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Republicans surprised at the hateful feeding frenzy they caused

October 11, 2008 | Print This Post

 

This year’s presidential election campaign has brought plenty of surprises, upsets, and great moments. It’s also produced some of the lowest and most disgusting examples of vitriolic hate and ignorance. Neither campaign is innocent of mudslinging and misleading ads, but the McCain/Palin campaign actually pretends that they’re surprised at the reaction they’re getting to their horrific campaign.

The snake-oil blathering reached its fever pitch last week just after the Vice Presidential debate when corrupt governor Sarah Palin accused Obama of “pallin’ around with terrorists who would strike at their own country.” Well, imagine the reaction that she got. As if on cue, the rallying supporters shouted their jeers against the Democratic candidate. What they didn’t expect was the shouts of “off with his head” or “kill him!”

Never mind the fact that the accusation is completely false. CNN reviewed the claims and the project records, and points out that the William Ayers, a founding member of the radical Weather Underground group, was involved with a series of bombings in the 1960’s — when Obama was eight years old. Ayers is now Distinguished Professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. «Read the rest of this article»

 


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