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Palin blamed for Obama attacks

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The US Secret Service has blamed Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin for the death threats against president-elect Barack Obama. ...more

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1. On Monday November 10, 2008, 18:11 PM , SC Jacob, United States wrote:
  I hate to say this but this article is full of lies and distortedly furnished information. I would like to ask, where do you get your information? The election is over and there are better things to do now. Can you please report about Kenya and stop this Crap?! I am a Kenyan Angry at the Kenyan News crew. STOP lying its disgusting!

 
2. On Monday November 10, 2008, 16:41 PM , isaiah mberia, United States wrote:
  I can't blame Palin for not knowing that Africa is not a country but a continent. We should partly blame the American media. Americans tend to believe whatever they see or read in the media; hence most Americans believe Africa is a country not a continent. Palin is among the few radical Americans who have not time knowing anything about the "black continent" as they once called it.

 
3. On Monday November 10, 2008, 11:07 AM , Ade Ade, Nigeria wrote:
  The case of Sarah Palin inciting voters against Obama is a trace of racism in action...Even, Michelle lamented which further shows that accepting a Black man as the President of the whole world is still a mirage to Sarah Palin and her allies.

 
4. On Monday November 10, 2008, 9:05 AM , Robert Njeru, Kenya wrote:
  Amazing that the diva can't spend thriftly in the face of global economic meltdown, more so her failure to know that Africa is a continent what with the Google maps and cheap atlases.

 
5. On Monday November 10, 2008, 7:54 AM , GEORGE MAINGI, Kenya wrote:
  I can also blame Palin because she exhibited arrogance during the camping time. She always talked rudely about Obama.

 
6. On Monday November 10, 2008, 5:48 AM , brown eyes, United States wrote:
  She was definitely photographed wearing the same outfit twice. That's complete crap. I followed the election closely, and I saw the suits over and over on the campaign trail. Furthermore, some of the stuff the aides have said has been bogus, and John McCain himself told them to knock it off. The people who said this garbage wouldn't even use their names. It's a bunch of baloney.

 
7. On Monday November 10, 2008, 5:33 AM , Godfrey Kimega, Kenya wrote:
  This story is ridiculous. The US election is over and a month from now, nobody will care to remember who Palin was. Palin is not responsible for how people interpret her speeches, unless she actually incited people and told them to attack Obama. It is this kind of reporting that creates problems in Kenya.

 
8. On Monday November 10, 2008, 4:33 AM , dan davidson, United States wrote:
  I blame everything on the mindless lipstick pig 6 pack nut case that needs to read up a bit on the constitution.

 
9. On Monday November 10, 2008, 4:31 AM , Silas Nyambok, Japan wrote:
  Leadership is about something else. It is not about beauty but about brains. If beauty comes forward to supplement the brain, the better. Sarah Palin is beautiful and there is no doubt about that. However, Americans know how to distinguish between a policy maker for their country and a policy maker for a fashion boutique. Palin fits in the latter, sorry to say.

 
10. On Monday November 10, 2008, 4:03 AM , Dee Rae, United States wrote:
  I am absolutely appalled that anyone would blame Ms Palin for the actions of others. Shame on you. It is getting quite scarey!

 
11. On Monday November 10, 2008, 2:50 AM , RA, United States wrote:
  Ms right wing extremist will most likely be going to hell someday for spreading such ugliness. Her career is over, as most are uncomfortable with her level of hate.

 
12. On Monday November 10, 2008, 1:54 AM , Susan Michaels, United States wrote:
  Expect to hear more whining from Palin about the unfairness of it all! I certainly hope she is dealt with appropriately in Alaska before she gets it into her ambitious head to return to the national stage (in Ted Stevens' seat?) In my opinion, she attempted to incite a riot, and should be jailed.

 
13. On Monday November 10, 2008, 1:44 AM , Iva Basquill, United States wrote:
  How absurd to blame Palin! She is an American and free to say what she wants to say even on the campaign trail. She had the right to give us information about Obama's shady associations. It is his associations that scared people-not Palin. Every American has a right to voice their opinion about OBama without all you people coming after them.

 
14. On Monday November 10, 2008, 0:56 AM , Spyder, United States wrote:
  I can not believe that her comments were allowed to continue for so long. When she first made them I knew that either she was too stupid to realize what she was saying or she truly wanted someone to take out Obama. People now question whether or not she cost McCain the election, I say she absolutely did. McCain should have threw her to the curb after her first interview. She is a lost cause!.

 
15. On Monday November 10, 2008, 0:06 AM , Christina Tesch, United States wrote:
  This does not shock me. I really wish she would just go back to Alaska and not even bother with 2012. I am a registered Republican and I could not vote for Mc Cain because of her. She may be okay for Alaska, but she is NOT okay to run the USA. Please Palin just stay in Alaska (where you can see Russia).

 
16. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 23:51 PM , Peter njenga macharia, Belgium wrote:
  Good that the right candidate won. Sarah Palin was a drag on MCcain's ticket and she is partly to blame for their failure. Whenever she opened her mouth,it was always going to be a disaster. Even her interlect was in question after it surfaced that she could not tell if Afica is a country or a continent. She could not also define the actual role of a vice president. A very bad choice.

 
17. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 23:47 PM , allan stewart, United States wrote:
  What a nasty little bag of lies, rumours, and half-facts you have assembled here. I was hard-pressed to find a single sentence that was wholly truthful. I guess the socialist-fascist hate machine is still going strong.

 
18. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 23:43 PM , L.L. Bruzzone, United States wrote:
  We are a country which allows persons freedom of speech. If it is believed that Obama is unpatriotic, one can say so and when compared to many other Americans, he is unpatriotic. The threats are not because of Palin, they were because of unbalanced criminals who have a hatred toward anyone different than them. We are one of the greatest countries in the world because we have freedom of speech.

 
19. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 23:30 PM , Muyanga, United States wrote:
  It reminds me of Nyiva Mwendwa and the famous Beijing conference fairy tale. Nyiva has an answer for her, 'she had to look like a vice presidential candidate'. What they both forgot was that, it is not the hairstyle that matter, it is the 'grey matter' that matters, and it lies few inches underneath the hair!

 
20. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 23:12 PM , maria, United States wrote:
  As an American, DEMOCRAT and grassroots community organizer I have to say this story is TOTALLY WRONG AND OUTRAGEOUS! This is just another shameless attack on the only other female candidate on this race and frankly we are sick and tired of this type of garbage. Obama's own secret service investigate the so called "kill him" threats at the rally were false, the video shows them saying "tell him."

 
21. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 22:47 PM , No Kidding, United States wrote:
  Palin either a) knew exactly what she was doing and/or b) did exactly as she was directed to do. The McCain/Palin campaign SHOULD take responsibility for inciting violent behavior. The RNC wanted to stay in power, no matter what it takes. Unfortunately that fake-populism and fear-mongering worked in the US for the past eight years. Not any longer. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 
22. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 22:10 PM , Kevin sullivan, United States wrote:
  While the death threats against Barrack Obama cannot be excused, those who were against Mrs Palin, including some in the McCain campaign itself, are using the same political tactics that they were violently discouraging against them. Just as in many political races across this world, the issues are often left behind and personal attacks are launched repeatedly against candidates instead.

 
23. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 21:04 PM , Caroline, United States wrote:
  Palin clearly provoked these hateful sentiments. However, McCain allowed them to go on, and even approved terrorist-themed Robocalls. Nor should blame stop there. The Secret Service itself should have taken immediate action to stop them. If McCain and Palin were indeed a "normal" hockey mom and a Joe Six-Pack, they would have been arrested.

 
24. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 21:04 PM , Kangethe Wa Gichango, United States wrote:
  It was very sad to watch Palin and her advisors stoop so low. She tried to push lies about Obama just to win the elections, this clearly did not work. Inflaming racist hatred was what she aimed to achieve. She was chosen to appeal to women, she was not vetted and now it has come out that she does not even know her current affairs and the world map. One of the main reasons Mccain failed was Palin.

 
25. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 21:04 PM , Caroline, United States wrote:
  Palin clearly provoked these hateful sentiments. However, McCain allowed them to go on, and even approved terrorist-themed Robocalls. Nor should blame stop there. The Secret Service itself should have taken immediate action to stop them. If McCain and Palin were indeed a "normal" hockey mom and a Joe Six-Pack, they would have been arrested.

 
26. On Sunday November 9, 2008, 20:55 PM , carol klein, United States wrote:
  This article is so far off base when it comes to what Palin's campaign stump speeches did. First of all, the Secret Service absolutely denied that at anytime were there people yelling obscene remarks about Obama at her rallies. As far as Ayres is concerned, he was a past associate of Obama's. He did give a kick-off party for Obama when he announced he was running for state senator.

 

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