"Though I am flattered that Governor Palin has chosen to cite me as a source of wisdom, what I said had nothing to do with politics. This is yet another example of McCain and Palin distorting the truth, and all the more reason to remember that this campaign is not about gender, it is about which candidate has an agenda that will improve the lives of all Americans, including women. The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden."
Senator McCain, Please stay in Washington. We know refusing to go to Mississippi for the Debate and claiming you've "suspended" your campaign is nothing but a desperate publicity stunt. We know economics isn't your strong point, and that your role, such as it is, in the negotiations to hammer out a bailout agreement has been less than constructive. But Senator McCain, keep at it. There's no better way to illustrate how truly erratic and cockamamie your judgment is. You only came up with this stunt once your polling numbers started to head south. In the Midwest, we call this 'digging your own grave'. So while you may have no leadership position in the Congress and hence nothing really to do, Senator please stay. And sure that means Obama will have a nationwide forum in Mississippi all to himself but you'll be rendering a far greater service to this country by showing us all, as if we had any doubts, how utterly inadequate you are to the office of President of the United States, something you're doing quite nicely just staying where you are. Thanks and best wishes, LEO webmaster IllinoisDemNet
The Chicago Tribune is channeling the Weekly Standard:
Having made hay of Barack Obama's relative youth and his foreign-sounding name, his opponents are now homing in on his neighborhood. For his critics, the presumptive Democratic nominee's home turf offers a tempting opportunity to paint him as an elitist and, perhaps more damaging, an egghead.
It gets better:
Obama left himself open to this line of political attack when the media discovered he'd had some sort of relationship with Bill Ayers, an unrepentant 1960s radical, and Obama shrugged it off, saying Ayers was just a "guy who lives in my neighborhood." His response permitted The Weekly Standard to wonder: "Wow, what kind of neighborhood does Barack live in?"
See, this is how the game is played: instead of automatically identifying this as pure rubbish, the Chicago Tribune uses it as a jumping off point -- literally the context -- of a brief look at life in Hyde Park and U. of C.
What's next? Call Obama a drug-addict -- no, rather say his "critics" call him a drug-addict -- and then look at how easy it is to score some weed in Washington Park?
This is how a GOP smear campaign gains traction. It's happening before our very eyes.
P.S. "...some sort of relationship with Bill Ayers..." Can you get any sloppier?
Because America deserves a leader who's way past his prime:
I got a funny message from someone in Alaska regarding our weekly Saloon Democrats of Chicago event:
Charles: "Can you provide Airfare round-trip? I live in Alaska but would hate to miss an opportunity to have a friendly drink or two."
Charles, I'd love to fly you out but Midwest Hospitality only goes so far! Why would you want to come out here anyway when judging by today's news, Alaska is the place to party this week?
In any case, rest assured that if you ever make it out here, we'll get you a couple of rounds to celebrate the fact.
Thanks for signing up.
LEO
I'm not the first to urge this but there's possibly a million better ways of reaching out to the people of Nevada than through the biased lenses of Fox TV.
They perform for the Right Wing what Radio Moscow used to do for Soviet Russia. No reason to lend them any legitimacy from our side of the aisle.
