The truth is that politicians like Sarah Palin are merely manipulating, exploiting and inciting these people. In other words, it’s the ignorance, stupid. And next Tuesday, we have a chance to seriously marginalize this darker, uglier side of America.

It’d be crazy, though, to suggest that Tuesday will be the last day. To be sure, if Senator Obama wins, we’ll be hearing from these knee-jerk wackaloons quite a bit. Hell, Sarah Palin might try to run for president in four years. Nevertheless, we have a chance to tell the Sarah Palin’s of the world that there’s no room in American politics for fire-eaters who stoke archaic prejudices and fears rather than ameliorating them. We have a chance to tell them that not only doesn’t it work anymore, but that it actually exacerbates electoral failure.

So irrespective of what the polls look like, we have no choice but to show up en masse and unequivocally reject Republicans like Sarah Palin — hurling them onto the slagheap of history next to Orange Alerts, HUAC and the Willie Horton ad. Imagine what an undisputed electoral victory would say to Republican strategists like Bill Kristol who suggested to John McCain that the easiest path to victory was the politics of fear. Imagine the eardrum-bursting shockwaves a massive Obama victory would send through the heads of the McCain operatives who fed the “domestic terrorist” attacks into Sarah Palin’s empty dome.

There are a lot of things to ridicule about Sarah Palin’s incomprehensible speaking style, her pathological dishonesty and her backwards, simplistic views on the issues. But it’s her politics of fear and division that must be wholly rejected on Tuesday because it’s too terrible to imagine waking up one week from today in an America that rewards the awfulness and fear which she and her subterranean allies require in order to politically exist.

One never hears Sarah Palin speak of bringing people together.  Instead, people who disagree with her are terrorists, socialists, communists.  She doesn’t respect those who disagree with her, and instead belittles and demeans with her faux-folksy wiles.

It’s time that decent, hard-working people stand up to that type of bullying politics.  Call all your friends; call your family, even the ones you don’t talk to much.  Call your coworkers, your boss, your neighbors.  McCain and Palin’s fear-mongering style of politics must not just be rejected in electoral defeat, but must be rejected in such a wave of righteous democracy-loving, civil-rights-embracing, entrepreneureal, citizen-empowered, collective wisdom that the Republican Party and all those who support Fear over Unity shrinks away and slinks under a rock to be repudiated for generations.

We cannot sit idly by and do nothing.  Vote Barack Obama/Joe Biden on November 4th.

Barack Obama Addresses over 100k People in Denver - Huff Po

Senator Barack Obama addressed over 100,000 people at a political rally in Denver, Colorado this past weekend, and another 50K plus attendees at a second rally that day. The wave of support is rising and rising, and while we must remain enthusiastic, we must not grow complacent. The only way to actually win the election is to get out and vote.  So make sure you vote on November 4th, call, email, text message your friends, family and loved ones to vote, too.  And if you have already voted in this election, THANK YOU! Voting is more than just a right, it’s also a responsibility that we have as citizens to shape the direction of our country’s leadership.

This election cycle more than many that have come before is demonstrating to citizens that we have the power to give to the elected, not the other way around.  But that power comes through the ballot box, and through being engaged in the civic process of governance.  It’s fun to be involved, and more than fun; it satisfies that deep sense of connection with others that we crave and so often see unfulfilled.  Community is that sense of shared purpose and commonweal, and having that sense of belonging to something larger than oneself.

So go get out and do something this week – make telephone calls, visit shut-ins, volunteer at a campaign office.  And most importantly, VOTE!  Be Powerful; Be a Citizen Leader!

If he’s so out of ideas that he has to recycle old speeches, what sort of new ideas can he bring to the table of leadership?

On the other hand, we must continue to be full of energy and support in this last stretch for Barack Obama. Our stamina must not flag, and our will must stay strong. We are so close to November 4th, and we must keep volunteering on phone banks, walking door to door, talking to our friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers about why President Obama is the right choice for the future.

Thanks to the Jed Report for this hilarious and illuminating video. Barack Obama is smarter than John McCain. He knows how to deal with bullies like McCain. McCain is a coward, so he deals with others by bullying, and by trash talking behind his opponent’s back.

Well, the American people don’t like bullies, and we know the way you fight back against one is to stand up to him.

You can stand up to John McCain by donating to Barack Obama’s campaign, by making telephone calls, by going door-to-door and talking to your neighbors about Barack Obama.  Volunteer to do something!

See how easy it is to be involved? Piece of cake!