I gave up last night, but am back now and saw your response to my Lieberman comments. You said

To this day I'd really love to wrest a public apology out of Al Gore and whoever the hell put him up to it. Talk about creating a monster.

Oh, and from Obama too, for that matter, for failing to back Lamont. Obama's support for Lieberman was one of the first things that made me really question Obama's character, actually.

It's more complex than that, from my point of view, because I lived in IL then, supported him in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat, and was furious that Obama wasn't serving his constituents in the state but was travelling around the country stumping for the likes of Joe Lieberman. Not only did he stump for Lieberman, but one of most prominent examples of poor judgement was when he asked people at a democrat event to take out their checkbooks and write out a donation to Lieberman while Ned Lamont was in the audience.

Thank heaven we had Senator Dick Durbin who was into serving the constituents big time plus serving the country by his role as whip in the Senate. And, ultimately, it was Senator Durbin's support for the Obama presidency that brought me around to supporting the junior senator. The final decision to support him was after I met Michelle Obama, whom I can't say enough good things about!

I don't think he's the wonderful savior some people think he is. I think he'll still make a lot of mistakes. But he's grown during this campaign. And I hope he selectes the best and the brightest to serve in his cabinet. But most important of all, he's SO MUCH BETTER than McCain, and since the introduction of Palin into the scenerio, an Obama win is a necessity!

What worries me about having Lieberman in that camp is he knows how a democrat presidential campaign operates from the inside--even when things get so bad that it involves several legal challenges.

Is physical castration really a form of torture? Hey, I wouldn't object to them using a topical anesthetic during the procedure.

But sometimes that isn't a bad thing because you see things as they're presented in the article and not in the way these discussions wander off in different directions.

Here's my take on yesterday. McCain hands the microphone to the woman who becomes flustered. She says she's afraid of Obama, but then loses her train of thought. Her mouth goes dry. Her mind goes blank. (This often happens to people not used to being in the spotlight with a microphone thrust into their hands.) The brain cells began sending all kinds of messages, some of which she doesn't toally comprehend or want to say aloud. So she grabs the first word that pops out front and center. He's an Arab! In another time and in a less public place, she probably would have said "Because he's Black" or worse.

That in no way excuses what she said. But in a small way, you have to pity her---because she was so nervous (as people become in situations like that) and because she was so ill-informed.

I think at that point in time, McCain was relieved that she didn't say something worse! I also think he has begun to worry about the ugly rhetoric thrown out by Sarah Palin, doesn't consider himself a racist (and, believe me, he knows that's the underlying factor in all of this). Members of Secret Service who protect him may even be telling him these rallies are become near-riots and are putting HIM in danger from their potential actions. And, of course, he doesn't want to be remembered as the presidential candidate whose campaign rhetoric stirred up the crazies who...well....you can fill in the rest....

The real test in the upcoming days is if Palin drops her rabble-rousing speeches. If she does, it will mean that McCain has regained control of the campaign. If she doesn't, it will show that Sarah answers to a higher power---those right-wingers who recruited her and who are intent on winning the campaign no matter what the cost.

In my previous post I said The real test in the upcoming days is if Palin drops her rabble-rousing speeches. If she does, it will mean that McCain has regained control of the campaign.

Well, it didn't take long to find out just where things stand. Today, in response to a criticism of the McCain's campaign tactics by Congressman John Lewis, comparing them to those of a former presidential candidate and avowed racist, George Wallace, McCain responded:

Congressman John Lewis’ comments represent a character attack against Governor Sarah Palin and me that is shocking and beyond the pale. The notion that legitimate criticism of Senator Obama’s record and positions could be compared to Governor George Wallace, his segregationist policies and the violence he provoked is unacceptable and has no place in this campaign. I am saddened that John Lewis, a man I’ve always admired, would make such a brazen and baseless attack on my character and the character of the thousands of hardworking Americans who come to our events to cheer for the kind of reform that will put America on the right track.

Guess John (George Wallace) McCain pretty much supports the way his campaign is going. Poor, stupid, pitiful man!

...start calling the monster by its real name: RACISM!