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To: bentway who wrote (430146)	10/25/2008 3:33:14 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1573558

because they are compassionate, unlike B. Hussien.

To: bentway who wrote (430146)	10/25/2008 3:33:54 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1573558

Why did B.Hussein run with the story that someone yell kill him at a Palin rally ??

To: bentway who wrote (430146)	10/25/2008 4:07:38 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573558

Virginia is for fighters On the same day that his Democratic rival drew an estimated 100,000 people outside the St. Louis Arch, John McCain cast himself as the underdog before a much smaller if just as feisty crowd in Virginia's Washington exurbs. McCain offered a vigorous version of his newly-refashioned stump speech, laying out what Washington may look like after November. "Sen Obama and his fellow Democrats Speaker Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid, are planning..." McCain began to say at a rally outside the Prince William County Government Center before pausing to allow for a cascade of boos. "Are planning to raise taxes, increase spending and concede defeat in Iraq," McCain continued. " "I will never concede defeat," he added to loud cheers from a crowd of about 4,000 filled with military veterans and parents with signs and hats noting their branch. Few in the audience want to do the same in the campaign, and they made no bones about who they felt was to blame for their candidate's deficit. After McCain recited the portion of his speech where he acknowledges he's "down six points" -- a number that doesn't seem to change regardless of poll fluctuation -- he asserted that "that national media has written us off." The line drew extended boos and McCain paused to allow for the collective excercise in venting. The crowd near the main press riser turned to the reporters with thumbs down, fists and a few choice words. But they reserved their biggest applause, and a "USA, USA," chant, for one of McCain's new money lines: "I am an American and I choose to fight." The Republicans were far less thrilled with another new McCain line, where he criticizes the Bush administration's Treasury Department. That was met with mostly silence. Like they are in most places, GOP activists here are in an ornery mood, spoiling for a fight. They're seething with anger at the media, and a small group here were plainly as interested in taking reporters to task as they were cheering on their party's nominee. This included yelling a steady stream of insults at the media while McCain was speaking. They're more enthusiastic about their vice presidential nominee than the top of the ticket. Palin had about three times as many people at a rally in Richmond on a weekday this week than McCain had on a gorgeous fall Saturday afternoon in one of the largest metro areas in the country. They're increasingly uncertain about what the party stands for and who is leading them. While many here belittled Obama as a "socialist," others quietly mutter about just what their own president has been doing with the private economy since the financial crisis hit last month. McCain has never been an party favorite, and, Palin aside, he's given the base little to get excited over. Perhaps most of all, they're deeply worried about the prospect of an Obama presidency. Not all activists should be tarred by the outbursts of a few. But the view here and at other McCain and Palin rallies,where the "Nobama" stickers are plentiful, in the closing weeks of the election is that, if he's not a "terrorist," the Democratic nominee is at least far more radical than any mainstream politician. That McCain won't go after Obama in the fashion they'd prefer clearly frustrates them. But, with his amped-up stump speech, McCain has signaled that he's not going down without a fight. It's the word he now drops throughout his stump speech and uses repeatedly in his closing exhortation. Given the mood of his party, it's fitting. The familiar opening chords of The Rolling Stones's "Start Me Up" blared as soon as McCain finished his remarks here. Given the mood of the party, that seemed superfluous. They're plenty fired up. But it's as much against Obama and the media as it is for McCain. politico.com