On the Contrary

I was listening to the political analysts gaming the McCain political strategy and I was appalled.  The advice that was being bantered about is that with only twenty something days to go you might as well even throw everything including kitchen sink at Obama.  After all what do you have to lose?  Lie away, it doesn’t matter.  Maybe one of the lies will stick.  I don’t know but maybe you have your decency and self-respect to lose.  Although I have to say at this point the McCain Campaign seems to have jettisoned that weeks ago.  I guess that winning is everything and if you divide and make this a more dangerous country that is okay because, winning is everything.  As soon as your winning becomes more important than what you are doing to the country, you are no longer qualified.

It is not just negativity, it’s the out right appeals to racism and jingoism.  I love it when the media pundits point out that both are going negative.  But in number and in pure meanness the Republicans have shown no restraint.  Latest numbers show that McCain is running about 3 to 1 negative ads to Obama.  And it seems the media condones it with expressions of, well it is the silly season.  I think the campaign that the Republicans are now running is ripping at the fabric of our country and they don’t care.

We have all seen the Palin attacks on Obama trying to link him to a Weatherman.  Now any rational human being would disregard these attacks as non-sequitur, but the crowd they are appealing to is getting fired up, dangerously fired up.  If that is your base then I would be ashamed to be a Republican.  I would even be more ashamed that my party is trying to appeal to Neanderthals of our population, people who are neither well read or intelligent.  They are just hate filled and these campaign rallies are stirring up hate.

I am sure you all saw the McCain rally where the policeman (sheriff, whatever) gave a speech in uniform emphasizing the Barack HUSSEIN Obama.  It was not just that they were trying to link him to radical Muslims, there was a true undertone of racism.  The man has probably never heard of the Hatch Act, but he will shortly.  But it was once again playing directly to very stupid people’s fear of anything different.  It was be afraid if you are not white and have a normal name like Bubba.  And yes, there have been calls from the crowd to kill him.  This is country first?  This is an election about issues?  Oh, I forgot.  It’s about that until you are behind and then there are no rules of decency or morality.

Well here is hoping this approach is counter productive.  Let’s hope that the real people who will decide this election that are in that ever shrinking undecided are as appalled as I am about these tactics.  Let’s hope that they reject this kind of jingoism and hate speech.

One has to wonder what happen to John McCain.  But then I think I know.  John thinks he put in his time and now he deserves to be President.  It is owed to him.  That is where that “that one” came from the other night at the debate.  If people don’t see the world as he does, then they are stupid.  How could this uppity black man even compare to me, John McCain.  I DESERVE TO BE PRESIDENT.  And if I deserve to be President, then it doesn’t matter what tactics I use because it is my destiny.  I think people are starting to see this.  And in his arrogance and lack of any consistent morality we see that he is totally unfit to be President.  He is royal and we are peasants.  Good bye John McCain.  You had a good run and then you too got greedy and your greed spoiled everything you touched.  Take the Barracuda and go home.  The country needs to heal and move forward and you are just seeding the seeds of discontent and violence.