like wives make their abusive husbands beat them

[realthog]

From Matthew Yglesias's blog:

McCain: Barack Made Me Lie!

Speaking last night at the national service forum, John McCain got asked a question about why his campaign keeps making false accusations. /;”First of all this is a tough business,” the Arizona senator said. “Second of all, I think the tone of this whole campaign would’ve been very different if Sen. Obama had accepted my request for us to appear at town hall meetings all over America.”

In other words — it’s Barack Obama’s fault, Obama is forcing him to lie by refusing to engage in a series of town hall debates.

As I've noted before, while it's possible this kind of dishonorable nonsense and dishonesty may get McCain elected, at the same time it's making it completely impossible for him to be a functional President. Foreign leaders are I'm absolutely certain watching this stuff with increasing incredulity, realizing McCain is someone they cannot trust one single iota.

Comments

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

I think you may be right, and I certainly hope so.

The coming debates will certainly be very mismatched. In the past, the debates hardly seem to have made a difference, but I have a good feeling that this time will be different. If they are widely enough watched, Obama will have a great opportunity to put to rest all of the sloppy misconceptions about him that are being thrown around. It may do the trick.

One thing seems fairly certain: the end result of this election will be a big fat report card on just how racist this country really is.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"One thing seems fairly certain: the end result of this election will be a big fat report card on just how racist this country really is."

Too true.

Or, as the McCain campaign might say, "You're being a sexist!"

[louismaistros.livejournal.com]

Yes, I had forgotten the newest GOP rule: If you bring up racism, it means you're sexist. Good one :)