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voices.washingtonpost.com - 10/11/2008
John Lewis Condemns GOP Campaign Tactics
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By Shailagh Murray Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, a Civil Rights-era leader, condemned GOP campaign tactics as "sowing the seeds of hatred and division," drawing an immediate and angry response from Sen. John McCain. Although McCain and his Republican running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, have ...

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John Lewis Warns McCain: You're "Sowing The Seeds Of Hatred And Division"
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... , condemned the GOP for using tactics that are creating a mood not unlike the one created by George Wallace, the former segregationist governor and presidential candidate. Lewis accused the Republicans of "sowing the seeds of hatred and division," and ...

John Lewis Warns McCain: You're "Sowing The Seeds Of Hatred And Division"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... , condemned the GOP for using tactics that are creating a mood not unlike the one created by George Wallace, the former segregationist governor and presidential candidate. Lewis accused the Republicans of "sowing the seeds of hatred and division," and ...

Plausible Deniability - Ur Doin It Wrong
Firedoglake — Now that civil rights icon John Lewis, the media, and even some Republicans are starting to notice the violent hate vomiting forth from McCain supporters, and suggesting that McCain and Palin's silence is tacit approval, the campaign is predictably deploying the few-bad-apples defense and the all-purpose POW card. Hey, it's not McCain's fault if a few rogue audience members get carried away when he and Palin equate Obama with terrorists, right?  Besides, John McCain was a POW when George Wallace was spreading hatred, so he can't possibly be ...

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