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By: RogerFarina MODERATE: The point of the rally yesterday wasn't to protest early voting or even early voting on Sunday. . It was to protest Cumberland County's Board of Election adding the extra time at the last minute to coincide with the Obama rally here in Fayetteville. I am for early ...
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youtube.com — Supporters of Republican nominee Sen. John McCain heckle people lined up to vote early in Fayetteville, North Carolina, not far from where Sen. Barack Obama ... (more) McCain supporters heckle North Carolina early voters ...
McCain supporters heckle early voters.
McCain supporters heckle early voters.
thinkprogress.org — On Sunday, the Washington Times’s Christina Bellantoni stopped by a polling place in North Carolina, where she reported that a “ group of loud and angry protestors ” — almost all of whom were white — were shouting and ... (more) McCain supporters heckle early voters.
Christina Bellantoni: McCain supporters heckle early voters, call them 'cheaters'
Christina Bellantoni: McCain supporters heckle early voters, call them 'cheaters'
huffingtonpost.com — First published at WashingtonTimes.com PRINCETON, W.V. — Over the last few days I've been through Southwest Virginia, down in North Carolina and now back up into the mountains on the West Virginia side near Bluefield for some stories about ... (more) Christina Bellantoni: McCain supporters heckle early ...
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Heckling early voters in Fayetteville
Ben Smith's Blog — ... Christina Bellantoni captures the scene of Republican protesters heckling voters lined up after an Obama event in Fayetteville, N.C. yesterday, and an Obama backer offering a (somewhat off target) defense. The chant in Bellantoni's second video is "Nobama." ...

Voter Harrassment
Swampland — If you’re gonna accuse your opponent of supporting voter fraud, heckling and harassing early voters is maybe not a great idea.

McCain/Palin mob: 30 cars owners find tires slashed after NC Obama rally; voters heckled
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... An account of what happened after the Fayetteville rally when two members of the press (the Washington Times) went to a local early voting site. ...

Heckling voters
Political Animal — HECKLING VOTERS.... I've seen comedians get heckled at comedy clubs. I've seen athletes get heckled at sporting events. I've never even heard of voters getting heckled. And yet, McCain/Palin supporters keep finding new and creative ways to undermine democratic norms. The Washington Times , a self-described conservative paper, reported today on a polling site in North Carolina where "a group of loud and angry protesters who shouted and mocked the voters as they walked in." The voters were mostly black, and the "angry protesters" were "nearly all were white." Stop and think ...

NC Early Voters Heckled by McCain Supporters, Tires Slashed
Firedoglake — ... Early voters in North Carolina, most of whom were black, were heckled and mocked by McCain supporters as they their cast their ballots Sunday. According to Washington Times reporter Christina Bellatoni primarily white McCain supporters shouted "terrorist" and complained that "Sundays are for church not voting" ...

More Ugliness in NC
The Stump — ... signs, university police said. Maintenance workers reported about 7:45 a.m. finding a 75-pound bear cub dumped at the roundabout near the Catamount statute at the entrance to campus, said Tom Johnson, chief of university police. “It looked like it had been shot in the head as best we can tell. A couple of Obama campaign signs had been stapled together and stuck over its head,” Johnson said. Bonus ugliness!: Early Obama voters in the state get heckled.... --Michael ...

Musing on the Mountain State: West Virginia In Play for Obama
Firedoglake — ... Add to that the fact that Obama has 14 satellite offices around the state and several paid staff members as well as droves of volunteers contrasted with only one paid staffer for McCain? And a recent additional ad buy within the state on top of surrounding state ads that have been playing for weeks? You begin to see why the polls are tightening here...and you can start with fears about the economy as the catalyst. Speaking of fears, McCain might want to call off his campaign hecklers at early voting locations. That could result in criminal ...

Block the Vote
Matthew Yglesias — Via Sam Boyd, irate McCain supporters gather to protest and heckle a crowd of people . . . voting . . . in North Carolina: Photographer Joe Eddins and I headed over to the closest one and found a steady line of voters hoping to cast ballots early. Most seemed to be Obama supporters and several had come from the rally. Nearly all the voters were black. Also at the polling site was a group of loud and angry protesters who shouted and mocked the voters as they walked in. Nearly all were white. As you can see from these videos, no one held ...

McCain supporters heckle early voters.
Think Progress — ... On Sunday, the Washington Times’s Christina Bellantoni stopped by a polling place in North Carolina, where she reported that a “group of loud and angry protestors” — almost all of whom were white — were shouting and mocking voters — nearly all of whom were black. Bellatoni noted that people “were shouting about Obama’s acknowledged cocaine use as a young man, abortion and one man used the word ‘terrorist.’ They also were complaining that Sundays are for church, not voting.” Watch it: ...

You Cannot Turn Back the Tide of Hope, So. Suck. On. That.
Firedoglake — ... Yesterday, North Carolina voters lining up to cast their ballots early were heckled and harrassed by McCain protesters outside the polling station. The protesters shouted such self-unaware gems as "Sundays are for church, not voting!" [As Eli noted in email, "I like how they skipped church to heckle voters for skipping church."] ...

Stay Classy McCain Supporters!
Balloon Juice — ... the rally. Nearly all the voters were black. Also at the polling site was a group of loud and angry protesters who shouted and mocked the voters as they walked in. Nearly all were white. As you can see from these videos, no one held anything back. People were shouting about Obama’s acknowledged cocaine use as a young man, abortion and one man used the word “terrorist.” They also were complaining that Sundays are for church, not voting.Oddly enough, via...

McCain Supporters Heckle Early Voters In North Carolina
Oliver Willis — The Republican party fully supports the Bull Connor/George Wallace agenda. McCain supporters heckle early voters Photographer Joe Eddins and I headed over to the closest one and found a steady line of voters hoping to cast ballots early. Most seemed to be Obama supporters and several had come from the rally. Nearly all the voters were black. Also at the polling site was a group of loud and angry protesters who shouted and mocked the voters as they walked in. Nearly all were white. As you can see from these videos, no one held ...

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