I posted the following this morning (interrupting my laundry/kitty labors because I couldn't hold myself back) on the Facebook page for MSNBC's The Daily Rundown with Chuck Todd. And I repeat it here.

I just heard Bay Buchanan's take on Romney and the campaign. I don't know what her incentive is, but it is obviously not the fortunes of women in this country. Moreover, her defense, spoken in a tense, tight voice, striving to convince the listener with her rapid delivery, verged on hysteria. Earlier this morning, Joe Scarborough, hardly a touchy-feely liberal, rendered his opinion that no American president could turn back the tide of Muslim extremism and hate for this country and I believe him. Ms. Buchanan's claim that it is Obama that has made the unrest happen is her wish list and her credentials to support her opinion are that she is Romney's campaign adviser.

I will add that insofar as unreasonable hate goes, we have our own version of Muslim extremism in the latent racism that still pervades our society. Many of our extremists lead lives of low potential. It is not their fault they were born without the ability to truly rise above marginal lives, but they want a scapegoat and the extreme Right feeds their desperation with a convenient black man, as if every year up to now was just roses for them until Barack Obama was elected.

Kathleen Parker (conservative columnist) recently wrote that she is troubled by personal opinion and partisanship in the media. I say I am glad of it, but only because it is the only defense we have against the billions being poured in by corporations and Super Pacs. I keep signing petitions to strike down Citizens United. I hope anyone who reads this will Google to find such a petition and sign it. If we don't get rid of it the corporations will soon control every aspect of our lives. This is the prelude to total control by the haves against the have-nots. And many of the rural, racist have-nots don't even begin to get it.


xx, Teal