I have become almost obsessed with keeping up with the Election 08 news. I read blogs, I create blogs, I send bulletins on my Myspace, I read news articles, I watch news clips. What I see is so much disdain for McCain. I can't stand it when I read people talking about McCain and calling him a desperate old man who is rallying hatemongers "because that's all he has left" to go with in his campaign. People calling him racist, people thinking that attacking Obama's character is not honorable, or is unfair game. I even saw one comment equate McCain's tactics of sending out fliers before rallies to Hitler's tactics!!! What? Are you serious??

And then I read in a news article where Obama is incouraging his followers to "argue with your neighbors and get in their faces". This is what he's ENCOURAGING? Not honest discussion, but in your face arguing??

Then, in the same article, someone said something to the effect that it's absurd that some bloggers are stating Obama followers are wanting him to paint the
White House black. Absurd? Really? Because it's strange that I work with an Obama follower who expressed this same sentiment to me a couple of months ago. Her exact words are "who cares, it's just paint", to which I replied, "then if it's just paint, why not leave it the way it is"? (Where did this idea come from? I thought it was an isolated opinion...apparently not). The White House was not so named because of anything even remotely relating to race! Ok, I don't know the history of why it's called the White House, so I guess I'm making a sweeping assumption, but I'm willing to bet that my assumption is correct. But painting it black WOULD be a racist move. This makes me sick!

If Obama were white, this wouldn't be an issue. No one would care about McCain's character claims...but since he's a (half) black man, everyone is up in arms.

I fear for this country...it's a fear that goes down deep into my daily existance. I picture armed militants taking people down, I picture civil war, I picture the beginning of a long period of unrest and hatred among us. But maybe I need to get my head examined...I don't know.