What America needs is a president who will bring people together, who is above demonizing entire sectors of American society to win.

Unless of course that “sector” happens to be right wing Christian Conservatives who happen to be Republican. They afterall are fair game when it comes to demonizing.

Hey Hey get with the program, when a white women has a crazy Evangelical religion = wholesome family values. When a other (Arab, Jew, Asian, etc…) has religious views that don’t appease the WASPy crowd, RUN HES DIFFERENT. For G-d sacks this country has had only one none protestant president, JFK. People think that political ideals are based in class and sub-culture, being American simply is not enough.

Amman, the day Muslims lay off of Christians, Jews and Hindus will be the day Muslims deserve equal respect. Until then, you’ll just have to get used to all the “paranoia.” It comes with the territory.

Ammar,

Barrack Hussein Mohammed Obama sat in the pews of Rev. Wrights church for 20 years, listening to and embracing the bigoted and racist hate speech spewed by that sorry excuse for a religious leader. While you attempt to minimize Rev. Wrights poisonous invective as not representative of his ‘true values’, the good Reverend has continued spewing his hate speech.

Mr. Obamams enthusiastic participation in the Rev. Wright church for 20 years certainly makes his judgement questionable. Of greater concern is Mr. Obamas denials that he had ever heard Rev. Wright utter such hate speech when Barry was in attendence. He lied.

Just as Obama lied about his intimate associations with William Ayers, the murderous Weathermen terrorist.

Just as Obama lied about his associations with ACORN, the perpetrator of voter registration fraud across this country.

Just as Obama lied about about agreeing to meet without conditions the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran. The video tape from his February interview clearly proves he did. Obamas denial in the debate with John McCain clearly shows he lied.

There are many other examples that could be provides, but these are sufficient to make the critical point necessary. Mr. Obama cannot be trusted. It is not ‘bigotry’ to clearly demonstrate that Mr. Obama lacks fundamental judgement and is dishonest, as demonstrated by his own actions.

So, you see Ammar, while Mr. Obamas judgement is certainly questionable to many fair minded Americans, our greatest concern is he lies. He cannot be trusted to speak or act in the best interests of the United States of America because he always puts his own interests first. As such, he is unfit to be President of the United States of America.

Invictus Maneo

I won’t deny that some of McCain’s supporters are unabashed bigots, but from what I’ve seen the McCain campaign has taken a much higher ground that campaigns in years past. You bring up Jeremiah Wright, but when was the last time the McCain campaign mentioned his name? Obama would have been absolutely hammered for that association in the past, but McCain hasn’t made it a serious issue at all. McCain also seems more taken aback than anything at the “secret Muslim” accusations of Obama.

I just feel sorry for Sarah Palin whenever I hear her talk for more than 2 minutes…

You think their bigotry against Islam is bad? Read about BOTH major parties’ bigotry against atheists. I’m an atheist, and the recent stupidity of people such as the Republican Senate Committee, the fundies, Liddy “G. Gordon” Dole, Kay Hagan (who is proving to be little less of a bigot than her opponent), and Dumbass Daughtry the Howard Dean staffer makes me wonder if someone’s going to try to assault me one day just because I don’t have an imaginary friend.

Ammar, You claim that “it is nothing short of pathetic and despicable when hate and fear are injected into a political race”. But in my opinion you are doing just that when you claim that Sarah Palin attempted to ban books. While the information surrounding this claim is controversial,the fact is she asked how one could go about banning books, she never actually named specific titles she wanted to ban or made any attempt to do so. Personally, I do not want Palin to be the first female Vice President of the country, but the fact is if you are going to write an article talking about fear tactics, you should make sure you aren’t using them yourself.

You state “Beginning as early as the Democratic primaries and with no intention to quit until Nov. 4, the Republican spin machine has worked nonstop to portray Sen. Barack Obama as untrustworthy and to inject fear and confusion into the hearts of the electorate” This is because Obama IS untrustworthy and we should be fearful of him as the leader of this great nation. The “spin” as you call it is not spin at all, it’s the truth. Anyone who has a past like Sen. Obama is very suspect and should never be allowed to run this country. Informing the public of these facts is the responsibility of our media, if they won’t do it, we must pass the word. I for one am fearful of what our country will look like in 4 years if Obama is elected. You all have fallen for his wonderful promises, have you ever seen one thing he has done to prove he will keep these promises? NO. Wake up and smell the coffee, Obama is a dangerous choice for the leader of the free world.

Invictus, McCain lied to his first wife about loving, cherishing, holding through good and bad forever and ever… so that he could marry a younger, richer sugar mama.

Also, Invictus, shame on you for denigrating OUR troops in uniform who practice Islam. You should apologize for your hate-filled tone and ignorant rhetoric.

Furthermore, General Petraeus has just proposed sitting and talking with the Taliban. Go ahead, tiger, tell me you know ANY damn thing about diplomacy or military strategy, tell me you’re better than Colin Powell and General Petraeus. Even easier, how about you just say something that doesn’t sound like right-wing trash, say something original for once, something not cut and pasted from some whack job’s blog.

It’s amazing that the Dems have a nominee who couldn’t get a security clearance.