A sense of grievance spilling into rage has gripped some GOP events this week as McCain supporters see his presidential campaign lag against Obama. Some in the audience are making it personal, against the Democrat. Shouts of “traitor,” “terrorist,” “treason,” “liar,” and even “off with his head” have rung from the crowd at McCain and Sarah Palin rallies, and gone unchallenged by them.

McCain changed his tone Friday when supporters at a town hall pressed him to be rougher on Obama. A voter said, “The people here in Minnesota want to see a real fight.” Another said Obama would lead the U.S. into socialism. Another said he did not want his unborn child raised in a country led by Obama.

“If you want a fight, we will fight,” McCain said. “But we will be respectful. I admire Sen. Obama and his accomplishments.” When people booed, he cut them off.

My son’s school is predominately Republican. In the spring, car radios harmonize in Rush Limbaughese. Recently, my son has been relaying a bit of the political “playground mythology” that he’s been hearing there.

“Obama once chased a baby till it died.’
“If Obama is elected he’ll kill all the babies.”
“If Obama is elected he’ll open the borders to terrorists.”
“John McCain really loves America.”
“I just love Sarah Palin.”

Now, I know this is just echoes of parental babble, filtered through 11 year old minds, but still, given the tone of the above quote, I have to wonder how far off the kids are in echoing mom and dad.

Probably not by much.

“Across this country this is the agenda I have set before my fellow prisoners and the same standards of clarity and candor must now be applied to my opponent.”

Calling his supporters, “my fellow prisoners,” is quite an odd gaff for a political candidate.
Even for an ex-POW like McCain.

Maybe the facade of “The Power of USA Pride” is starting to crumble and old John is slipping into Ezra Pound-land.

How any “real American” could call themselves a Republican without expecting to be guffawed out of the room is quite beyond me.

Any “real American” that thinks the Republicans will change anything for the better is delusional to the point of needing serious medication and should probably be barred from voting due to such an enfeebled mental state.

Palin & her Mr. were against the government, but now they’re all googly-eyed and awe struck at the overwhelming wonderfulness of John McCain, a shit-heel who epitomizes the corruption & deceitfulness of Washington?

Her transformation from secessionist revolutionary to lapbitch of the entrenched system is a truly wonderful thing, don’t you think Mr. American?

Gee, you’d think “a real American,” given the fascist leanings of this current administration, would be denouncing the Republican Party from the highest mountain tops, instead of endlessly reiterating how wonderful their latest effort at embalming the living dead is going to be as Prez.

By the way, Mr. American, what is a “real American?”

The phrase seems utterly meaningless to me, but maybe you can enlighten me.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s last name is spelled “Osama” on hundreds of absentee ballots mailed out this week to voters in Rensselaer County. ”No question this is an honest mistake innocently done,” said Edward McDonough, the Democratic commissioner. ”We catch almost everything.”

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CLEVELAND – A man at the center of a voter-registration scandal told The Post yesterday he was given cash and cigarettes by aggressive ACORN activists in exchange for registering an astonishing 72 times, in apparent violation of Ohio laws.

“Sometimes, they come up and bribe me with a cigarette, or they’ll give me a dollar to sign up,” said Freddie Johnson, 19, who filled out 72 separate voter-registration cards over an 18-month period at the behest of the left-leaning Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

Here’s the link:

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=10-08-2008&view=storyview