The difference is, one is asshole individuals (or in the case you linked to, an asshole quartet), and there are bunches of them on either side. This could, with admittedly a quite a bit of stretching, be called the official party line of the Republican Party in Sacramento county. There is a BIG difference between the loonies on either side, and an official website.
I have yet to see any threat, hypothetical or not, from the left. This is could be construed as an actual threat against a sitting US Senator. Yesterday the cry of "kill him" came up again in a republican rally. I agreed with you yesterday, last week there is a serious question as to who that person was talking about. I thought they were talking about Ayers. Yesterday, there was no doubt. It was for Obama.
This is the face of your party Bill. I know that it doesn't represent you, or the majority of the party but they are the folks running the show.
The responses in the last week show the difference. When the lady said that Obama was an Arab, McCain didn't say "no he isn't an Arab", he said "he's a decent family man". Someone could try to spin what McCain said, but we both have done theater, we know about subtext. When the mention of McCain got boos at an Obama rally, Obama cut them off cold. "We don't need that" he said, "we just need to get out and vote". So what is the message going out from either side? The point is, it is the way that the Republican Party is carrying on it's campaign. Someone yells "kill him" about whoever at a rally, and I don't hear anyone on the right coming out and saying "we don't need that". Someone calls Obama a terrorist and I don't hear anyone on the right coming out and saying "we don't need that". That silence is a very important thing.
And I will bet you dinner that in a week, a month, a year, Craig MacGlashan still has that job.
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Date: 2008-10-15 07:23 pm (UTC)The difference is, one is asshole individuals (or in the case you linked to, an asshole quartet), and there are bunches of them on either side. This could, with admittedly a quite a bit of stretching, be called the official party line of the Republican Party in Sacramento county. There is a BIG difference between the loonies on either side, and an official website.
I have yet to see any threat, hypothetical or not, from the left. This is could be construed as an actual threat against a sitting US Senator. Yesterday the cry of "kill him" came up again in a republican rally. I agreed with you yesterday, last week there is a serious question as to who that person was talking about. I thought they were talking about Ayers. Yesterday, there was no doubt. It was for Obama.
This is the face of your party Bill. I know that it doesn't represent you, or the majority of the party but they are the folks running the show.
The responses in the last week show the difference. When the lady said that Obama was an Arab, McCain didn't say "no he isn't an Arab", he said "he's a decent family man". Someone could try to spin what McCain said, but we both have done theater, we know about subtext. When the mention of McCain got boos at an Obama rally, Obama cut them off cold. "We don't need that" he said, "we just need to get out and vote". So what is the message going out from either side? The point is, it is the way that the Republican Party is carrying on it's campaign. Someone yells "kill him" about whoever at a rally, and I don't hear anyone on the right coming out and saying "we don't need that". Someone calls Obama a terrorist and I don't hear anyone on the right coming out and saying "we don't need that". That silence is a very important thing.
And I will bet you dinner that in a week, a month, a year, Craig MacGlashan still has that job.