Hard to believe that the left is trying to use racism as a smear. That is so unusual.

But…but I thought their candidate was, you know, winning .

woodys last blog post..Heather Locklear Arrested

We’re not talking about criminal law here, we’re talking about the public perception of our elected representatives. If I wanted to really take a crack at influencing public opinion about a politician, I’d go into politics. If I wanted innocent until proven guilty, I’d practice law.

The goal in circulating language of this kind is to shake people out of a comfy, contented “i don’t really trust politicians, but they know best” mindset. The apathy and indifference I’ve been hearing regarding the presidential candidates is the real crime; and, though I rarely propagate anything I don’t believe 100%, I thought this was incendiary enough to get some dialogue going.

The claim about a direct quote from Palin is far more ethical, (to john, who cited Goebbels and violated blog courtesy by calling someone a Nazi) because it CAN be sourced, verified, and checked out, than the “accidental” use of language in the mass media that paints Obama as a Marxist, Muslim, or worse in the minds of the masses.

When I hear people from my hometown use terms like “sand-n*****s” and “chimps”, I know that a lot of people need a little waking up. So I said that Palin is a bigot; that’s no worse than how I feel about people I went to high school with. I’m still hoping to hear otherwise from the people Palin went to high school with…

And, for the record, I’m about as far away from harboring partisan sentiments as anyone I know. My political stance is that party politics is bankrupt, and both ends of the political spectrum, lib and con, should take a long look at themselves. If the platform for a representative included ideas that the gold standard should be re-established, the federal government should do little more than serve as a State department, and stay out of health, education, and the free market, then I would be as passionate about politics as I think every American should.

If anyone REALLY cared about what I said on YouTube, (possibly the lowest common denominator of public discourse I know) they would check facts and read up on our current candidates for the most important public office in our nation, instead of bandying partisan quips and watching televised news. So go ahead and kill the messenger. Just as long as people are THINKING about what’s going on, I’m the happier.