Violence Against Obama Campaign Worker in Wisconsin

Image via WikipediaI did not want to be spending my Sunday morning talking about this. I would much rather be talking about how Zero the Polar Bear is still in the moat at the Milwaukee Public Zoo. However I have to talk about this.

An Obama campaign worker was assaulted while canvassing. I will let 58 year old Nancy Takehara speak for herself;

“The next thing I know he’s telling us we’re not his people, we’re probably with ACORN, and he started screaming and raving,” Takehara said. “He grabbed me by the back of the neck. I thought he was going to rip my hair out of my head. He was pounding on my head and screaming. The man terrified me.”

This has got to stop. Robocalls from McCain saying that Obama is connected to former Weatherman and current college professor William Ayers is only increasing the hate speech that the McCain/Palin campaign has already begun at rallies. McCain can repudiate all he wants, but the seeds of hatred have already been planted. This has got to stop.

Takehara did have a shining light at the end of the tunnel however. When she got home, she had a message that Senator Obama had called. She returned the phone call and spoke to the Democratic Presidential Candidate one to one.

“Senator Obama understood… it was wonderful. It made me feel wonderful. It made me feel connected to this government again.”

Keep fighting the good fight. Non-violently of course.

The Foo are Fighing Mad at John McCain!

Image via WikipediaOnce again, John McCain is caught with his pants down. No, Obama didn't call him out on a $5000 tax credit that goes to the insurance company. This time it's the Foo Fighters.

Dave Grohl and company have joined a laundry list of musicians the likes of Heart, Van Halen, John Mellencamp and Jackson Browne who have become the victim of Republican Party Presidential Candidate John McCain used their song "My Hero" without permission lately at speeches and rallies. Naturally they aren't very pleased about this.

The Foo Fighters issued a statement today (October 8) that read;

"This isn't the first time the McCain campaign has used a song without making any attempt to get approval or permission from the artist. It's frustrating and infuriating that someone who claims to speak for the American people would repeatedly show such little respect for creativity and intellectual property."

The band added: "The saddest thing about this is that 'My Hero' was written as a celebration of the common man and his extraordinary potential. To have it appropriated without our knowledge and used in a manner that perverts the original sentiment of the lyric just tarnishes the song. We hope that the McCain campaign will do the right thing and stop using our song--and start asking artists' permission in general!"

This post may not be popular with folks, but in my honest opinion, it would seem to me that John McCain has once again misjudged the indomitable spirit of the common man.