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To: Rambi who wrote (90624)	10/18/2008 1:25:07 PM
From: Travis_Bickle	Respond to of 541787

I agree, imo there was a lot of turf defending there. If it happens at the polling places it will be a far different story, but non-McCain/Palin supporters have to expect a hostile reception at a McCain/Palin rally.

To: Rambi who wrote (90624)	10/18/2008 4:26:19 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541787

That stuff doesn't bother me much. Crowds in line being provoked by cameras and demonstrators is pretty de rigeur. If you reverse the sides, you probably would hear the same thing. I think you would hear some things but unlikely to hear the "same" things. The language they are using is the language that has become permissible at McCain rallies. I don't hear that kind of language permitted at the Obama rallies. Rather he appears to damp down even boos of McCain. I think the question about these statements at McCain rallies, and these statements from the lines, is the distance between speech and action. And that gets to the question of the crazies who consider the acceptability of the speech legitimates some crazy actions.