Dangerous McCain

Andrew Sullivan on the recent hate-mongers heard at McCain/Palin rallies and the campaign’s eagerness to provoke the base instincts of fear and ethnocentrism that cause people to shout “terrorist!” and “kill him!” regarding a presidential candidate in the United States of America:

This is a moment of maximal physical danger for the young Democratic nominee. And McCain is playing with fire. If he really wants to put country first, he will attack Obama on his policies – not on these inflammatory, personal, creepy grounds. This is getting close to the atmosphere stoked by the Israeli far right before the assassination of Rabin.

For God’s sake, McCain, stop it. For once in this campaign, put your country first.

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