What He Said!

I have always had a great deal of respect for David Gergen. I appreciate his sentiments completely. I have been fealing this for the last couple of days as a couple of the post suggest. (Scapegoat + Angry Mob =)




CNN contributor David Gergen said that the negative tone of these rallies are "incendiary" and could lead to violence.

"There is this free floating sort of whipping around anger that could really lead to some violence. I think we're not far from that," he told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Thursday. "I really worry when we get people -- when you get the kind of rhetoric that you're getting at these rallies now. I think it's really imperative that the candidates try to calm people down."

http://mysteryj.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-video-fits-right-in-with-article.html

http://mysteryj.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-is-more-than-game.html

Scapegoat
Dictionary.com1. a person or group made to bear the blame for others or to suffer in their place.




We are starting to see good people who are conservative such as Gergren speak out and thank godoness. Add to this list the former GOP Governor of Michigan.



US Rep Roy Lahood - (R) IL
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/ray.lahood.palin.2.837484.html

LaHood supports the McCain ticket, but doesn't like what he sees at some of the McCain-Palin rallies: When Barack Obama's name has been mentioned by Sarah Palin, there are shouts of "terrorist," and LaHood says Palin should put a stop to it. "Look it," LaHood said. "This doesn't befit the office that she's running for. And frankly, people don't like it." LaHood says it could backfire on the Republican ticket. He says the names that Obama is being called, "Certainly don't reflect the character of the man."

Former GOP Governor of Michigan
http://www.mlive.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/10/former_governor_milliken_backs.html

He is not the McCain I endorsed," said Milliken, reached at his Traverse City
home Thursday. "He keeps saying, 'Who is Barack Obama?' I would ask the
question, 'Who is John McCain?' because his campaign has become rather
disappointing to me. "I'm disappointed in the tenor and the personal attacks
on the part of the McCain campaign, when he ought to be talking about the
issues." Milliken, a lifelong Republican, is among some past leaders from the
party's moderate wing voicing reservations

US Senator Norm Coleman (R) MN
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/10/as_mccain_goes_negative_a_gop.html#more

Coleman told reporters that he would not be appearing at a planned rally with McCain this afternoon. Could it be McCain's sliding polling numbers in Minnesota? His attacks on Obama? Coleman said he needs the time to work on suspending his own negative ads.

"Today," he said, "people need hope and a more positive campaign is a start."