I truly hope Obama will go for the throats of these prissy beltway elites (and are there any more nancy-boyish weenies than Bill Kristol, Matt Drudge and Howie Kurtz?) if they persist in questioning Barack’s patriotism, in light of George W Bush & Dick Cheney’s visceral disdain and constant undermining of the Constitution, civil liberties, and the nation’s laws - the truest indicators of whether one loves this country or not!

For Kurtz to want to hang a “cokehead” label on Obama as the campaign heats up, when George W Bush was not only (and may still be) a cokehead, a pothead, and a binge drinking, DUI alcoholic, is just another reminder of how little was done about Bush (and Cheney’s) degenerate character in 2000.

As I’ve said before, whoever the Democratic candidate is, they should be relentless in pointing out, not only the GOP's fear-mongering, but that the Republican Party since 9/11 has been consumed with FEAR and COWARDICE. They’re admittedly TERRIFIED of the future, and Obama should repeat that over and over until it sticks! That in a world where terrorists are plotting attacks on the United States, we can’t afford any more panicy 'leadership' that is as scared and overwhelmed by fear as George W Bush has been his entire time in office. While McCain does not have the lifelong history of cowardice that George W Bush has, he certainly agrees with Bush in approaching the issue of terrorism from a fearful and terror-stricken mindset rather than facing the issue with self-assurance and fearlessness, and putting it into perspective as a threat - reminding voters that when America dealt with the cold war that we DIDN'T alter the Constitution and the nation’s identity. The United States, prior to the Bush administration, was always STRONGER than that!

Obama can’t accuse the GOP enough of being FEARFUL and COWARDLY. The record of fear and panic under George W Bush for the past 8 years speaks for itself.

I haven't watched Cokie Roberts since David Brinkley left the Sunday program, but she always struck me (like Krauthammer, Novak, and certain other pundits who've been pontificating for over 30 years), of believing herself to be some great political seer, spinning straw into gold, as she sighs and lethargically rolls her eyes. As if she's being bothered to share her wondrous insights each week with us, the lowly viewing audience, despite the fact that her great pontifications usually proved wrong.

Well, except for that minor 1977 investment of $50,000 made in George W Bush's first business venture, Arbusto Energy, by Salem bin Laden (Osama Bin Laden's brother). But, clearly, that's much too complicated for the press to explain.

I have no doubt that if Al Gore or John Kerry had been president on 9/11, and it had been documented that the president arrogantly dismissed the warnings (telling his CIA briefer, "All right. You've covered your ass, now"), and then it became known that the president had financial ties to the 9/11 mastermind's brother, the press would have just shrugged it off as boring.

And then, 6 months and 2 days after 9/11, for that same president to boast:

"I truly am not that concerned about him (Bin Laden)"

- March 13, 2002

It's understandable why 'Rezko' and 'White Water' take hold in the media and never go away. I'm sure if the media could find something go after the right on, it would!

Wow! I never saw any of those book covers before! I guess I've never been to the part of the bookstore that caters to people who arrive in the short bus before. Amazing!

"I'm anything but a fan of the various music videos floating around which promote the Obama campaign. For many reasons, they just don't personally appeal to me" - Glenn Greenwald

Which begs the question. What does Glenn Greenwald pop in the stereo (or the iPod) during these tumultuous, gut-wrenching times? I'd be very interested to know!

"It just isn't true that most Republicans who believe in vast executive power do a 180 depending on who is in the White House" -- Glenn Greenwald

I don't know. While Bill Clinton didn't have an insatiable thirst to expand executive authority like the Bush administration (and therefore there's no GOP response that can be measured with Clinton against Bush in that way), his actions militarily in Kosovo, and his bombing campaign on Iraq in late 1998, were both overwhelmingly condemned by the GOP as an overreach of his authority.

I just find it impossible to imagine the "everything changed after 9/11" defense to be allowed as cover for Barack Obama's or Hillary Clinton's secretive executive actions.

In other words, the favorite rightwing defense today of illegally spying on Americans is, "if you have nothing to hide, what's the problem?" When Obama or Clinton have the power to secretly monitor Americans without any oversight, to even IMAGINE Hannity or Limbaugh or O'Reilly saying, "allow them the tools they need to fight terrorism, even if it means wiretapping Americans phones" is, to me, completely unimaginable.

OH. MY. GAWD! Like, McCain is like TOTALLY one of the KEWL adults! Ya know, like Dr. Drew or that dude who buys you wine coolers at the liquor store!

And like, how is not AWESOME that Politico bought Mrs. McCain flowers?!!

I'm TOTALLY voting for that McCain dude! He ROCKS!