A Call to Republicans

Lately the McCain campaign is making me feel sick to my stomach. And I'm not the only one. First John McCain accuses a young, Black man has never heard of Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae and then he calls Barack Obama "that one" during Tuesday's debate. Then of course we have his running mate, Sarah Palin, continuing to try to link Obama to "terrorist" William Ayers. Ayers was a member of the Weather Underground group which claimed responsibility to bombings at the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol in the early 1970s (when Obama was just a child). The NPR wrote this piece on the Obama-Ayers connection. The articles points out that currently Ayers is widely respectable in the field of urban education and that Democrats, Independents, and Republicans have worked with him and never raised any concern over his past. Just because Obama has a friendly association with him, does not mean Obama condones or praises any of Ayer's earlier radical ways. If someone is guilty by association then basically everyone in government is corrupt as there are many current government people that have engaged in corrupt, dishonorable, and/or questionable behavior. The real reason for this post is to point out the racist, narrow-minded, and all-out appalling behavior of many of the McCain-Palin supporters. Many videos have been popping up recording people at McCain-Palin rallies calling Obama a "terrorist" because his "bloodline" is there, at a rally in Florida a man yelled out "Kill him!" At another rally someone yelled out "Off with his head!" It is very sad to me that this is the kind of response the McCain camp is spurring up. When I hear Obama speak, I feel inspired and hopeful. I find myself wanting to do more for our country and to be a better person. Apparently when people hear McCain and Palin speak they become an angry, racist mob that is out to kill. So what I say to this is for Republicans to stand up and say- This is not the party I want to be in! Take back your party and condemn these horrendous acts. Make a call for equality and treating every person with respect.