McCain sued over hate speech

waahoa. nobama girl. Is that your opinion about the "White (only) House". Or have been double dosing on your fox reports...Dems have maintained the KKK. So, if this is your opinion..then..someone who has done civil rights work is practicing racism. That can't be what you're saying. Don't forget Civil Rights did Much more for the greater minority than just black folk. Women in particular benefited a great deal from the civil rights movt. also. I'd like to see some proof of Mccain gaining in anything.

Is that why LBJ a democrat did more for civil liberties in this country than any other president since Lincoln? Parties are nothing to make generalized statements about. And that's for everyone on this site. I hate hearing and "all the conservatives and republicans" too...

No, the Democrats founded and have maintained the KKK. Sarah doesn't have a Racist cell in her body. Unlike BHO who has practiced racism his whole career. Don't forget divisiveness and class warfare.McCain is gaining, on to THE WHITE HOUSE he richly deserves it.

Great idea! I hope she goes all the way with it. If she felt terrified, she felt terrified. Deal with that. When someone is speaking to a crowd they need to be very careful not to give people the wrong impression. Not so with Sarah Palin. She was on a roll and enjoying every minute of it. GOP, the party of family values...what a freakin joke. It's more like the party of the KKK.

as much as i hate what mccain and palin have said, i would they would be protected by the constitution to say what they want... however inciting and reving up a hate mob ... she might have something there...

either way its a political campaign, and i dont think personal lawsuits should come into play

I wouln't put it past them

International hate-artists like McCain and his backup hater Walin' Palin warn the auidence before every show that this is not for kids.

McCain's hate rallies are adult-oriented entertainment and McCain mangement the RNC have taken great care to make sure everyone who attends is informed of the content.

As a performer McCain is entitled to do his show the way he wants to.

If he wants to burn an effigy of Obama on stage while screaming "Obama hates Israel!" while throwing bloody doll parts into the audience -- as a hate-performer I think McCain is protected under the 1st amendment.

If you don't like McCain's hate speeches and/or his hate-oriented performance art then don't go.

Of course it might be different if McCain weren't a performance artist and was -- I don't know -- running for President....but as a performer I think he's probably protected.

Has this woman ever heard of freedom of speech? My God!
Im not saying that I support the coments that were made but just because someone is expressing their personal opinion does NOT mean that they should be sued.
The real issues should not hold a backseat to people LOOKING for something to complain about. For the whole duration of this election I have personally heard more about things like this than about what really matters.
Get over it people.

"It strikes terror in my heart" that people are suing over everything these days. I guess we're really crying on the government to baby us.

im not sure that people of thier political and national standard should be held to any level different then the regular joe.
the radio/tv host that made racial and sexual explict comments about the basketball team was fired.

talking to a group envokes the group mentality. also racial comments have no place in society today. we as a progressive society should not tolerate a backwards step in history.
it also looks to me like they are playing the race card. (which will backfire)

I agree with the grandmother. While McCain and Palin have NOT straight out said that Obama is a terrorist, they have promoting the idea in many ways like tying him to Bill Ayers and saying he's "paling around with terrorists." They also have done nothing to stop the hate speech that has been yelled out at their rallies and it only continues to get worse.

It's the same with Obama, Terry. His followers think he's some kind of FRIKKIN messiah. There's paintings of him all draped up in an american flag and whatnot, I saw it on CNN. He's a presidential candidate, not Jesus.

I don't like either of them. Vote third party!

McCain/Palin followers are like Magpies. They become too easily mesmerized with shiny objects, and easily repeat what they hear said over and over again. It is like a Klan rally minus the burning crosses and sheets with hoods every time Palin gets on stage.

This kind of politics was supposed to have stopped when Hitler committed suicide.

I say sue them. That's her right too.

Sen. McCain entire campaign strategy is to simply win by default.

The man NEVER discusses his own limp dick policies, but instead spend 27min hectoring his faithful crowds of 200 people that "Obama hates America!"

What are you gonna do to create jobs in Michigan, Sen. McCain?

"Obama wants us to surrender in Iraq!"

Okay....but how are you going to create jobs in Michigan?

"Obama is a socialist! And he hates our troops!"

And on and on and on it goes for Sen. McCain.

The important question is: was John McCain always a uneducated asshole with absolutely no comphrehension of military strategy and economic policy or is he simply pretending to be this stupid merely to win the campaign?

Always stupid or merely pretending to be stupid?

That's the question voters will have to decide in November.

Last point: If they took away hate speech from John McCain.....then what the hell would he have left to talk about? Hate is all he has!

His basic slogan is, "Don't vote for me because my policies make sense, obviously they don't....but vote for me because Obama is so horrible as a human being!"

Look, anyone ever think that she brought on the law suit so that it would get press coverage? So that she could try and get more mainstream media, and FOX (behold! FOX!) to report on the real volatility of the hate speech and death threats that's happening at these rallies?

I don't think she's hoping to get money out of this. She said it herself - she will drop the suit as soon as McCain and Palin state publicly that they do not condone death threats or hate speech at their rallies, and then STICK TO THAT by removing those who shout "kill him" from the crowd.

Good for her. Seems like she's trying to make a difference any way she can.

K.C. Stand Up!!

I think what strikes her is how people make things worse than they really are and then perpetuate the problem.

"It strikes terror in my heart."?????

We are a paranoid nation.

Politics in America goes beyond understanding some days.

Who should be suing is the RNC. These people don't have a candidate in the election!

After the political "conventions" McCain said , that from here on out, it wasn't going to be about the issues. It was going to be all negative campaigning against Obama's character.

The RNC should sue, because McCain isn't even constructing a transition staff. He's already conceded. The primary process should start all over again, to find a candidate that will run for the office.

The same thing happened with Hillary. She lost the Iowa primaries and immediately turned into a Republican, and started telling us all about what was wrong with Obama; not about what she was going to do if elected. In retrospect, she came in pretty close in some primaries, that she may well have WON if she had just came to work as Hillary Clinton, Democrat.

The racial language John McCain has used and the disgusting statements he's allowed his supporters to make are indeed despicable. He should be skewered for them politically, and he really needs to admonish his supporters for saying such things, and publicly announce that he regrets making such associations himself. The statements terrify me as much as they terrify her.

However, suing him isn't the right path to take. Hasn't this woman heard of free speech?

I don't know. I took ire when I heard McCain say "that one" in the same tone my racist grandfather referred to all black people as ("that one did it officer.").

It's as if he didn't even consider him human. But that's my take, I only grew up in the south.

Give me a break! This has been the cleanest presidential campaign I've ever seen.