Journalists need to do more than call the play-by-play this election cycle. We also need to blow the whistle on such egregious fouls calculated to undermine the political process and magnify the ugliest prejudices that our nation has done so much to overcome.

when pigs...with lipstick...fly.

the revolution will not be televised...Peace

What is happening, I think, is this: religious prejudice is becoming a proxy for racial prejudice. In public at least, it's not acceptable to express reservations about a candidate's skin color, so discomfort about race is sublimated into concerns about whether Mr. Obama is sufficiently Christian.

And I've been saying this for months now.  Voting against Obama because he's black makes you a racist bigot asshole.  It is not socially acceptable to do that in 2008.

But voting against Obama because you think he might be a Muslim (or insert any of the lies the GOP smear campaigns have been telling about him, i.e. he was born in Indonesia and is not a US citizen, he supports infanticide, he'll raise taxes on all Americans, etc.) is perfectly and socially acceptable for millions of Americans.

The GOP is shotgunning out lie after lie, falsehood after falsehood, with the intent of giving as many Americans as possible absolution from the sin of racism.

Luckily, they are also shotgunning out example after example of why Republicans should never again be allowed to lead this country under any circumstances.

We'll see which resonates with Americans.

More at Zandar vs. The Stupid.

Follow this link:   https://secure.ga0.org/02/pp10000_inhonor
Select "I would like to make this gift in honor of..."
Put Sarah Palin's name in the honorary field
Use the mailing address for the McCain For President headquarters in D.C.
First name: McCain for President
Address 1:  1235 S. Clark Street
Address 2:  1st Floor
city, state, zip:  Arlington , VA 22202

This link suggests that the meme is going around, not sure where it started!

I met him once, when I worked at HBO. Aside from being brilliant and funny, he rolls a wicked yo-yo, and did a little act for me while waiting for his meeting. He's awesome. This is SO cool.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes