While I will not say that the McCain/Palin ticket is in any way directly responsible for this, the tone of their campaign over the last month has certainly done nothing to lessen the tension.
That being said, tolerating the kind of hateful rhetoric spewed forth by their supporters allows it to fester. I do not need to repeat some of the things I am sure you all have already heard.
I hope this is a wake up call for McCain, but I will probably be proven wrong. We will continue to see robocalls, ads and interviews which basically tell us that Obama is dangerous for America, none of us can act surprised at the result of this campaign of hatred and fear.
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