Secret Service Sorta Says Sarah is Seditious

When at first I saw and heard what was happening at McCain and Palin rallies (just because a particular statement could not be confirmed does not mean it was not uttered and even if it wasn't, plenty others were), I simply could not believe they were acting so reprehensibly. I knew in my gut what it meant, yet my mind denied it could be real. Needing to resolve such dissonance, I grabbed for my good ole online version of M-W. First word I looked up was "seditious" which means " disposed to arouse or be guilty of sedition" (incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority). Crowds members had called out"Terrorist" and "Traitor" and even suggested to "Bomb Obama" and the like. Yep, no doubt, (intentional or not) their behavior was seditious. It stepped over the line from, 'don't vote for that one' to 'he is so worthy of your contempt that we will FIGHT him to the end.'

And bitter it became. Many of us called McCain and his campaign (mostly Palin) to stop endangering duly elected (then) presidential candidate Barack Obama's life (who as a Senator, was a lawful authority in more than one respect) and public safety. Many demanded them to cease and desist their unwarranted and dangerous attacks. Though they toned it down a bit after that and McCain once publicly set the record 'straight' (at least with his words, if not exactly with his actions), they did not stop. Given that this was not McCain's usual way of dealing with matters, it is not surprising he apparently had to do mental gymnastics. For example, when Rep. Congressman John Lewis issued a well-deserved and pointed reprimand, instead of taking heed, he denied the allegation and projected his own apparently unacknowledged, yet unacceptable nonetheless behavior back onto Lewis, saying Lewis' remarks were beyond the pale.

In any case, now that the Secret Service has blamed Palin with a drastic rise in the number of death threats against President Elect Obama, I recently sent a note like the one below to my Senators and hope you will as well:

Dear Honorable Senator,

Trust that by now you have also seen news reports such as:

Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama
Death Threat Against Obama (et al) Foiled
The Legacy of McCain-Palin: Hate
Palin Went Rogue With Ayers Attack
Idaho students chant 'assassinate Obama' on school bus: Report
Threats against Obama increase
Racial Incidents and Threats Against Obama Soar: Here Is a Chronicle


Given the increased and unprecedented number of death threat against President Elect Obama, McCain, Palin Rove, et al ought to be held responsible for their seditious campaign which incited these. Since the dangerous people they and their supporters emboldened through all the hate and fear mongering are still a threat, McCain and Palin should publicly apologize and issue public services announcements to set the record straight, quell fears, and extinguish the hate. The Senate should censor McCain for his reprehensible acts, for his robocalls, for Palin's pitbullish acts, and for all the times he pushed the same seditious agenda. They should seriously consider expelling him. If anyone harms President Elect Obama, his family or anyone else as a result of the unrest they stirred up, McCain, Palin, Rove, et al should be arrested for treason.