I was exchanging email with one of my moderate-to-conservative friends yesterday, and she had turned the discussion onto the wingnuttery on display at recent McCain/Palin rallies. She told me how sick she felt at the level of hate coming from supporters and some surrogates, and asked me why we couldn't just stick with issues: if you like McCain's stances better, you vote for him. If you like Obama's better, you vote that way.
So in reply, for her I chronicled what it was that brought the Republicans so low.
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