This is the kind of crap that made me change from being a staunch Republican ( I was a Young Republican in College) and vote Democrat. The conservative base is based on fear. Fear of a Muslim, Fear of an Arab, fear of communism....it is how GWB got into office the second time. Using the fact that we haven't had another attack on US soil but if we hadn't elected him we most certainly would have...

Fear is a motivator for sure but we can't be governed by fear. We have to look forward to what is ahead and not be afraid. I think that is what resonates with me on choosing a party platform that does not try and scare me into voting for them.

Ayers, "a washed up terrorist", ACORN (ruining the very fabric or something like that), making people afraid of people who don't look like them, socialism, are all scare tactics to make people afraid.

And then we have this communism thing in this thread. Silly.

Like a few years ago, or maybe more than a few years ago, Proctor and Gamble had to go on the record about their logo because someone saw devil worship or satanism or something like this star thing in it and it spread like wildfire. This is the same thing.

It is depressing that so many people buy into it.