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The Legacy of McCain-Palin: Hate

The postmortem has begun as the GOP regroups and the new President-Elect gets to work. As we move forward, I can’t help but remain upset at what the ‘honorable’ POW and his mavericky running mate wrought upon this country.

Hate.

And not the kind of hate we bloggers spew from time to time when venting, and not the kind of hate you may feel for higher taxes or broccoli.

No, these two ‘honorable’ mavericks ended their campaign by rallying the fringe portion of their party that lives on death, destruction, and imposing their way on the world at all cost.

Force.

War.

We learn today that the US Secret Service, the agency in charge of protecting our President-elect and his family, dealt with an increase in death threats against Barack Obama coinciding with Sarah Palin’s ‘attacks’ on his patriotism.

“The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin’s attacks.”

According to the article, Michelle Obama (my fellow BlogHer) was so upset that she turned to her friend and campaign adviser Valerie Jarrett and said: “Why would they try to make people hate us?”

Now I will be the first to admit that we’ve all seen campaigns attempting to scare the American public for or against one candidate. However, those scares were always against the candidate’s tax plan. Or maybe his foreign policy, or perhaps his stance on abortion.

Those usual and predictable scare tactics weren’t good enough for honorable maverick #1 and #2. They had to go that extra mile and question the very core of exactly what their base was afraid of: who is this black man, with an arab middle name, and could he be the enemy?

Kudos to McCain-Palin because it worked. The fine Americans protecting our President-elect had to deal with an influx of death threats and step up their job.

The fringe whackos who should never end up front and center ended up on every front page, all over YouTube and infecting other Americans with their ignorant and embarrassing rhetoric.

Yes, the legacy of McCain-Palin is now an empowered contingent of this country arming themselves, spreading their lies, and genuinely afraid of the black man in office- because their hero Sarah told them it was OK.

Congrats Mavericks, your plan worked. Now your legacy will forever be tangled in hate, stupidity, and America at her absolute worst.

And Crown Thy Good

Admittedly I’ve been busy feeding my unicorn…Ok, my daughter’s unicorn, while I dream of a puppy to match Malia and Sasha’s.

However this liberal isn’t going to rest for long.

While the right hints that the Obama win signals a ‘post-racial’ era I watch a black church burn in Springfield.

While we plan a inaugural festivities our gay and lesbian friends and family are being forced to forget their wedding vows, denied the opportunity to become parents, and shunned by half this country.

As we revel in the barriers WE, as a nation, have broken…there are stark reminders of how far we have to go.

I think Norm Lear summed up my feelings best by saying ‘Its my Christening as a born again American.’ Now that’s a statement I understand many of you don’t get. I don’t expect you too. You’ve been good soldiers in your country for many years and a loyal brood. However I’ve been disillusioned, disgusted, and disenfranchised for as long as I can remember. This country was never about or for me. As a woman, as a non-christian, as someone who believes in equality for everyone I have never been given any sense that those in control in America represented me.

Sure they all claimed they included all Americans, but they never acted like it. Not in their votes, their policy, or their overall actions.

Now I feel like it is, or at least with the election of Obama, it could be. And I refuse to stop there.

I’m on a warpath to take back this country for the sane, the inclusive, the tolerant, and the fair.

Now excuse me while I put more feed out for the unicorn and lobby for that puppy.

Created Not By One, But By Many

Crayons and words, cluttered and cursing

From passion to possible

Buzz and blogs, moms and movements

From hope to history

A leader had the audacity to challenge

A people accept and create change

I believe like my children believe for the first time since I was a child

Hope

History

Created not by one, but by many

I have very few words right now

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