My thoughts on the McCain-Palin mobs.
Thu, Oct 9, 2008
The fact that my videos of McCain-Palin supporters (here and here) are blowing up online tells me a lot.
First, the media should be ashamed of themselves for not covering this until now. The McCain-Palin supporters in my videos are not new, they are not exceptional, they are not hiding. This is who they are. It has been brewing for months, and not one mainstream media outlet has taken the time to expose them. Not one. And that is dangerous. If America is about to decide on its president based on this level of hate and ignorance, without a single question being asked as to why, then America is in for a rude awakening.
You could get video of these hateful and ignorant people in your sleep. Not just in Ohio, everywhere. Our country has been sleepwalking through this campaign as if none of this vitriol exists. Well, not only does it exist, it is rampant, and it is there for anyone with a camera to record. And these people are proud to be this hateful and ignorant on your camera.
Second, the McCain campaign has done nothing to dispel these fantasies. To the contrary, McCain and Palin themselves have been stoking it. That, too, is dangerous.
Third, it gives me that much more pride in my support for Barack Obama. This man takes a risk with his life every time he sets foot into the public eye. That is a kind of bravery that not even John McCain could muster.
Fourth, it tells me all I need to know about John McCain and Sarah Palin, that they are willing to accept and foment this kind of support. They are not patriots, they represent the worst stain this country’s history has ever produced. They are no different than an unrepentant segregationist shouting “states rights” in 1954.
And it will be a sublime joy to watch them lose this election.
Tags: mccain palin mobs, mccain palin strongsville, race, racism
October 9th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
Applause.
October 9th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I am so appauled by your footage. I am shocked and saddened that there are people out there like that.
I really beleived that these types of uneducated racists didn’t exist anymore. But you have shown that they do.
I can’t wait until Barack Obama wins the election and these people have to live with a “terrorist” as their president.!! HAHAH
Hopefully they’ll leave the country.
October 9th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
The ignorance and hatred at this rally that you’ve recorded is breathtaking and unfortunately this type of behavior has become common at McCain/Palin rallies. You are absolutely right that the mainstream media should be paying more attention to what is going on at these rallies. McCain (or should I say McKKKain?) and Palin are disgracefully whipping up race hatred and xenophobia with abandon and they should be called out on it.
October 9th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
More voices like yours need to shout from the rooftops. I have a personal connection to the media and utiilize every time these stories pop up that need attention over the standard infotainment. What if something violent happens at a rally-say a video blogger gets attacked by some drunken redneck in a camoflage cap and that starts off a firestorm across the country. Then what? Will the media sit back and ask themselves if, by shining a 50w light on these people’s faces they could have prevented it? Or will they take the initiative?
More after these “messages”…..
October 9th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Great job on the video. As a former Ohio resident I can tell you that this is not uncommon amongst the white thrash that litters NE Ohio
October 9th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
great site. way to work. i looked at your mcsame/failin video. walk into enemy territory and fuck em up. again, way to work. what kind of comments and reactions did you encounter that you were not able to catch on film? that had to be worse, right?
October 9th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
this is sad and sick — I’m glad you were there to video these sick ignorant people. McCain and Palin are breeding hatred and racism. They are sick people and only sick people will follow them or support them.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
May I post your video on my blog?
October 9th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
I want to thank you for taking your time and putting yourself at possible risk to show the bigotry and utter ignorance of people.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
It has been linked to sites like Huffington Post and The Moderate Voice.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
You say it.
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,[1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Equals the blessings of hope, peace, and civility for all Americans!
October 9th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
You say it. Thank you for your courage!
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,[1] promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Equals the blessings of hope, peace, and civility for all Americans!
October 9th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
None of this is shocking. I’ve been a teacher for 12 years and have seen the rampant addiction to ignorance we feed in this country. Everything is a soundbite and clip…and that is the extent of these people’s knowledge. However, I would go on to state that there are individuals from the Obama camp that are equally addicted to superficial information and the politics of drama. While, by association, Obama supporters are less likely to be this blatantly biased due to race or religion (even if it is a perceived rather than real association with Islam), I am sure some of them harbor bias that is equally baseless.
The reason the government has run roughshod (so overtly) the past 8 years, is that many in the general public are happy to not have to think about real issues or to delve into researching the platforms of their candidates. They are much happier with sitcom comedies, shopping, watching cars race around an oval, seeing overpaid athletes perform, stuffing their faces, creating drama, and staring at computer/TV screen.
Here’s to where that fat bowl of complacency set on the table of democracy has gotten us. Ignorance isn’t bliss.
October 9th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I don’t even know who you are, bloggerinterrupted, but I’ve seen your video of the Berea Obama heckler. I was there. And I live in Strongsville and am horrified by these fucking idiots. How did you get in? Can I work with you? I tried like hell to get tickets but couldn’t get in. I blog for OpenSalon. How can I get in to these kinds of events–did you have a press pass?
Those were my fucking neighbors. Sorry for the profanity, but I live with this crowd. I don’t mind an intellectual conversation about fiscal conservatism, the pros and cons of NAFTA, the role of the miliary, etc., but for godsakes, does it always have to come to this? The fucking fraudulent character attacks? I think a mainstream reporter should show your vids directly to McCain, on camera, and ask him to denounce the terrorism charges. I can barely breathe at this ignorance. Please email me for more information about where you live, what you do, how you get in.
October 9th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Great, great, great footage!! Did you notice when you asked one woman and husband [he was wearing a Detroit Red Wings jersey] if Barack Obama is a terrorist, the kids quickly said “no!”
The youth have spoken! Again, a very sobering video but props for stepping into that war zone.
-Trevor
October 9th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I applaud your efforts. I’m not a Democrat, but I’m voting for Obama. As a libertarian these McCain supporters give me a sick feeling in my stomach. It’s people like Michelle Malkin who feed this kind of ignorant thinking.
October 9th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
If they don’t lose…we are all seriously fucked.
As a resident of Cali, I worry about the Bradley Effect.
October 9th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I had no idea this mentality was thriving. People voting against their own interests because their low intellect is being exploited by politicians is a real downer to see.
My husband is a Veteran, and McCain does not have his support. The whole ticket is an insult to every brain cell and shred of decency in every person.
Both Palin and McCain are white trash heroes.
Gross.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:02 pm
I think this video is really stupid. Of course there are idiots that are pro-McCain – there are idiots who are pro-Obama too. I have smart friends who are voting for McCain, and while I don’t agree with them, they are able to make cogent arguments that support their case. Videos like this just distract from the debate of real issues in America.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
the two videos (along with the one at Blue Ohioan) are very disturbing. i knew they were out there, but i didn’t know that the hate ran THIS deep! as a Black man… this is scary! the bravery of Barack Obama to stand up to this kind of campaign with his elegance and grace is amazing… may GOD BLESS Barack Obama!
oh yeah… i’ve posted your videos on my blog!
October 9th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Tony is mistaken.
The division of America into two [very nearly] equal camps, neither of which can grant the other any legitimacy, is THE problem, because it makes it impossible to solve any other problem.
This division was caused by the people advising Ronald Reagan between 1977 and 1980. (I will not descend to argue this any more than I will descend to argue the blueness of the sky. I was there and I strongly surmise that Tony was not.)
Reagan was the first President who did not even pay lip service to the notion of being President of all Americans. He was only the President of HIS Americans. He campaigned (to my naive shock) against ME. He read me out of my citizenship and declared me persona non grata in my own country, along with a hundred million others.
The Republicans of that time MAY have thought that if they forced the country to break into two pieces, they would get enough the larger one (~~ 70%) to be able to sweep the smaller half into permanent internal exile. If you take their rhetoric at face value (usually a mistake), that may have been their game. OR they may have known that the result would be 50-50 (+/- noise) and intended the result that actually happened: making the country permanently ungovernable. It is impossible to know which, and it doesn’t really matter, because both are vicious. The first is an expression of supermajoritarian democracy (which is a contradiction in terms) and the second of majoritarian democracy (which is merely and perfectly odious).
There are precedents for the administration of a country that has been divided into two nations, each large enough to bid for power, each too large to suppress. The locus classicus is Austria after WW2, where a system called “Proporz” was put into effect. For some reason, there seems to be some squeamishness about mechanistic solutions of this kind, because when they have been tried elsewhere, it has typically been in a clandestine manner, without any forthright acknowledgement of what was going on.
The degree of independence of the fifty American States would make the definition and the working of such a system especially difficult, but a glance at the map of red and blue states instantly shows that the country is not governable as a whole on the basis of any sort of winner-take-all electoral system–LEAST OF ALL the one that we have, which was very carefully designed for a vanished time when the movement of goods overland was much more expensive than by water (and movement by air was unimaginable).
So the necessity is some sort of power-sharing arrangement between what have really become two completely different civilizations, unable to agree on even the most basic propositions about what society is. Furthermore, any such arrangement must be designed to be self-stabilizing and self-enforcing. The time is near when we will prefer any experiment, no matter how rash or misconceived, to the status quo.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:26 am
Dude i agree with your thoughts. As someone who’s grew up in Ohio and now have lived in many places (chicago, boston, baltimore, los angeles, kansas city, new york city, london, amsterdam, and san juan)…I can say that ohio in general seems to be one of the least progressive places in the world and yes also the U.S….yes its sad but that’s the truth. And that is precisely why I plan on moving to the coast permanently soon enough and never looking back. I’m out!
October 10th, 2008 at 1:16 am
I agree with Frank Wilhoit on all counts and would like to know if there is a way us mere citizens could be part of a better approach that could find either the middle ground or outright division we all so desperately need at this point.
We ignore their vitriol, paranoia, and xenophobia at our expense. We cannot discount the possibility they may win (by hook or by crook). Everything we can do to tip the balance without giving in to their tactics should be done.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Thank you so much for your videos. I have forwarded them to my email list so they understand the great urgency in speaking to other voters about what is at stake in this election. For all our sakes, we must have an Obama win, or God Forbid….we may all hear the death toll…
October 10th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I dont’ understand your support for obama
his record sucks, (when he voted)
his associations suck, (don’t have room to list- except for that fact that he never had a g-friend other than m.obama)
and all in all his judgement is everywhere and nowhere.
he is a total made up dude by axelrod, AND people who succumb to him are supporting a made up “leader”
all the folks you videoed in OHIO are like my friends and family and the people I grew up with, and I totally understand where they are coming from and support their views, (I hoped some were more informed to back up their assumptions, but I think they are expressing the best they can their frustration to this election)
Anyways, just having my say, as you have this comment section.
BTW…I’m not a white person, like the folks you taped, it’s not about color/race, it’s about the RECORD and what you stand for, and obama is not standing on any solid footing that most Americans can agree/relate to.
He’s on the planet MARS, THE RED PLANET,
October 10th, 2008 at 10:08 am
You are right about Obama being brave! This video made me sick to my stomach. I live in the south where my own family members are talking about not voting because they just don’t think they can vote for one of “them”. Such *ullshit! They are democrats refusing to vote because the top of the ticket is black. I only hope that there are more of us than them on election day!
October 10th, 2008 at 10:24 am
“I dont’ understand your support for obama
his record sucks, (when he voted)
Record on what? Oh wait this is more baselss accusation ad hominem trolling. I highly doubt you are actually from NY, gal. Or maybe you sit on the bowl and peruse that 25 cent tabloid that has tried to pass itself off as real news for the past 30 years, the NY Post.
try an example, it usually works:
- he voted on the GI BIll, I suppose that sucks, huh? McCain didn’t vote ( a no-show) last pass and voted against it because he was a war-elitest. Why give the guy who only did one tour the same as the guy who got stop-lossed for two, was his mantra.
they both served, that should be enough.
McCain voted for this Trillion Dollar war- think about that the next time you pay – or try to come up with the money to pay your mortgage-”Next stop Bagdhad Johnny”
and why does Iraq have tens of billions in surplus and the Debt Clock in NYC has run out of digits?
his associations suck, (don’t have room to list- except for that fact that he never had a g-friend other than m.obama)
Proves that he wasn’t a whoremongering partyboy, that’s what it proves. Unlike John “I’ll take my airfield and go home, name-dropping McCain”.
want a bagel with that baseless shmear? Your tepid accusations suck- they have no weight. FAIL.
and all in all his judgement is everywhere and nowhere.
Everywhere where it counts, and nowhere near as ludicrous as McSames.
- if McCain knos how to get OBL, why hasn’t he done so? Or sent a message to Petreaus? Put up or shut up, I say. Just another gambling addict who makes empty promises.
- did you even watch the debates? Or were you fapping off to Sarah Palin?
he is a total made up dude by axelrod, AND people who succumb to him are supporting a made up “leader”
- riiiiight. Just like “made up” Americas Mayor Giuliani- who’s mobbed up more than Gotti junior. Just picture the Mafia running the White House…scary.
Or Alaskan Independence-friendly Seccesionists…even scarier.
all the folks you videoed in OHIO are like my friends and family and the people I grew up with, and I totally understand where they are coming from and support their views, (I hoped some were more informed to back up their assumptions, but I think they are expressing the best they can their frustration to this election)
Gee, let’s add Ohioans to the list of confused, manipulated sheep. They are lashing out- and McCain’s campaign is fomenting violence and xenpohobia. Look back at the South, 1930’s Germany, any other racially-tinged rhetoric that turns a blind eye and a wink for the sake of power- that’s Terrorism. Get a mob of people hopped up – unleash them on the Jews, the Blacks, the Asians…
Anyways, just having my say, as you have this comment section.
BTW…I’m not a white person, like the folks you taped, it’s not about color/race, it’s about the RECORD and what you stand for, and obama is not standing on any solid footing that most Americans can agree/relate to.
He’s on the planet MARS, THE RED PLANET,
I guess the concept of Polling and the Electoral college is completely alien to trailer trash.
I hope your “Bloodlines” don’t include REAL terrorist names like McViegh, Nichols or Furgeson.
while you have every right to engage in the great debate- don’t cry foul when you open yourself up by your own stupidity.
And you are talking out of Uranus.
Funny, I always thought a RED STATE was COMMUNIST STATE.
October 10th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I’m really disgusted with your trashy representation of the McCain-Palin mob piece. You guys are not journalists, just hate mongers. Your candidate, Barack Hussein Obama can’t wipe his ass with a 16 pack of toilet paper rolls. He has no critical executive experience unless you count his board activities with Bill Ayers. A community agitator instead of organizer who appears to have not a real birth certificate unless we count the photoshopped job on the ‘Fight the Smears’ website. Come Nov. 4th, the FBI will be investigating whether or not he is a naturized citizen and hence whether or not he can officially be president…
October 10th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
You’re a hero. Thank you for what you’re doing in my state.
October 10th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
@jeff
Interesting how you play the mirror game. I don’t see or hear cries of “traitor” or “kill him” or “off with his head” at Obama rallies in reference to McCain. All I’ve seen is a level of respect, and congenial disagreement. I’ve never seen the amount of hatemongering that people feel they can get away with at any political rally in the past 20 years.
He never said he was a Journo. He’s a blogger. The fact that you don’t know the difference and continue to regurgitate debunked urban legends only enforces the idea that “you people” are a bunch of in-bred trolls. Come Oct 11th the FBI will be knocking on Sarah Palins door.
John McCain was born where, exactly? ( hint, It’s a banana republic)
Barack Hussein Obama was born on US soil. Get over it, sparky. Willful ignorance and stupidity is the hallmark requirement for recruitment into the KKK and Aryan brotherhood and Al Qaeda ( “the base”)
October 10th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
I sure HOPE that you would go to an Obama rally and treat them the same way and ask the same type of questions and do the same editing. But I guess that may be too much to ask of an Obama supporter. I watched videos of people at an Obama MOB being asked about what Obama would do for the country and all they could say was that he would bring HOPE and CHANGE to the world. Talk about a sound bite. Let’s HOPE for some real CHANGE.
October 10th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
First of all… OBAMA IS RACIST! He was ashamed of his own mothers race growing up.. What does that tell you? He doesnt care about the caucasions of America.. we disgust him…
I think that if you go to an Obama/Biden Rally, you will see the same igorance from the supporters, if not more. I have been disgusted with the Obama supporters from day one. The rude, crude, and ignorant remarks they make about McCain and Palin are nothing different than what you saw in your video. These people are not racist. They have heard about Obama choosing to stand behind the Muslims, and the other terrorists of the world if he had to.. and that scares us. Lets just hope that if he gets into office, we all can survive the war that it will create.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
@Mccain Palin has my vote
First of all- you are an idiot. Youare entitled to think that Obama is a Muslim, baby eating terrorist, you are also entitled to think that Santa Claus and the tooth fairy exist.
But you’d of course be wrong. When presented with facts you hide behind your own bogus beliefs. Just remember the Neanderthals were replaced….
October 10th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
You’re a hero among men (and women) my friend.
October 10th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
just donated $75 after watching your videos. Good work!
October 10th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
A few things i’d like to point out as a nobody:
- McCains mob are saying threatening things. Obama’s crown are saying “hope and change.” Which could you say is a negative, and which could you say is a positive?
- Having grown up as a first generation Mexican in California with only white school mates, i was embarrassed to be Mexican (because if you’re white you’re right). It wasn’t until years later that i became proud of my ethnicity.
- Regardless of political affiliation, i would never help push nor motivate hate. Because to be honest, you’ll never be 100% sure what side you’ll end up on. It might be your side that loses and is going to be wiped out.
- I don’t hate anyone for what they believe in, even if they are racist (in beliefs). As long as they don’t treat me bad, deny my opportunities or anything else, it’s fine. Treat me as a human, not as a Mexican, not as someone who isn’t white.
I’m always up for discussing anything with anyone, nothing is prohibited because that’s the only way we can really learn why others think the way they do. It’s a social problem that the idea has been put into our heads not to talk about religion or politics. That’s the same thing that is said about wages and salary. As long as you don’t know who makes more than you you can’t complain, right? But he only way you can make money is by learning how others did it. (Unless you scam people or join shady organizations/associations).
I thought conservatives were supposed to be christian. Good show if they are, eh?
October 10th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
McP.O.W.’s gonna get beat like a rented mule, and Caribou Barbie’s going down faster than a $10 hooker.
My friend.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I watched your videos and for the most part I got a good laugh out of them, but what exactly was the purpose of calling out the black McCain supporter in part 2? Assuming that all African Americans are voting for Obama is just as racist (or more accurately, prejudice) as some of the ignorant people you featured in your videos that are blindly supporting McCain and Palin.
And to be absolutely clear – no, I’m not a McCain troll; yes, I am a person of color; and no, I’m not voting for McCain.