The last two weeks of a campaign are known as the silliest of the silly season, primarily because people tend to lose their minds and go off half-cocked with weird theories, rants, over-caffinated jaunts, and the like.
I post this only to make a few points about a great front page post by Jed about a whacked out McCain supporter being confronted at a Woodbridge, Virginia rally by some Muslim American supporters of John McCain, and calling said individual out for his anti-Islamic spewings.
For those who haven't seen the vid, yet, here it is:
Now, I was a little put off by the reaction to this piece by some Kossacks. Feel free to scroll the comments yourself and take a look. A lot of people felt this was staged, or fake, and the "Muslim supporters" of John McCain were not "real."
Fact is, the main guy in the vid is indeed real. The one in the hat and shades. As I pointed out in Jed's diary, the man's name is Daniel Zubairi, he was a McCain alternate delegate to the 2008 RNC, a former Congressional candidate, and as others found out, was named as a Statewide Leader for the campaign in Maryland.
He is decidedly not fake. He's real.
I understand the temptation not take take a damn thing that happens at a McCain rally at face value, but let's not get crazy. As soon we start talking about whether these folks are really Muslim, or really McCain supporters, or not realy whatsoever, you only supply fodder for the right wing to call us intolerant boobs that expect everyone to have "lockstep" thinking...solely because of their race, ethnicity or religion.
Because the "faker" charge implies is that there is no way McCain would have Muslim-American supporters.
And then -- spin of spin -- who's being the racist now? Who's being discriminatory now? Get it?
Yeah, it's a BS argument, for sure.
But don't even give them the sastisfaction of making it.
15 days, people. DISCIPLINE!
See the end of the road, and take another step towards getting there. Don't go off half-cocked on everything that is McCain/Palin.
Just get there with Barack. Rise above the partisanship, lies, and hate. Donate, phonebank, and knock. GOTV.
That's the only thing left to do.