Axelrod merely echoed earlier statement regarding Lewis and did not "condemn" anything...

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other than the bullshit being slung around by the McKlan campaign and their bigoted mob of followers.

WALLACE: I want to be fair and I want to ask Mr. Axelrod, do you condemn the comments made by Congressman Lewis?

AXELROD: Well, let me just say, before I answer that question, if anybody has any questions about risky, they ought to take a look at how Senator McCain has been handling this financial crisis and the economy for the last couple of weeks.

DAVIS: David, that’s got nothing to do with the question.

AXELROD: It will underscore the point...

DAVIS: Why don’t you answer his question about John Lewis ?

AXELROD: But look, we -- we made -- we issued a statement right away and said there’s no comparison between George Wallace and John McCain . But what I haven’t heard Rick say...

DAVIS: Who’s -- who’s we?

AXELROD: ... is -- what I haven’t...

DAVIS: Was it Barack Obama who issued that statement?

AXELROD: What I haven’t heard -- what I haven’t heard Rick say is that there’s anything wrong with the kind of statements that are coming out in these rallies. And that’s the issue.

Are you going to speak out against that kind of...

DAVIS: Oh, absolutely. Look, I’ll say right away...

AXELROD: ... kill him...

DAVIS: ... for the record, there’s absolutely nothing appropriate about those statements. But I would also say...

AXELROD: And you don’t think that...

DAVIS: ... for the record...

AXELROD: And you don’t think that...

DAVIS: ... that there’s absolutely nothing being done on the stage by our candidates, John McCain or Governor Palin, that would incite that kind of thing. You know, people are angry right now.

AXELROD: Well, I disagree with that.

DAVIS: And one of the things they’re angry about...

AXELROD: I disagree with that, Rick.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002974194

Obama Camp Statement on Rep. Lewis Remarks

“Senator Obama does not believe that John McCain or his policy criticism is in any way comparable to George Wallace or his segregationist policies. But John Lewis was right to condemn some of the hateful rhetoric that John McCain himself personally rebuked just last night, as well as the baseless and profoundly irresponsible charges from his own running mate that the Democratic nominee for President of the United States ‘pals around with terrorists.’ As Barack Obama has said himself, the last thing we need from either party is the kind of angry, divisive rhetoric that tears us apart at a time of crisis when we desperately need to come together. That is the kind of campaign Senator Obama will continue to run in the weeks ahead,” said Obama-Biden spokesman Bill Burton.

http://thepage.time.com/obama-camp-statement-on-rep-lewis-remarks

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1. Davis is a tool: "Was it Barack Obama who issued that statement?"

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It was either him or his campaign, which in politics is precisely the same thing and you know it, you doofus.