Peter Beinart makes the case that Sarah Palin's brand of culture war is failing this year because of the economic crisis and generational change. It makes sense, but it also remains true that there are a lot of bitter and impassioned culture warriors out there, who can be very scary. Along with the n-word, some of them now like to use the a-word (assassination).
Paul Krugman writes this today:
Instead, the Republican rump, the party that’s left after the election, will be the party that attends Sarah Palin’s rallies, where crowds chant “Vote McCain, not Hussein!” It will be the party of Saxby Chambliss, the senator from Georgia, who, observing large-scale early voting by African-Americans, warns his supporters that “the other folks are voting.” It will be the party that harbors menacing fantasies about Barack Obama’s Marxist — or was that Islamic? — roots.
The G.O.P.’s long transformation into the party of the unreasonable right, a haven for racists and reactionaries, seems likely to accelerate as a result of the impending defeat.
I hope the protection around Barack Obama is top-notch and vigilant, because the result of a failure in that regard is simply unthinkable.
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