Obama Palin' Around with Ayers - or - "Palin Around With the Truth"

McCain in January in Michigan:

"I'm going to raise the level of political dialog in America," McCain, R-Ariz., said at a campaign rally in central Michigan, "and I'm going to treat my opponents with respect and demand that they treat me with respect."

I guess when he gave up on Michigan, he also gave up on keeping the promises he made while campaigning there.

I guess when the economy as tanking and you have no plan for it, when the war is unpopular and you are on the wrong side of it, when your credibility as a straight-talker has been tarnished by your flip-flops on every major issue, then there is nothing left but to engage in negative politics.  McCain can't win on the issues, so he has to use lies and fear to try to diminish Obama's credibility.  Sorry, John.  But we have had enough of that.  You lose!

Well as we've heard plenty, the VP slot is reserved for attack dogs. That's what pundits were calling both Biden and Palin, but the difference is that Biden brings up relevant points with historical context. In a way, Palin was a brilliant choice for VP. She can serve the role of attack <del>pit bull</del> hockey mom, and if any nonsense she spouts is too terribly offensive, McCain can distance himself from it. Whoops! Sorry guys, she's just such a maverick, har har!

Either way the damage is done. The humor site Cracked recently ran an article on brainwashing techniques mostly tied specifically to campaigns.For a humorist site it's a pretty insightful piece. Here's an excerpt:

They call it "Source Amnesia." For instance, you know what a wolverine is, but probably don't remember exactly how you learned that piece of information.....

You'll see this daily, in every election cycle. The entire point of putting a shaky rumor into the press is to force your opponent to deny it. Why? Because They know that the denial works just as well as the accusation. Thanks to Source Amnesia, for millions of people all three of these ...

SMITH DENIES GAY BORDELLO RUMORS

SMITH REFUSES COMMENT ON GAY BORDELLO RUMORS

SMITH ADMITS GAY COCK BORDELLO

... register as the exact same headline.

As the illustrious VP candidate stated today "The heels and gloves are off."  Well, unprepared one, look out what you wish for.  My wife and I just donated a substantial amount to a 527 that is "gonna rip her wig off, ya betcha."  By the time the progressive 527's get done with McCain and Palin these next 30 days - irrespective of what Obama wants us to do or doesn't want us to do - they're going to get their a.s.s.e.s handed to them.  And unlike the recent bailout, you can take that to the bank!

'My wife and I just donated a substantial amount to a 527 that is "gonna rip her wig off, ya betcha."

My modest group 'Publishers and Authors for Obama' at the Obama website raised over $17,000 for the campaign with 70 members.

Well...we're all starving writers. (laughs)

Great, Robert!  Please don't denigrate yourself or your group.  That's a terrific achievement.

Let's just hope that if these horrible tactics sink along with this campaign, that their effectiveness will be put in question and not seen as much in the future.

We watch as the tattered remains of an American political party begin to wash ashore, their once mighty vessel having been recklessly cast against the rocks by Captain John "Madman" McBligh and his trusty sidekick, Sarah "Winky-Winky" Palin.

Good grief. What a cast of bozos. The Straight-Talk Express is more like the phony-baloney pony.

The only downside to these goobers losing the election is the devestation their defeat will bring to Letterman and SNL>

Hey! Mandeville lives! Where've you been, you fiend? Never mind. Just...don't wander off again. :0)

Curses...wrong string. This new system is making me chew holes in my lip...

McCain/Palin are becoming very desperate. Palin said at the VP debate that the Democrats keep going back to the past. Heck, this woman is a hyprocrite and very absent minded. She is now practicing the same ideology she condemns. Bill Ayers did not give a $700 billion welfare check to Wall Street, he did not foreclosed on people's homes, he did not create job lost , he did not start a war that is now bleeding tax payers, he did not lost Bin Laden in the caves of Pakistan, ETC. YOU GET MY POINT. If there is any association to be made is McCain/Bush 8 years of Republican hardship and poor judgments. McCain is out of touch. Folks he has seven mansions and lost count. Palin is just a follower doing McCain dirty work. Remember McCain said he would not engage in dirty politics, well, he is now using his puppet to act out for him. McCain/Palin have nothing to offer the American people. What they are offering is so weak that mud slinging seem like a better package for "change is coming"... to the American people... the only change is Palin changing McCain diapers. Return to the real issues that is plagueing this country please!

I have to say, before this election cycle I actually respected John McCain's character - although I disagreed with most of his views.  I found him to be, generally, a stand-up guy.  At this point, there is no changing my view: John McCain is a slimeball - P.O.W. or not!