This letter is associated with the following article:
Letters
Saturday, November 1, 2008 12:00 AM

A scary Halloween with Sarah Palin

In central Pennsylvania, the Republican base is afraid of Obama, and lost in fever dreams of a neo-Soviet nightmare. But it's all in God's hands.
By Rebecca Traister

Read other letters about this article

  • Saturday, November 1, 2008 03:24 PM

    Missing the point

    I think there is something more subtle going on here: McCain and Palin are trying to make the other side so scary that people vote AGAINST Obama, since there is surely no reason for more than a small group (the 22 percenters that still support Bush) to vote for McCain. How does someone in McCain's position get votes? Not by making an affirmative case for himself, but by scaring people about the other side. That way, people can justity their votes for McCain by declaring that they were against Obama.

    Think about it!

    —djoelt1 Read djoelt1's other letters

    Flag
Read other letters about this article

Most Active Letters Threads

738

The commendably missing element from Obama's speech

There was no pretense that human rights is our goal, or the likely outcome, in escalating the war
Glenn Greenwald Read article
688

Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation

The "new" approach to Afghanistan touted by White House officials seems quite old
Glenn Greenwald Read article
348

America's regression

It's almost impossible to find a nation with as many torture advocates as the U.S. has.
Glenn Greenwald Read article
329

Yes, it's Obama's war now

An uninspiring speech sells a dubious policy, but progressives who feel betrayed have only themselves to blame
Joan Walsh Read article
208

The poster boy for progressive self-delusion

Read Hayden's 2008 Obama endorsement to remember the way the left sold our centrist president to itself
Joan Walsh Read article

View all »

Letters Help

Currently in Salon