Bush Talks But No-one Cares

Yes, Dubya has been rather mute lately — he has little chance of making an impact this close to the election. If he wanted to go out on a decent note, he could, of course, say something dignified and presidential about McCain/Palin’s egging on of the enraged, howling racist idiots who keep attending their campaign events. I’m not holding my breath for the dignified “enough!” from Bush, though. I suspect that the McCain/Palin pogrom-incitings will just keep getting worse until election day.

I came across your Blog while on Huffingtonpost.com and I’m glad to see that there still exists some semblance sanity amongst U.S. voters. I’m Canadian and as always, what happens in your election and who is voted in to govern the U.S. greatly effects us here north of the border.Although we are [hopefully!] electing a new Prime Minister next week, the U.S. presidential race continues to dominate our news and our daily conversations. The majority of Canadians, my self included, are absolutely appalled at the race-baiting, mud-slinging Pitbull politics that have become the mainstay of the McCain/Palin campaign. Moreover, watching Sarah Palin attach Mr. Obama with what is for the most part slander, innuendo and half-truths taken out of context is disturbing to say the least. What is even worse is hearing shouts from the crowd calling Barack Obama a “terrorist” a “traitor” and even a blood-chilling “kill him” is not only unacceptable, it is downright horrifying. And no one other than the media is standing up to denounce this unacceptable and undignified race-baiting behavior. Why?While watching these rallies where Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin are busy avoiding the issues and instead relentlessly attacking Mr. Obama, the only thing missing when the cameras cut to the crowd are the white sheets and hoods. Does anyone in America even care how the rest of the world perceives them? Because I can say that from a Canadian perspective — and from friends and colleagues that I have communicated with in Europe and other parts of the world – this campaign has gone from ugly to vindictive, hateful and downright scary.Given the state of the economy, the war in Iraq and the numerous other blunders of the current Republican administration, it seems unconscionable that McCain and Palin have as much support as they currently do. But then again, during the 2004 election most of us outside of the U.S. couldn’t believe that George W. Bush was voted in for a second term. So as history is proof, we all know that anything is possible.Speaking as a Canadian and a concerned close friend living next door, the majority of us north of the border sincerely hope that Americans don’t make the same mistake again.We are all watching to see if American voters will put a stop to the monkeys running the zoo and give Obama/Biden an opportunity to reestablished America’s dignity, humanity and its role as the respected peace-keeping diplomatic nation that it once was.