Fascism, hatred, McPalin

There is something very, very, ugly about the McCain/Palin campaign, now.

They are fanning hatred, bitterness. They are saying things they know are harmful and untrue, whipping crowds into a frenzy, lighting fires in dry grass. Their rallies are taking on a strange angry intensity, almost like those of Nazi Germany, as the natural fear of the American people in these uncertain times is misdirected and focused at the opponent. Right out of the Goebbels playbook.

It is irresponsible and unconscionable to be directing this fear at Obama. It is ugly to imply that there is any real link between Obama and terrorism, or radical Islam. "He should explain," McPalin says, even though the explanation has been given hundreds of times. Everything has been explained. Everything is known.

But McPalin are letting the wounds of the economy fester, and they direct the puss of hatred against their opponent in a crass attempt to score political points.

"Country First?" Nah, that's not what McPalin are about. They are about using an infection of ignorance, fear, hatred, and perhaps inciting violence, to win, "win at all cost."

This is ugly. It is shameful. It is dangerous.