12 Oct 08 Merchant of Fear

Barring an act of god, John McCain has lost the election. The only question now is what will be left of his reputation afterwards. If he continues in his current fear and loathing mode, he’ll be remembered as a modern-day George Wallace, the polarizing segregationist of the 1960’s.

Reuters link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE49B05720081012

Democratic congressman John Lewis, a veteran civil rights leader, accused Republican John McCain and his running mate Sarah Palin on Saturday of “sowing the seeds of hatred and division” and said it reminded him of the segregationist era of Alabama Gov. George Wallace.

Friday McCaine made a lukewarm attempt to be conciliatory towards Obama, and was booed by the crowd at his rally for doing so. To us it seems like far too little and too late, judge for yourself.

09 Oct 08 McCain Goes Down

McCain has taken his campaign deeper into the muck at a time when people need to hear how he might fix the economy. His message to the American people is clear: McCain doesn’t want to help you, he only wants to scare you. All of his big lies, especially about running a “Straight Talk Express”, are exposed in this video:

But what John McCain has done is worse than telling a few lies. He and Palin are doing everything they can to make uninformed Americans deeply afraid of Obama. Over and over they have attempted to portray a United States Senator as an Arab, a Moslem, and a Terrorist. This is unconscionable: now is the time for all who know better to speak out.

New York Times link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08wed1.html

It is a sorry fact of American political life that campaigns get ugly, often in their final weeks. But Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin have been running one of the most appalling campaigns we can remember. They have gone far beyond the usual fare of quotes taken out of context and distortions of an opponent’s record — into the dark territory of race-baiting and xenophobia.