What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been-By Bill Ayers

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What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
Looking back on a surreal campaign season
By Bill Ayers

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On the campaign trail, McCain immediately got on message. I became a prop, a cartoon character created to be pummeled.

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin got hold of it, the attack went viral. At a now-famous Oct. 4 rally, she said Obama was “pallin’ around with terrorists.” (I pictured us sharing a milkshake with two straws.)

The crowd began chanting, “Kill him!” “Kill him!” It was downhill from there.

My voicemail filled up with hate messages. They were mostly from men, all venting and sweating and breathing heavily. A few threats: “Watch out!” and “You deserve to be shot.” And some e-mails, like this one I got from [e-mail]: “I’m coming to get you and when I do, I’ll water-board you.”

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