In the video of a McCain event, a small, solemn group of patriots - average age about 75 - sings a chorus of "God Bless America," as if to inoculate themselves against the idea that a "colored boy" (insert your own euphemism) might possibly defile the White House with his presence.
I have traveled to an alternative universe, and you can, too. Just go RealClearPolitics.com and scroll down to the lower right-hand and click on "Reader Articles". Here, you will enter the world of the right-wing blogosphere.
The law states that if Gov. Palin commits "malfeasance in the performance of her official duties" by intentionally violating a statute, or intentionally encouraging others to do so, she should be impeached.
How can this email be wrong we ask ourselves? After all, it did come from Edna and she's president of the Lady's Church Guild for crying out loud.
The terms "Arab" and "Muslim" are used to frighten people away from Obama, but I believe they are also a slightly more socially-acceptable way of saying "he's black and that's scary."
Half of America has been clinging to a self-image that is fast receding: Hearty white folks on the plains instead of brown ones in the cities; a venerated middle class instead of one that is crushed and diminishing; governance that is the envy of the world!
One second Obama is Arab, the next he's Muslim. These words are thrown around and serve as an insult. So basically, in the United States, instead of telling someone his mama is a whore, telling him that his mama is an Arab will now suffice.
Hoover, who in 1932 could not run on his economic record or that of the Republican Party, resorted to attacking Roosevelt. His campaign was based on making FDR out to be a dangerous radical who would make the Depression worse by raising taxes and increasing the federal debt.
It is better to lose a presidential campaign than to lose your honor, integrity, dignity, pride and reputation. It's truly an amazing concept, I know, to use these words when talking about a campaign in this post-Rove world.
