Bobby May, the McCain campaign chair in Buchanan County, Virginia and correspondence secretary for the Buchanan County Republican Party, is very upset that Virginia may give its 13 Electoral Votes to the Obama.
(Update: Obama leads in VA: 51-39 according to Suffolk. For McCains's campaign in VA, he author ischair for the county effort:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/...
He is listed as treasurer for Buchanan Co. Republican Party
If so, it will be for the first time since 1964, and May reacted to this possibility publishing the following racist commentary in The Voice, a local newspaper:
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"FREEDOM OF RELIGION: Mandatory Black Liberation Theology classes taught in all churches - raise taxes to pay for this mandate. Put Rev. Jeremiah Wright in charge...."
"DRUG CRISIS: Raise taxes to pay for free drugs for Obama’s inner-city political base...."
"2ND AMENDMENT: Under Obama will only apply to gang-bangers, illegal aliens,
Islamo-Fascist terrorists, and Senator Jim Webb’s aide...."
"FOREIGN RELATIONS: Appoint Rev. Al Sharpton as Secretary of State, Jesse Jackson as UN Representative, and let Bill Clinton handle all other "foreign relations" ... As long as Hillary doesn't find out...!"
"THE WHITE HOUSE: Hire rapper Ludacris to "paint it black." Taxes to be increased to buy enough paint for the job plus spray-paint forgraffiti...."
"THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES: Raise taxes to send $845 billion, most of it to Africa so the Obama family there can skim off enough for them to free their goats and live the American Dream...."
"NATIONAL ANTHEM: Change to the "Black National Anthem" by James Weldon Johnson...."
"US CURRENCY: Update photos to reflect US diversity; include pictures of "great Americans" such as Oprah Winfrey, Ludacris, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Paris Hilton, and Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson (Obama's new Secretary of the Treasury - 50 Cent refused position after learning that he would lose his crazy check if he accepted the nomination)...."
"US FLAG: Replace 50 stars with a star and crescent logo; red stripes changed to green to represent Obama’s tree-hugging radical environmentalism and his lack of experience. Flag lapel pins, having become a substitute for "real patriotism," will henceforth be banned...."
Like Sarah & McCain, he's resorting to attacking the opponent's character, and revealing a lot about his own in the process, reveals more about your own lack of character. The McCain campaign needs to make a statement renouncing this nasty attack. Oh yes, and there's more too. To see the original article, click on the second link below:
"The Voice" is a print publication.
The LA Times Website has a scanned copy of the article on thier website and you can view it here:
http://www.latimes.com/...
Here's the article:
http://www.latimes.com/...
TPM has a list on contacts here: http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com...
Update One:
Here's a link to another diary with addresses of media outlets where you can write to voice your rage:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Update Two:
Heres a link to The Voice w/ contact numbers: http://www.buchanancounty.info/...
Bobby May's email addy is:
bobbyleemay@yahoo.com
Update Three:
Now TPM is referencing this article!
This story has already attracted the attention of the Los Angeles Times and blogs such as the Daily Kos,
and with lots of further attention could become a major embarrassment
to the GOP and the McCain campaign. The GOP and the McCain campaign
should be pressed to acknowledge Mr. May's statements, to condemn and
apologize for them, and to remove Mr. May from any official party or
campaign role.
I also want to thank the editor of the paper in Oologah Oklahoma http://www.oologah.net/ for posting a comment about this article on Demookie, http://demookie.com/... an Oklahoma Democratic Website. That's where I first heard about it. Thank you, Lynn.
Update Four: This article links McCain & Bobby May:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/...
Update Five:
Someone over at TPM is suggestion putting pressure on John Warner to support Obama as a result of this smear. He has backed Democrats before and that move would NAIL Virginia for Obama. He has not endorsed McCain.
Update Six:
Comment by by Fides on Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 10:59:17 AM PDT
Letter on the Buchanan County Website
The Republican Party of Buchanan County website Letters and Comments section has a letter on it that has to be read to be believed.
Choice quotes:
"It is time for all Christian Americans to raise the battle cry and take our nation back."
"We have the power to change the course of this election and to keep a man as suspectas Barak Obama from leading our country to who knows where with his message of "change" - a change which I fear will be away from our Christian ideals and away from Christ and further away one nation under God to one nation under Allah."
"God parted the Red Sea , Jesus raised himself from the dead and we can bring our country back to its Christian roots and stop the move to the rise of Muslims in our country."
This isn't on an individuals website - it's the official GOP site, and the author is Jerry M Lester, BCRP Chairman on the State Central Committee.
If you aren't a radical right winger, this kind of thing should scare you.
"Agitate . . . Agitate . . . Agitate" - Frederick Douglass
Update Seven
Link to Diary of guy who actually called the editor of "The Voice." I forgot my cell phone today, but I hope more people call.
http://www.dailykos.com/...
FROM TPM:
Complaints and expressions of disgust at Mr. May's comments can and should be directed to the following:
McCain national campaign: info@johnmccain.com
McCain Virginia campaign virginia@johnmccain.com
Republican National Committee (Mike Duncan, Chair): chairman@gop.com
Virginia Republican Party: info@rpv.org
Buchanan County Republican Party (Jerry M. Lester, Chair): bcrp@naxs.net & jelester@mtinter.net / tel. 276-935-4764 or 276-935-5483
WMJD radio: info@wmjd.org / tel. 276-935-7227 ("County Talk," Fridays 10-11 a.m. EST)
The Voice: voice@mikrotecwildblue.com / tel. 276-881-8886
Bobby May: bobbyleemay@yahoo.com / tel. 276-566-8788
( <image src="http://inlinethumb62.webshots.com/43901/2294837710082084340S500x500Q85.jpg"> and the Link from dmhlt 66)
And here's a link to his campaign donations:
http://www.vpap.org/...
Bobby May gets substantial vendor payments from VA Republicans. Perhaps we can find evidence that McCain has paid for his services too. Can anyone find anything?
(And keep sending people to http://obamascrapbook.com. It's had over 1/4 million hits so far. Keep them coming.)