“That’s the second time you’ve used that word with McCain. Just goes to show that discrimination and bigotry is alive and well in this country even in people who are generally at the receiving end of it. Next time you start complaining about intolerance and bigotry, look in the mirror….”

Marion is not alone. I am a Democrat (barely…probably opting out of the whole, corrupt system this year), and I have been dismayed by the number of Democrats in my office who have launched into ageist and sexist tirades against McCain and Hillary. They belie the spirit of cooperation and tolerance that the Messiah Obama always preaches. It’s very disconcerting when the party of tolerance becomes the party of judgment and discrimination when they glimpse the pathway to power.