I don't think McCain himself is a bigot or racist, but I think he has allowed racist and xenophobic inuendo in his campaign. And I am not talking about the dumbass supporters like this woman who called Obama an Arab --- I am talking about things McCain definitely can and should control.

The people who introduce McCain and Palin at their rallies have repeatedly referred to Obama using his middle name, Barack Hussein Obama. That really is his full name, so what is the problem, right? Of course these people know exactly what they are doing, and their goal is to play on xenophobic fear and make a mental association between Obama and the only other Hussein most of us have ever heard of. McCain doesn't do it himself, but he allows those he puts on stage at his rallies to continue to do it. He bears responsibility for that.

At a recent McCain rally, the pastor who gave the invocation said that millions of non-Christians around the world, Budhists, Hindus and Muslims, were praying to their Gods that Obama would win, and if God wanted to safeguard his reputation, then he should make sure McCain won. Otherwise those non-Christians would believe their God was more powerful than the Christian God. The goal is to suggest that Obama himself is not Christian. McCain didn't say it himself, but he allowed this pastor he put on stage at his rally to suggest Obama is not Christian. He bears responsibility for that.

Sarah Palin has said Obama "pals around with terrorists." She definitely bears responsibility for her own statements, and McCain bears responsibily for it as well.

And McCain says that Obama is not being honest, that he has secrets, and he asks, "Who is the REAL Barack Obama?"

McCain does not say the repugnant things himself, but he has allowed speakers at his events and Sarah Palin to paint the picture that Obama has a middle eastern name, he isn't Christian, he pals around with terrorists, he has dark secrets, and we don't REALLY know who he is.

McCain might not be a bigotted, racist, xenophobe, but he is making a stage for that point of view to be insinuated, and he bears responsibility for that.

This video was showing him trying to stamp out some of the nasty audience reactions that his campaign has incited. He started the fire, and now he is trying to stamp it out.