McCain: "In fact, some T-shirts that are very...unacceptable"

[sabra]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/10/debate-transcri.html

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And I'm not going to stand for somebody saying that because someone yelled something at a rally -- there's a lot of things that have been yelled at your rallies, Senator Obama, that I'm not happy about either.

In fact, some T-shirts that are very...

OBAMA: John, I...

MCCAIN: ... unacceptable. So the point is -- the point is that I have repudiated every time someone's been out of line, whether they've been part of my campaign or not, and I will continue to do that.

I believe McCain tried to connect Obama to the t-shirt-gate that lasted a whole day over in the RW blogs

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Jake_Tappers_questions_answered.html?showall

The ridiculously industrious Jake Tapper asks who the people are who showed up outside a Palin event in Philadelphia with t-shirts whose neon green lettering carried a particularly taboo slur about Palin.

I mentioned the shirts in passing earlier, and one of their creators, emailing under the name Rhiannon Volpe, objected to my suggestion that she was a Democrat:

I personally am a registered Libertarian, supporting Obama this year. Palin is the last woman I want to hold a political office right now. Her lack of common sense, cruel treatment to animals, and just plain ignorance to what we (Americans, and even women) really care about is absolutely frustrating. The point of wearing the shirt to me is just a bold way of saying that she certainly is not liked or one of "us." To play the gender card is irrelevant, because I am a woman who wears the tshirt anyway.

She added that McCain had, allegedly, used the word himself, "so is it really that offensive?" And she said none of the people pictured were Democrats.

She's also selling the shirts online, part of a line of ironical Philly hipster gear.

[LSparkle]

1. Isn't that the same "taboo slur" BombBomb used to describe Cindy?

IN FRONT OF REPORTERS????

"He can dish it out but he can't take it!"

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Yeah, that really connected with the low-information audience.

:crazy:

[Cheap_Trick]

3. Did the T-shirts you whine about say "Kill Him"?

No? Then quit your fucking whining and drink your metamucil.

[ErinBerin84]

4. hmmm

t shirts worn by random people OUTSIDE of a Palin event (protesters, essentially) vs "Kill him!" "Terrorist!" in your rally. Tough one, John.

[sabra]

5. essentially the McCain Camp give him a long list of talking points

that they compiled from Hannity, Limbaugh, FR, etc...

[Red_Viking]

6. One expression is protected by the First Amendment...

...and one is not. You figure it out!

PS, please see Cohen v. California, Supreme Court, 1971.

[Bake]

7. I know I'm really tired of Obama Girl

Not that I'd want anyone to post a pic or anything ... nope, not that.

Bake

[RadicalTexan]

8. The only people I've seen with the "c*nt" shirts are, indeed, ironic hipsters

How McCain heard about them without internet access, I don't know.

Rich coming from a man who called his wife a "c*nt" in public, doncha think?

[Overseas]

9. I was surprised to see McLiar approach talking about those T-shirts.

Obama could easily have said, "I have seen some T-shirts that are allegedly quoting you, when you used the "C" word about your own wife. "

To which I'd add, but he wouldn't-- that lady. Your wife. Mrs. McCain. -- To jab McLiar's rudeness in his inability/unwillingness to summon up Michelle's name from his twisted memory bank.