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Comics Alliance caught another racist protest: apparently Batman shouldn't be recruiting Muslims for his franchise .

Where to begin? The numerology-obsessed, Nazi-loving, would-be assassins ? People screaming the "N-word" at Palin/McCain rallies ?* Emmitt Till's memorial being (once again) vandalized ? As Oliver likes to remind people, this is (only) Day Eight . Obama's talking about bringing people together, and McCain suddenly thinks that the road to the White House is claiming to be superior on the economy (I thought his strength was fighting wars?). But that's just the surface talk; underneath there's a battle to convince White America to put aside/forget/dismiss their prejudices and give the black guy the benefit of the doubt. Or, as I would put it: STOP VOTING AGAINST YOUR BEST INTERESTS BECAUSE OF FEAR!!! Anyway, don't expect the news to get any less racial as we near the Big Day. *UPDATE : An astute Daily Kos diarist discovers that at the Palin rally, the person actually shouted "Redistributor!" which isn't racist, just inaccuate.

All this talk about Barack Obama's supposed "terrorist" ties to Bill Ayers is ridiculous to say the very least. For some reason, it's ok for the Republican ticket to treat their supporters like a rabid dog in a cage, poking at them with the proverbial stick of you will, with them responding by shouting "Kill Him!" among other things. Apparently, it's not ok for Obama to have a cult-like following, however. Here's what troubles me about this campaign at this particular minute: McCain and Palin have pretty much refused to say "now hang on a minute, folks. I know he's my opponent, but you can't be saying those kinds of things here" to their supporters; at the same time, Barack was forced to tell the American people what his connection to Ayers is (or was). Don't you think it's long since time for the McCain to denounce the supporters he's got foaming at the mouth and also denounce their biggest fan, Rush Limbaugh ? I thi...