Coalition of the wild-eyed

COALITION OF THE WILD-EYED.... In the latest example of Republican rage, a woman screamed "traitor!" in reference to Barack Obama, during one of John McCain's tirades about his Democratic opponent. McCain looked in the woman's direction, said nothing, and continued on with his speech. It came a half-day after another Republican yelled "bomb Obama!" during a debate for Senate candidates in Georgia, and it's obviously part of a pattern. Watching the hate, fear, and ignorance play out once again today, it occurred to me that Karl Rove and the Bush-Cheney campaign used Democratic anger to their advantage four years ago. This ad, for example, was titled, "Kerry's Coalition of the Wild-Eyed." It lies and accuses Al Gore and George Soros of comparing Bush to Hitler -- it also falsely attributes an ad to MoveOn.org -- but putting the... [read full story]