Comments on: John Lewis: McCain and Palin Playing With Fire

By: Karen G

Karen G — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:35:00 +0000

So Palin is a Bimbo, Lindsey Graham is an idiot, McCain and Palin are inciting violence and endangering the fabric of the country, shameful McCain has besmirched his uniform, and all this “racially-toned” Republican slime and crowd violence and linking Obama to “others” and fear-mongering could lead to Timothy McVeigh, so Lewis used a good metaphor to n-word-using uber-racist George Wallace, maybe went a little far but the time was right for it.

And the post was about what?

By: Cat's Dad

Cat's Dad — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:23:00 +0000

No, Fox, I don’t think we need to come down on second-level associations, just real friends.

‘Bama and Georgia: Isn’t “Bimbo” a gender slur? Just because you Dems don’t a woman veep doesn’t mean Republicans shouldn’t, does it?

By: foxofbama

foxofbama — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:42:00 +0000

I got to come down with Ga Mtn man on this one.
As for Cat’s Dad; have him take a look at the Frank Rich article in the NY Times today about the real terrorism in this campaign.
As for Ayers, he was on an education board in South Carolina with the governor who was classmate of Mac Brunson or thereabouts, so I guess FBC Dallas is a terrorist organization as well.
Come to think of it, in 1956 it certifiably was.

By: Cat's Dad

Cat's Dad — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:11:00 +0000

Obama's been playing the race card since the primaries--just ask Bill Clinton.

William Ayres is the closest in this race (race, as in contest, not skin color)we have to the Timothy McVeighs of the world, and I think he's Obama's friend.

And warm, fuzzy James Carville is the one who insinuates big riot trouble lies ahead . . . if McCain wins.

ACORD is blatantly registering 7-year olds and felons multiple times.

So, which side is playing--no, setting--fires?

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:18:00 +0000

I actually think it was a good metaphor for John Lewis to use. Given that individuals at McCain/Palin rallies have said such inflammatory things as “Bomb Obama”, I think that the analysis of Wallace inciting individuals to violence is incredibly apt.

McCain and Palin ARE playing with fire. They are playing to a base using fear. We’ve had too many instances in our history where fear was used to turn humanity against each other in violent ways. The campaign needs to be a little bit more responsible.

By: Georgia Mountain Man

Georgia Mountain Man — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:37:00 +0000

I agree that it was good for a man of Lewis’ experience to speak out. However, using examples of racist activities wasn’t wise. I don’t think McCain and the Bimbo’s inciteful remarks were racially motivated. I think Lewis could have put his remarks in a different context and still made his point. Too many people in this politically explosive time are too ready to jump on racially toned remarks, especially with Obama in the position he is in.

By: Big Daddy Weave

Big Daddy Weave — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:13:00 +0000

Ken,

When a Civil Rights hero such as John Lewis, a man who is respected by millions, invokes "race" - perhaps it's time for folks to start listening.

"Radical Left" is a derogatory label that John Lewis doesn't wear.

His comments may not have been politically helpful for Barack Obama. Hyperbole or not, the time was right for someone with the credibility of John Lewis to speak out against McCain's recent tactics and what has been going on at his rallies.

By: Ken Coffee

Ken Coffee — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:00:00 +0000

Invoking race is always the ace-in-the-hole for the radical left. Now, if anyone disagrees with Senator Obama on anything, someone calls it racist. There is enough shame to go around. There are a lot of angry people out there these days and the rhetoric from both sides does little to further the discourse and alleviate the rancor.

By: texasinafrica

texasinafrica — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:10:00 +0000

Lewis has a good point, but the Wallace thing took it into hyperbole, which doesn’t help his cause one bit.

Anyway, at least this election seems to be proving the one thing I believe to be truer than anything else about American voters: all we really care about are our pocketbooks.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:55:00 +0000

It appears that the American people are reacting to this rhetoric of McCain-Palin by moving toward support for Obama. As the Republican ticket has become more shrill, the polls, including the ones the campaigns rely on for information with regard to allocating resources, show Obama gaining support. You never know. The “Swift-Boating” approach of Bush worked to cut Kerry out of just enough votes to win the election in 2004.

The violent reaction to those attending McCain rallies is frightening. Here you have people standing up, advocating a Machiavellian approach to winning the presidency, a “whatever it takes including lying if you have to” in order to win. That is far more frightening than anything the vague phrase cited by conservatives, “Obama scares me” would imply. Angry conservatives lead to the Timothy McVeigh’s of the world.