The Search for an Excuse

To all those who insist on referring to Obama by his first name, I refer to you this website.

To those asking if he is an Arab, let me remind you - that is racism. How, exactly, is this relevant to you as a voter? Does it change the content of his character? Or is it an excuse to not vote based on your prejudice.

It is tremendously disappointing to see the McCain campaign complicit in this sort of behavior. They may not be directly condoning it, and McCain may pay lip service, there is no doubt they seek to tap a vein of populist fear and complete their journey to the Dark Side of Bush and Cheney's political terror tactics. The comparison by Georgia's governor of this campaigns actions with those of George Wallace are indeed walking in a mine field, but they are also fair in a sense - drumming up senseless, racially-based fear is not only reprehensible, it is decidedly un-American (one of the very few things I would label as such), for it undermines and ignores the very core of our nation's principles - excellence, diversity, and a belief in equality.

That's the America I believe in. I think that America could be in danger.