In a state of ignorance
It's getting to the point that whenever I listen to the MPR news channel, my blood pressure rises to near eruption levels. A couple days ago, it was the McLiar town hall meeting in Wisconsin, where his audience was "angry, really, really angry" about the "socialists like Obama and Pelosi" that are taking over the country. I want to know what universe this guy was living in for the last 8 years, cause if Congress has been taken over by socialists, well, then, it had to have been better than what we've had.
But this morning's news about the town hall in Lakeville, MN, (one of the southernmost Mpls suburbs) just sent me over the edge. One man was very scared of raising his children in a country led by someone with close ties to terrorists like Ayers. Excuse me? Haven't you been paying attention to the whole "I was 8" denouncement from Obama, that the press (oh, right, the "liberal media") has explored from every possible angle? I'm sure we can find several less than charming people with whom McLiar has been on even closer terms, sir.
Then there was the woman who was terrified of an Obama presidency because, "well, he's...he's just an Arab." No wonder MN recently started requiring a geography course as part of the high school graduation standards.
But, for practically the first time in this race, McLiar showed some decency and integrity, telling his audience (and getting booed in the process) that Obama is a decent family man, a Christian, and America has nothing to fear if he is elected. McLiar thinks he can do better, but that Obama is not scary.
UPDATE: Here's a cartoonfrom Salon that makes my point exactly.