Baltimore Sun: Desperate Repubs Have Reached Bottom of Barrel & It's Not A Pleasant Place

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.schaller21oct21,0,5949139.column?track=rss

Desperate Republicans are sinking to new lows
Thomas F. Schaller
October 21, 2008

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In recent weeks, attendees at McCain rallies have shouted, "Kill him!" in reference to Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama; dressed up a monkey doll with an Obama sticker; held up a sign calling for waterboarding Mr. Obama; told a black television cameraman, "Sit down, boy"; and kicked another reporter in the leg.

It's easy to dismiss these episodes as the isolated outrages of a lunatic few. That excuse cannot be used, however, to explain the disgusting robo-calls and television ads sponsored by the RNC, or incendiary statements made by Mr. McCain, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and McCain advisers.

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As for Mrs. Palin, during a campaign appearance in North Carolina on Friday, she implied that only some parts of the United States are "pro-America." The very next day, McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer, a self-described "proud resident" of Oakton, Va., said the parts of the commonwealth outside the Washington suburbs are the "real Virginia" and will thus be "responsive to Senator McCain's message."

Here's what real Americans are doing: writing checks to Mr. Obama.

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The race-based fear-mongering and incitement of culture-war definitions as to who is and isn't a "real American" are not just appalling, they're backfiring. The Republicans have reached the bottom of the barrel, and it's not a pleasant place.

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Great article! Thanks!

rec'd,
sw

That's like five fuckin miles outside the DC beltway and maybe 25 miles to the capital as the crow flies. WTF does this pencil neck know about the real Virginia?

guess THOSE are pretty real to her.

Ewwwwww!