McCain/Palin supporters let their racist roots show

Thanks to JD Mason for sending this out!


By David Neiwert Thursday Oct 16, 2008 10:31am

Obama's fiercest opponent in Ohio?

Misinformation and Prejudice
Posted by Casey Kauffman, Al Jazeera at 1:41 PM on October 15, 2008.

Small town McCain/ Palin Ohioans reveal hate, fear and racism in the American Midwest.

As the US presidential campaign enters its final weeks, both the Republican and Democratic candidates are hitting the swing states.

But misconceptions and rumors abound and many voters have their facts about the candidates all wrong. Some believe that Democrat Barack Obama is a Muslim, for instance. Casey Kauffman talked to some Republican supporters after a rally by Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, in Ohio.

Transcript:

Now an Al Jazeera camera crew caught the honest sentiments of McCain/Palin supporters at an Ohio rally:

“I’m afraid if he wins, the blacks will take over. He’s not a Christian! This is a Christian nation! What is our country gonna end up like?”

“When you got a Negra running for president, you need a first stringer. He’s definitely a second stringer.”

“He seems like a sheep - or a wolf in sheep’s clothing to be honest with you. And I believe Palin - she’s filled with the Holy Spirit, and I believe she’s gonna bring honesty and integrity to the White House.”

“He’s related to a known terrorist, for one.”
“He is friends with a terrorist of this country!”

“He must support terrorists! You know, uh, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck. And that to me is Obama.”

“Just the whole, Muslim thing, and everything, and everybody’s still kinda - a lot of people have forgotten about 9/11, but… I dunno, it’s just kinda… a little unnerving.”

“Obama and his wife, I’m concerned that they could be anti-white. That he might hide that.”

“I don’t like the fact that he thinks us white people are trash… because we’re not!”

Yep, McCain must be so proud.

The rest of us, well ... let's just say those polls should tell the story.

[H/t to Ta-Nehisi Coates, via Spencer Ackerman. Transcript via Prose Before Hos.]
UPDATE: Transcript altered to reflect, as some commenters point out, that the man in the video did not use the actual "N word."

http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/mccainpalin-supporters-let-their-rac

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/103162/