Can GOP recover from name-calling?

The Republican Party is trying once again to sell a sense of patriotism with hatred of their fellow Americans, from "Hollywood elites" to "Massachusetts liberals."

We are now living the effects of this recurring habit in a crisis of leadership in our country and throughout the world.

Meanwhile, Sarah Palin and John McCain accuse Barack Obama of "palling around with terrorists" and calling Democratic voters "liberal," as if that were a bad thing.

But even it if it worked for them in this election, how could anyone expect McCain and Palin to be able to unite our country after having accused at least half of us as traitors?

Barry Dredze

Winfield