Alcee Hastings on Sarah Palin

Representative Alcee Hastings on Sarah Palin:

"If Sarah Palin isn't enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention.

"Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don't care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through."

Logical leap, anyone?

This is said, not by some irrational, raving looney blogger that can hide behind the anonymity of the internet. This is a statement by one of 435 representatives of one of the most powerful countries in the world. Where are the statesmen of yesteryear?

Can you imagine what would happen if a conservative tried to make a statement this extreme? Something like, "Anybody willing to kill unborn children obviously wouldn't mind killing a few Jews and blacks, too." That statement would be equally obscene, but the reaction to it in the media would be most severe.

Enough, already! Grow up! I know we have the freedom to make such remarks, thankfully. It's just a shame we have to use it like this. Why can't there be intelligent discussion of issues rather than just trying to scare people into thinking the way you do, Representative Hastings? Do you disagree with Sarah Palin on fiscal policy? Great! Let's hear it!

What's laughable is that Rep. Hastings thinks that we, the people, are stupid enough to swallow this line of thinking. Sure, there will be some that will agree with the statement because it falls in line with their own pre-formed opinions.

But I doubt many folks will suddenly change their minds; "Oh! Wow! I was thinking Sarah Palin was a reasonable person, but now that you put it that way, maybe she WOULD like to persecute Jews and blacks!"

I bet Rep. Alcee Hastings is trying to figure out why Sarah Palin's approval rating is 7 times that of Congress. Here's a hint: her lipstick joke, tired as it is, is funnier than the 'jokes' about racism from her opponents.