McCain campaign's tone likened to George Wallace's
- added October 12, 2008
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WASHINGTON - Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of 1960s civil rights struggles compared the McCain campaign to that of racist George Wallace.
John McCain yesterday called Lewis' remarks "shocking and beyond the pale." The Obama campaign said the Illinois senator doesn't believe McCain or his policy criticism is comparable to Wallace and his segregationist policies."
Rep. Lewis said McCain and Palin were: "sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse."
"George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights," said Lewis, who is black, noting Wallace also ran for president."
John McCain yesterday called Lewis' remarks "shocking and beyond the pale." The Obama campaign said the Illinois senator doesn't believe McCain or his policy criticism is comparable to Wallace and his segregationist policies."
Rep. Lewis said McCain and Palin were: "sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse."
"George Wallace never threw a bomb. He never fired a gun, but he created the climate and the conditions that encouraged vicious attacks against innocent Americans who were simply trying to exercise their constitutional rights," said Lewis, who is black, noting Wallace also ran for president."
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