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'Hussein' in the membrane

Posted: Monday, October 06, 2008 2:16 PM by Domenico Montanaro
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From NBC/NJ's Matthew Berger and NBC's Domenico Montanaro
ESTERO, Fla. -- The sheriff of Lee County referred to Obama as "Barack Hussein Obama" as part of his introductory remarks before a Palin rally.
 
"On Nov. 4, let's leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened," Sheriff Mike Scott told the crowd at Germain Arena.
 
Scott was speaking as part of a program before Palin's arrival at the rally. Palin was at a fundraiser in Naples, Fla. at the time.

Back in February, McCain repudiated radio host Bill Cunningham's derisive use of Obama's middle name.

“I absolutely repudiate such comments,” McCain said then. “It will never happen again ... I never met Mr. Cunningham, but I will make sure nothing like that ever happens again."

*** UPDATE *** Campaign spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said in a statement:
“We do not condone this innapropriate rhetoric which distracts from the real questions of judgment, character, and experience that voters will base their decisions on this November.”

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Ah, it took 4 months, but the racist rants start again. Just like what happened when the Clinton campaign started feeling desperate and pinned to the wall. John McCain must have left his honor back in 2000.
Many of us liberal elites have no problem with his name.  It is interesting that as the writing on the wall becomes more clear - the divisiveness on the right rears it's ugly head.  Kinda' like Putin in Alaskan air space.

By underscoring the Hussein, was he furthering the discourse?  I am waiting for Palin to say, "Obama is not a Muslim, that I know of."  Sorry Hillary, but it really wasn't one of your finer moments.

The only one wondering what happened will be McCain, and as evidenced by his shambles of a campaign and his failed tactics (and lack of strategy, thanks CT), he seems to be wondering that more and more each day.  When he sold his soul to the Rove devil, I feel quite confident he believed Bush wouldn't run our country into such a deep ditch that they couldn't 'right the load'.  The Republican brand isn't just tarnished, it is toxic.  Like POISON.  The 2% that are considered wealthy will always drink the brand Kool-Aid; but the remaining 98% are starting to awake from their poison induced comas.  McCain cannot show one single tangible difference between himself and Bush.  Absent that Difference, he will go to the gutter to quote Buchanan, "...because it's all he's got".

Good Times America!  I believe we lost another trillion between Friday and today.  Could it be that China is calling our notes?  
Sarah Piglips needs to take her race baiting igloo trash family back to Alaska.
Obviously a Florida Redneck afraid of change and not wanting it to come from someone of a different background, a different race, or a different agenda to turn america around from this type of assinine backwoods ass thinking. Not surprising at all coming from someone like this. I see why palin Only identifies with other backwoods and joe 6 pack fools. when you communicate to the rest of the world they should not be able to determine you level of ignorance and automatically know that you are a gun toting, right winged ass who knows nothing about the rest of the world and how it operates.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08-12
wow, fear and smear are all McBlinky has to offer. not going to work this time. no effin way.

Obama is the only choice!
Dear Obama,
      Tomorrow you need to come out in opening statement and BLAST palin for all this crap. Tell everyone about Ayers, Wright and get it over with.
THEN, Blast McCain on keating and how Billions were lost thanks to him
That was then this is now. mcliar has not shame nor honor. it really is sad that this was a man many people admired, but johnny just wants to be president at all cost. i guess he indeed went down to Georgia
Bomber ,,,you probley offer these two racist cabinet poisitions,just a reminder, look and act shocked when the press askes you about it.And by the way you knew Cunninham it was not the first time he had done something like this,you knew exactly what he was about and what you where going to get.LLPOF
McCain and Palin compete to see who can be most shrill. Meanwhile, the Bush-McCain economy crashes.
Palin knows that the MCCain/Palin campaign 08 is over. She is positioning herself for the next presidential run, probably 2012. Watch her re-align her message with that of conservative radio, especially Hannity & Limbaugh, and the others republicans who feel disenfrichised by McCain.

Sarah Palin, henforth, with advise from these afore mentioned will attack viciously and without restraint. What has she got to loose? And doesn't she stand to gain the whole Republican party platform if MCCain goes down? No wonder she is going out on her own and using the tactics McCain would not use. She is craftign her own trajectory.
McCain, if you can't control your own dogs, what make you think you can run the country? OH, that's right, you told your dogs to bite.
The sheriff of Lee County refered to Obama as "Barack Hussein Obama" as part of his introductory remarks before a Palin rally,
see sarah, this is what your starting. people associated with you are starting shit, that you will be held responsible for, for some reason they think this is a joke, that barack obama's name can be use as a way to rally the white extremist for john mccain or try to scare the common person that is a low information voter away from barack obama because of his name, shame on you!! you have taken this whole process to a new low.
we are in crissis that has never been seem before and what do you do!! you are at a rally when a person uses a mans given name by his mother and father as a joke. i hope you go down for that!! john mccain has already said there is no place for that!!
I GUESS YOU DID NOT GET THE MESSAGE, or i feel you did and your being your own type of mavarick!!!
i stupid, moose eating, vendective seperatest who is making a real fool out of your self!!
remember sarah, you will need to go back to alaska after you loose this election and answer to some of this crap!!!
This is absolutely ridiculous... just because Obama's middle name is Hussein is a reason not to trust him? How does he feel about King Hussein of Jordan? We didn't/don't seem to have a problem with him! Either stick to the issues that are affecting Americans right now, or quit while you're behind!
Sure thing McLiar....let your surrogates throw it out there and then repudiate it.  Give me a break, Mccain is a total POS.
The people in America who are prejudiced are many but not so many that we who don't judge people by their skin color or religious beliefs will proudly walk right over them and on to the White House with Barack Hussein Obama!  It's sad that the republicans believe as they do, that a name makes a man.  All I can say to that is live by the smear, die by the smear and that is evident in McCain's poll numbers plummeting like a thermometer in Fargo in the dead of winter.
Proof positive McCain is not in control of his own campaign...and Sarah Palin is a loose cannon, just like she'll be when he succumbs in his first term and she takes over.
Oh, but don't you know that when they use his middle name, it's not meant to be belittling.  They're simply stating Obama's full name.   They're morons.
Man, you libs are really nasty....!! Open you ears and listen...the #1 lib is going to change the world?!!?  Lord help us.
FOR GODS SAKE WILL THE PEOPLE WAKE UP.  DID YOU NOT
SEE THE FOX REPORT ON SUNDAY??.  BARACK (WHO SEEN)
OBABMA PALLED AROUND TERRORIST, THE DIRECTOR OF ACORN WHO IS UNDER INDICTMENT IN 7 STATES FOR VOTER FRAUD. THEY REGISTERING PEOPLE ANYBODY THAT WALKS THE STREETS AND HAS A NAME IN OHIO WHICH IS ILLEGAL HIS FATHER REGISTERED HIM AS MUSLIM WHILE IN SCHOOL IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND GAVE HIM ANOTHER CITIZENSHIP RATHER THAN A US CITIZEN IT GOES ON AND ON.  JOHN MCCAIN IS A HERO AND I TRUST HIM.  I DO NOT TRUST OBAMA.    


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