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MORE ON THOSE "ANGRY, RACIST GOP MOBS"
No "still liberal." The anger, that which exists, at the McCain/Palin rallies isn't just conservatives afraid of what Obama will do as president.
Sure, that's part of it: Fear that Obama's liberal fiscal policies will worsen our recession. Fear that Obama's foreign policy ideas will lead to national humiliation that we haven't seen since Jimmy Carter's days. Fear that Obama will precipitously withdraw from Iraq leading the entire area into chaos and making the blood sacrifices of our soldiers worth 'nil. All that IS worrisome to me. But the things that REALLY anger me about this election are the following: First, the media has refused to properly vet Obama, thus many people are going to be making an uninformed choice. Second (and relatedly), the way the Obama campaign and it's supporters have used cries of racism to stifle dissent and criticism. THAT is dangerous.
Without those two factors I would merely be dissappointed if Obama won the presidency. Dissapointed that the American people have chosen him to lead our nation, but at least I wouldn't feel like the cards were stacked against anyone that went against Obama. Mock it if you like. But just try and consider the opposite. The two closest parallels I can think of are the following: 1) Right after 9/11/01, people were cautioned to say nothing critical about Bush. It would be unpatriotic. 2) The lead up to the War in Iraq when the media refused to do their job and just took the Administration at it's word.
We are witnessing the exact same phenomena occur, but to the advantage of liberal Democrats instead of conservative Republicans. The media won't fully vet Obama and anyone that dares to criticize Obama is smeared as a racist and/or told they are inciting racial antagonism. Do you REALLY want to live in a country without a free, diligent press and where you can't critique your leader?
Full disclosure: I'm a lifelong Democrat. But I left my party (or rather, it left me) when it chose to support an inexperienced, unaccomplished opportunist that is the product of the Chicago political machine and who is happy as a clam to hang out with racist preachers, unrepetant domestic terrorists, and leftists of all sorts in order to advance his political career. No, I'm not a PUMA. I was actually dissapointed that a more moderate Democrat couldn't be found this year - i.e., someone that would govern like Bill Clinton: As a fiscal conservative and social liberal.
Comment Posted By Tversky On 12.10.2008 @ 14:06
Thanks for this terrific post. I was astonished when I heard John Lewis's statement. That was truly one of the most heinous plays of the race card I've ever heard. I once admired John Lewis, but I'll never think of the man the same way again after this.
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Comment Posted By Tversky On 12.10.2008 @ 11:54
I won't call you stupid but I will point out that you clearly did a poor job reading the post. Obama's campaign and supporters have done far more than just boo Palin at a hockey game and you know it. As the writer notes, they've savaged McCain in the most personal and ugly way possible: Susan Rice and other Obama staffers have called him "clueless","befuddled" and "confused" in attempt to play the age card if you will. Moreover, ads from Obama supporters have used fear tactics with respect to McCain's health. Don't even get me started on the direct and unfettered attacks on McCain's temperment ("he's erratic") made by the candidate himself. (Relatedly, Obama has also run his fair share of questionable if not outright libelous ads such as the Spanish language ad that asserted McCain and Limbaugh were racists that mock hispanics and were untrustworthy.)
I'm sure that's all fair play in your book while everything the McCain camp does is pure sleaze. It's sad that you cannot open up your eyes and see that your candidate and his supporters are NOT morally superior to McCain and Palin. Also, PLEASE take some time and actually watch the videos from McCain rallies were these supposed racial attacks supposedly occured. You'll find that a few bad apples acted inappropriately and Senator McCain has MORE than rebuked them. And NONE of those bad apples have engaged in racial attacks. NONE. I dare someone to provide proof of that! There is NO lynchmob mentality. Only people that are either excited about the McCain/Palin ticket and/or angry at the biased press coverage. The anger, such as it exists, is not focused on Senator Obama. Frankly, the irresponsible journalism during this campaign is out of control. This is FAR worse than the "Gore invented the internet" bull that was used to discredit Gore as a liar in 2000. :(
