Today's Hosseini Article in Washington Post

I've been meaning to write the previous entry on A Thousand Splendid Suns for a few days now, and by coincidence, today also marked the publication of another notable work by Khaled Hosseini, an opinion piece in The Washington Post. He discusses the recent rise in racial tensions, insults, and threats directed toward Obama, voiced by supporters at McCain's and Palin's public appearances--and their apparent disinterest in denouncing such behavior.

Is inaction tantamount to consent? The McCain campaign certainly thinks so when it comes to Obama and incendiary remarks from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. By their own inaction, then, are McCain and Palin condoning these slurs? Or worse, are they willfully inciting the angry and venomous response that we have been witnessing at their rallies? If not, then what reaction are they hoping to evoke by their relentless public suggestions that Obama is basically an anti-American liar who won't put "country first" and has an affection for terrorists? Do they not understand the kind of fire they are playing with?

They may not be directly "inciting" the actions taken by their supporters, but they're pulling very similar stunts themselves, as Hosseini notes. What it boils down to, in my opinion, is that one campaign has class, and one simply doesn't.

It's a never-ending source of entertainment (albeit a disappointing one) to see how low the common denominator really is among the general public.