"Kill Him"

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Registered: 09-25-2008
"Kill Him"
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Tue, 10-07-2008 - 1:26pm
Ladies and Gentlemen, your modern Republican party (from Palin's campaign stop in Florida yesterday):

"Now it turns out, one of his earliest supporters is a man named Bill Ayers," Palin said.

"Boooo!" said the crowd.

"And, according to the New York Times, he was a domestic terrorist and part of a group that, quote, 'launched a campaign of bombings that would target the Pentagon and our U.S. Capitol,'" she continued.

"Boooo!" the crowd repeated.

"Kill him!" proposed one man in the audience.


Wow. Just wow. Y'ever notice that Republicans who advocate lower taxes and more war never get shot by guys like these? Count with me: Medgar Evers, MLK Jr, Malcolm X, JFK, RFK. It's not clear whether the guy in the audience meant kill Ayers...or Obama....but with the exception of Ronald Reagan (who was shot by a complete nut for reasons having more to do with Jodie Foster than with politics), the evidence suggests that the notion that a black liberal being marked for violence - even just with an epithet - wouldn't be an unusual thing to imagine taking place. Wow.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-15-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 6:33pm

Yeah.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 6:36pm
Whatever his affiliation was, he was at a Republican rally and was inspired to call out his statements right there at the Republican rally, and the Republican VP candidate didn't stop and say something to the effect "please, I'm not trying to inspire people to kill...."

Sopal

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Registered: 01-18-2006
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 6:39pm
If I remember correctly...wasn't there a screaming lunatic woman that wasn't a republican at the RNC???

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-04-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:14pm
I heard that too, very embarrassing. I live in FL too so I'm extra embarrassed. I wonder what hole they pulled that crowd out of.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-07-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:39pm
So are you saying you really can't post those things? Because that is what it sounds like.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:43pm

Oh...this whole way of stoking right-wing hate is going to get even worse.

Sopal

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Registered: 07-04-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 8:47pm
I do remember that, there were people there protesting the war. I was very disappointed as here is John McCain at the biggest night of his life and there were protesters interrupting it by the crowd responding "USA USA" not that there's anything wrong with USA...but I really think its safe to say that a republican would be at a republican gathering. I really don't think that a protester would be saying "Kill him" (meaning either Obama or Ayers) If he was a protester or mentally unbalanced he would've been removed.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-20-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 9:23pm

"Imagine McCain/Palin egging some of them on."

Oh, c'mon, do you really truly think that an elected official is going to "egg" people on to shoot others of different races? Gosh darnit, isn't your son in the military? Hmm McCain could be his boss soon enough, I certainly hope you don't really believe that McCain would egg gun toting military personnel on....or you said it because you believe that could happen. Interesting.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-25-2007
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 9:51pm
No...but just today (per this thread) McCain/Palin is firing up people.

Sopal

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iVillage Member
Registered: 07-12-2008
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 10:01pm

There are loonies out there who can't sort things out.