"Amen!" does not equal "Kill him!"

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Thursday October 09, 2008 · 10:25 AM PDT

2008/10/09 · 10:25

On MSNBC this morning, around 10:30, Contessa Brewer was covering the current unusual responses of crowds at McCain and Palin events, particularly "Kill him!" (referring to Obama).

She stated that "the fact of the matter is on both sides, we're hearing the volume increasing, the chorus from the crowd being truly racheted up when the candidates are behind those podiums and when people are yelling things like 'Barack Obama is a terrorist!' or...'Kill him!', is there anything the candidates can do to address it right then and there...?" Her guest from Politico then affirmed the candidates could and should reprimand the crowd (and in fact have done so in the past, even McCain).

Then Brewer said:

"I'll tell you, we're hearing a lot of volume from the other side too. Yesterday, listening to Barack Obama in Indiana, I got to laughing because it reminded me of some of these old-fashioned churches where people were yelling back at the preacher, 'You've got it! You're right! Amen!' and it really sounded like he was getting a lot of encouragement from the crowd."

That wrapped the segment. My e-mail to her producer after the jump.

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