John McCain needs to publicly APOLOGIZE to the American People NOW!

[zulchzulu]

When John McCain gave his concession speech, I was watching it in a large gathering at Monona Terrace in Madison, WI. I was so pissed at how he ran his campaign into a ditch and opened up old wounds in nearly every speech he gave against Barack Obama. I yelled at the top of my longs to laughter "John, apologize now!" I really did mean it despite it being seen as a joke.

Looking at these stories from parents having their children chastised for them voting for Obama is proof enough that McCain was intent on not only damaging Obama with hints that he's a terrorist, a socialist or someone who doesn't love his country and massaging the dark depths of the American psyche with racism. He was giving nourishment to the hateful, the homophobic and those who are looking for a reason to stop history in the making.

McCain needs to publicly openly and with full force apologize for those campaign messages. He needs to renounce what Palin said and was implying in her speeches as well. I don't want her to apologize because she is too inept at actually being intelligent and would probably see it as a chance for her to garble her way into some kind of 2012 presidential pitch.

Obama can give him enough money to do a two minute statement denouncing what he said to the American people and tell them to FUCKING GROW UP.

I know McCain doesn't have the balls to do it... but it would be a very good thing to bring up and possibly set a petition for.

McCain's office:

Phoenix Office:
5353 North 16th Street
Suite 105
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Main: 602-952-2410
Fax: [phone]

Tempe Office:
4703 South Lakeshore Drive
Suite 1
Tempe, AZ 85282
Main: 480-897-6289
Fax: [phone]

Tucson Office:
407 West Congress Street
Suite 103
Tucson, AZ 85701
Main: 520-670-6334
Fax: [phone]

Washington Office:
241 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202-224-2235
Fax: [phone]

http://mccain.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

[Fluffdaddy]

1. Let McCain be.............We WON. Let him fade away

[EastTennesseeDem]

5. The problem with that is his supporters

They don't forget. They will remain hateful, bigoted punks. A McCain apology is needed to help stifle the venom spat from his followers' mouths.

[zulchzulu]

6. I'll let him fade away after he addresses the damage he helped create

I want the Atwater apology...

[louis-t]

2. I would gladly forgo any apology

if I could be sure I would never have to look at or listen to either of them again.

[SuperTrouper]

3. I agree

[MaryEllen9399]

4. I totally agree

and with the threads about what's going on in workplaces too...Someone is going to get hurt and this shit has to stop.

[unpossibles]

7. yes. I have heard more openly racist and ugly things said the past two weeks

than I had in a decade or two. Seriously.

I am the kind of person who always speaks up, and always tries to at least explain why the racist stuff makes no sense, but there have been a time or two when I was so shocked I did not know what to say.

[bushisanidiot]

8. Absolutely! He needs to apologize for his words and inciting violence

among his supporters!

[zulchzulu]

9. Maybe we can get someone to do an ad

MoveOn?

[Curtland1015]

10. What would be the point?

He did some terrible things, but we're the only people he really offended out there, and even if he did apologize (don't hold your breath) all that would happen is a bunch of "apology not accepted asshole!" threads would pop up on here.

That's it. I don't like what he did, but no one who IS really mad at him would forgive him anyway.