Local Letter to the Editor

The week before last, in a local letter to the editor, Ms. Sabra Brunig suggested that we liberals should read Jerome Corsi's latest trash, Obama Nation. Her suggestion reveals the shallowness and lack of knowledge of many McCain supporters, and further exposes the morally-bankrupt McCainstream Media.

Jerome Corsi has said some true things along the way, but not very often. Certainly not in Obama Nation. He is very much the McCarthy of our time. (Neo-Cons: that's Joe McCarthy, the U.S. Senator, not Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen's dummy). I probably should run with the dummy thread- maybe later.

What actual truths has he spouted?

On March 2, 2008, he wrote an article stating that the KLA, the Kosovo Liberation Army, a Muslim terrorist group tied to Al-Qaida, is supporting John McCain for president.

On February 28, 2008, he wrote that John McCain's fortune is tied to organized crime.

On February 15, 2008, he wrote that John McCain's campaign is vulnerable to the influence-peddling accusations that have dogged the Arizona Senator for years.

On February 12, 2008, he wrote that John McCain set up an Institute in order to receive donations from prominent non-profit organization, and had to leave the Institute's Board after it was disclosed that he lobbied the FCC for the media giant Cablevision after they donated $ 200,000.00. The reason for the income stream was to pay his key campaign people between elections.

Corsi's most outrageous statement was that "(Pedophilia) in both Islam and Catholicism is okay with the Pope as long as it isn't reported by the liberal press". I substituted "pedophilia" for the actual words, as they were unfit for a family blog.

From my perspective, of course, Ms. Brunig just does not get it. I wonder how she would feel if the Community treated her just like many of the John McCain supporters or the bigots or the racists are treating Barack Obama. What would that look like? Hmmm...

"Sabra".

That's obviously a Muslim name. Nobody with that name could be a Christian or a Catholic or a Mormon, right?

The name obviously belongs to somebody who is here illegally, and is liable to put a bomb under our beds at any time.

Anybody with that name cannot be a patriot, even if she happens to be a United States Senator from the breadbasket of our great country, Illinois.

Somebody with that name who opposed, and wants to end ASAP, one of the most outrageous and unjust wars in history, is obviously placing personal gain above the Country.

Obviously, anybody with that name elected to office would take their oath on the Koran and not the Bible- it doesn't matter that the truth is that it was another African-American official who used Thomas Jefferson's copy of the Koran to take his oath. I mean, all Sabras look alike, right?

We could try it, but it won't work. Myopia is incurable. For the record, I think Sabra is a great name.

Here's the deal...

If you want a war hero as president, and you think dropping bombs on people, including innocent civilians, from 20,000 feet makes you a war hero and qualifies you to be president, then John McCain is your man.

If you want a family values guy as president, and you think cheating on your disabled-in-a-car-crash wife with, and ultimately leaving her for, a young, beautiful, rich heiress is a good family value, then John McCain is your guy.

If you want a president with integrity, and you think a guy who plagiarizes a religious POW camp story from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago has integrity, then John McCain is your guy. Of course, you will have to forget you outrage over Hillary's "sniper fire" fabrication.

If you want a guy who will have the Bee Gees "How Deep is Your Love" as a theme song, only the lyrics will be changed to "How Many Wars Can We Fight", then John McCain is your guy.

If you think you are better off today than you were 8 years ago, then John McCain is your guy.

If you want a guy who says he is the one who is in touch with mainstream America, but doesn't know how many homes he owns, then John McCain is your guy.

If you want a president who surrounds himself with lobbyists, including at least one who lobbies for a foreign government, then John McCain is your guy.

Finally, if you are proud of a Constitution that is in tatters, and looks more and more every day like the flag that flew over Fort McHenry in 1814, then John McCain is your guy.

Me? I would rather vote for Sabra.

My name is Tom McMasters-Stone, and I approved this partially-satirical blog post.