My Nostradamus moment...

I woke up in the middle of the night with a feeling of dread having tossed and turned for hours with fretful, forboding dreams. I realized what was going on, this was my own personal "Nostradamus Moment."

Maybe it's because I've been on cough syrup and cold meds for about a week, now.

I don't know why these thoughts haunt me tonight. Maybe it's because of that wierd tarot card reading at the end of tonight's Mad Men.

Or, maybe it's because I fear these next two weeks leading up the election are going to be very, very challenging and it's scaring me.

Let's face it, we need these elections over with. I don't know how much more stress we can all take after the past few months.

But, it's how we Americans handle the stress that has me so worried.

Anyhow, here's my own "3 AM call" -- from Nostradamus.





I see history repeating the same mistakes it did in the past.

I see McCain and Palin refuse to condemn words and acts of hate and violence at a time when racial and xenophobic tension is a constant bubble on the back burner.

I see a narrower, whiter, meaner army of haters pull in their wagons and sharpen their knifes. It doesn't help that Palin likes to be photographed holding guns.

I see a people on the verge of ruin who need the wisdom and leadership of one calm, wise leader more than ever.

I see McCain now as the captain of the Titanic who sadly has chosen not to go down with honor. I see a man who won't save his dignity by doing or saying what he could to redeem his reputation as "good man." I now see a desperate old man who'd push a baby out of the way to jump into a lifeboat. I see an angry, bitter man who may have once done great things, but now out of ambition has quite clearly sold his soul to the devil.

McCain should should throw in the towel with class and dignity and preserve his honor, but instead all I see are more and more pathetic evil lies and hate and greed and ego.

I see fear and loathing in the eyes of people who are terrified to exist without patriarchal structure and biblical order. I see people leaping to catch a hold of lies and inflamatory fables as if their life depended on these flimsiest of beliefs. I see a desire to do harm to others to "preserve" the "traditional" ways. And, what's worse, I see no actions being taken to prevent others from doing harm.

I see desperation everywhere and I worry profoundly for us all. Every day between now and election day feels like a ticking time bomb.

Where are our leaders when we need them?

Our country needs structure and safety and order, and I'm worried that the wrong people will flip out if they start to blame the chaos on the sudden rise of popularity of Obama.

There are so many different things spinning out of control right now that are profoundly stressful for Americans. It's shaking all of us up at the core, and I worry how some people will behave as a result of this uncertainty.

This is why we most need a leader to come out NOW and make some reassuring comments to us all. To calm us and give us some positive direction.

Right now, I am not asking for a great president to give us reassurance, today I'm asking for any president to give us some faith and strongly remind us that all hate and violence is wrong and will be punished.

But, not even the existing president is willing to do this for us. I'm so cynical now, I wonder if this is not another one of his bumbling accidents, either. I wonder if our current administration's silence right now is actually passive call to arms against Obama's supporters.

What I conclude from my odd, middle of the night, revelation, is simply this:

If, God forbid, any future violence occurs relating to Obama, then we must hold not just McCain and Palin 100% accountable for any crimes committed -- but the entire current Bush administration, as well. 

McCain and Palin's campaign is, of course, directly responsible for any hate crimes against Obama by their consistently refusing to halt and denounce the obvious displays of hate during their own rallies.  However, we should also hold our current administration accountable as well.   After all -- These are still "the guys in charge right now."  -- are they not?

Another very troubling aspect to the frightening fear of future violence is due to the audacity of sheer lies McCain and Palin PROUDLY tell their "base" every single day.   These lies suggests that Obama is "anti-American."  Which is, a total lie, but they keep saying it.  Over and over and over.  

Why?  Well, they aren't even bothering to reach out to reasonable people any more, they are specifically only trying to get a message across to "pitchfork wavers." 

Why?   Because they are that desperate and they hope someone stops Obama "by all means" without getting their own hands dirty.    That's a heavy claim to make, but I think we all see this.  Someone should speak out about this.  Now, not later.

McCain's message now is that if Obama succeeds that letting this happen  is a "threat" to our "national security."   All lies.  All told with the deliberate wish that it results in harm to Obama, or else, or why say them?

It's like yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater.   It's like giving a loaded gun to kids to play with.  These lies are crimes.   It's trying to "win" by hook or by crook.

By not stepping in today, (that's right now, to be even more specific)  and doing everything possible to calm down violent haters seeking to do harm, then, they actually sanction it.

Make no mistake. When we, especially our leaders, do not take action to speak out against hate and violence, by not doing so -- it is the same thing as giving permission to it.

Something needs to change.

Tension is in the air. And I have a feeling these next two weeks are going to be mighty rough.


Let's just hope my 3 AM call from Nostradamus, is nothing more than a cough medicine induced nightmare, shall we?