I think this campaign is finally wearing on McCain...

Huh?

I've been to western PA and grew up in central PA. Nothing against the place, but how do you deem it the "most patriotic" part of the country? The McCain campaign is losing it. They have nothing left but to try and incite hate and label people "real" or "patriotic" Americans, as if those of us who McCain doesn't bestow that label on are somehow "fake" or "un-patriotic".

In the past few days you've seen three glaring examples of this from his campaign:
Palin telling us who is "pro-America"
Nancy Pfotenhauer telling us that Northern VA is not "real Virginia"
Rep. Hayes letting us know that "liberals hate real Americans that work and achieve and believe in God."

I find this all despicable. It's an attempt to take America back to the culture wars of the 1960s or the Bush I years. It's an attempt to incite ire and hatred between Americans who would be better served by working together, Republican and Democrat, liberal and conservative, to face the huge problems facing us (like the nationalization of our banks, two wars, torture, huge job losses across the nation, foreclosure, a credit crunch, breaches of the constitution by our own leaders, etc etc).

Once this election is over... I think some politicians will realize that Americans have started to wake up and take a look at the issues rather than being led like sheep to the slaughter through fear, smears, and negative attacks.