Comments on: John Lewis warns McCain he may reap the whirlwind

By: lotus

lotus — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:09:01 +0000

Yes’m, lilaruby, yes’m, yes’m, yes’m.

By: lilaruby

lilaruby — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:59:32 +0000

If running a campaign is ANY indication of ability to run the country, I am VERY, VERY excited about an Obama administration. What I have seen indirectly on a national level is encouraging. The atmosphere at the local Obama office yesterday was absolutely electrifying.

Unlike every other Democratic election in the past, the Obama volunteer coordinators GET IT! The actual volunteers look like a cross section of America….old, middle age, and young people of all colors. Unlike previous Democratic elections, I didn’t see a SINGLE political hack in the room! The excitement and energy level was incredible.

By: lotus

lotus — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:28:50 +0000

Excellent, Researcher. I swear, could you ever have believed anyone capable of winning a presidential nomination could turn right around and run a general campaign this stupidly?

By: Researcher

Researcher — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:17:01 +0000

Political leaders cannot tell angry mobs that their fears and prejudices are not only justified but moral and patriotic. Most of the crowd will not be violent, but there are sociopaths out there who will take the rhetoric as approval of vigilantism.

As a campaign strategy, the appeals to fear and prejudice are backfiring magnificently. Hispanic voters in particular have responded negatively.

Obama is up 52 to 42 in a new poll in Colorado. In the past two weeks, Obama’s lead among Colorado Hispanics has increase from 57-36 to 71-21. The newest Nevada poll shows a similar bump due to Hispanic voters.

By: GlitterGirl

GlitterGirl — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:10:39 +0000

IMO, if the McCain camp was smart (but who has accused them of that lately?) they’d move on and change the subject because there is no way they can win this one. His protests just keep it in the news cycle another day.

By: Ben Cole

Ben Cole — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:00:28 +0000

McCain is reacting strongly to Lewis’s statements … denying that he and/or Palin are engaging in toxic tactics. If McCain truly believes his campaign’s hands are clean, then it’s evidence he doesn’t understand America. There may well be blood on the floor before this election concludes, the responsibility for which will be traceable in large part to the McCain-Palin campaign. Richar Nixon would be SO proud.

By: ThirdSouth

ThirdSouth — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:19:55 +0000

John Lewis is not just a civil rights hero, he is a modest and reticent man who would only say this in an effort to prevent John McCain and Sarah Palin from inciting violence.