"You lie"...?
It is not about a single symptom. It is about a phenomenon
that has mounted over several months now. And you know it.
Another symptom is that the constant rethorical, often bizarre crossfire of Republicans against Obama, plays no role for you. But that putting the Republican self-claimed and show-acted innocence into relation when reminding people of the immense crimes and failures of Republicans since the Reagan or Nixon era - gets described as pigeon-holing Republicans.
The Southern Poverty Law Centre is not the only institution having noticed a rise in racism and racist crimes in the US since Obama'S campaign began. In the past 12-18 months, I have read similiar news, sometimes with accompanying statistics illustrating it. It may be the reason why the US Secret Service has rated Obama to be the most threatened president ever. In June, there was an investigative documentary revealing that with Obama in office security operations of the Secret Service have massively grown in intensity (not meaning that this has not been already known before june) , and are on a level that has never been seen before, under any president. the threat level is higher, and the security concerns are bigger than ever before.
Obama has offered several invitations and compromises to the Republicans from the very beginning, trying to offer a hand for healing the polarised gap within america that Bush had left behind. And it has been the Republican party that in general and totally has rejected the invitation every time. And you want to tell us that the Democrats should unify your country...? Polarising it even more is seen as the Republican's recipe to minimise chances for Obama's presidency to be partially successful, and is seen as the best chance to prevent a second term of him. I have no doubt that this total blockade will continue, no matter the issue being discussed. He even could run Republican agendas know, they would get blocked, in order to damage him. It is called a policy of scorched earth. It does not matter what Obama does, or does not, and if he is right or wrong. He must fail - that is the goal. And if the nation pays for this destructive policy by the Republicans, it does not matter. Better all America loses truthfulness and reputation, than that the Republicans cannot claim power again next time!
If Palin should announce her candidacy, eventually, it will become much, much worse, and the rethorics even more malicious, since she has already and repeatedly demonstrated her love for that kind of attacks. I think this viper was the first to start reasoning loud and in public about Obama's "death camps", if I recall it correctly. What she does not have in intellect, she surely has in venom.
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