The politics of hate are all around us, fueled by right-wing religious fanatics, our own Taliban, and sad to say, it is us, far less often them, who will reap the consequences of what they have sown. But we too bare responsibility when we go to the polls on November 2. If you don't want to be a victim, don't be. Don't put these people in power. Don't worry about God doing the right thing for America. YOU do the right thing for America.