I hope this is not true

There are several reports stating that during recent campaign stops by Governor Sarah Palin there have been calls by the crowd to “Kill him”. The “him”, of course, is Senator Barack Obama.

Apparently, what helps incite members of the crowd are Palin’s claims that Obama is palling around with terrorists.

Now what Palin is doing is both transparent and very dangerous. The McCain campaign has publicly stated that they are going to attack Obama’s character. But, what these attacks seem to be trying to do is rehash the old debate about the Senator’s religious preference. It looks as if they are again trying to paint him as a radical Muslim.

Obama has repeatedly denied being a Muslim. He has stated several times that he is Christian. But, let’s for a moment pretend like he was Muslim.

Should that matter?

Not all Muslim’s are radical.

It is also worth stating that every religion has radicals. The bloodiest wars ever fought had religious undertones.

Still, I thought this was America.

I thought that here your race, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, age, and gender didn’t matter. I thought we were a country of equal employment opportunity.

That is what is stated for all jobs.

Should the Presidency be any different?

If this is true and people are making calls to kill Obama at these rallies, why isn’t the media doing a better job of pointing this out?

More importantly, why isn’t McCain or Palin publicly denouncing these people?

Regardless of your political views this shouldn’t be about killing the opposition. I may not prefer McCain or Palin. Still, I wouldn’t want to see them killed.

As I said before hopefully this is not true and is just urban legend.

It would truly be a shame if it was.

The Wizard has spoken