What I Would Say To McCain During Debate Next Wed. If I Were Obama

If I were Obama, I'd say this directly to McCain next Wed.

John--Shame on you. The American people are fearful about their homes, their jobs, their retirement, their children's education and they need someone to call them to their higher selves, to bring them together. Instead, using the time-honored methods of hate-mongers throughout history, you and Governor Palin stoke the flames of those fears by casting aspersions on my patriotism, and by insinuating that I've befriended terrorists. John, when your supporters shout out that I'm a traitor or that someone should kill me, and you and Governor Palin do nothing to stop it, there's a message there, a message that it's o.k. to hate, that American politics is about scapegoating and dirty tricks and not about principles and about bringing people together. These are the same tactics that Richard Nixon used to get elected in 1968 and they're the same tactics that Bush and Rove used against you in South Carolina in 2000. Have you no shame, John? You were and are an American hero. I think that we should have been able to expect that you act like one.