This image was just removed from the Sacramento County Republican Party website, according to its Google source. And it’s very disturbing, but I’m tired. I admit it. All these days of Jewish holiday cooking and praying * (not necessarily in that order) have left me frazzled. So maybe I’m just cranky. But when I saw this on a search for something else all the anxiety and sadness overcame me. There is hate out there – and the Republicans seem to be finding it useful.
No, the McCain supporters aren’t all like this; capable of dreaming up and posting such a terrible thing. But they’ve been ginning their crowds into a frenzy and so this "free speech" issue is becoming a life-threatening undertaking. Generating that kind of distaste so familiar to so many young people will make a big difference. How that difference plays out will depend on the stars.
I want to write so much more but it has to be tomorrow. This is a very nervous election; I and many friends get more nervous the larger the margin is. There’s lots to talk about, although where the debate ranks, not much more than has been said after But if I don’t go to sleep you won’t want to read what I write; neither of us will understand what the hell I’m trying to say. More tomorrow. For now you may want to take a look at the live blog transcript on Writes Like She Talks or the one on BlogHer.
*a post on the same subject from last year.