Strange reaction! On behalf of both Obama08now and Readerreader, I must take slight offense.

You get the prize for being the first to identify my transparent and Borat-like support for the Democratic ticket. You did like that movie, didn't you? It's called humor, folks. The lack thereof is the same thing which doomed my first appearance on this site. Someone freaked out to what I thought would be a great list of questions for Joe Biden in an alternate universe where the media actually asked interesting questions, and I couldn't take the name calling anymore. I'm too nice for that. :)

Let me just go on here for a minute. I have known a fair number of people of Palin's religious bent, and find them both a tiny bit intense in their zeal, and yet about as nice and decent as you can get on a whole variety of fronts. Like I said before, and Camille did as well, this woman rocks. Your disparagement isn't going to work anymore, because she survived and flourished in her debate! It's over. Done. She's not Dan Quayle. She's not Tom Eagleton. She's Sarah Palin, and she's awesome. I really, really, really hope she gets elected, the main reason being I would love to have a person of her quality in our national government.

You are absolutely right! In my defense, I tried to state my views plainly under the name readerreader, but was booed off the site. I love Salon and enjoyed my participation, but no one else seemed to share the pleasure. :)

To be as plain as I can, I love Sarah Palin (McCain, I find tolerable). I can't entirely explain it, but it shows through in everything I have written - under both names. :)

I also believe, in case you care, that Barack Obama is a decent guy. He reminds me in one limited respect of Henry Wallace, FDR's flaky VP who was dumped for Truman. Wallace's political career came into trouble based on a youthful, overly exuberant exchange of correspondence he had with some Tibetan mystics. I think Obama's associations with Ayres and Wright were similar. There is no doubt in my mind Obama was a radical. There is also no doubt he is now a "platform Democrat" and will act as one if elected. The shame, really, is for the radicals he abandoned, not for the Rotarian nation he seeks to govern.

Okay, I really do need to get over and out. I am sure I offended someone, but again, my enjoyment of this web site is my only defense. Take care Democrats, but beware of that Zogby poll this morning showing the race tightening to just 3 points! I promise you this time, I will not be posting here again.

But don't forget, people. Sarah Palin is wonderful. Bash her all you want. You won't change that truth.

Joan is right, McCain's comment to the African American questioner was objectively painful - "I'm sure you've never heard of Freddie Mac until it hit the news recently." On the other hand, let's face it, unless you follow this crap all the time, it's probably true (without regard to the man's race). These were undecided voters, after all, and unless you're a retiree on a fixed income who follows each and every stock in his portfolio, you're not going to know what Freddie Mac is (earlier this year). Who knows whether McCain was being offensive or just careless. Either way, it was a bad response all the way around.