Let me get this straight. A couple of agitated yahoos in a rally of thousands yell something offensive and incendiary, and John McCain and Sarah Palin are not just guilty by association—with total strangers, mind you—but worse: guilty, according to The New York Times, of "race-baiting and xenophobia."Who are the real haters? Who is being irresponsible? Who is being incendiary?
But should you bring up Barack Obama's real associations—20 years with Jeremiah Wright Jr., working on two foundations and distributing money with William Ayers, citing the raving Michael Pfleger as one who helps him keep his moral compass, and the long-standing relationship with the left-wing vote-fraud specialist ACORN—you have crossed the line into illegitimate guilt by association. Moreover, it is tinged with racism.
The fact that, when McCain actually heard one of those nasty things said about Obama, he incurred the boos of his own crowd by insisting that Obama is "a decent person that you do not have to be scared [of] as president" makes no difference. It surely did not stop Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) from comparing McCain to the late segregationist Gov. George Wallace.
UPDATE: Via Gateway Pundit, CNN affiliate KKCO in Colorado:
Eight to 10 protesters broke away from a larger group of demonstrators and darted into the street in front of Palin's car just after the first police motorcycles in her motorcade had passed, said Acting Chief Troy Smith of the Grand Junction Police Department.Luckily no one was killed.Video:
Wearing bandanas and with their faces covered, the protesters blocked the path and held up a large banner. Officers stopped their motorcycles, grabbed the protesters and dragged several out of the path of the oncoming motorcade.
At least two demonstrators were tackled and forced to the ground before being pulled away. One officer fell backwards into the path of an approaching vehicle but he was able to get out of the way in time.
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