As an American, I expect better.

Disgusting. Disgusting. Disgusting. That's John McCain and Sarah Palin. They've tried to paint Barack Obama as a terrorist or a terrorist-sympathizer. They've tried to portray him as a foreigner. As unpatriotic. As unfit for the presidency. The campaign commercials are ungawdly awful. Mean-spirited. Reminiscent of the tactics of Adolph Hitler. Today, in Lakeville, Minnesota, McCain had to try to quell a partisan Republican crowd that hurled insults aimed at Obama. Little wonder there's such rage. That's exactly what McCain and Palin have been fomenting in their hateful commercials and stump speeches. Character assassination. McCain seemed to finally recognize that the hate had gone too far. He grabbed the microphone from a woman who unleashesd venom against Obama. Yes, McCain finally tried to do the right thing. He defended Obama and called him a decent person. But he was booed for it. Yes, McCain has lost control over some of his highly partisan and bigoted supporters. They have gone off the deep end. At one of the Palin rallies, there was a shout of, "Kill him (Obama)." Palin didn't intervene. Didn't try to quell the hate. Makes me wonder if she wants Obama dead. Yes, it's a disgusting way to run an election campaign. More like Nazi Germany. As an American, I expect better...but I ain't getting it. --Jim Broede