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Olbermann: Divisive Politics is Un-American
October 21, 2008 in Politics | Tags: anti-American, conservative america, divisive politics, ignorant vote, keith olbermann, McCain, mob politics, olbermann, palin, political smears, real america, republican lies, right wing smears, sarah palin, smears, special comment | Leave a comment
How does the Right ever expect to win when they marginalize so many voters? In frequently attempting to define their base as the ‘Real America’ and by smearing everyone else, the Right’s schoolyard bully tactics are divisive and dangerous to the prosperity of our nation’s union.
In a Special Comment above, Keith Olbermann articulates wonderfully how this kind of angry mob mentality does far more to undermine America than the claims of anti-Americanism which get unjustifiably thrown at the Right’s opponents.