Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin: the most appalling campaigns

They make the KKK look good.

clipped from content1.clipmarks.com It is a sorry fact of American political life that campaigns get ugly, often in their final weeks. But Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin have been running one of the most appalling campaigns we can remember. They have gone far beyond the usual fare of quotes taken out of context and distortions of an opponent’s record — into the dark territory of race-baiting and xenophobia. Senator Barack Obama has taken some cheap shots at Mr. McCain, but there is no comparison. Ms. Palin, in particular, revels in the attack. Her campaign rallies have become spectacles of anger and insult. Her demagoguery has elicited some frightening, intolerable responses. A recent Washington Post report said at a rally in Florida this week a man yelled “kill him!” as Ms. Palin delivered that line and others shouted epithets at an African-American member of a TV crew. clipped from clipmarks.com Republican Rallies Now Sound like the KKK