race getting violent
The race (interestingly ambiguous term) for the American White House is rurning violent, as I predicted it would a year ago.
The Obama campaign is working closely with the Secret Service to find and avert threats by domestic terrorists dead set against the prospect of a non-white prez.
Obama campaign workers have long been subject to racist comments and even assaults. Is it increasing? Depends on what news you read, I guess.
Sarah Palin is firing up crowds on the campaign trail to feverish pitches. Unveiled threats against Obama have been stimulated by veiled attacks in Palin rhetoric.
McCain's stump speeches too are getting more personal, more euphemistic, more appealing to audiences willing to express irrational fears in name-calling and threats.
Do we, will we, can we in America keep our civilized tradtion of non-violent elections? I recognize that elections are not really fair, not really democratic. But at least in the past they have been non-violent and legal.
I hope the beginning of the new century is not too much like the beginning of the last century. But crisis brings out both the best and the worst in people.
