McCain Camp Defends Kill Him! Crowd

I have already posted that I have started to view John McCain and Sarah Palin much differently after watching them ignore, although aware of, the hateful comments their supporters are shouting at their political speeches. Chants such as "kill him" when Barack Obama's name is mentioned, or words like "terrorist" or "traitor" and so on.

I feel that if they actually disapproved of such behavior they would have stopped speaking, and corrected the vulgar hecklers. But instead, they either smile or smirk, and look away, and continue their speech. Allowing their supporters to turn into a frenzied mob looking for blood.

In an effort to spin this, McCain's campaign has released statements, defending the supporters, and trying to twist it around to somehow make Barack Obama look bad. How could someone screaming "kill him" about a U.S. Senator, actually be spun to make the Senator look bad?

Here's how they tried... and failed.

McCain's Senior adviser Nicolle Wallace had this to say:

"Barack Obama's assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising. These are the same people obama called 'bitter' and attacked for 'clinging to guns' and faith. He fails to understand that people are angry at corrupt practices in Washington and Wall Street and he fails to understand that America's working families are not 'clinging' to anything other than the sincere hope that Washington will be reformed from top to bottom."

"Attacking our supporters is a new low for the campaign that's run more millions of dollars of negative ads than any other in history."

Please keep in mind, McCain's campaign is running way more negative ads than Obama. In fact, lets look at the negative ads.

According to the Chicago Tribune:

Yet McCain has outdone Obama in a negative ad war that has grown personal. McCain, who for some time has portrayed Obama as "dangerously unprepared" for the presidency, is questioning his very character. Obama, for his part, is painting a picture of an over-the-hill rival dwelling in the past.

Since the start, the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin at Madison reports that 73 percent of the ads McCain has aired and 61 percent of Obama's have been negative.

Don't you just love the spin? McCain's campaign has been much more negative, anyone who has paid attention to the election can see that.

Let's get back to the "defending McCain supporters."

McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers released this:

“Barack Obama’s attacks on Americans who support John McCain reveal far more about him than they do about John McCain. It is clear that Barack Obama just doesn’t understand regular people and the issues they care about. He dismisses hardworking middle class Americans as clinging to guns and religion, while at the same time attacking average Americans at McCain rallies who are angry at Washington, Wall Street and the status quo."

Grinning ear to ear, on video, while your supporters yell "terrorist" or "kill him" while a United States Senator's name is mentioned in your speeches, should not be defended. It's made America look at McCain and Palin much differently.