http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archi...0/1529529.aspx
Quote:
From NBC's Mark Murray
Earlier today, Obama remarked on recent outbursts of "Traitor!" "Terrorist!" and "Kill him!" at McCain campaign events. "It's easy to rile up a crowd," Obama said. "Nothing's easier than riling up a crowd by stoking anger and division. But that's not what we need right now in the United States."
In response, McCain senior adviser Nicolle Wallace released this statement, NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports. "Barack Obama's assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising. These are the same people obama called 'bitter' and attacked for 'clinging to guns' and faith. He fails to understand that people are angry at corrupt practices in Washington and Wall Street and he fails to understand that America's working families are not 'clinging' to anything other than the sincere hope that Washington will be reformed from top to bottom."
"Attacking our supporters is a new low for the campaign that's run more millions of dollars of negative ads than any other in history."
*** UPDATE *** McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers adds in another statement: “Barack Obama’s attacks on Americans who support John McCain reveal far more about him than they do about John McCain. It is clear that Barack Obama just doesn’t understand regular people and the issues they care about. He dismisses hardworking middle class Americans as clinging to guns and religion, while at the same time attacking average Americans at McCain rallies who are angry at Washington, Wall Street and the status quo."
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So let me get this straight, A crowd of McCain supporters start's calling Obama a "traitor" and literally calls for his blood. Obama blows it off stating that "it's easy to rile up a crowd" and somehow we're supposed to believe that it's Obama who's in the wrong?
Is there really no low the Republican party won't stoop to?
On a related note, McCain may have let a beast out of it's cage when he and Palin started implying that Obama was a traitor. I just heard a story about a guy being harassed at a local bar for wearing an Obama T-shirt. To be fair, at this point it's unconfirmed, but it wouldn't surprise me if we start seeing this, or even assaults against Obama supporters.
