{"id":1094,"date":"2008-10-16T11:40:27","date_gmt":"2008-10-16T18:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2008-10-16T11:40:27","modified_gmt":"2008-10-16T18:40:27","slug":"the-supporters-who-make-john-mccain-so-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1094","title":{"rendered":"The Supporters Who Make John McCain So Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"

At last night’s debate, John McCain responded<\/a> to the reports of derogatory and hostile remarks by his supporters by saying…<\/p>\n

“Let me just say categorically I’m proud of the people that come to our rallies.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh really? Are these the people<\/a> that make you so proud?<\/p>\n

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“The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women’s group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles […] The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps — instead of dollar bills like other presidents.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Republican officials are now scrambling to apologize. But how seriously can we take their regrets when this seems to happen every other day. In fact, they are still apologizing for a racist web posting<\/a> yesterday by the Sacramento County Republican Party that called for Obama to be waterboarded, and said that “The only difference between Obama and Osama is BS.”<\/em><\/p>\n

It should also be noted that McCain’s defense of his supporters was in response to a question about the “pallin around with terrorists”<\/em> comment directed at Obama. He excused his rally attendees by asserting that there are always a few people in the crowd who say things that are inappropriate. However, that comment was not made by his supporters. It came from the stage, not the crowd. It was Sarah Palin, his nominee for vice president, who made that statement.<\/p>\n

McCain, his campaign, and far too many of his supporters are just plain repulsive. But they are a fair representation of the worst that the Republican Party has to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At last night’s debate, John McCain responded to the reports of derogatory and hostile remarks by his supporters by saying… “Let me just say categorically I’m proud of the people that come to our rallies.” Oh really? Are these the people that make you so proud? “The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women’s group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[152,1,13],"tags":[183,103,1143,301,381],"class_list":["post-1094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-scandalous","tag-barack-obama","tag-john-mccain","tag-racism","tag-republicans","tag-sarah-palin"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-hE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":945,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=945","url_meta":{"origin":1094,"position":0},"title":"McCain Lies To Fox News About Town Hall Audience","author":"Mark NC","date":"6\/12\/2008","format":false,"excerpt":"John McCain held a town hall meeting in New York City this evening. 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