Comments on: McCain calls on Obama to condemn Civil Rights leader John Lewis

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:18:36 +0000

I cannot believe this is happening and the only way to sum it up is, “These people are absolutely crazy”.

By: SRD

SRD — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:47:16 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with John Lewis concerning the impact of the negative rhetoric of McCain/Palin at the Town Hall meetings that indeed can lead to violence. John Lewis is a Veteran Civil Rights Leader. He marched side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr. He received a severe beating that almost cost him his life during the Civil Rights movement. John Lewis witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King and so when he says that the tone of the McCain camp is dangerous and race baiting…he speaks from the depth of personal knowledge and recognizes it from a mile away. This is not something he read out of a history book but he saw racism up close and personal. He owes no one an apology for speaking the truth. Truth have merit and it certainly does matter. McCain is playing with fire… he is fanning the flames of racism that can ignite and lead to some overzealot bigot going after Obama beyond rhetoric. He is not fit to be the president and Sarah is not fit to be the VP. It was a reckless and unstable strategy that demonstrates his lack of ability to think beyond an impulse.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:56:05 +0000

I agree with Rep. John Lewis. Gov. Palin knows very well what she is doing. She is stirring up the McCain supporters with negative statements about Obama. And these negative statements only reinforce the hatred and racist ideas many have about Senator Obama. Sentator McCain should have put a halt to her long before now. He allowed her to work people up in to a group acting like a hostile mob; yelling from the audience “Kill Him”. John Lewis owes no apology to anyone and Obama does not need to say anything about Senator Lewis’ comments. Palin and McCain are the ones who should be apologizing to the American public for stooping so very low and playing to the ridiculous fears of the people attending their rallies and looking at their ads on television. Enough of this type of behavior.