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"Look, it's easy to dismiss the guy at this rally as a crank. But the larger context here is important. The McCain campaign - with public statements and ads suggesting Obama is linked to terrorists and many other tactics - is very deliberately trying to whip up mass fear and loathing about the prospect of an Obama presidency. This has been going on for some time now. And Joe Biden, among others, has been appealing to McCain and Palin to do something to calm their supporters down and to condemn their outpourings of hatred and lunacy."
(Courtesy Swampland.)