"I'm new to this site, but it doesn't seem the proper place to get into a side debate here. But I must make a few comments on this."

-- kidney

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"I'm not from Washington and I don't get how you do it over here."

-- Sarah Palin

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"Your world frightens me! I don’t understand your advanced technology! I’m just a caveman!"

-- Frozen Caveman Lawyer

"Why do you assume "Americans" accept that Russia was unprovoked. Maybe that's what the politicians and mass media SAY but I never believed it for a second."

-- ChillyDogg

After the first presidential debate, when McCain talked about Russia attacking Georgia and then Obama agreed with him, I honestly believed it was going to be written up in the press the next day as a gaffe (silly me). When it was clear that wasn’t going to happen, I then thought the progressive blogs would point out this blatant revisionism of what Glenn rightly calls “one of the most significant geopolitical events of the year.” While some may have, I couldn’t find any mention of it, even when I did a blog search!.. I saw no mention of it on Digby, Atrios, Commondreams, etc.… Not only that, but the day after the debate I got into an argument with a friend who strongly disagreed with me when I said Georgia attacked South Ossetia. Of the 5 people I was with during that argument (one rightwing, 4 leftwing), only one took my side, the others were silent... Maybe the Americans you know all are aware, but from where I’m sitting (in the hub of “liberal elitism”, NYC) I'm not so sure the truth is widely known.

I’m very thankful Glenn brought up this issue.

The Economist put together an electoral map to give all 195 of the world's countries a say in the US election.

http://www.economist.com/vote2008/index.cfm

Notice a particular country south of the Russian Federation that stands out, my friends?

"Given what is known of john mccains health history its altogether reasonable to question his ability to fully serve as commander in chief.....If senator mccain is fit to serve as commander in chief he would then have no reason to hide his medical records."

-- Moby (singer-songwriter)

Last week the musician Moby posted an editorial objecting to McCain's refusal to release his medical records and referred to him twice, not as the chief executive or head of state, but as the commander in chief. I responded to him the same way -- regardless of whether it's Bush, McCain, or Obama -- NONE of them will EVER be my “commander in chief!” I’m an American citizen, and as such, I have no commander in chief, no matter how much war-loving submissives want to worship a military dominatrix.

"I frankly think that the public had been given good reason to distrust the kinds of Republicans that they had seen in Mark Foley, Mike Oxley, Bob Barr, Bob Ney, Jack Abramoff (a sort of dubious Republican, to be sure), Ted Stevens and Duke Cunningham. Even Tom Delay."

-- Elephantman

First of all, did the definition of 'dubious' change to 'dyed-in-the-wool'?

Second, is there some reason only the cockroaches under the paneling are mentioned? I think the American people distrust, despise and detest Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, the national media, and the Don of Dishonest Douche Bags, the most disliked president in modern American history, George W. Bush.

“do something about energy and all that . . .”

-- Anonymous prick

Yeah, "all that." I think he meant to say, "that shit people care about for some reason." The silly stuff that gets "people" with a "conscience" ridiculously "irate."

Serious folks understand that it’s all political football and isn’t really "serious" even if "genocide" is committed when shit-stains on humanity like Lieberman are allowed to be given a deciding vote.

If the EU, or China, were to suddenly adhere to the mental gymnastics of the people in Washington in their hell-bent desire for endless war, they would not even need any ulterior motives (such as oil, money, territorial control, domination & submission fantasies, etc.), because they could use those exact justifications to “shock n’ awe” the United States into submission.

If the justification for preemptive war is to remove regimes that pose a threat to other sovereign nations, or pose a threat to world peace, or that have rogue leaders who don’t adhere to international law, or to punish regimes that are guilty of war crimes, etc., can anyone honestly say those justifications could not be used to stop the power structure in Washington?

The hypocrisy and ethical bankruptcy of these people is mind numbing.

"spending a whole bunch of energy describing the USA as the villains"

-- Oldfart

Equating the vile, sewer-dwelling filth in Washington that instigate endless war with being "the USA", is like equating the Ku Klux Klan (or the GOP, for that matter) with Christianity.

"For those of you that are worried about this, obama is NOT your man."

-- NotOrbitBoy

Dang! That does it! McCain has my vote! I'm sure many others here were equally moved by those shocking quotes!

It's a little known secret that people here read absolutely nothing, just like dittoheads, so when Obama quotes are posted by Republicans they always take everyone by storm!

Thanks for the heads up, my friend!