Palin Supporter Brings Racist Monkey "Obama" Doll to Rally

Christ, how can anyone support or ally themselves with that? 

I'm surprised 'Pubs arent abanodoning their party in droves for shame.

Wow! I guess I've always known people like that exist, but that guy is over the top... and cowardly in the bargain! (loses the doll when he notices he's being filmed)

The poor guys entire social highlight for the year comes down to waving a monkey in a McCain/Palin rally ... pretty sad when you think about it.  He's probably spanking his monkey right now.

Perhaps we should carry around pigs with liptsick and brunette hair?

I can't believe some people.

Perhaps we should carry around pigs with liptsick and brunette hair?

arcanebliss   You may have a real money making idea there! Of course, they'd need glasses too...

Even better, Miss Piggy should replace Tina Fey on SNL. Of course, she would need a rinse job first.

I'm disgusted to think he's part of the human race.

What a coward this old fart is.?  Max in MD #1.3, I agree this coward is probably spanking his monkey in the closet right now, highlight of his life. Monkey's are 99% just like us.

Why is this open racism especially rampant at Palin's rallies? Why is she the one who brings out all these racist, backward people who would rather get excited about the chance to defame and call for the death or injury of a black man, than get excited over the real issues affecting America? I guess the simple answer is that she started this by being the attack dog and saying that Obama 'palls around' with terrorist.. Inferring that he's one himself. Secondly, she has not once tried to dicipline her crowds, not even when they shouted 'kill him'. I guess that proves she's one of them - ignorant, full of hate and fear, and willing to sidestep what's really important. Like a reporter on the rachel maddow show said 'this is the last card the Mc/Palin camp has left.' It's sad really that this would be among their cards..

You see the man is embarrassed of himself!! that's why he took the sticker off! Many should be embarrassed at their conduct!! This guy was at a Palin rally! no wonder he gave it to a kid AFTER he took off the sticker!! He's embarrassed!! That man is just as idiotic as those people who shouted put 'terrirost'!! he's just a middle class idiaot. Ingnorance that's all it is

I don't think he was embarrassed. I think he was comfortable being a racist at the rally until he saw the camera on him.

I agree he acted cowardly.  Once spotted by the camera he tried to disavow his intentions, and then tried to pawn off the incriminating plush doll to an unsuspecting little kid-- from low to lowest.

So much for "love thy neighbor" Christian values or patriotic values like "all men are created equal".  It's time to throw the party of hate OUT - they desperately need to go into the repent and reflect stage.

Greg 111 sees no racism here.  Just glad the guy was carrying a monkey instead of a weapon.  No racism?  If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen?  Obama can deal with heat, but hate is all together a different pervasive matter.  What is shown here is hate/racism, and I feel sorry for you that you can't see that. 

Well, I would not say people like that are necessarily Christian.  They may pretend to be Christian, but they really are not.  The fact of the matter is, most republicans, who are Christian would not condone such behavior.  The problem is, people like this like to associate themselves with real Christians true Republicans thinking that is what the conservatives stand for.  It stupid and silly and it erodes creditability from the Campaign and the Republicans know it.

Greg 111

I see nothing racist, Obama says Palin's a pig with lipstick.

No, he didn't.  It's an idiom he used to represent he policies of the McCain ticket.  If you listen to him, watch him on video at the event and even read the transcript - you would be aware of that.

Greg111

And this guy 's saying Obama's a monkey.

Like hell it isn't, Greg.

Discrimination Against Blacks Linked To Dehumanization, Study Finds

"Despite widespread opposition to racism, bias remains with us," Eberhardt said. "African Americans are still dehumanized; we're still associated with apes in this country. That association can lead people to endorse the beating of black suspects by police officers, and I think it has lots of other consequences that we have yet to uncover."

This is what my boyfriend (I hate that word, he's 50, for God's sake) calls "the banality of evil." 

Evil doesn't come around looking like Satan, with horns and an evil face and a pitchfork. Evil is much more ordinary, and bland, and it blends right in.

Evil could be Pete, who lives down the block. Pete's  a nice old guy. He loaned you some WD-40 when your lawnmower was acting up. Helped your wife load groceries into her car when he ran into her at the Safeway. Always has a fistful of Halloween candy for your kids. Picked up your silly dog when it went running out the door. 

How could Pete be evil? Pete couldn't be evil. He doesn't look or act too evil. Let's just leave Pete alone. Maybe he's got some crazy notions. But he's a good guy, for the most part. 

And that, my friends, is how we welcome evil into our midst, give it quarter, and allow it to continue and flourish.  

I see nothing racist, Obama says Palin's a pig with lipstick. 

First, Obama never said Palin was a pig with lipstick. That was a misinterpretation. Second, if you genuinely don't see the monkey thing as racist, then you have lived under a rock for all your life and have no idea of the common comparison of black people to monkeys or apes to dehumanize them, or you're lying. 

What I find equally disturbing is that this man was at this Republican rally, a party who's base are predominately conservative Christians, he is surrounded by other onlookers...surrounded, everyone saw him with this doll and no one said anything!

Not one onlooker appeared to be even slightly concerned with this overt demonstration of racism and hatred.

This tells me that the party of moral values and standards have sold out their values for values of hate and divisiveness.

How dare they be so bold as to impose their superior moral values on me or anyone. This is a disgusting demonstration of lack of moral value running rampant in the Republican party base.

Disgusting...just disgusting...

Not to mention that the organizers of the event issued tickets for entry into the rally. People SAW the monkey, yet didn't question it while he came in and gave his entry ticket.

This was condoned by the campaign from the start of the rally. They saw it and could have questioned it at the time he was entering the rally but did not.

1. that guy was ashamed of himself. If he can't stand up for what he believes he is a coward, and he showed that. What a coward does holds no merit.

2. If he wants to be that ignorant to call Obama a monkey, then he better be aware, we are about to be the Planet of the Apes... because Obama will win and his racist @$$ will see a real leader. (this was meant to lighten the mood, I just know some people take actions like the monkey thing so serious. That guy means nothing and is really too small to get a full serious reply from me. He's doesn't warrant it and is not worth it)

3. I can't believe a redneck like that, in this day doesn't understand he cannot walk outside that rally without seeing all of the contributions of African American. He may want to think about it when he needs a pacemaker.

I think this is hilarious.

please do not ban me for the following:

I was listening to one of these guys on CNN just this morning. He may be a racist, but he's also a fraking coward. There was this guy being interviewed and was asked who he would vote for. He said McCain. He said McCain because he would never vote for a ... a ... uhhh ... a "Colored Man" ... i almost spit up my coffee. You just knew he was stumbling for the current PC word and failed because it's not a part of his daily vocabulary.

I am Jeremiah Johnson and I believe that God even loves the Racist ... but I don't want them to come around to our side of thinking that all are created equal because some Man Law somewhere causes them to change their hateful ways, I want them to come around because it is the right thing to do and they have seen the light and the errors of their past.

I may not get there with you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvPZKZErEfM

Besides the obvious racism of this pathetic  man/boy, what gets me is his shyness.

I don't know if he saw that he was being filmed or not, but he seems almost embarrassed by what he is doing. He's not waving his little dolly around, he's almost hiding it. He seems to be saying to himself

"@!$%# this sounded like a good idea in my basement computer nook, now outside, with real people, I dunno, someone may get mad at me."

What a conflicted, pathetic little man.

He only fumbled and got colored out because he knew he couldn't say the word he normally uses.

To lay the pig with lipstick to rest, Obama was merely throwing back a phrase that McCain had already used when discussing Hillary Clinton during the primaries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPYkNQlJMM

The scarier part is the amount of effort and pre-thought that this wanna-be Grand Dragon probably put into it in the first place. Because you realize that he probably thought he was really clever while he was getting the doll, making the sticker, and then carrying it in to the hall.

If this is an example of 'the base' we all need to be scared. I'm a white guy, and I think this guy would probably freak me out. I got 5 bucks that says there's a "Say NO to stem cell research" bumper sticker on the pickup truck he drove there. Right next to the 'Bomb Iran' sticker. Which is slightly covered over by the 'Drill Here/Drill NOW' sticker... 

Angie

It may surprise you to find out how many people are like that fool.. and it's not just about a race vs another race it's about  people vs people. Certain kind of people are always ready to cause all kind of trouble.
I wonder if their mind set was caused by the cultural environment into which they was born or in which they was raised..

It's unfortunate that a part of our society still thinks like this man.

This is no suprise. In Fact I expected as much.

He was comfortable being part of the mob, but when the camera made him an individual again, he was clearly embarrassed at his own actions.  That's the thing about mob mentality--people in the mob act and do things they would never dream of doing individually.  I wonder how he'd feel if his pastor played that little snip of video in front of his church's congregation before services on Sunday.

Is it just me or does he look a bit like our ol' buddy Karl Rove?

Karl Rove ..the boy genius?

:-)))

Karl Rove the EVIL Boy Genius you mean!

arcanebliss.. make sure the pig in lipstick with the brunette hair winks too!! and says GOTCHA!!

With all this being said what about the women at the "that one" rally with the T-shirts that said that Sarah Palin is a C...  

Is this any different?

Or is it just the republicans that are at fault for having small minded idiots.

The evil boy genius ideed..

Darkdonnie..

I apparently missed the Obama supporter at the rally with the t-shirt...Photo?

Tried to post?

I did a simple google search and got quite a few pictures.

Sycophantic puerile stupidity, Wow I would say in the comparison to the stupid pet trick and the T-shirt you and your party lose.

Saw the picks, they were not inside at the rally as was the man with the monkey. They were demonstrating outside.I am not condoning their behavior I am simply stating there is a difference in that this man was admitted into the rally with this racist effigy and no one seemed concerned and the others were outside the rally where Obama had no control over their actions.

As for the statement he was uncomfortable with the doll...did you happen to see the video of him standing in line before he entered the rally? He was taunting the protesters with the monkey brandishing it proudly. interesting indeed, wonder why the sudden change of heart?

To everyone who said the guy was a coward ... of course he was a coward!  He was ashamed because he knew what he was doing was wrong and he probably has to work with black people everyday and that's why he tried to hide what he did. 

To those who supposedly don't see the racism, YEAH RIGHT!!!  You either have to be blind or stupid or just in denial not to connect the dots, ESPECIALLY when he put the sticker on the stupid thing. 

Most racists are closet racists, they don't really advertise.  That's why I would rather deal with a dude in klansman robes than one who tries to hide their feelings like this jabrone.

Cancer1G,

How right you are. This man's cowardice is obvious by how relieved he looks once he unloaded the plush monkey.

Anyone who contests the racism at the Palin and McCain rallies is in deep denial and likely a hardcore partyliner. They can have it. And take it elsewhere, please.

Of course they are fair and balanced. They will just change the headline to " Nice old man giving out stuffed monkeys to kids at the McCain Palin Rally gets false rap as a racist thanks to photoshop".

What a weird moment it must have been for him when he got caught as a older man doing something so childish.

Louie Lou - FOX has to continue to tell people that they are fair and balanced - and of course you know why.

WHY do you care what the clown in the peanut gallery is doing?

The world is full of stupid people.

Do you use the actions of the audience to condemn the message of the speaker?

People wake up and drop the partisan love making here.

Our Country is broke because we voted in fools now what are you going to do about it?

The message is and should only be Country First.

If your party leader is spending all his time talking about sweet potato pie when he should be talking about the specifics of getting the country back on a track to economic growth and health.

It is you that should urge and demand they tell us what they will do!

Well at least sweet potato pie is delicious and most people like it and it is a positive, this persons behavior IS a reflection of HOW the audience internalizes the 'message of the speaker' that is what is negative.
I HEAR what my candidate will do, since he doesn't spend his whole time attacking his opponent, and, it is the other side who are not listening.

If you're "fair and balanced" you don't have to tell anyone. Heh.

If we want to talk about associations - what does it say about McCain and Palin that they attract this sort to their rallies? No. Scratch that. What does it say about Republicans. Last election, I remember them wearing Purple Heart bandaids - mocking a true American hero (silver star, bronze star, two purple hearts...volunteer).

What trash.

What made him think it would be acceptable in a crowd like this, a crowd at a Republican presidential rally, a rally lead by Sarah Palin? He must have thought it would be okay, or that there would be like-minded people attending, or other folks in the crowd would appreciate his little joke. Otherwise, he never would have brought it there. Unbelievable.

I respectfully disagree with 'ignoring the clown'. The real problem is that Palin is continually allowed to say things that while mabye not directly offensive but possible  borderline purgorative, are inciteful. She dresses up her racism and bigotry with her trademark wink and a smile. But then it's the masses in the gallery that do her dirty work.

The she can say that she didn't do it...Or that she didn't say it. But in reality she layed the seeds that incited the mob. when you read the accounts of many of her actions you start to see that there is a double standard. If Obama/Biden did the things that she has done, there wouldn't be a news show that wouldn't be airing them 24/7. The problem comes when someone scruntizes her actions. That person is immediately labeled a chauvinist. But the emperor truly has no clothes this time.

how 'fair and balanced' can FOX news be when 86% of their viewers thought John McCain won the last debate?

DaFan,

What does that mean when Fox has the highest viewership?

What does that mean when Fox has the highest viewership?

It explains why George Walker Bush Jr. was voted into office two terms and why John Sidney McCain III is still in the election.

I'm actually surprised on one has reported it all the major news networks that actually report the news from reality.....and not Utopia.

although i do blame them for stokign the fires a bit.. lets remember that supporters dont represent the politician.

just like it doesnt matter who hamas wants for president.

He started it on purpose, knowing he couldnt stop it after Pandora's box was open. The only leadership role he's qualified for is head of the KKK

mccain wanted a pitbull, someone to do his dirty work for him while he stood on the sidelines with deniability in his pocket.  Well, you reap what you sow. Now he's in the awkward position of having to defend his opponent and explain to an aroused audience that Obama is a "decent man, a family man, and no one should be afraid of an Obama presidency."  (That must have stuck in his throat.)  There's a sort of poetic justice in that.

It's the rightwing doing what it doesbest....hate... while they call themselves Christians and patriotic. Such hypocrits!

Well, if anything can be said, Palin sure can bring out the wing nuts in this country.  McCain can’t seem to even do that.

The use of Sarah Palin to "tap" the reaction of most of the extreme right wing re Islam and Blacks was purposeful and the McCain campaign is knowing and willful in this....they have realized they cannot succeed on the issues so...

bring out the smear and fear----the extreme right wing is VERY susceptible to manipulation on these issues and brings out their baser nature and core beliefs very quickly---as we have seen---overriding even their "Jesus loves you" bs-----

The hatred purposefully elicited by John McCain and Sarah Palin is a last gasp effort to overcome their abysmal performance....and I do mean "performance..."

absolutely! McCain is in control of what comes out of his mouth and his campaign. To think otherwise is to believe he isn't capable of running his campaign, therefore, he isn't capable of running the country.

That's because he can't stop that run-away train called Palin! once a pit bull gets their jaws wrapped around something they hold it until either it is dead or you shoot the dog!

I saw the video and watched his mugging for the camera. So proud of himself.

I saw the other people in line with him bemused at his antics. So proud of themselves.

I saw his cowardice when it finally clicked in his tiny brain that, "Hey, I just might come off looking bad here," and gave up the doll to a kid, no less. As if that made it all better.

You know, I've been thinking about this for awhile. I saw the video where McCain heard the person yell out. It seemed to me that he was taken aback when he heard it and couldn't decide in that instant what to do so he just kept on yakking.

I've now come to think that McCain is being manipulated by his handlers. (I know, big surprise.) The same people who ran Bush's campaign are running McCain's campaign. Bush isn't the smartest guy in the world and we've come to see that he can be easily manipulated by those he puts his trust in. Same thing for McCain.

I'm willing to bet that McCain's handlers know what will result from their actions but don't let on to McCain. I think a lot of this is a surprise to McCain. He's been told what to say and why, but hasn't been brought on board about the end result. I just don't think McCain is that smart.

Not to give him a pass, though. After all, the people who are running his campaign are the very same ones who smeared him back in 2000. What could he be thinking? Talk about blind ambition!

Horse

I second that OINK!

you mean people should form mobs of some sort to hunt down these people and damage them in some way? a novel idea with absolutely zero idiotic hateful precedents in american history. your suggestion is not at all ironic in a thread decrying racism.

Mars313 please don't start to feel that way.  Some Republicans are speaking out against this and are even withdrawing their McCain endorsement. For example Christopher Buckley just withdrew his endorsement and gave it to Obama. If we stereotype all Republicans as racist we will be just as bad as the people at these rallies that are exhibiting this behavior.  I am outraged by this too.  My 10 year old son had an Obama T-Shirt on and some kid tell him that he had better take that mess off.  So I know first hand that this is bad, but I want my son to grow up in a world where we judge people as individuals (perhaps I am a dreamer).

And as a side note before someone rebukes me for buying my son and Obama T-Shirt. I am not forcing my son to wear an Obama shirt he asked for one himself for his birthday and I try to teach him to be opened minded to all people despite their political party. 

My daughter's friend bought his own Obama t-shirt (urban outfitters..check em out!) His parents threw a fit, threatened to ground him. Now I know I shouldn't intertfere with how other parents raise their children, but since I consider this great kid as my daughter's best friend and worthy of the distinction, I told him if he wants to wear it out of the house, just put another t-shirt over it until he gets where he's going...he replied by saying "I love you!"

That's just sad. I try to teach my child to be open minded and just because Mom and Dad might think one way doesn't mean she can't have a different opion. Of course I wouldn't be thrilled if she went around wearing a McCain shirt, she would be free to do so. 

Therein is our difference and our openmindeness compared to others not so openminded and definitaly more tryannical within their own homes.

My daughter always knew that what ever her opinion was her father and I repected it. Since she was young enough to communicate we tried to teach her that it was her right as a citizen of this country. She learned to define things too, so she was able to explain the reason for a position. Perhaps that is the 'liberal' in us teaching her to 'think'. I mean liberal in the most positive of its traditional definitions.

Agreed. But you would think it's a dirty word the way some people throw it around. I think it's a compliment.

Hey, I bet Jesus was a Liberal.

I declared to my husband today, that I am proud to say I am liberal. He looked at me and I tried to explain, but he can looked it up in the dictionary and he understood, because I have lived it's philosophy.

Liberal:adj. 1a. Open-minded, tolerant b. Favoring civil and politcal liberities, democratic reforms, and protection from arbitrary authority. 2a. Tending to give freely, generous, b. Abundant, ample. 3. Not strict or literal, aproximate. 4. Of or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculium: a liberal education. n. A person with liberal ideas or opinions. The American Heritage Dictionary 21st Centuary Reference. 

Yep, I would say being a Liberal isn't so bad. Welcome to the club.

I am so disgusted by these attacks.   You KNOW that guy was just joking and waving that monkey until the camera found him.  That camera shamed him, embarrassed him.  What can we do to make people turn their own internal camera on themselves?  I blame Sarah Palin and John McCain for allowing this to profilgate.  It has to stop.  What's so scary is that EVERYWHERE these two go, they dredge up racism and religious intolerance which is opening a fissure in this country.

"I have a dream, that one day my children will be judge by the content of their minds, and not by the color of their skin..."

 ...that guy was just joking and waving that monkey until the camera found him.  That camera shamed him, embarrassed him.

Shame is an interesting affect.  In that it is gruelling as hell yet it's basic message, in many instances, is quite simple: "I know better than this."

Shame can have two effects on a person, depending on how it is addressed:

A.  It can drive them deeper into regressive, even vengeful, behavior (generally why we never call someone on their shameful behavior in private).

B.  It can cause them to develop more fully into a balanced, midful human being.  Fewer people take this path because it's incredibly difficult to own ones shame.  No one is every happy to come to terms with their own moral inferiority (we all have 'em, by the way).

Thaat being said - it probably was appropriate to calll this guy out like this simply because he represents an ugly mob mentality.  If the Republican party wants to hold together as the Republican Party they have to repudiate this type of behavior and come to terms with their moral failings...from what Ive seen over the last 8 years, its not likely they have the fortitude to do so.

Sadly, I don't think this man was ashamed so much as he was afraid.  Most bullies and racists are afraid once you confront them.  He was probably looking around so much b/c he was wondering if there were others filming him, and if he was going to be confronted.

pathetic.

you mean people should form mobs of some sort to hunt down these people and damage them in some way?

Fight hate with hate, right? If the Right can use hatred and bigotry as a weapon, I don't see why everyone else can't. Maybe it's time they got some of their own medicine.

a novel idea with absolutely zero idiotic hateful precedents in american history. your suggestion is not at all ironic in a thread decrying racism.

It has nothing to do with race, it has to do with racism. Maybe if racists were made targets, it would thin the ranks a bit. That's just good ol' fashioned American cleansing, isn't it?

I'm just a little confused...one idiot shows up at a Palin rally, and the entire Republican party is racist? I don't condone this guy's behavior; if I had been standing near him I'd have let him know how rude and hateful he was. However, do you really believe Palin knew he was there? And if so, was she supposed to call attention to him?

And since when are liberals the "tolerant" bunch? From what I've heard (much of it posted here), liberals are only tolerant of those who agree with them. If I call myself a conservative, I'm immediately labeled intolerant, racist, selfish, uncaring, religious nut, stupid, redneck, etc. How is that being tolerant of my perspective? To lump almost half the population in the same category as one idiot is grossly unfair.

I'm just a little confused...one idiot shows up at a Palin rally, and the entire Republican party is racist?

Noooooo, you got it all wrong, man. I, personally, believe the GOP is FILLED with racists, because they cater to those people. It's not just one idiot, it's thousands. Sorry for the confusion.

I don't condone this guy's behavior; if I had been standing near him I'd have let him know how rude and hateful he was.

Too bad there wasn't ANYONE else there like you. You are truly a diamond in the rough.

However, do you really believe Palin knew he was there? And if so, was she supposed to call attention to him?

I don't expect Palin to know MANY things. But if she did know he was there, why not call attention to him? Give me a good reason.

From what I've heard (much of it posted here), liberals are only tolerant of those who agree with them.

I think they are giving the GOP a taste of their own medicine. How quickly you forget what the GOP and their flock of sheep did after 9/11 and the start of the Iraqi war.

If I call myself a conservative, I'm immediately labeled intolerant, racist, selfish, uncaring, religious nut, stupid, redneck, etc.

Well, most people believe that if you sleep with dogs, you're going to get fleas. Maybe you shouldn't lump yourself in with a bunch of people you don't agree with.

To lump almost half the population in the same category as one idiot is grossly unfair.

then what did you mean by....

liberals are only tolerant of those who agree with them.

Practice what you preach, unless you are just a natural hypocrite.

Mars, how nice of you to diagram my sentences for me. You've just reinforced all the stereotypes of the hatefulness of many on the far left.

You've just reinforced all the stereotypes of the hatefulness of many on the far left.

Being that I am a member of the far center, I'll have to make sure they thank me later. You shouldn't assume that because someone is disgusted by the GOP that they are automatically a "leftist"... even those in the center can have a huge distrust for the crooked Right. It's cute how you play the victim though, nice shtick.

Sorry, Mars...from your earlier comments regarding my post, you sounded like many of the far left, with your claims of mass racism, calling us sheep and implying that we're ALL of the same mindset as one idiot at a rally.

You may not like the decisions that elected GOP officials have made, and that's your right. You may not like the party platform of the GOP, and that's your right. It's even your right to be narrow minded and intolerant of those you disagree with. The sad thing is that you choose to judge half of your fellow citizens based on the obnoxious actions of a few.

The sad thing is that you choose to judge half of your fellow citizens based on the obnoxious actions of a few.

What makes it so righteous when you do it, though? What is the difference between me doing it, and you doing it?

In my comment, I said "many of the far left", which implies a segment of, not the entire Democratic Party. I'm talking about the ones who have voiced their hatred, not the party as a whole.

Kids aren't inherently racist. We teach it to them.

Yea I know what you mean. I actually felt a little bad for him.. you could see his frustration when that woman called Obama an Arab. I know he's upset because this will be part of his legacy, and a lot of people will remember him by this. While I've never believed that he was a racist, he does attract that crowd of late.. how can I put this? I guess he's 'palling around' with racists!

In another light, he totally deserves what he's getting because he strikes me as someone who was both ready and willing to use racial tensions to his own political gain(as is evidenced by his previous approval of these kinds of comments)- And that's disgusting in it's own right! The only reason he's flipping the script now is because it's not helping his campaign any and top repubs are calling him on it.

I've said before McCain reminds me of a Greek Tragedy...common theme, a good man, with lots of gifts brought down by his own character faults. The whole too close to the sun thing...

I can't help but think that if he had stayed true to himself, all along and not let ambition get in his way--it might be a different race. But then again--he was always one to take the path of least resistance...re: school, marriage etc.

I don't know--I just don't see executive ability in him.

i completely agree. I had no feelings of ill will towards McCain, but now I feel nothing but disgust and disdain. He is allowing this to happen, and now that it has rolled into a big fat hairy thing, he backpedals. He made a HUGE mistake listening to whomever was advising his campaign to spread these lies and now he will pay for it. Obama is going to win.

His (mccain's) mistakes didnt start with his bad judgment over this negative campaign, they go back to selecting Palin as his running mate. It goes further back to his phony confessions to the VC, disgracing his fellow POWs, then using his capture as a platform to somehow justify his patriotism and suitability to be Presdient of the US.  It goes even further back to his exploitation of his father's career, reputation and clout.  I see these "legacy" kids all the time.  I cant feel sorry for him. He, and his final bid for the presidency, are the sum total of his abusive, exploitive, privileged life. 

But getting back to the article, this creep with the monkey is a typical mccain supporter and Palin puppet. They hide behind cowardly gestures and symbols, with no substance in their arguments and for that matter, no substance at all!

I have known people like this (sad to say).  They curse at black people behind their backs, make faces at them, but oh oh - let the black person make eye contact and suddenly their grimace turns into a simpering, fake "benign" smile.

Racists are disgusting, but if you are going to be one, at least have the courage of your convictions. 

Like Biden said the other day..."in my neighborhood, when you got something to say to someone, you say it to their face"....Obama issued the same challenge--say it too my face...I do believe the McCain campaign just got called out...Obama has even managed to make himself look good, thanking McCain for standing up to the riots at his events, genius I tell you...pure genius.

Renata-----------Amen, sister.

When a person stands up and reveals his filthy inner demon, I'm horrified but also glad it's on tape for others to see the evidence of what many of us have been saying all along.

Yes, and the ironic thing is that while she is playing up to the people who think that white somehow equals superior, and that blacks are trash, they are voting for a woman with a pregnant daughter at home, and whose son was hooked on drugs....a woman who has just been found guilty of breaking state ethics laws.

Great way to show "superiority".

Well, the picadillos of the McCain's and Palin's of this world are excused ya know.....because they are sent from the divine..........and it says so right there in the bible.

So it is written....so it is so.

rolls eyes.

As the mother of a 17 year old young woman .... this is NOT the example I want my daughter exposed to.

I'm going to disagree somehwta in that I feel this is a prime teaching example that hate-mongers, fear-mongers and evil people dont look like they do in the movies.  In fact, they often look like well meaning people trying to to the right thing.  If anyone wants to shield their children from this most excellent example of the "banality of evil" then they are not doing their kids, their country, or this world any good.  

We aren't the coward christian right, for gods sake, we are the Liberal Left. 

This means we have the intellect to analyze these things, and that we don't run from them like an AFA member from Janet Jackson's nipple. 

So let's face this, shall we, and show our kids that it can and must be faced?  Can we do that? 

We aren't hiders.  We aren't haters. 

...Ire, you are right this is a huge teaching opportunity for everyone but especially this generation because they are the ones that will be on the receiving end of all the benefits, successes, failures of what we decide on 11/4.

Moving her here to Florida has been one huge learning curve for both of us. You would think being from such a diverse place as California that we would be completely prepared for anything.  Although diversity is what we know it has also proven to be rather insulating.  Being part of a general presidential election on this side of the divide has been quite the education to say the least.

I'm still not quite sure how Palin is to blame for an idiot showing up at her rally. Do you really think there are NO "black power" people at Obama rallies? Do we really believe that Rev. Wright likes whites? Is that not also racism?

I realize that racism is still an issue in this country, but what many fail to acknowledge is that it comes from both sides. There are many blacks in this country who hate whites, simply because they are white. That is racism. I understand there is a historical basis for many of the divisions, but at some point BOTH sides need to move forward. 

Why is it that if someone from the black community does well in his/her life, it's considered "turning white"? Why isn't it just considered doing well? Why is it acceptable to have a black (or hispanic) chamber of commerce - if someone tried to organize a white chamber, it would be called racist. Why is Black Entertainment TV (BET) acceptable, but if there was a "WET", it would be called racist?

There is a double standard when it comes to race, and if we don't get past it, we will never be able to move forward.

RNoel

Here's the link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vArbfN0Vb0I

The audio is a mix of boos and the music was trying to drown out most of the crowd.

You can still hear it though.

Thanks Max, I appreciate it.  Do you have to be a member for longer before you can paste links like that, or am I doing something wrong? 

The powers that be in Newsvine emailed me when they thought I had sufficiently contributed to the site to be awarded some type of trustee status:  attaching links, private messaging, etc.  How they determined I was worthy ... I'm not sure.  They said have fun but only to use my new found powers for good and not evil.

But its soo much fun being evil ;)

Wow! I had no idea there were so many left-wing radicals at hockey games these days.

Here's your monkey back, grandpa. Let's go down by the rink and wave it!

Wow! I had no idea there were so many left-wing radicals at hockey games these days.

I hope you're aware that not just left-wing radicals would disaprove of Sarah Palin...

Kathleen Parker, Conservative collumnist, anti Palin

Wow! I had no idea there were so many left-wing radicals at hockey games these days.

Are you kidding?  You're talking about Philly fans.  She's lucky they didn't throw batteries at her.

Max.... I saw that video and I felt horrible for those two girls. She should stop dragging them around to these events. This will affect how little Piper Palin grows up.

uh........ok, heard the boos............but something struck me even more..............Is Bristol still pregnant????

She looks wayyyyyy too flat to be almost 7 months along....and she's wearing NORMAL jeans....she's not so thin that you wouldn't be able to see at least a little bump.....and she walked out on the ice..............if I was that far along there's no way I'd walk out on the ice unassisted.......secondly, if she's flying all over the place....this far along.....that's also a concern.

Hmm.  Was it just me who noticed Bristol not looking as baby bumpish as she did earlier?

That isn't Bristol, that's the middle daughter Willow. Bristol hasn't been seen in awhile. She must be back in Alaska, shacked up with her redneck boyfriend getting ready for the shotgun wedding.

ah ok......thanks for clearing that up! :)

FREE LEVI !!!  Get those kids outta there !!

Here's an image from the hockey game you might like, rnoel.

I luv'd it. I almost wanted more of those signs, but a little thorn in the butt goes a long way.

Thank you, arcane!  That's definitely going to be the background on my laptop for the next month or so!  XD

The boos turned into polite applause according to the report.  The cynical side of me says that Palin used her kids as a shield to avoid a more hostile response from the crowd. 

Max it is not cynical, but intelligence that tells you that. No one would boo little Piper Palin or Bristol for that matter.

Notice Barrack stopped bringing his kids to these kinds of events.

McCain's daughter is going to these mob events and looks uncomfortable.

We know the family supports them, stop dragging them around.

If Sarah is so strong, then stop using your children as deflection.

Here is another clip of the same event taken from the stands where the crowd could be heard much better - it will give you a better idea of the reception she recieved.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCo_kBJjfS4

We know the family supports them, stop dragging them around.

Why aren't Bristol, Piper and Willow in school back home in Alaska? Do they have a tutor travelling with them? 

Max...WOW!!!! that is worst than what the other networks are showing.  I would not subject my kids to this kind of event knowing fully well that this could get really ugly. 

It doesn't look for poor Sarah, she better get the heck out of PA really fast.

Kim29, heck, who needs schooling.  They might end up like one of those Harvard types: educated, informed, speaking in whole sentences...All they need is a bible and learnin' good christian ways.

studiusbagus...ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!! That was a good one!

LOL USA1...............but he might mistake them for.....

Ugh, nevermind................that's not a mental image anyone needs.

etch-a-sketch moment!

Great, now I've got the image in my head of a bunch of drunken racists going to town on some inflatable dolls that look like Palin.

RNoel! OMG I just snarffed my water all over the place.....LOLOLOL.........

Almost like some surreal Cirque du Soleil crowd warm up act gone wrong.

Spring time for Palin and Bigotry..........

Baron and Rnoel, both of you just made me cry!!! ROFLMAO

LOL USA1

HMOG!  I swear if I start seeing balloons at events with her picture on it......I will cry until my eyes pop out ;)

No No NO!!

Delete! Delete!

Worst Visual Ever!!

Danger! Danger! Danger Will Robinson!

;)

rofl....brings back memories

He looked HAPPY, PROUD, EXCITED that he did that. 
If I was a republican...........I would vote against these 2 just because of the racism they are spreading......and encouraging children to taken on these beliefs and creating yet another generation of fear mongering igorants.

Baron - The creepiest part to me is that he's probably some innocent child's grandfather. Eeeeewwwwwww! 

On an entirely different note:  I apologize for referring to you as "sir" the other day! That was rude of me. Thank you for your kindness when pointing out my mistake.

Libra it's ok, common mistake. I realized afterwards I should have sent you a message instead of calling you out in public --- I apologize for that. So, I guess we're square now :)  A lot of people have taken to calling me BB but its such a long name whatever comes out is fine.....im thinking of changing it anyway LOL

Back on topi. That is the most disconcerting fact out of all this.  These adults go home at night and raise their children and I can't help but feel that out of this a new generation of ignorants is being raised behind closed doors to carry on the mantel of bigotry.

That is no change to carry us forward that is barriers to keep us firmly planted in the past.

No worries Baron. We're SF buds!

:) sigh............I so wish I was back home.  It's not easy being blue in a light purple state :\
Right now I'm absolutely craving La Cornetta and a large Mango Agua Fresca!
How's the poltical atmosphere in the city?

Yep Yep..........How is the City by the Bay?
Was talking with my mom earlier as we made dinner........how we are craving La Cornetta LOL!  Or just give me a piece of warm sourdough French Bread and Pete's Coffee......or standing in line when it's 50 degrees at Mitchell's Ice Cream
:)

BB @19.3 Don't feel too bad for the kids, they will figure things out (hopefully) as they grow older. Mine was family of true blue, old school republicans of the christian persuasion. And I always thought differently than them, I am the only one who still is. So have hope.

Though I probably shouldn't tell you of my ignorant brother who is sooo christian radical right rep that he tells me, a history hobby buff, that the roman empire was during the medieval period. I had a hard time not laughing, and he has no concept of the historical timeline. But he is the Male of the family and as such by the church, he is always right, and me his older sister isn't respected enough to have a thought in my head. (oh yeah did I tell you he is a chauvinist too)

Well, maybe we all should be concerned...........

yeah I know it's a foreign concept for me to be submissive to a man....perhpas that's why I'm considered 'umarryable' again.... LOL well, that's what the elders in my family like to say to me at gatherings anyway ;)  There is absolutely nothing wrong with building a life with someone and being partners and deferring to each other...but completely handing my life and it's direction over to 1 person because someone translates the words in the bible to that way of thinking? I'll be single, thank you. ;)

But there are women out there bound by the word of the bible that cleave themselves like a barnacle to the backside of their husbands and utterly, unfailingly, blindly defer and submit to their whim and will.

I cannot fathom being so close minded to not have at least the curiousity to learn about what else is out there...either to reinforce that what I believe in is true and correct or to inform me and clear up misconceptions I may have.

To stop learning is to stop living......

You are so right BB. That is why I do not have much communication with my brother. I cannot stand his beliefs. Its unfair, since I do love him as my brother, but I don't like his beliefs. When we are together we do not speak we end up yelling.

I would like to make this observation though regarding this video and the issues it raises.

This is an important time in the US. We have a lot of problems to face and we need to face them head on. This election cycle has brought out to the public the nasty side of our humanity towards each other.

I want to say let us continue 'outing' people like that man, and calling him (and others) on that behavior. Not be abusive about it, but, dialog. Let us define the reason for the bigotry, who stirs it up, who benefits from it, what causes it, who engages in this type of behavior (after all he was embarrassed, so I have to assume, he did have a moral conflict within), who are its victims, and then change the behavior. Have a national dialog. Face it head on and recognize it, deal with it, then move on.

My husband feels for the country after the 4th, That things will 'erupt', but I counter him with my observation that I am glad this is all coming out now, instead of on NOV 4. This is cathartic, cleansing.

After Nov 5th. We ALL will be facing the challenges TOGETHER and we need to be united behind the new president to face these challenges. My hubby is hoping this time he is wrong, and that I am right.

I hate to think the worst.  But when I was a Navy wife, we were taught always -- prepare for the worst and hope for the best. So I feel myself going there again.

All this stuff that is being pulled out kicking and screaming and obscuring the last few weeks of a historic election and it's significance to all of us especially in light of the economic implosion....it's all part of the chess game we know as national election politics.

But after 11/4....I'm not so sure that what McCain/Palin started will disappear and it will only get worse until something unthinkable happens so it will be utterly on our shoulders to stop that storm and take this as the opportunity for dialogue however painful...........we cannot allow history to repeat itself.

It is in no one's ineterest....and I think more than ever it will be an issue of national security.

There has been too much hysteria on the McCain side. If Obama wins, the truth is I am scared of an assassination attempt.

• And this country can not take another. Maybe that is pesimistic, but given what I see, I can not ignore it.

If there is another issue with the election and Obama loses with questionable outcomes....

• I don't think we can handle another scandalous election. There is already preparation being made militarily for civil unrest.

I find all of this scary, and I am following the same belief BBM,

hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

As I always said the bigoted are also cowards

All racists/bigots are cowards. Did you notice how hard he was swallowing? He was heading for the exit after he gave that kid the monkey. I hope someone sends this to Olbermann or Letterman. They would have a field day with the inbred creep.

if this hate is being bred at palins rallies, does this not constitute a violation of the hate crimes act, and inciting hate.

Guess  Palin and these extra chromozone carrying cretins are trying to push the envelope, to invoke confrontation.

So are stuffed Monkeys going to be illegal because people are relating them to blacks.

another simple reason not to vote for Obama.

Greg 111

So are stuffed Monkeys going to be illegal because people are relating them to blacks.

That doesn't make any sense.  This video shows plainly that the man even had a name badge sticker on the monkey that read "Barack Obama".  It's within the context.  There are plenty of stuffed monkey toys in the world and nobody has issues with it because it's a toy.  As soon as you dress it like a person and vocally imply it's a person - then yes, many will have issue with that. 

Although I have to admit it's amusing that racists think being a primate is a bad thing, since - you know - we're primates.

Arcane, they burned all the Darwin writings and the biology books, so how could they know about "primates"?

Angie S -  the other night, when that ignoramous stood up and said we are being "taken over by socialists......etc."  if you watch that clip closely, there is another ignoramous mouthing the words as he's saying it....it struk me like both these idiots may have been coached. 

It was odd.    It would not surprise me. 

I really don't that particular woman was a "plant", I think she was really DRUNK. I do believe that there are paid "plants" at these rallies, but not that woman. Our local newspaper showed a picture of her from the front, and she looked like she drank 6 too many Budweiser's.

It's disgusting no matter if they're plants or not. I thought inciting a riot was a federal crime?

I don't think the Whacky Granny that McCain had to wrestle the mike away from was a plant.  He just looked to flustered after hearing the Arab thingy coming from Granny.  McCain had that panicked look as if Granny was gonna go buck wild with the epithets.

The Phyllis Diller haired one? No I dont think she was either.....I just think she crawled out from a rock after sleeping through the last 40 years.

libera

If she was drinking Bud maybe she knows Cindy.

I agree she could of been drunk. IDK It just seemed too staged to me.

Max he looked angry, maybe flustered by the inability to contain it anymore.

Angie, LOL!

Maybe Cindy planted her! 

Max he looked angry, maybe flustered by the inability to contain it anymore.

DW:  Angry, frustrated, scared at what Granny would say next.  McCain opted to pander to a particular electorate that is not ready for prime time.  The Pitchfork Wing of the GOP base needs to be handed a microphone only if it's not turned on and only if a good ventriloquist is available.  It's actually pretty funny when you get past the cringe factor.

It is pretty scary. They want to control him now. I don't wantto think that he knows how bad it really is at his and Palin's rallies.

Libra, inciting to riot is an abuse of the Constutional protection of right to assemble; but the courts are very careful to distinguish commentary from actual "fighting words".  Oliver Holmes describes "fighting words" as those that carry "a clear and present danger" of eliciting violence.  Note that Palin at no time said anything to the affect of "pick up your guns and go shoot Obama"  which would unequivocally be "fighting words" and inciting to violence.  She's much sneakier than that, more insidious.  She merely foments an atmosphere of disapproval, and leaves the rest up to the roused mob.

Thanks for clearing that up for me, Estela!

It's still disgusting.

Cheers!

You just defined the difference between republicans and democrats.  Republicans believe that only a handful of people know how to take care of the country.  Democrats believe that the people must take care of their country.

considering one our mantras is "By the people....for the people..."

I would think this is a nation where "By and For the People" mean.......ALL......not few.

Begs the question......then how come the party that has fewer numbers of party members than Dems in this country.....is elected twice in the new century....and can steal away a third?

Just curious, ofsoundmind, but isn't it a little oxymoronic to say that the Reps believe only a few know how to take care of the country when it's the Dems who want government to do everything for the country?

Republicans want people to take personal responsibility for their lives, not wait around for government to tell them what to do and how to do it. And perhaps the reason we've won 2 elections so far this century is because more members of our party have shown up on election day.

Dream on, Obama doesn't stand a chance to win. He's not even a decent  preacher

I hope his wife (if he's so lucky) is a left leaning liberal Democrat and throws his ignorant behind out, changes the locks and buys him a one way ticket to Alaska.

Uh that may not be good if he is a pedophile. Alaska has the highest incidence of rape.

One more creep is probably not needed there.

Ugh, I need a shower now.

I heard this expression before, he looks like a pedophile preist,
You know like "Father for give you for you have sined"

ugh. That sits as well as stale chips at a picnic during the florida summer.

Yuk!!

also about as well as macaroni salad during that same summer picnic

LOL made with Miracle Whip

Oh good lord I just made myself ill!!!!!!!!!

Don't you know there is only one mayonnaise for Mac salad....

Hellman's!!!!!

You just can't leave it out.

LOL ;)

DragonWoman!!!!! Girl.......great minds think alike!!!!  Back home in California, Hellman's is called Best Foods.......nothing beats it.......in mac salad or yummy tater salad.....or nummy sammies! :)

Miracle whip is the debil!

Gasp! Hellman's must be a left-winged conspiract to turn all sandwiches and salads liberal ;)

Aw God, LOL ;)