A few nights ago, the progressive House candidate here in FL-13 announced his candidacy. Both local papers covered the kickoff event with brief articles in their pages. Needless to say, the wingnutters were quick to leave their comments. Which got me thinking...
Of course we're all confused and disgusted by the hate coming from the far right over anything that Obama supports. But as I was responding to the haters on the Bradenton Herald and Sarasota Tribune comment boards, I realized something. This is only history repeating itself. Here we have a group whose ideology is morally wrong. They are outnumbered. They are (mostly) uneducated. They - or at least a small pct of them - will resort to violence to protect their way of life. Overall, they're just on the wrong side of history but they don't realize it yet. What else am I missing?
p.s. - please don't give me the "Lincoln was a republican" horsesh*t. Back then - and until the 1964 Civil Rights Act - democrats were the party in which the southern racist called home.
p.p.s - sorry to rush. I would write more but I really need to find out why 39 Democrats voted against this bill last night.