Too Little, Too Late, Sen. McCain

You reap what you have sown so recklessly and dangerously, John McCain:

McCain calls Obama 'decent person,' is booed

McCain sort of can't win here. Parnes reports from Minnesota:

A man in the audience stood up and told McCain he's "scared" of an Obama presidency and who he'd select for the Supreme Court.

"I have to tell you. Sen. Obama is a decent person and a person you don't have to be scared of as president of the United States," McCain said as the crowd booed and shouted "Come on, John!"

"If I didn't think I'd be a heck of a lot better, I wouldn't be running for president of the united states."

If it's not the Times editorial board jeering him, it's his own crowd.

ALSO: Whoa:

A woman at the town hall asks softly: "I've heard that Sen. Obama is an Arab."

McCain quickly cuts the woman off.

"No, maam. He's a decent family man and citizen," McCain says. "He's not. Thank you."

Finally, McCain demands respect for Obama

John McCain for the first time today signaled that it's time for him and Sarah Palin to stop their lynch-mob tactics. He gave a speech today and, in response to a supporter urging him to take the gloves off and start fighting, he said he'll fight, but he's going to be respectful to Sen. Obama. The crowd booed. McCain stopped them and insisted, no, we will run a respectful campaign.

It is too late, as these exchanges between McCain and his own, already-sold and loyal-to-the-bone crowds painfully show.

You, John McCain, have awaken the ugly, raging and violent beast and furthermore whipped it into a frenzy of rage and hate. But now that you finally realize where this may lead, you fear and tremble at the consequences as you try to placate the frenzied beast in an empty gesture to wash yourself in advance of any responsibility for what it may do.

You are far too little, too late, John McCain.

In between, your vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin continues forth with the smear attacks to demonize Barack Obama, whipping even more the fear, resentment and rage among your McCain-Palin "base", if not of many other Americans as well.

She goes on prodding the beast while you only now begin to placate it with platitudes.

Far too little to late. Or far too little and not enough.

You, and Sarah Palin and the rest of your inner cricle, have acted criminally in order to incite murder. Whether consciously and willfully or not.

You need to do much, much, much more, John McCain, to put the ugly, raging beast back to its slumber.

Have you the courage? Have you the competence?

I think not.

Unfortunately and tragically enough.