I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. The RNC has mailed a flyer
to homes in Virginia and Missouri
that unabashedly aims to link Barack Obama with terrorism in the minds of
voters. On the front is the word “TERRORISTS” above a picture of a plane about to crash
into a room filled with people (imagine your kids finding that horrifying image
in the mailbox). Inside is a photo of an angry-looking Obama and the words, “NOT
WHO YOU THINK HE IS.”
The small print of the flyer at least mentions a statement
that Obama actually made—if you’ve turned on the TV at all in the past few
weeks, you probably know which one: when he said that he would be willing to sit
down and talk with hostile foreign leaders.
Funny that Reagan, whom McCain loves to call a “hero,” aggressively
pursued talks with governments hostile to the United States, including the
Kremlin and the Palestinian Liberation Organization. Not to mention that
agreeing to sit down and talk with world leaders is hardly agreeing to sit down
and talk with terrorists like Osama bin Laden, whom Obama has repeatedly vowed
to hunt down.
There is so much that is dishonest, despicable, and desperate about this
mailer that I could go on and on. But the point is that, after eight years of fear
mongering and divisiveness, the American people have had enough of hate-based
politics.
Barry Goldwater’s granddaughter, one of numerous high-profile Republicans voting for Obama, put it best herself: "The Republican brand has been tarnished in a shameless effort to gain votes and appeal to the lowest emotion, fear....The
McCain/Palin plan is to appear diverse and inclusive, using women and
minorities to push an agenda that makes us all financially vulnerable,
fearful, and less safe."
