Not unexpectedly, the gloves have come off in the Presidential campaign as Senator McCain continues to fall in the polls. Attacks on Senator Obama have gotten nastier, but that is part of politics. What I find worrisome is the attack on the press. The McCain camp seems intent on killing the messengers.
I speak of a recent rally in Florida where Governor Palin pretty much turned a mob against reporters covering a rally by blaming Katie Couric's "tough" questions for her less than stellar interview, and not her own incompetence. Next thing you know, the mob has turned on the press waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse.
What is wrong with these people? Don't they understand freedom of the press is one of the elements of our liberty? Government officials inspiring a mob to turn on reporters in the US? This is beyond getting ugly, this is the GOP turning against the freedom of the press. This is how freedom dies.
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