"In a sign of increasing nastiness on the left, supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama have been booing rivals John McCain and Sarah Palin, and even screaming “liar!” — with no response from Obama.
Yesterday, at a Philadelphia hockey game, Obama supporters booed Sarah Palin — despite the fact that Palin was accompanied by her 7-year-old daughter. Some notoriously conservative news outlets, such as MSNBC, have reported that there were cheers mixed in with the boos. But it appears clear that there was significant booing, all from Democrats — and the trend towards ugliness is clear.
...There are indications that Obama has been spurring his crowds to anger, sometimes launching into what Reuters as described as an “attack” against the former POW and military hero, even as McCain has been cautioning his supporters to respect Obama."
— Patterico, on the ethics of the Left - and the press - for Patterico's Pontification
Is Obama actually encouraging violence at his rallies and in his speeches?
ReplyDeleteHas he described McCain as a "terrorist" or a "Manchurain candidate"?
Is he whipping up the crowds at his rallies into a frenzy so that they scream "off with his head" or "kill him" whenever his opponent is mentioned?
If so, that's quite scary. I would love to see the video of this.
SO far all the Obama speeches on youtube I've been able to watch are just a bunch of bland uplift - more boring and saccharine than inflammatory.
Still, there may be some hidden gem I am unaware of - please do post them when you get the chance!
"Is Obama actually encouraging violence at his rallies and in his speeches?"
ReplyDeleteYes. He told his followers to get in Republican's faces - that's a call to start trouble.
"Has he described McCain as a 'terrorist' or a 'Manchurain candidate'?"
He can't: John McCain's been in politics for 30 years, doing good work, and never hung with low-lifes like Bill Ayers.
"Is he whipping up the crowds at his rallies into a frenzy so that they scream 'off with his head' or 'kill him' whenever his opponent is mentioned?"
Now you're playing the media's game: taking two crazy people's comments - out of crowds of thousands - and making like it's everybody there. Sorry, I don't buy it. And even if it was true, he is hanging with terrorists. What? You think murderers and killers are O.K.? Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn attacked their own country - that makes them traitors - and, everybody knows, traitors are to be killed because they can't be trusted. That's Obama's mistake: bad judgment.
"If so, that's quite scary. I would love to see the video of this."
You have pretty low standards if you think a guy with no record can hang with terrorists and still be worthy of being president of the United States. Barack being black don't make him magic. I hold him to the same standards as all the rest and he just don't cut it. The fact everyone has to do research to figure him out, a month before the election, should be enough to disqualify him for anybody.
"SO far all the Obama speeches on youtube I've been able to watch are just a bunch of bland uplift - more boring and saccharine than inflammatory."
That's another reason this is so sick: the way people are mindlessly reacting to his self-help-level nonsensical pablum ("We are the ones we've been waiting for!") is depressing. I, for one, thought Americans were smarter than this. My bad. I guess I just watch better T.V. than most people, like skipping past episodes of "Oprah". I couldn't fall for that idiocy for any amount of money in the world - and I'm sure not ready to turn my country over to it. That shit would be so stupid, we might as well start each day by hitting ourselves in the head with a ball-peen hammer.
"There may be some hidden gem I am unaware of - please do post them when you get the chance!"
It may be out there but, considering the way Barack is keeping who he is from us, it probably won't show up until after the election.
Thanks for writing.