Congressman says McCain 'sowing seeds of hatred'

Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat and veteran of the civil rights movement, says the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign reminds him of the hateful atmosphere that segregationist Gov. George Wallace fostered in Alabama in the 1960s.

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Wallace's Shooter Released From Prison

Arthur H. Bremer, who simply reached through a crowd to shoot George Wallace, walked quietly out of prison Friday and into a society far safer for presidential candidates than it was when he paralyzed the Alabama governor.

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Wallace Assailant Released From Prison

The man who shot and paralyzed Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1972 was released from prison Friday after serving 35 years of his sentence, a Maryland prison system spokesman said.

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Wallace Shooter to Be Released

Arthur Bremer was a 21-year-old former janitor and busboy when he shot Alabama Gov. George Wallace five times during a presidential campaign stop in 1972 in Maryland.

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Much as the racist demagouges of yore convinced themselves that highest aim of black maledom was to bed their fugly-ass daughters, Joe the Plumber is convinced that the highest aim of all queerdom is to spend some time with his snotty-nosed brats.

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(June 21, 2009) - Two young, Southern members of the Congressional Black Caucus are making notable progress in their quest for statewide offices.

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Editor's note: Peggy Wallace Kennedy is the daughter of George C. Wallace and Lurleen Wallace, who both were governors of Alabama. She lives in Montgomery, Alabama, with her husband, Mark Kennedy, a retired state Supreme Court justice.

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Congressman John Lewis stood up to speak out against the "inciteful" rhetoric coming from Gov. Palin and Sen. McCain, saying that it had come to a level reminiscent of the era of Gov. George C.

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JOHN McCAIN deplored them, Barack Obama distanced himself from them, but the comments that Representative John Lewis of Georgia delivered on Oct. 11 may turn out to be some of the most trenchant — and generous — of the campaign. Mr. Lewis charged Mr.

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John Lewis Was Right

I agree with Congressman John Lewis in his statement about the climate at rallies for Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.

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Honorable People-- The Dangerous Demaguogery of the McCain Campaign

Let me just say categorically I'm proud of the people that come to our rallies. Whenever you get a large rally of 10,000, 15,000, 20,000 people, you're going to have some fringe peoples. You know that. And I've -- and we've always said that that's not appropriate.

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Georgia congressman and Civil Rights leader John Lewis, reacting to the increasingly incendiary atmosphere at McCain-Palin campaign rallies, condemned the GOP for using tactics that are creating a mood not unlike the one created by George Wallace, the former segregationist govern …

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So traumatic was the 1968 presidential campaign that a mere timeline can't recapture the feel of it.� And in the end it was the candidate of conservatism and stability, Republican Richard Nixon, who was elected president.

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""IBM and Los Alamos National Laboratory break a processing speed record with the world's first petaflop computer, Roadrunner (pictured). Following a coal mine collapse in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, 24 miners are rescued with 12 still missing and one reported death.

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Arthur H. Bremer, who as a young loner 35 years ago made a bold grab for notoriety by shooting four people -- including Alabama Gov. George C.

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Arthur Bremer, the man who stalked President Richard M. Nixon before shooting and paralyzing Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace in 1972, was released from a Maryland prison today, with 17 years shaved off his sentence.

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Bloomberg to the Rescue? NEWSWEEK/MSNBC GEORGE F. WILL Last Word He is said to represent 'post-partisanship,' but if so—if he is not a partisan of any large, controversial causes—why is he needed? July 2-9, 2007 issue

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