Never again, not in the United States of America

The hate, lies, and brainwashing that have been stirred up by people like Rush Limbaugh, have been reflected in the angry shouts of the people at McCain and Palin rallies--"traitor," "terrorist," "treason," "liar," and even "off with his head," in reference to Barack Obama. The Secret Service had to investigate e person who had shouted "kill him," (Obama) at a Palin rally in Clearwater, Florida, on Monday.

AP writers Beth Fouhy and Joe Milicia reported that "Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania an author of 15 books on politics, says the vitriol has been encouraged by inflammatory words from the stage. 'Red-meat rhetoric elicits emotional responses in those already disposed by ads using words such as 'dangerous' 'dishonorable' and 'risky' to believe that the country would be endangered by election of the opposing candidate."

For me, these malicious attacks and the lies upon which they are based bring to mind of the dangerous and ultimately deadly culture of hate and fear that led to the Holocaust in Europe and to the lynchings in the South (of the USA), and other forms of oppression and violence against people deemed to be "different."

The silver lining in this story is that, for the first time in my life, I have faith that the MAJORITY of the American people will stand up to the haters and fear-mongerers, and follow the example set by Senator Barack Obama; that we will apeal to the best parts of our humanity and reject fear and hate