The silly season of electoral politics isn't merely silly when the stakes are so high, the ideologies so incredibly disparate, and the playing field so deliberately tilted in favor of one party. It's also terribly sad too.You see it in big, bold ways like the debate last night and the subsequent spins of the MSM. But you see in a hundred small ways too.
* A Roman Catholic priest in our neighborhood declaring his indifference to the sanctity of life, marriage and even honesty as he proudly sports an Obama button.
* The fact that we have been told to take in our "McCain/Palin" and other political signs at night because they're being stolen and trashed all over town.
* One of the therapists who comes to my Mom's house being so uncaring and unprofessional as to pick a political fight with my frail and ailing mother. The theapist was aggressively pro-Obama and even more aggresively anti-Palin.
* Numerous reports from friends about unfairness, beligerence and a lack of rational civility in the workplace and at schools when it comes to political discourse.
* And the comment of a fellow at church last week, "At this point, I almost don't care who wins, as long as this thing is finally over."
Uh huh. Let's get back to normal. It's an understandable desire.
But when you remember (and you most definitely should remember) that the fellow likely to become the President of the United States is...an extremist on abortion, a milquetoast on military matters, an unrepentant socialist, an egotist with a very shady past, and a liar...well, I think we can consider what we've known as "normal" to be lost to us forever.
