McCain-Palin resort to lies, racist appeals.

Over the past few days, the McCain-Palin campaign has made clear that its "new" strategy involves ignoring the issues and attacking Barack Obama's character, primarily through repeating blatant lies and playing to racist sentiments. We want to make sure you are aware of some of the more disgusting examples of this strategy.

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They're Turning Into a Lynch Mob
by NowAndZen
Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 07:01:23 AM PDT

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/7/92221/5295/879/622560

I hope yesterday was the low-water mark of civility in the MCain/Palin campaign, but I'm afraid that McCain and Palin may be heading down a dangerous path and that they do not know where it ends. They may actually be 1 step away from being the rallying leaders of a lynch mob. Their inflamatory speech is metaphorically asking their supporters to bring tar, feathers, pitchforks and torches.

Let's look at yesterday's scary developments.

- Palin supporters shouted nasty epithets at reporters and an African American AV technician.

- Palin made totally unfounded and inflamatory suggestions that Obama is a terrorist or is at least friendly toward terrorists and that he doesn't see the country the way you and I do (wink wink).

- In response to the obove comments, one Palin supporter yelled "Kill him!"

- Palin was introduced by a shaved headed sheriff who denounced what might happen on election day if Barack Hussein Obama is elected.

- McCain asked rhetorically and impregnated with pejorative meaning "Who is Barack Obama?" One McCain supporter yelled "A terrorist!"

See also: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/222324.php

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A McCain campaign staffer in Virginia penned and published a racist, inflammatory, and homophobic screed, supposedly a "humorous parody" of the early days of an Obama administration. (The staffer has apparently been fired in response to outrage resulting from this disgusting piece, which is excerpted in the link below).

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/5/113954/900/662/620727

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MAN SHOT 3 TIMES for WEARING OBAMA SHIRT!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1070975/Man-shot-times-street-racist-gunman--wearing-Barack-Obama-T-shirt.html

A man told today how he was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt.

Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend 'Believe'.

The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting 'I f***ing hate n*****s' and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him.