All the frothing at the mouth from the Obama-haters is beginning to make me froth at the mouth, and I'm not even that happy with him at the moment. I cannot believe that Loudoun County, among apparently many others, is really not going to broadcast a President's speech to schoolkids on the importance of education. Has it really fallen this far, that it is not just a very small, minor fringe that is willing to go to this sort of extreme? This week, the same day I heard about the Florida GOP head and his accusations of Obama's intention to indoctrinate children with his "socialist ideology," there were LaRouchies outside my metro stop on the way home from work, complete with Obama-as-Hitler posters and all their other nonsense. I wanted to get into a fight with them. And at this point, I really don't see any reason for this kind of reactionary garbage except racism, and I think the witchhunt that has lost us Van Jones is probably further evidence that is at the root of things. I'm worried for this country if the Republican "leadership" won't stand up and denounce the crazies and try to tone things down.
And for those who want to claim that Dems were like this about Bush, first of all, you're flat out wrong, and second of all, think about this: at this point in Bush's presidency, 9/11 hadn't even happened yet. The biggest complaints about him were about pulling out of Kyoto and taking too much vacation...
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My kids - one of whom would have voted for McCain - thought the speech was awesome. I think they felt special that the president would be aware of them heading back to school. Politics should be hard, but I've found myself frustrated lately at how Republicans are willing to blow everything up for the slightest perceived advantage. A democracy might be able to operate that way, but our republic, I think, is premised on parties sharing a certain number of values and working toward the greater good of the country (although I don't particularly like some of the connotations of that phrase).
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