you are golden with the men in white uniform comment Greg. Really thanks for pushing this.

It's simple Greg.

McCain says Obama is honorable, but has bad judgement. Bad judgement lead him to Ayers, Rezko, Wright and blah blah blah blah.

This is all about the judgement game for McCain now.

Whatever Ayres is, he's definetly a douche bag. Obama says he's denounced his crimes, has he denounced him as a person? I certainly would have. Ayers was a son of privilege who slummed as a radical and used his family connections to get out of trouble (like Cindy and her pill problem)

Keep hitting hard, Greg. Show him the real definition of "honorable"

I'll watch your back as many here will too.

PD: Jack Cafferty, you're awesome! The only good thing on CNN today. Why he isn't in Denver? Come on!

On the other hand, McCain himself wouldn't approve of his own campaign's message about Obama and Ayers and has been forced by external events to wage a vicious and negative campaign against his own wishes.

I wonder if we will be able to extend that logic into the McCain presidency itself after he is sworn in next year.

"Yes, the unprovoked invasion of Lithuania last night is unconscionable. But this shouldn't reflect badly on President McCain, because we can assume he would not approve of his administration's actions..."

Breaking news:

Obama to DOJ: Block terrorist ad

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12816.html

"Alea iacta est", the Rubicon has been crossed.

Well, in another example of his good judgment, I think we can all agree that Obama made the correct choice when he decided not to limit himself to public financing.

Obama needs to make his youth a strength. The Ayers thing gives him a chance to go right at age/generational change thing. He was in elementary school when Ayers was a terrorist. He was in elementary school when McCain was in Vietnam. The future is now, the future will be the story of your children and mine. Let's talk about the future and leave the past behind. Place McCain in the past. Focus on our agenda (do we have an agenda? Last I heard Nancy was drilling for oil? Is that it? Oh, well I will hope we find an agenda for the future lying around someplace).

I'd like to see an ad with an ordinary person talking about how dental care for their family takes up 10% of their annual income, and John McCain wants to talk about the 1960s and arugula while his swiftboating friends want to talk about someone Obama has met who did bad stuff 40 years ago when Obama was a kid?

Do they really think we're this stupid?

(Idea for ad thanks to the $2600 I'm going to shell out next week for routine dental care. I mean, seriously, that's fucked up, and they want me to forget about that and focus on 40 years ago? That's batshit insane!)

Obama has been justly criticized for his ties to former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers, who in 1995 hosted a campaign event for Obama and in 2001 gave him a $200 contribution. The two have also served together on the board of a foundation. When their connection became known, McCain minced no words: "I think not only a repudiation but an apology for ever having anything to do with an unrepentant terrorist is due the American people." What McCain didn't mention is that he has his own Bill Ayers -- in the form of G. Gordon Liddy. Now a conservative radio talk-show host, Liddy spent more than 4 years in prison for his role in the 1972 Watergate burglary. That was just one element of what Liddy did, and proposed to do, in a secret White House effort to subvert the Constitution. Far from repudiating him, McCain has embraced him.

How close are McCain and Liddy? At least as close as Obama and Ayers appear to be. In 1998, Liddy's home was the site of a McCain fundraiser. Over the years, he has made at least four contributions totaling $5,000 to the senator's campaigns -- including $1,000 this year.

Last November, McCain went on his radio show. Liddy greeted him as "an old friend," and McCain sounded like one. "I'm proud of you, I'm proud of your family," he gushed. "It's always a pleasure for me to come on your program, Gordon, and congratulations on your continued success and adherence to the principles and philosophies that keep our nation great."

Full article here:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-oped0504chapmanmay04,0,6238795.column

Repeated from an earlier thread, because I thought it should not die in anonymity (YMMV):

Damn if I didn't just have an idea for an ad that would be the ultimate kick in the nuts. Don't know how it would go in total, but it would include this idea:

"It's no wonder John McCain would prefer to talk about an unpopular war that happened 40 years ago...because then he doesn't have to talk about the unpopular war going on right now that he wants to continue for at least another 5 years."

In one fell swoop, it makes talking about "POW! POW!" a negative and hangs Iraq around his neck.

BARACK!! FIGHT GODDAMMIT!! WAKE UP!! Don't stop punching McCain in the mouth!! Don't waste this opportunity!! This is politics; it's visceral!! Fight with a happy heart and strong spirit Barack!!