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To: JohnM who wrote (90617)	10/18/2008 12:35:00 PM
From: NAG1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541777

John <<Not a happy sight. Crowds waiting in line for a McCain rally shouting epithets at some Obama demonstrators. talkingpointsmemo.com; I have to wonder if some of this is related to people feeling that they are anonymous as part of the crowd and bowing to the herd mentality. Still sad to see. Neal

To: JohnM who wrote (90617)	10/18/2008 12:57:42 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541777

That stuff doesn't bother me much. Crowds in line being provoked by cameras and demonstrators is pretty de rigeur. If you reverse the sides, you probably would hear the same thing. The election seems to have sunk into the strangest petty places. Who cares about poor Joe the Plumber? Plant or not, he asks a question that allowed some clarification of issues. Far more upsetting are the robocalls- shame on McCain. One article I saw this morning did make me laugh. It's another attempt at trying to give Palin "foreign policy" experience, and claims that she is "cosmopolitan". I won't post the whole long article because so much of it is absurd. Sarah Palin, like any Alaska governor, is certainly more cosmopolitan in world outlook than her insular colleagues in the lower 48 online.wsj.com The tone of it is best illustrated by this sentence: "Some of the hoity-toity conservatives in the National Review crowd were shocked and appalled at the Palin interviews. Wrinkling their noses at the smell of mooseburgers cooking on the grill, they could hardly eat their pheasant under glass, stuffed with pate de foie gras and truffles. They called for Palin to be thrown under the harpsichord." CUlture wars much?

To: JohnM who wrote (90617)	10/18/2008 6:59:23 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541777

>>Not a happy sight. Crowds waiting in line for a McCain rally shouting epithets at some Obama demonstrators.<< John - I saw a similar video yesterday, where a group of McCain supporters were marching in NYC, and were subjected to a lot of abuse from the sidelines as they marched. People on the right say liberals are full of hate. People on the left say conservatives are full of hate. Looks like it goes both ways, to me. People need to calm the hell down. - Allen