Article on the "Republican Mob"
Tom Enright
An early web version of Milbank’s column was headlined, “In Fla.,
Palin Goes for the Rough Stuff as Audience Boos Obama.” Rough stuff?
There’s no evidence that Palin did anything more than challenge Obama
on Ayers. In the short TV clip available at the Huffington Post, the
crowd booed in response to Palin’s litany of Obama’s liberal votes in
the Senate. This is pretty standard campaign behavior.
Milbank’s lone racist at the rally soon became a group (or a mob) of
people shouting racial epithets. A New York Times editorial Tuesday
(“The Politics of Attack”) misquoted Milbank’s Post column, claiming
that one person shouted “Kill him” and “others shouted epithets at an
African-American member of a TV crew.” Many blogs followed suit:
“Crowd at Palin Rally Hurled Racial Epithets at African American on
News Crew,” read the headline at Pensito Review. This was too much for
Bob Somerby, the left-leaning blogger at the Daily Howler. Calling
Milbank “a highly unreliable chronicler,” Somerby taunted the Times
for multiplying racists at the rally: “It’s the power of
pluralization!...One example becomes much more powerful when we stick
an ‘s’ on the end. In this case, one epithet-shouter turns into a
group. How many people were shouting those epithets? The editors let
you imagine.”
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Read it all.
-Tom Enright
Dan Bretta
Dan
Tom Enright
......oops.....
Admittedly the only one I have seen is from Huffington, which Leo
references. There are more videos from this rally?
-Tom Enright
> Dan
samson
@v56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, freddy...@yahoo.com says...
> On Oct 10, 1:57 pm, Dan Bretta <nuda...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 10, 12:54 pm, Tom Enright <freddy_ha...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > >http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon1009jl.html
> >
> > > Palin Goes for the Rough Stuff as Audience Boos Obama.? Rough stuff?
> > > There?s no evidence that Palin did anything more than challenge Obama
> > > on Ayers. In the short TV clip available at the Huffington Post, the
> > > the Senate. This is pretty standard campaign behavior.
> >
> > > people shouting racial epithets. A New York Times editorial Tuesday
> > > that one person shouted ?Kill him? and ?others shouted epithets at an
> > > African-American member of a TV crew.? Many blogs followed suit:
> > > ?Crowd at Palin Rally Hurled Racial Epithets at African American on
> > > News Crew,? read the headline at Pensito Review. This was too much for
> > > Bob Somerby, the left-leaning blogger at the Daily Howler. Calling
> > > for multiplying racists at the rally: ?It?s the power of
> > > pluralization!...One example becomes much more powerful when we stick
> > > group. How many people were shouting those epithets? The editors let
> > >
> > > ---------------------------
> > >
> > > Read it all.
>
> > Uhhh....we've seen the videos on youtube.
>
> ......oops.....
>
> Admittedly the only one I have seen is from Huffington, which Leo
> references. There are more videos from this rally?
>
> -Tom Enright
Mr. Enright,
I really wonder if creating rabid, angry mobs from town to
town is any way to win an election? Or is it just an ego-trip
that McCain needs right now since his numbers are low and sinking?
S.
Tom Enright
> In article <d6c4bc42-10d8-4af8-bc0e-a4c01f6ff099
I don't know. It's been a successful strategy for Obama.
-Tom Enright
> S.
samson
@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, freddy...@yahoo.com says...
Obama's message has not been vindictive - tough, yes, but
not vicious. The worst thing Obama has done is set up the
Keating economics web page and called McCain erratic. I
think that's pretty tame, don't you?
S.
alic...@yahoo.com
> In article <599e28fc-45b0-419d-85fe-e669b9e4a6a2
> @l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, freddy_ha...@yahoo.com says...
Certainly. The Obama campaign has not been significantly different to
the McCain campaign on this.
-Tom Enright
> S.
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Uhhhhhhhhh, not we. The connection speed here is
too slow for YouTube.
Ken