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It will take them a while to realize that Obama isn't a tenth as radical as they've been led to believe. You're going to see a lot of unhinged, intolerant ranting from the right for the next couple of weeks. It's best to pay it no mind. These people are venting because they're afraid of the imaginary monster the right-wing pundits have constructed and labeled with a nametag that says "Obama." I'm sure there will always be a strong, seething anger, like was directed at Clinton, because conservatives fundamentally believe that Democrats have no legitimate claim to power. The current level of venom, however, is not likely to last.
I found this particular paragraph rather irritating. It's like pot calling the kettle black. What exactly were liberal pundits and blogs (like DailyKos and MoveOn) doing from the day Bush was inaugurated in January 2001? They weren't spewing unhinged, intolerant ranting for the last eight years?
I don't think conservatives serves themselves well by going that path, but it's more than a little annoying that there seems to a lack of self-awareness among some liberal commentators and their behavior for most of this decade. They complain about conservative reactions to Obama, but they weren't any better after Bush was elected.
I genuinely hope conservative commentators are wrong about Obama, because I don't want him to do what they predict nor do I want those consequences to befall the nation. On the other hand, on what basis other than pure faith should I believe he'll be a centrist? He has virtually no record to speak of and spent most of his legislative career side-stepping tough issues. He's for card-check legislation, which is massively unpopular. I don't seem him opposing the imposition of the fairness doctrine on radio (and that radio is the only target speaks volumes about the intent here). He's spoken of killing the coal industry. Circumstances may force him to the center, but I honestly see any reason other than blind faith to think he's not to the far left.
If he proves that notion false, that's great. But that's what he's going to have to do when there isn't a ton of evidence to the contrary outside of blogs and campaign promises that he may or may not live up to. His past, what we know anyway, doesn't tend to support that idea that he's some kind of centerist.
Moreover, to complain about talking McCain up? If the situations were reversed, I'd have expected the same from the left for the simple reason that the alternative is to simply throw in the towel and quit. That's a self-fulfilling prophecy. Would you expect anyone to do that when trying to prevent someone from getting elected you think will be a bad President? If Bush had been up 10 in 2004, would they have said, you know what Kerry's dead, don't bother? I wouldn't bet on it.
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Wow, if I wasn't ashamed of my skin tone before, I now officially am.
It's actually pretty scary. There's no telling how far these people would go, maybe even will go, just to express their detestment of the outcome of the election... who knows how many people could get hurt. The only thing that puts our country at risk of damnation are the people who remain unwilling to accept anything different as America's history and are willing to sacrifice other people for their ideal nation, which would probably essentially put the rest of the world at risk as well.
Why are you ashamed? You shouldn't be expected to apologize for the behavior of a couple idiots whose only connection to you is the color of their skin.