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The end is near!!! The end of this horrible election and here comes the storm before the calm. Has everyone lost their minds collectively?
There is a letter with the state logo of Virginia (boy have Virginia Republicans been in the negative news recently) on it that is trying to tell Republicans to vote on day and Democrats to vote on another. The day noted for Republicans is election day and the day for Democratic voters is a day late. Apparently assuming that Senator Obama supporters may not be as educated and informed about the voting process (ideas often associated with minority voters who area registering in droves to vote this election).
In Philadelphia a letter (clearly targeting the same demographic) says that if you have unpaid tickets or outstanding warrants. Many in the minority communities don’t trust our legal system and would be fearful of such threats even if not guilty of any crimes.
What about the videos warning of he evils of Muslims (hinting to the made up rumors of a mentally unstable gentleman who got rich writing an attacking book with nothing to support what he said) that were sent all over the country.
The problem is that there is a Muslim population in our country that feels as American as anybody else and hates the terrorists just like anyone else. At least they felt as American as anyone else until this election. I suppose that racist or bigoted remarks such as the hinting that Senator Obama could not be qualified for president if he were a Muslim might pass us by as okay if you ignore this fact, but they offend a group of patriotic Americans who have every right not to bear the brunt of the attacks of this campaign as anyone else.
The First Amendment allows for freedom of speech, but I also have the freedom to vote. As these stories come out the candidate that seems to be suffering the most is the candidate that most of these things seems to be attempting to help. It would seem that many are offended by such tactics especially when we are all struggling to make ends meet.
The Republican Party (much of it is the membership and not the leadership, but there have been egregious acts performed by the leadership of the party also) playbook seems to be to make one segment of the nation scared to vote for Senator Obama and the other segments (mostly minorities) afraid to vote or not to vote. The Democrats just want to flood the media with campaign pitches (which would normally be annoying), but relative to what we have been seeing from the Republican party this suddenly doesn’t seem so bad.
The fact that Senator Obama can make a half an hour presentation with no attacks on his opponent and no offensive statements clearly shows shy a person so far to the Left (in voting record) can get so many middle and Right Wing votes (at least in the polls). I have said it again and again it is about how terrible the McCain campaign is being run compounded by the fact that the party has done so much craziness in the name of it’s candidate that is a testament to how shaky Senator Obama’s support is that it is not a landslide in his favor.
Senator Obama is not winning Senator McCain is losing with the help of the crazies he and Governor Palin have rallied into a frenzy at the campaign rallies.
The good news is that if the Republican’s lose as much as the polls indicate they will this election we might see the end of the Republican party as it is today and will get to see the dawning of a new day for the party. Hopefully a better and stronger Republican party that will not stand for such things at any cost.
Apparently the Republicageddon will be televised in a half-hour infomercial paid for by contributions to the Obama campaign.
