I would never vote for John McCain or any other Republican (except maybe Schwarzenegger, because–well, he’s Arnold.) And his campaign certainly has taken a nasty turn lately. But the Obamasphere is truly sounding like the Shrillosphere, and I’m not sure that's helpful to anybody.
Even garden-variety cases of Republican hardball are now cast by Obamabots as shocking evidence that John McCain isn’t fit to walk the earth, let alone serve as president. (Obama’s internet minions remind me of the attendees at Saddam Hussein’s old Baath Party meetings, each trying to out-loyal the other before they’re all taken out and shot.)
The deification of Barack Obama began in earnest with the simultaneous demonization of Hillary Clinton. When she was finally vanquished, there was much rejoicing, only to be replaced by widespread doubting of the faith as Obama made a sharp right turn. But soon, with wondrous fury, the flock came to focus its wrath on the Republican Satan, and the Holy War resumed.
Always unmentioned, of course, are the methods used by the Master to get where his is today. I will never forget the reprehensible racial politics he employed so effectively in South Carolina and beyond. It’s still 50/50 whether he gets my vote.
There’s a lot of truth in comparing Daily Kos to Free Republic. They both can be pretty vile. And I'm sure that that if Obama were losing badly, we’d see lots of really bad stuff.
Maybe even this bad.
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