Double Standards are Your Forte

Khaled Hosseini:

Is inaction tantamount to consent? The McCain campaign certainly thinks so when it comes to Obama and incendiary remarks from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. By their own inaction, then, are McCain and Palin condoning these slurs? Or worse, are they willfully inciting the angry and venomous response that we have been witnessing at their rallies? If not, then what reaction are they hoping to evoke by their relentless public suggestions that Obama is basically an anti-American liar who won't put "country first" and has an affection for terrorists? Do they not understand the kind of fire they are playing with?

They do; they just don't care. If they win, they'll treat those of us who are incensed at the racist xenophobia just like Bush treated dissenters: with contempt. If they lose, they'll disavow all responsibility for the atmosphere they stoked. A couple of instances of McCain saying "be respectful" on the stump doesn't negate the ads he's running.