More Obama terrorist talk coming out of McCain headquarters!

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:33 PM EDT

Article Source: The Huffington Post

politics, obama, mccain, racism, terrorist, election-08, osama-bin-laden

McCain staff and volunteers are being taught to compare Obama to Osama bin Laden to convince voters to vote for McCain in Virginia. A Time reporter witnessed the training session where the McCain campaign trains people to use the word terrorist in connection with Obama. The reporter also witnessed the campaign workers shouting out untrue rumors about Obama that the McCain campaign didn't bother to correct. Is this happening in all the McCain offices?

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Destiny's Child

Here is Karen Tumulty's original Time article as backup for the one I seeded.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1849422,00.html

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2 votes

#1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:35 PM EDT

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Destiny's Child

I was just on twitter and McCain supporters using this Obama-Osama argument there.

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1 vote

#1.1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:40 PM EDT

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Michele Eagle

mcscum taslks out of both sides of his mouth, palinis pallin' with terrorists in the alaskan independence party.....watch out pallin you're gonna get yours you betcha!

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1 vote

#1.2 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:05 PM EDT

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UDbmas

Disgusting, reprehensible, dishonorable. John McCain, the once-upon-a-time "hero" has perverted his own legacy.

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#1.3 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:07 PM EDT

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QACoach

Just one further and continuing example of the total and complete lack of honor and integrity by John McCain and his campaign.

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7 votes

#2 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 3:54 PM EDT

{"commentId":3464537,"authorDomain":"lmbartholomew"}

independent in AL

QAC

Not only lack of integrity but lack of leadership too! I keep saying, if he can't get his own darn campaign to follow his directives, there's no hope for Congress because he has problems with Democrats, and Republicans alike.

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5 votes

#2.1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:28 PM EDT

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Michele Eagle

want more of mcscum politicing and general unheroic behavior check out rollong stones article of the " bushes side kick"

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1 vote

#2.2 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:06 PM EDT

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Agent 57

these folks just don't get that the majority of American's are sick and tired of the fighting the lies and the hate and want to have a conversation about fixing our very real problems and issues.

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3 votes

#3 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:19 PM EDT

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independent in AL

Terry

That's what hate does. It blinds people to the real issues. Isn't it amazing that the McCain camp still can't figure out why he's down in the polls? You are right, and Barack Obama is right. They just don't get it. However, I disagree with Obama on one thing, McCain doesn't care about anything except how to win. Honor is no longer a virture he can claim.

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2 votes

#3.1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:30 PM EDT

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Agent 57

Greed and power as well, lots of money out there for the right politician. K-Street lines up waiting for them.

As for McCain and honor that's a tough one, I hate to say a vet has lost honor but,, arrogance, pride, and an over the top zeal for the office.... does corrupt the soul..

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2 votes

#3.2 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:52 PM EDT

{"commentId":3465116,"authorDomain":"mistyshangrila"}

Destiny's Child

I think they are stupid not to listen to the conservative pundits that are telling the campaign to scrap these divisive tactics. But then again, it gives insight into the win-at-all-costs attitude that we didn't know McCain had until now.

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2 votes

#3.3 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:59 PM EDT

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Agent 57

But then again, it gives insight into the win-at-all-costs attitude that we didn't know McCain had until now.

I did see a youtube out there somewhere were mccain is saying he deserves to be the pres, he should be it because he wants it,, something like that, not that he has something to offer, but he's deserves it,,,,

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#3.4 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:05 PM EDT

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Destiny's Child

I say let them keep on the same path. I'm an Obama supporter so it works for me!

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2 votes

#3.5 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:06 PM EDT

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renard

To much is being made of race, gender and religion in this election cycle by the media. I often listen to the pundits who all earn exhorbitant sums of money by telling us what we think, how we feel, even what we believe or who we trust. But I realized a long time ago that the pundits don't live in the same world as ordinary Americans. These people earn enough money and receive really valuable perks as a by product of their professions. Their lives are so far removed from a sanitation worker or taxi driver or a factory worker that it is ludicrous for them to be the opinion shapers of poor and middle class people.

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#3.6 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:06 PM EDT

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Destiny's Child

You are right that the pundits don't live the same lives as the average American, but race, religion and gender should be kept out of politics and if they have to talk about it to get the candidates to be respectful, then I'm all for it! Remember, one of these men is going to be our President. I don't want the world to think our President is prejudiced. Let's have a clean election, folks!

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#3.7 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:47 PM EDT

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renard

Destiny what will it mean if the world believes that a significant segment of our population are bigots and racist. Or if a sitting United States Senator would make subtle appeals to racism to improve his chances to win. Didn't Hitler make the same us vs them argument to white people as McCain/ Palin are making before he brought about the holocaust of the Jews?

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#3.8 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:47 PM EDT

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Louie Lou

I was watching the news this morning and they were covering todays McCain/Palin rally and after he finished speaking they showed a wide shot of the crowd. Someone was holding up a sign that read Obama Bin Lying. So are we to believe that was just that one individual's opinion? Knowing this was going to be televised, you think maybe security would have asked them not to put up that sign or maybe take it away from that person? Well they didn't and it was shown on national television.

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2 votes

#4 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:34 PM EDT

{"commentId":3464940,"authorDomain":"lmbartholomew"}

independent in AL

Louie Lou

I really do respect people's right to free speech so I don't necessarily agree that they should have put the signs down or had then taken away. My problem with this whole rally thing, is the POTUS' response to the hate filled venomous epithets. To me it's indicative of winning at all costs and it speaks to character and honor. Or should I say, the lace therof.

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2 votes

#4.1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:50 PM EDT

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Destiny's Child

That's a very good point. People's possessions are closely screened at these rallies. It makes you wonder if the Virginia office isn't offering rogue training but is instead offering training that has been approved by the national campaign. At the very least it shows the McCain campaign is insensitive or in denial about the hatred they are stirring up.

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1 vote

#4.2 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:56 PM EDT

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Agent 57

I heard that at the RNC Convention they were trained on talking points. I wonder, I would assume the DNC did that as well..

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#4.3 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:06 PM EDT

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Michele Eagle

there is No Honor in the mccain/paliin camp

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1 vote

#4.4 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:07 PM EDT

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Louie Lou

Well, when I go to a baseball game, they check my belongings and do not allow me to bring my homemade sign. It wasn't like it had anything bad either, but they said it was stadium policy. You would think they would have this kind of policy at rallies too.

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#4.5 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:36 PM EDT

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JuzWonderin

Didn't seem to stop the Monkey Man from the other day either.

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#4.6 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:20 PM EDT

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renard

hey personally I am going to find it interesting if the Republicans manage some way to hold onto the Presidency because a lot of the whites who are voting not with their minds or even their skin color but with something even worse and that's " ideology " and maybe they haven't learned yet that ideology doesn't create job's or prosperity it only creates excuses for the failures of the leaders.

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#5 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:11 PM EDT

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renard

If you listen to the Republicans only the minority's are having a hard time and if you believe that then you must believe that.................,

No white kid is hungry

no white family's are on welfare

no white man or woman has lost their job

no white family has lost their home, or been victimized by adjustable rate mortgages

no deserving white kid has been forced to drop out of college because of a change in the family circumstances

No white senior citizen has lost their retirement

And every white family has health insurance

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1 vote

#6 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:19 PM EDT

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JuzWonderin

They wouldn't let the reporter go out with them, but Obama camp did. Wish from now on every reporter wears a mike and a camera to these invites, both camps. I'd like to see this garbage plastered on Youtube to open eyes, on both sides if necessary.

Seems last weeks have been mostly he-said she-said w/o pics or audio.

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1 vote

#7 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:18 PM EDT

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Mass Graves

has anyone read the history of the Swastika before it was angled in Germany? It history dates 3000 years and was used as symbol of good forutne in India and Mayan cultures-

Read the sanskrit- the swastika was used on the red cross in the 1930's.

Jesus was middle eastern.

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#8 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:45 PM EDT

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Destiny's Child

I'm not sure what your point is in bringing up the swastika, but it is still used in India in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain religions. For anyone who wants to know more....

http://www.answers.com/topic/swastika

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#8.1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:30 PM EDT

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Mass Graves

has anyone read the history of the Swastika before it was angled in Germany? It history dates 3000 years and was used as symbol of good fortune in India and Mayan cultures-

Read the sanskrit- the swastika was used on the red cross in the 1930's.

And Barack is a terrorist?- again, does the department of homeland security know this?

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#9 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:47 PM EDT

{"commentId":3468225,"authorDomain":"mistyshangrila"}

Destiny's Child

As a sidenote, an author and historian, who is a fervent believer in fighting terrorism finally had enough of the embarassment that is the McCain campaign and endorsed Obama!

http://mistyshangrila.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/13/1994559-omg-rabid-fan-of-the-iraq-war-endorses-barack-obama

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#9.1 - Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:33 PM EDT

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