Civil rights icon says McCain stirs hate

politico.com ^ | 10/11/08 | MIKE ALLEN & JONATHAN MARTIN

[Skid Marx]

Uh, worse. John McCain said John Lewis is one of the three wisest men he's ever known.

This is what worries me most about this whole mess. McCain meant what he said, so getting in this bozo's face would make him a hypocrite, don't you see. Read the headline: McCAIN FLIP-FLOPS ON LEWIS, or something like that. McCain is sensitive to this kind of treatment, and tries really hard to avoid it. Appeasement never works. Period.

[hampdenkid]

The most virulent racism in this country for the past two decades at least has been black racism. And as bad as it has been and is now, just wait until Obama is in the White House. Can you say “Hotel Rwanda West”?

[right way right]

When you see McCain take the mike from that lady at the rally yesterday and listen to what McCain said you realize this guy Lewis has really made a Jackass of himself.

I have watched the video and have seen irate postings on Freep and have taken part in the anger! But, now I understand.
You could see the heartbreak that Mccain had as he took away the mike.
He really did not not know what to say.

This was a gaff that I believe will sway more people toward him because you could see his extreme concern about bringing race into this election and he was genuine.

You can call him anything you want but the racist question has been put to rest as far as I am concerned.

Maybe he does not have the blood thirst for the left we do but we have to still vote for him.

I am hoping that McCain is ready to become more aggressive this will keep his rallies more "civilized" so he does not have to make another "endorsement " of Obama.

Seems to me ACORN, Ayers, and Obama's apparent lead in the polls and the way it has effected the market ought to be McCain's main points of attack.

Obama is just trying to ride out his momentum right now.

[BamaDi]

Amen....

[Ole Okie]

McCain could actually drive wedges within the African American community for Barack Obama

Don't kid yourself.

95% of the A-A vote will go to the UberObamamessiah, no matter what McCain says.

[DoughtyOne]

<sup>Racism would be not reporting what a person's moral choices were, just because he was Black.

If anything McCain has acted morally, and this Lewis fellow is the person out there with Wallace.</sup>


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[AmericanInTokyo]

I disagree, wedges could be driven on Illegal Immigration. We could peel off at least 10-20% of the current vote, just as a byproduct, but that is not the main intent. The main intent is to get a mass of ALL UNDECIDEDS as well as keep the Conservative Base.

You do that by ramping up a merciless attack on Obama on his party platform on Amnesty.

[TigersEye]

Civil rights icon says McCain stirs hate

Bull!

[Bulldawg Fan]

And if a Florida sheriff even mentions “Hussien” Obama in public, McCain has a fit and the feds step in to investigate. Just wait until Hussien Obama wins the election and the gestapo is all over the country.

[LeonardFMason]

Should say Civil Rights MORON.

[neverdem]

Obama is too green; he supports the culture of death; he supports gay marriage;...

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[papersonusa]

|| Civil rights icon says McCain stirs hate

| Bull!

Republicans seem to be blasted as racists no matter what the circumstances. Remember Trent Lott's treatment when he praised Strom Thurmond at a birthday dinner and referred to his Dixiecrat past? Suddenly this association/alliance really mattered and showed that Trent was still a racist, at least that was what the left-leaning MSM kept repeating.

[The Iceman Cometh]

MSM Lied, Journalism Died. RIP 2008

Pelosi Lied, My 401k Died

[TigersEye]

I no longer care what any commie scum thinks of me. Never really did but ...

I think I'll just get a bumper sticker that says "I'm a racist!."

[bert]

The bald headed one is an anachronism. His fight was won years ago. He achieved his goals and his people began to take control and then Mugabe like, destroyed what they controlled. Being with King no longer matters

Obama will be forced to follow this course to destruction