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To any sane person, the recent tactics of the McCain-Palin campaign have been nothing short of disgusting, appalling and overtly desperate. As the country (and world) plunges deeper into a economic hellhole, both John McCain and Sarah Palin have chosen to ignore the financial news and instead attack Obama via character assassination. It is truly a sad sight to behold.
Palin the Rebel Rouser
Sarah Palin's words this week have been startling. She is not even using veiled terminology. She is out and out accusing Obama of hanging with terrorists, paling around with terrorists, and why not say it - being a terrorist. She does NOT back a single thing up - she uses shoddy stories, innuendo, proven false rumors and anything she wants to (including a lot of winking) in order to press her case. She has NOT once talked about any issue that is relevant to Americans today. She talks about hate, terrorism and of course, Obama being different. Palin is painting Obama as the ultimate outsider, a man that simply cannot be trusted and someone that might actually invite al-Qaeda to dinner.
One wishes they could laugh at all these nonsense coming from a complete and total moron. But what Sarah lacks in intelligence (and trust me, a roach has more intelligence), she makes up with political and winking skills. She knows how to rouse an audience (just ask Rich Lowry about his boners). And all this is done with tacit John McCain support.
I could list or link to all the hateful things that both McCain and Palin have done this week as they see their claim to victory slip away. Foul language, using Obama's middle name Hussein as a curse, direct threats, and vitriolic speech not seen in generations are just the tip of the iceberg. It is truly pathetic. From all the theatrics of this week, John McCain, once the proud veteran is fast becoming a caricature of himself. This once honorable man is just now an old, nasty, vengeful loser - who, due to his recent behavior, has lost any respect I might have had. I could say more, but i will restrain myself.
The people that are attending the Palin rallies and being whooped into a frenzy are Sarah's Joe Six Pack crowd. From her recent performances, Sarah has completely lost the intellectual side of the Republican base - Noonan, Brooks, Milliken, and now even LaHood. Palin is quickly losing the "non-partisan" (a term I use loosely) sector of the MSM as well - Klein, Dowd, Gergen etc. But Sarah could care less, she has her base -- the Republican moron base -- Joe Six Pack and Jane Neanderthal. In other words, members of groups like Aryan Nation.
I will go out on my own private limb and maybe hang myself while doing this. I have been calling these Palin "rallies" no different than Klan rallies without hoods. I am wrong, very wrong. I am now very, very concerned of what could happen if when Obama wins on November 4th. These Palin loyalists are being baited and teased, and their testosterone level is being raised to unprecedented levels during an erlection season. Through a series of winks and nods, these Palin rally-attenders have now been given permission to be vengeful - in full view of the television cameras. We all know that these "rally attenders" are full of hate for Democrats, for liberals, but most assuredly for blacks. They do NOT want to wake up to a President Obama on November 3rd - and if they do, they will not go gently into that good night.
History as perspective
Five short days after the Presidential election - on November 9th - is the 70th anniversary of the what many consider the start of the Holocaust - Kristallnacht - The Night of Broken Glass - November 9, 1938. A brief history of Kristallnacht - Herschel Grynspyn, a 17-year old German Jew enraged by his family's expulsion from Germany, walked into the German Embassy in Paris and fired five shots at a minor German diplomat Ernst vom Rath. Two days later, the ambassador died and within hours, Germany found itself in the grip of skillfully orchestrated severe anti-Jewish violence. Businesses were destroyed, Jews were beaten and arrested, the angry mobs could not be controlled (frankly the German police did nothing to quell the violence). Germany was never the same - Hitler had his excuse to begin his systematic murder of the Jews.
This is ugly. Very ugly. Both Palin nor McCain are not likely to put an end to their hate spewing and fear mongering any time soon. That is what happens when desperation takes over from rationality (tho Palin strikes me as a person who is NEVER rationale). They are uncorking a genie they may not be able to get back in the bottle. This is no doubt one of the ugliest periods in American political history - and it may turn into one of the ugliest periods in American History if this is type of campaigning is not stopped and quelled immediately.
McCain is backed into a corner -- and like an animal who cannot escape -- he does not know what to do. I do not feel good about the next few weeks. I can only hope that saner minds will prevail.
UPDATE - McCain was forced today to correct/change the tone of questioners from the audience. They actually expressed a fear of Obama being a terrorist. Whoa - take a look at John McGuilt! Somebody might have a conscience buried under all the rhetoric. I think when you see McCain's face, you can actually see that he cannot believe what demons he has let out of Pandora's Box. He has let his campaign run wild. Only now he has no control.
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