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Palin Plays Fear Card on Obama
October 06, 2008 12:22 PM
ABC News' Imtiyaz Delawala Reports: Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin invoked fear for the first time when discussing Sen. Barack Obama’s connection to former 60’s radical William Ayers.
“I am just so fearful that this is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America -- as the greatest source for good in this world,” Palin said of Obama to 2,000 supporters at a rally in Clearwater, Florida this morning. “I'm afraid this someone who sees America as imperfect enough to work with a former domestic terrorist who had targeted his own country.”
“This, ladies and gentlemen, has nothing to do with the kind of change that anyone can believe in, not my kids, not for your kids,” Palin added.
While Palin had raised Obama’s connection to Ayers at rallies and fundraisers in the last two days, she had never said she was “fearful” in her remarks until this morning.
Obama has charged before that the McCain campaign would attempt to make voters “scared” of his candidacy.
“They know that you’re not real happy with them and so the only way they figure they’re going to win this election is if they make you scared of me,” Obama said at a rally in Rolla, MO on July 30. The McCain campaign dismissed the charge at the time, calling it “baseless.”
Palin also accused Obama of being “less than truthful” about his connection to Ayers, calling him one of Obama’s “earliest supporters” for hosting a 1995 meeting that launched Obama’s bid for the Illinois State Senate.
“Barack Obama says that Ayers was just someone in the neighborhood. But that's less than truthful,” Palin said. “His own top advisor said that they were, quote, "certainly friendly." In fact, Obama held one of the first meetings of his political career in Bill Ayers's living room. And they've worked together on various projects in Chicago.”
Standing on stage in front of a riser of supporters wearing red, white and blue shirts to make out the image of an American flag, Palin told the crowd it “may get kind of rough” for the next 29 days before Election Day on Nov. 4.
“Florida, you know that you're gonna have to hang onto your hats because from now until Election Day, it may get kind of rough,” Palin said, prompting a supporter to yell out, "That's alright.”
After Palin’s attacks this weekend connecting Obama to Ayers, the Obama campaign today began hitting Sen. John McCain on his role in the Keating Five scandal, launching a 13-minute video called "Keating Economics: John McCain and the Making of a Financial Crisis."
In an interview with New York Times columnist William Kristol yesterday, Palin questioned why the McCain campaign was not also connecting Obama to his controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
"To tell you the truth, Bill, I don’t know why that association isn’t discussed more, because those were appalling things that that pastor had said about our great country," Palin told Kristol. The McCain campaign has said they will not go after the relationship because Obama has publicly disassociated himself from Wright.
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No weapon forged against you [ Barack Obama] will prevail, and you [ Barack Obama] will refute every tongue that accuses you [ Barack Obama] . This is the heritage of the servants [ Barack Obama] of the LORD, and this is their [ Barack Obama] vindication from me," declares the LORD. - Isaiah 54:17
" I [ God ] will send my terror ahead of you [ Barack Obama] and throw into confusion every nation you [ Barack Obama] encounter. I [ God ] will make all your [ Barack Obama] enemies turn their backs and run." - Exodus 23:27
The Lord will rescue me [ Barack Obama] from every evil attack and will bring me [ Barack Obama] safely to his heavenly kingdom. - 2 Timothy 4:18
11 For he will command his angels concerning you [ Barack Obama] to guard you [ Barack Obama ] in all your ways; 12 they will lift you [ Barack Obama ] up in their hands, so that you [ Barack Obama ] will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You [ Barack Obama ] will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you [ Barack Obama ] will trample the great lion and the serpent. - Psalm 91:11-13
It's time for the American people to get it right and NOT vote for McCain-Palin, instead vote for change. It's time for this country to turn the page and seek a new and better future for ourselves and our children.It's time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !
Obama-Biden are the wiser and stronger team to solve the crucial challenges we have in this nation and abroad !
Posted by: Barack Obama IS Our next president and Joe Biden is the VP | Oct 6, 2008 12:25:23 PM
No weapon forged against you [ Barack Obama] will prevail, and you [ Barack Obama] will refute every tongue that accuses you [ Barack Obama] . This is the heritage of the servants [ Barack Obama] of the LORD, and this is their [ Barack Obama] vindication from me," declares the LORD. - Isaiah 54:17
" I [ God ] will send my terror ahead of you [ Barack Obama] and throw into confusion every nation you [ Barack Obama] encounter. I [ God ] will make all your [ Barack Obama] enemies turn their backs and run." - Exodus 23:27
The Lord will rescue me [ Barack Obama] from every evil attack and will bring me [ Barack Obama] safely to his heavenly kingdom. - 2 Timothy 4:18
11 For he will command his angels concerning you [ Barack Obama] to guard you [ Barack Obama ] in all your ways; 12 they will lift you [ Barack Obama ] up in their hands, so that you [ Barack Obama ] will not strike your foot against a stone. 13 You [ Barack Obama ] will tread upon the lion and the cobra;
you [ Barack Obama ] will trample the great lion and the serpent. - Psalm 91:11-13
It's time for the American people to get it right and NOT vote for McCain-Palin, instead vote for change. It's time for this country to turn the page and seek a new and better future for ourselves and our children.It's time for REAL change in Washington, it's time to elect Barack Obama for president !
Obama-Biden are the wiser and stronger team to solve the crucial challenges we have in this nation and abroad !
Posted by: Barack Obama IS Our next president and Joe Biden is the VP | Oct 6, 2008 12:29:01 PM
"I am just so fearful that this is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America -- as the greatest source for good in this world," Palin said...
As a Christian, I have to say Palin's words - and she supposedly calls herself a Christian - are offensive.
Anyone who thinks the United States is the greatest source of good sounds more to me like an aethiest.
Posted by: Paul | Oct 6, 2008 12:33:03 PM
I do not believe she is playing the "fear" card...she is trying to bring the truth to the surface. Obama has been lying to the public and getting away with it."Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments" words spoken by terrorist Bill Ayers.
Barack Obama has dismissed inquiries about his relationship with Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground, by saying that he was just "a guy who lives in my neighborhood."
FACT- Obama served from 1995 to 1999 as chairman of the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (CAC), the brainchild of Ayers, an organization that funneled some $100 million into the hands of community organizers and activists, including ACORN, in order to radicalize Chicago's public schools.
Posted by: Mike | Oct 6, 2008 12:37:12 PM
You do realize there were 20000 at that rally. This was a basketball arena size crowd. Hopefully that was an innocent mistake and not intentional trying to diminish the crowd size. ABC is very truthful after all.
Posted by: ravi | Oct 6, 2008 12:37:23 PM
All you need to know about the bogus 'Ayers' connection:
Where did this smear start?
April 18, 2008
PHILADELPHIA --GOP mastermind Karl Rove, commenting on Bill O'Reilly's Fox News show on Thursday, chastised Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) for "hanging around" William Ayers.
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Hillary took it and ran.. it backfired on her.
The GOP has now picked it up the dead horse, and it too will backfire on them.
People who mislead are not fit to be leaders.
Posted by: ScaredOfMcCain | Oct 6, 2008 12:38:03 PM
Sarah Palin is a circus clown with a machine gun.
It is impossible not to laugh your head off at her.
Posted by: euro.guy | Oct 6, 2008 12:38:10 PM
Can't wait til this is over. It won't matter whose President when they come to take your house. And seize your assets for pennies on the dollar. Hope your housed and fed well at the Obama brigade headquarters, or when your dying in Iran, let alone Iraq should McCain get in. McCain can't wait to declare war on the wrold, Obama can't wait to declare war on America. I just can't bring myself to vote for my own perpetual enslavement.
Posted by: hmn | Oct 6, 2008 12:39:51 PM
Presidential Election Announcement
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Posted by: HP Boston | Oct 6, 2008 12:40:13 PM
Palin is a nut case, anyone who would listen to Palion is a nut case. There is no changing a nut case, weather you follow or lead as a nut case.
Posted by: Thinking | Oct 6, 2008 12:40:18 PM
Presidential Election Announcement
Due to an anticipated voter turnout much larger than originally expected, the polling facilities may not be able to handle the load all at once. Therefore, voters registered as Republicans and Independents are requested to vote on Tuesday, November 4. Voters registered as Democrats will vote on Wednesday, November 5. Please pass this message along and help us to make sure that nobody gets left out and everything will run smoothly with this minor change.
Be sure to vote!!!
Know where your voting place is near you!!
2008 Presidential Election Commission
Posted by: HP Boston | Oct 6, 2008 12:41:19 PM
I hope Palin goes on to CONDEMN The University of Chicago, It's Trustees and President, its student and the parents of these students and everyone in Chicago who have interacted with Ayers... Obama was frickin 8 years OLD for crying out loud... Ayers then is not Ayers now... He would be in JAIL in like a second if anything he remotely stood for now had to do with terrorismn... Republicans think Americans are too DUMB and STUPID to think anything else... if Obama is guilty by this flimsy association then Christ who Palin says she believes in is guilty as well... Let he who is without sin cast the first stone...
Posted by: jB | Oct 6, 2008 12:41:57 PM
This is a desperate move for a party and campaign in REAL trouble. Maybe we'd better look at where Palin comes from. I quote her minister:
Reverend Muthee's own words,
Jesus into all aspects of society for the transformation. Said that we need true believers in the bsns. world. Said God wants true believers, Christians, in the political world so they can "change the laws of the land". Said we need true believers who can "take over" our school system----the need for the 10 Commandments to be part of our educ. system. Then children will not be taught about other religions which poison their minds.
Said Christian true believers need to invade the media and Hollywood.
Said we need born again Christians like Sarah in government and in other high positions such as Sec. of State and we need to pray for Sarah to ascend.
He asked that all pray for Sarah to rid the world of witchcraft and to turn the nation around, in the name of Jesus, Hallelujah.
Posted by: formerhillary | Oct 6, 2008 12:42:06 PM
Here is McCain on when to use Armed Forces - August 1, 2000:
LEHRER: .. when should the United States deploy its armed forces abroad, and what criteria should be used? Are you comfortable with the decision-making that would - that a Bush-Cheney- Powell triumvirate would make?
McCAIN: Yes. I'm extremely comfortable and basically it's when American interests and values are threatened. And sometimes when our values are threatened, over time our interests can be threatened. I can't make an argument to you that Kosovo posed an immediate threat to our national interest. But I can argue that it offended our values to a degree that if allowed to go unchecked, then unrestrained, once Milosevic started to do his ethnic cleansing, then sooner or later our interest would be threaten because that same kind of scenario would transpire in other places in Europe.
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/election/july-dec00/mccain_8-1.html
Is this the America of the past? Where we send in the troops because our "values" are threatened?
Posted by: Wilber | Oct 6, 2008 12:42:18 PM
"I do not believe she is playing the "fear" card...she is trying to bring the truth to the surface. Obama has been lying to the public and getting away with it."Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments" words spoken by terrorist Bill Ayers."
Enough coddling of the one. Stand up and answer to your associations.
Posted by: Mack | Oct 6, 2008 12:42:58 PM
The Palin/McCain ticket see themselves riding off to an historic defeat and a drubbing at the hands of a Democrat. Even worse for many republicons, some say, a black Democrat. Ouch that's gotta hurt a good ol' boy like McLame and his Alaska Independence Party squeeze Palin doesn't it?
Posted by: Bob Lees | Oct 6, 2008 12:43:04 PM
Palin
right now there isn't a scarier word in the world.
Posted by: dl | Oct 6, 2008 12:43:13 PM
Did anyone see the Fox News Special on Sunday night by Sean Hannity "Obama and Friends"?
Posted by: zpeters | Oct 6, 2008 12:43:21 PM
Dear sweet little adorable Sarah...
Since we're talking about guilt by association, I am sure that you will not be upset when the Democrats start airing ads showing that your husband was a member of a group that favored Alaskan secession from the United States.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones......
Let not forget Sarah Palin association's with the radical Alaska Independence Party that wants to secede from this great country, the United States of America.
And here is a quote from Alaskan Independence Party founder Joe Voegler:
“The fires of Hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government, and I won’t be buried under their damn flag!”
I wonder how Palin explains her husband''s verified membership in the "ALASKIAN INDEPENDENCE PARTY?" Seems she doesn''t believe in the UNITED States of America, does she??
and also don't forget McCain's pastor(s) the one who said New Orleans desrved what it got, it was punishment from God....
hey Sarah, go ahead and bring up Obama's pastor...
I'll take an angry marine pastor over some witch doctor...
Posted by: beck | Oct 6, 2008 12:43:26 PM
Can’t win on domestic policy
Can’t win on international policy
Can’t win on tax policy
Can’t win on medical care policy
Can’t win on financial policy
Can’t win on credibility (thanks Palin!)
Can’t win on judgment
Can’t win on personality
Can’t win with old war stories
Can’t win by winking and faking knowledge
Can’t even win getting mavericky
Uh, lets try name calling and fear tactics?
“I would rather sell my integrity than lose an election”
Posted by: Too Much Fun | Oct 6, 2008 12:43:47 PM
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