this is where 527's could be contributing to the attack mode against the pig and her master, McCon!

What someone ought be doing is requesting a review of McCain's mental health history and status, interventions or not, and for what.
The man is severly disturbed, and dangerous. The Republic has endured eight years of a man with deep seated severe mental illness, untreated, and doesn't need to be in a position to suffer any more.
In military lingo,,,,,, unfit to serve.

The media is just not doing its job.

I have seen this report on AP and FoxNews saying that Obama was slandering Palin.

You can't beat that. It does not matter what any democrat blog says, they are all pushing against this.

The Republicans are answering saying that Democrats are "gleeful" "condoning" in calling Palin a Pig.

Obama can't win if part of the media is against him. They are seeking to bring him down or maybe make this race interesting.

This election has become a farce.

The McCain campaign has realized it can lie, lie, lie and part of the media like Halperin or Fox or AP will report their lies as facts.

How do you beat that?

Scary stuff.

I'm actually listening to MSNBC in the background while working (and occassionally checking TPM)...

And I'm a little hopeful, because both Nora Donnell and the previous newscaster seem to be adopting a pretty skeptical tone regarding this controversy, and actually seem to be challenging the McCain narrative. In addition, they keep showing the original Obama remark (including his substantive "joke" about how they're change except...everything) and his mature response.

The surrogates look foolish, and the Obama surrogates have been spot-on. Perhaps this is MSNBC which, I will admit has a little more left-leaning tendencies than CNN (FOX not even worth mentioning). However, in the past even MSNBC seemed a little more credulous toward McCain.

McCain may have cried "wolf" one too many times, perhaps the female anchors are turned-off by the wilting-flower blatantness of the argument, perhaps the Palin sequestering is pissing them off, or perhaps Obama's response shamed them. I don't know. But I feel Obama is getting the best of this one.

Bad news: covering this crap. Good news: pushback seems to be getting some traction and backfiring.

P.S. also, a narrative seems to be bubbling on that same network (MSNBC) of "Obama wants to talk about education, the record and issues but is trying to be distracted".

I seem to remember Torie Clark being on The Daily Show a couple of years ago. I don't have access to comedycentral.com at work, but someone might want to check out that episode - my guess is that she was hawking this book.

I think Obama should carry that book around with him and wave it high in the air, so every camera can catch it.

Can't wait to see quotes from it posted in the blogosphere.

Update: admit to taking my lunch hour to obsess. Even that douche Rick Sanchez (who I'm sorry to say was launched from my former hometown of Miami) on CNN...

Got who I think is the McCain supporter in the PUMA ad (def. an anti-Obama person) to say she doesn't think Barack was being sexist and that "McCain is being stupid".

(Of course, she then accused Obama of playing the race card in general so he's "guilty" too -- but baby-steps).

Then, halleluiah. When asked by Sanchez who loses when we focus on these distractions, what did BOTH panelists say? "The American People".

Hm. Sounds a lot like something Obama said today. So perhaps the meme took.

No one is paying any attention to Texas this election just like always, so no one really is thinking about this, I guess - Ron Paul is really a hot property in Texas. He could conceivable split the Repug vote there to the point where if turnout is anything like it was during the primary, Obama could walk off with Texas.

And I'm not being overly optimistic here. The Libertarians already have a hold on Texas and on Colorado - they are big in both states. If you believe that Nader helped us lose in 2000, then you need to keep Ron Paul and Barr both in mind. They could turn out to be really key factors in some states.

Everyone can recall this McCain joke: "Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno." He told it at a Republican fundraiser. He apologized in writing to then President Clinton. He never apologized to Hillary, Chelsea, or Janet Reno.

Actually McInsane issused non-appoligy appoligies through intermediaries for his Clinton kid joke. He can point to those to disspell his crime by casting the teller as the offender.

Yes, McInsane is a jack_hole but we must watch out calling his sorry (pasty white) backside on crap he did not do. We become like him if we lie about his inability to have empathy with humans or speak truth in any form. Pointing out his crimes requires no embellishment.

I disagree. I don't want Obama to become McCain 2.0. How would our country be served by a vile, filthy, corrupt Democrat, exactly? That's a good way to lose the long-term battle for America.

And the tolerance may be wearing out. I'm really seeing today's frame becoming "how does Obama fight back against these relentless dirty attacks?" in the MSM, and I've been flipping around.

God bless the blogger at Wonkette who dug up this gem.

Let me tell you, John McCain is a sleazy, wretched little old man with a degenerate mind. Just look at the Ad he also came out with today lying about Obama wanting to teach sex ed to kindergarten kids as well as talking about this foolishness about lipstick. First of all Sarah Palin called compared herself to a dog in lipstick. Mind you a vicious attack dog. All their supporters cheered and laughed. They were happy to see an attack dog come to the rescue of John McCain, the village idiot. Actually, he is either an idiot or very evil. I really don't know which. Whatever the case may be, I believe John McCain's mind is in the gutter otherwise he would not have approved those wicked ads. This little old man is a shame and disgrace to all intelligent Republican party members. John McCain and his campaign team, are reprobates of the highest order. He will do anything to win this election, including selling his soul to the devil; what a shame.