However disturbing the level of emotion has become at McCain-Palin rallies (and it is disturbing), there’s truth to the counter charge that this has been seen from the Left also.
As I write this (and your mileage may vary), there are about 2 million google hits for “Bush terrorist“, for instance… but there are nearly 8 million for “Obama terrorist“. (If I include “Cheney terrorist“, though, the numbers even out.)
I get over 3.3 million hits for “Bush fascism“… and an almost identical 3.3 million for “Obama socialism“.
Then there are the 2.2 million hits for “capitalism conspiracy“… and the 2.3 million for “socialism conspiracy” — numbers that change radically (pun intended) when one interchanges the terms a bit: “Republicans conspiracy” = 6.2 million, and “Democrats conspiracy” = 6.7 million.
I could play with this all day long, and no doubt get the same results… all of which just goes to show that both the far right and the far left are equally nuts.
But then, I already knew that.