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October 14, 2008

Obama Does NOT Equal ACORN, You Morons

If there is one thing that throws me into a fury, it is petty people clinging to pure idiocy out of blind partisanship, regardless of the stakes involved. And that is what the utterly shameful Republican Party faithful is doing with this ACORN scandal.

I am as disgusted by the scandalous activities that it appears ACORN has been involved in as anybody and hope the perpetrators pay dearly for it. But it has nothing whatsoever to do with Barack Obama. And for the mindless robots, devious hacks, and snide hussies on the right to equate the ACORN scandal with a gentleman who is deserving of our respect is an outrage, particularly since John McCain has ties of his own to ACORN. There was a time when Americans wouldn't dream of behaving that way. How far we have fallen.

The stakes are high - very high. We are at a crisis point on so many fronts at this point in history that the choice we make on election day is extremely momentous. It is not a choice that should be made based on lunacy, team politics, lies, manipulation, or hatred. We are about to choose the next leader of the free world, and the entire globe is waiting to see what America will do. Apparently, all we're willing to do is behave like a bunch of undisciplined brats stuck in a "Lord of the Flies" alternative reality.

If it didn't bother your sensibilities to see Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin claim that the ethics investigation report "cleared" her when in fact it found that she had abused her authority, how about her statement this week to Rush Limbaugh that “Obama has a responsibility to rein in ACORN." Let me remind you of the stakes here - this woman could be President someday serving as the face of this country.

Anyone with half a brain can readily see through her silly attempt to trap Obama. If he tells ACORN to knock it off, he becomes the group's leader and is, therefore, responsible for not having "reined them in" earlier. If he does nothing, then he's complicit for not acting to deal with the problem. Equating Obama with ACORN is like equating McCain with fraudulent right-wing initiative petitioners (there actually is a link).

Maybe I'm just a little smarter than the average Republican these days.

All I can say is the behavior of the GOP is becoming profoundly disturbing to me. My sense is they are intentionally stoking the fires of hate and racism, and maybe even hoping some radical they can later disavow will be inspired to make Obama the next civil rights martyr. Yes, I said it, and I believe it.

Posted by Becky at October 14, 2008 01:22 PM