The Palin factor
By: Antisophist
Published On: 9/11/2008 3:55:07 PM
How low have we sunk as a nation when ignorance can be celebrated as a virtue (I thought we tried that over the last 8 years and see where that got us), when obvious misrepresentation is repeated as fact, when people no longer read newspapers and care enough to seek out the truth, when a man running as the candidate of honor leads the league in sophistry and demagoguery actively engaging in thoroughly dishonorable conduct, and when the once mainstream media cowers in the shadows fearful of challenging the obvious misrepresentations? How do you proceed when facts, knowledge and intelligence are to be ignored or worse dismissed as tools of a hated "elite?" The problem has to be addressed at its root--McCain and Palin have to be revealed on an emotional level for what they now are--dishonorable pretenders without the moral standing to lead a great nation. Palin has to called out aggressively for her ethical lapses, her advocacy of book banning, etc. and the truth about the Alaska gravy train from the federal Treasury needs to be pounded home. For his part, McCain needs to be confronting for running a campaign built almost exclusively on lies. The challenges have to start now and they have to be repeated with ferocity.
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