Biden on GMA says Palin must condemn hate speech from crowds

[madfloridian]

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"Joe Biden lashed out at Sarah Palin on Wednesday, calling her recent rhetoric "ugly" and "mildly dangerous," and expressing shock that the Alaska Governor did not interrupt recent rallies when supporters shouted hateful attacks about Barack Obama, including "treason!" and "kill him!"

"I watched the news and I heard a couple people hollering from the audience semi-vile things about 'terrorists,' things like that," Biden said on NBC's Today show. "The idea that a leading American politician who might be vice president of the United States would not just stop mid-sentence and turn and condemn that -- it's just a slippery slope, it's a place that we shouldn't be going."

Biden repeated the sentiment on ABC's Good Morning America:

"I think it goes way too far. Look, this really is a case where, when you don't have anything to talk about, attack -- and it gets really over the edge," he said. "I mean, some of the stuff she's saying about Barack Obama and the stuff that people are yelling from the crowd, if she hears it, she should be at least be saying, whoa, whoa, whoa, that's overboard. But this is volatile stuff."

[AspenRose]

1. Welcome back, Joe. And thank you.

[wishlist]

2. About time somebody is pointing this out in the TV media most people see

The mainstream media (except Keith and Rachel Maddow) has failed to call out Palin on her inflammatory remarks and campaign events. It is great that Joe is speaking out against her strongly on TV shows that millions of people watch regularly who may not be aware of what has been going on.

[HopeHoops]

3. Why would Palin condemn it when her words are what encourage it?

She might as well show up in a white hood and robe, except that might get trendy, ya betcha.

[torbird]

4. Good on you, Joe

Now let's hear from the press, itself the target of some of these wacked-out attacks that are edging dangerously close to terrorist threats themselves.

[chill_wind]

5. Yes-- get in their faces and the MSM's collective faces.

K & R

[mamameow]

6. bosses and employees

why condemn when they work for the campaign. these are plants in the audience.

[underpants]

7. Go ahead and call her "un-professional"

[Rainbowreflect]

8. Like that's going to happen!!!

[pedo]

9. why would they condemn hate speech?

that would alienate their base