If Barack Obama's supporters acted the fool like John McCain's followers are doing right now, media pundits and everyone else would demand Obama apologize.
Why don't I hear these thunderous demands for McCain. After all, it is McCain's minions who are yelling for Obama to be killed and slinging racist slurs at members of the media who happen to be black while his running mate fans racial flames by insinuating Obama is "not like us."
Damn skippy Obama isn't like those bigoted fools, Sarah Palin included.
When the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's appeared on televisions across America last year, Rush Limbaugh and crew were the first to demand that Obama apologize. Even after Obama came out against Wright, they kept whining, just like they're whining now.
If you ask me, what I've been seeing all week from McCain supporters is much worse.
McCain is well aware of what his supporters are doing, and even more aware of the divisions currently being exploited by Palin.
Let me say that I'm not surprised by the white-privileged among us who are angry and afraid that a half-black man has gotten this far in the electoral process, we all know racism is alive and well. What I find perplexing is that nobody has appeared on the airwaves wagging their fingers and tongues at McCain.
Wait, let me take that back. Like me, one columnist is calling for McCain to apologize but we need others to join the drumbeat. "Whenever a crowd gets whipped up to the point that they turn ugly and start hurling racist insults, it is common sense that the candidate moves to rein it in," writes Mary Mitchell in today's Chicago Sun-Times.
But McCain is so desperate to win, he's feeding off of those angry crowds.
McCain should put a stop to the hate-speech. It is his job to rise above the harsh calls for Obama's blood. He needs to apologize immediately. And while he's at it, he needs to apologize for putting Palin on the ticket.
Anything less from McCain shows me he's NOT the leader he claims to be; and certainly not one that I would want representing me.
2 comments:
Totally agree with your post. McCain and Palin are losing and have been since they started, so they drum up vicious feelings on the part of their supporters instead of legitimately offering a challenge to the Democrats. Shameful and inexcusable.
It will hurt them in the long-run, in fact, it is already hurting them. They are losing independents as well as traditional Republican states like Virginia.
It's McCain's own fault. Oh well...
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