McCain and Palin Dragged Down by Wall Street Crash, End not in Sight (Asian Tribune)

Sun, 2008-10-12 03:46
Sunday Discourse by Philip Fernando for Asian Tribune

... We have just got nasty. The season for unmitigated assault is on. The virulently right-wing appeal directed to the most local Republican layers in America is on. Campaign rallies have taken on an increasingly angry and even violent tone. At campaign rallies in Florida this week shouts from the crowd of "treason" and, in one case, "kill him," were heard. In New Mexico, McCain delivered a rhetorical line aimed at invoking fears of the Democratic candidate: "Who is Barack Obama?" Without missing a beat, a shout came back from the audience: "terrorist."

... The atmosphere in these Republican events seems to resemble more and more that of a lynch mob. Obama is painted as a "traitor" and "terrorist" ...

The right-wing campaign presently being waged has its consequences. It will not shift votes from Obama to McCain. But it is mobilizing the most reactionary political forces and whip them to a fever pitch. That will spill over into the affairs of the next administration after 2009 January.

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