The Ugliness of the McCain Campaign

[tongodeon]

In my previous post about why I support Obama I mentioned that McCain's campaign and the RNC have "not just tolerated but quietly encouraged the worst sort of xenophobia, racism, and fear mongering". I had some back-and-forth on this point over the weekend and I think it deserves more fleshing out; if you haven't actually been paying attention to

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[loic]

The only thing that makes me feel good in all this is that it doesn't seem to be working. These attacks aren't a Machiavellian Karl Rove strategy, they're desperate attempts to fling shit from the sinking ship. Obama's message of unity is the ultimate anti-wedge.

We're voting for the nigger.

[flipsideghost]

Ah, the genius of the "you know, I had heard all of these things about Barack Obama, and I decided to do a little research myself" meme-style, public-access conspiracy theorist emails that go into the next zany investigation that his true motivation is to destroy us all, take away our freedoms, and of course, that he's a muslim and friends with terrorists.

And to the coworkers who say: "I don't know the truth of it, but it makes you think, don't it..."

*facepalm* I mean, really? My god. These people really exist?

[tongodeon]

And to the coworkers who say: "I don't know the truth of it, but it makes you think, don't it..."

It does not make you think. In fact, it has the opposite effect.

Speaking of Milton Friedman....

[drieuxster]

Would this be a bad time to point to the obvious part of the cultural war crisis here

[dnereverri]

...links between Obama and a Palestinean named Rashid Khalidi, even though Khalidi is a University of Chicago professor (like Ayers)...

Did you mean "like Obama" in that parenthetical? Ayers is at UIC, not Chicago...

[fabfunk]

Seriously, some of these things are just... hysterical?

McCain is so obviously the wrong choice for America. So painfully obvious.