Wow. Just Wow. McCain Adviser Lies Openly And Belligerently

So apparently, Barack Obama is not only a socialist and a domestic terrorist, but is surrounded by anti-Semites. Who are these anti-Semites? Watch and learn. (Hint: Michael Goldfarb can't manage to come up with another name, and when pressed states simply that "I think we all know who number two is".)

When W was elected, one of the pundits made the observation that "in four years, that little blue dress is going to be a happy memory"; referencing, of course, the Lewinski scandal that almost brought down Bill Clinton. Eight years later, it's likely that everyone could go for a cigar, and I have a feeling that if McCain were to somehow be elected, Iraq, Katrina, the economy, and Cheneyesque transparency in government will also all be happy memories.

While you can argue that the actions and rhetoric spilling over from the McCain camp in the past few weeks is the result of a campaign in it's death throes, it's more believable that this is a preview of how they will choose to govern. The Bush administration has proven that it's not necessary to rely on facts or truth to advance a self serving and damaging agenda, and at this point in the campaign, McCain is proving that he, and the people he chooses to have in his employ, are much more similar to the farce of the last eight years than we ever would have thought. The Straight Talk Express is proving itself to be anything but, as we are faced with another round of easily disproved lies and recriminations; from William Ayers to "socialism", to Joe the not-quite-a-Plumber. We all know that the bar for political discourse was irreparably lowered by the employ of Rovian campaigning, but did we know that it would become the absolute train wreck of a limbo competition that it has become? How low can we go indeed. Six more days and we will likely have an answer.