From the Chicago Tribune's report last Friday:
Two supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama found handwritten death threats in their mailboxes Thursday and reported them to Villa Park police.
More details on the flip..
Another excerpt of the Tribune's report last Friday:
A 74-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man with Obama signs in their front yards near the 600 block of South Villa Avenue received similar letters that had a Villa Park Village Hall return address. "Get the Obama signs off your property—now," the letter reads. "Failure to obey this order will result in the immediate death of all family members." Both residents said they will not remove their signs, though the man, who had voted Republican for 25 years before switching parties this year, said his wife is worried about letting their 7-year-old son play alone outside.
So let me get this right. John McCain's campaign makes a concerted effort at assailing Barack Obama's character with implications Obama has terrorist buddies. Since the attacks began, every day seems to bring a new incident of hate against Barack Obama's supporters.
In just the last three days, Obama supporters have been spit on, assaulted, had their tires slashed, and now this.
It is well past time for John McCain and his campaign to condemn these hateful acts with the strongest of language and for the perpetrators of these cowardly acts to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
My fear,though, is that it is too late to get the genie back into the bottle.
Still, the McCain campaign bears a responsibilty to America to
neutralize the poison of division that they have unleashed upon their own country. They need to do it now, and hope that no one else is hurt,or,God forbid, killed by the very fear and terror they have espoused.
(Update: Wow, first time on rec list..thanks Kossacks! Let's hope we win and help heal this country of ours!)
(Update 2: link to Trib Story at top of page,plus Digg below, and thanks to Democratic Underground for posting this also.)
Digg here