My below post leads me to say a quick word about e-mail. For the past several weeks, we’ve heard some complaining about mean e-mail — missives coming from righties to those who are against McCain and Palin, or who simply support Obama and Biden. But as I take in the stinking mass of hate and insult now sitting in my inbox, I think: Get off your high horses, please. All of us who scribble on the Internet — especially if we express strong views — receive bad stuff. I can match you letter for letter, expletive for expletive, scream for scream. I regret that McCain-Palin supporters generate nasty mail. But if you think that your fellow Obamites, or anti-Palinites, have better manners — come and see me (or my inbox) sometime . . .

P.S. One of my favorite hate-mail senders is a guy who closes “Peace” — e.g., “You suck, you’re a moron, you’re a cancer. Die, die, die. Peace, John Smith.” It is a feat of incongruity!