren’t anti-Obama FOX NEWS. That’s all I can tell you.
Posted by: Ted | October 15, 2008, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm
Palin repeats lies even when confronted with the truth.
What is going to stop her is the lawsuit by a Republican. That’s a civil suit. He is suing her for using Yahoo to defraud the people of Alaska out of the Freedom of Information Act and access to information that should be publicly available.
Posted by: Bruce Becker | October 15, 2008, 9:16 pm 9:16 pm
Leelee
Annenberg is a REPUBLICAN supporter of McCain.
Get your lies straight.
FInd those WMDs, did ya? That’s like hunting for a birth certificate thats right in your hand, ya know.
Only there were no WMDs, ya know.
REPUBLICAN = traitor, treason and money.
Posted by: Bruce Becker | October 15, 2008, 9:19 pm 9:19 pm
Leelee
Google MY FELLOW PRISONERS
the McCain Alzheimer’s speech.
Google OCT 2001 Letterman Anthrax McCain to witness video of McCain committing the CRIME, on TV, of using FALSE propaganda to lead the USA to war.
CANT ERASE THOSE MEMORIES.
Not to worry. Bush will pardon old John right before Obama takes office.
Posted by: Bruce Becker | October 15, 2008, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm
dottydo
Actually, most women want what is best for their families and their country, regardless of what gender the messenger happens to be.
Posted by: jock59801 | October 15, 2008, 9:23 pm 9:23 pm
Is it me or are posts disappearing from the site?
Posted by: Liz | October 15, 2008, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm
Jess,
How can a guy who adopted a little girl from another race and raised her like his own a racist?
How can Palin, who is married to a man from a tribe be called a racist/
Won’t work…looks stupid.
How about that Joe Biden if birth certificates are an issue as expected?
The restaurant he always refers to has been closed since 1986.
scary stuff eh?
Posted by: dottydo | October 15, 2008, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm
waterboarding
That’s the GOP. That’s our CIA
It stinks as a way to treat citizens and the fact that the GOP is using waterboarding as a threat shows their true colors.
Posted by: Bruce Becker | October 15, 2008, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm
Jess, it was President Eisenhower who sent the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, AR to enforce the federal government’s desegregation policy at Central High School. Give credit where credit is due.
OTOH, Sen. John F. Kennedy voted for the controversial “Jury Trial Amendment”, which effectively rendered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 useless because convictions for civil rights violations could not be obtained under that mandate. Further, it should be noted that die-hard segregationists such as Sen. James Eastland, Sen. John McClellan and Mississippi Gov. James P. Coleman were early supporters of Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign.
That said, I strongly support Sen. Barack Obama for president. McCain and Palin are stirring up toxic feelings about race and politics that should be repudiated.
Posted by: Donald from Hawaii | October 15, 2008, 10:16 pm 10:16 pm
Dwight Eisenhower sent the 101st airborne during a time when Republicans fought for the rights of minorities. Eisenhower, himself the son of a mulatto mother, knew personally the tragedy of segregation and fought for the rights of all people in the armed forces, in government as well as in education. But that was Eisenhower. Where are those Republicans who are sensitive to the issues of the common man? Eisenhower’s granddaughter is supporting Obama. And rightly so. Obama really speaks of an equitable and balanced platform.
Posted by: Ann | October 15, 2008, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm
“, one thing our offspring will always remember is how ”
Right!, and another is how B O condoned the comparing of Cindy and John McCain, who adopted a wee black baby with a cleft palet, to George Wallace!
If ever there were a racist and a bigot in this in the election line-up, it would have to be Obama!
Remembering the treatment of Clinton and now of Palin, if ever there were a group of sexist blowhards, it would have to be the Obamanauts!
Granted, he has the glitz….. but you know what that rhymes with!
Posted by: JUST THINKING | October 15, 2008, 11:49 pm 11:49 pm
Jake,
you have a very one-sided blog.
also, you have a very strange voice.
Posted by: blecch | October 15, 2008, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm
dottydo – if you can find me a southerner who doesn’t have cherokee blood in them, i wish you luck – it’s not gonna happen. or an oakie. and there are plenty of racists in the tennesee, kentucky, virginia, west virginia, and georgia hills. and in the central valley of california – which is filled with oakies – i know – i’m related to some of them. todd palin’s bloodlines do not mean a thing.
but i will agree with you about john mccain. i do not believe that the creature left in john mccain has any honor left, but i don’t think that’s because he is a racist. now tucker eskew, who john mccain sold his soul to – he’s a different story.
Posted by: mara | October 15, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm
Seems like an average session from the right wingers on the comment boards for this blog, Jake.
Posted by: Tungsten | October 16, 2008, 12:00 am 12:00 am
dottydo has barack obama ever attacked palin based on his hubby’s bloodline even her ethical abuses in alaska whereas palin called him a pal of terrorists I dont understand why you voted for hilary clinton if you instead ‘ignoring my gender’ issue tell me one thing mccain plan that will help women?
Posted by: jaime | October 16, 2008, 12:02 am 12:02 am
JUST NOT THINKING: what in the world are you talking about? Barack Obama did not compare the McCain’s child, whose ancestry is from Bangladesh, not Africa, (that is a story Tucker Eskew made up, in SC, in 2000) to anybody, let alone George Wallace. That is almost as absurd as Cindy McCain deciding, for no apparent reason, to lie and say that Mother Teresa told her to adopt the baby with a cleft palate. There was a baby and Cindy did adopt her – it’s just that Mother Teresa didn’t have anything to do with it.
And dotttydo: would you like to give a reference, a date, a program for an ABC show where Obama said he was Muslim? I’d love to hear it. It didn’t happen.
In defense of Republicans with some sanity left, the Republican governor of California was outraged by the website and did demand that it be changed. But I wonder if he has seen the new one? I guess that’s what you have to put up with if you want free speech though. It sure does make those Republicans look like racist white trash, though.
Posted by: mara | October 16, 2008, 12:03 am 12:03 am
mccain help women? did anyone hear what he said tonight? he said that women’s health – a woman’s life was used as an excuse for pro-choice extremists. i was stunned. i was born to a 43 year old woman and i am a mother and i believe life begins at conception. but the concept that the mother’s life and health do not matter – that they are some kind of excuse – is just flat out unbelievable. john mccain sure didn’t mean to – but he showed who he really is tonight and it isn’t pretty or decent. there is no way that i will put my daughter’s life in that man’s power.
Posted by: mara | October 16, 2008, 12:49 am 12:49 am