Our better natures. That will be the test. (follow up from previous post)

[mmonk]

First of all, I lived through the all th turmoil of the Civil Rights era of the sixties. I saw the water cannons, the separate water fountains, the restaurants that wouldn't serve A. Americans, the police dogs and the billy clubs, the assassination of King, and all of that injustice. The contests move now to Indiana and North Carolina. Soon the republican party will roll out a racist campaign as the race shifts here. Now lets look at what has been bantered around during this campaign here, some in the Clinton campaign, and on all the rightwing TV, radio, and web sites.

Obama is Muslim
Obama is connected to terrorists.
Obama is a Black Separatist
Obama is connected to Louis Farrakhan
Obama is connected to hate speeches by Rev. Wright
Obama isn't patriotic
Obama doesn't salute the flag or wear flag pins proving he isn't patriotic.
Obama is foreign and attended Madrassas
Obama is connected to the crimes of Rezko
Michelle Obama hates this country
Obama is a security risk
Obama was dealing drugs on the street
Obama won't protect Israel

Now I will show you a trend in this country since bush has taken office.



The latest annual count of hate groups operating in the United States rose to 888 last year, capping a 48% increase since 2000.

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=886

It's time to get away from this kind of politics because now that that particular cat is our of the bag and Clinton has won PA, I fear its going to get worse both in terms of this party and country going ahead. I'm very disturbed this menace is showing up now even in our party. The test isn't Obama because it isn't his message. The test is all of us. Thank you for your time.

[mmonk]

1. Phobocracy

The point of Obama's candidacy is that the damaged state of American democracy is not the fault of George W. Bush and his minions, the corporate-controlled media, the insurance industry, the oil industry, lobbyists, terrorists, illegal immigrants or Satan. The point is that this mess is our fault. We let in the serpents and liars, we exchanged shining ideals for a handful of nails and some two-by-fours, and we did it by resorting to the simplest, deepest-seated and readiest method we possess as human beings for trying to make sense of the world: through our fear. America has become a phobocracy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/03/AR2008020302526.html?hpid=opinionsbox1