Talk radio host Michael Savage on October 22:<\/p>\n
Do you actually believe he’d be going to Hawaii at this time with 10 days to go? You actually believe that? No, no, no — no, no, no, no, no. No. There’s some other reason that he’s leaving the mainland of the United States in the midst of this toe-to-toe struggle right now, and it’s got to do with his birth certificate….
\nAnd Obama’s leaving for Hawaii — why? Why? What’s he doing there? Why’s he going there, huh? What’s he going there for, huh? Why’s he gonna — the last phase of a race, he’s getting off the track just to visit his grandmother? Don’t be stupid. It’s the birth certificate issue, you fools, you.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nMedia Matters <\/a>documents the other conservative commentators who charged that Obama’s visit to Madelyn Dunham was fishy. “See I think this is about something else,” Rush Limbaugh said.
\nDunham died today.<\/a>
\nI’m not trying to use her death as a told-ya-so, but this moment brings in stark relief just how out control this campaign became. Partisans on both sides–but more so among Republicans–came to think of the opponent as a subhuman demon, capable of the most grotesque depravity, including faking a loved one’s illness in order to cover up some crime.
\nHow sad that she didn’t make until tomorrow night. You can offer a prayer for the Obama family here.<\/a> While we’re at it, let’s also pray that, whatever the results of the election, we can figure out a way to practice politics without turning those we disagree with into monsters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Talk radio host Michael Savage on October 22: Do you actually believe he’d be going to Hawaii at this time with 10 days to go? You actually believe that? No, no, no — no, no, no, no, no. No. There’s some other reason that he’s leaving the mainland of the United States in the midst…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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