don't get distracted! what was in the box this guy left for letterman????? there's way more to this story. but i fear we'll never know because of the media's short attention span. it's so odd how quickly letterman is trying to get out in front of this -like today, two other women came forward. (i'm sure at his urging) there's smoke here, and some fire. i ask again --what was in the package???? "one report today said it was a letter, copies of diary entries and "other information". Huh? other information? i ask: -was the girl in on it too? - are there bank statements, etc. about payoffs to other women -deviant stuff on video? what??? come on, folks. i like dave, but no free passes here.

why are we settling for half the story???

the media alters reality by creating psuedo-controversy, manufacturing conflict, often causing the actual truth to sound like an unfair accusation. the media boxes itself in -and reality out. take the recent 9/12 rally in washington. a typical story, covering the disputed figures, would have this perspective: "liberals accuse conservatives of inflating attendance numbers." or: "democrats accuse GOP of stoking racists." even if a truth were to be told -say by discussing the real, hard attendance numbers or the obvious approval by some GOPers of open race-baiting - by framing it this way, the media could be accused of taking sides -when they'd just be reporting hard facts. it's so screwed up! readers would think: oh, my gosh! they're taking the democrats side on this one! even reality must fit neatly into the game of left vs. right -liberals as angry, accusatory and untrustworthy; republicans as value-filled, middle of the roaders -the smoke thickens, it becomes impossible to remember what the issue was in the first place. this is a disservice to the nation.

we've got a LONG three years ahead of us i fear. crap like this is just the tip of the iceberg. GOP, beck, rush, etc -they can't run the country very well when they're in power -but they sure know how to yell like hell and make a racket when they're not. and it's very, very sad -the truth becomes something of a nuance -a party pooper, if you will. Acorn, 9/12, death panels. i can't imagine what we'll be talking about next week... i fear for the republic. i do.

this article is so transparently lame i can't get my head around it. sure, i still like salon, but geez -get over yourself. letterman/conan/leno/...whatever. i read stuff like this and i see our doom. am i the only one? TV.

kurt warner, hof? not until they put dave krieg in first. he was awesome!

all day i kept watching the replays of the network's calling the election for obama - on youtube and elsewhere -and it felt like he was winning again and again and again.... i was like a rat tapping the bar for another cocaine pellet.

what a great night!

part of me is oddly detached. like this must be happening to another country. i have a feeling it won't really sink in until january. fine by me!

i watched the returns on msnbc. because i just like how they talk, frankly. it's smart. i flipped over to cnn and watched bill bennett for awhile. what a load. jeffrey toobin should get his own show.

though i fear fox will become more powerful now. if you thought they were full of crap before, just wait till they swing into opposition mode. that network is tailor-made for it.

Hillary 2012 (as a Republican). you betcha!

does joe the plumber still get his record deal?

i haven't a clue if obama can win ohio. i think it's a steep climb for him, especially in the so-called xurbs. gop can really turn that vote out. (read: sweatpants and bibles) but i am encouraged by one thing: my wife's been "dialing for obama" for weeks now -calling states and talking to voters. more than once she's called ohio, and while on the phone with a voter -at that very moment -somebody else from the campaign has knocked on that person's front door. if you can get that kind of grass-roots volunteerism, united, triangulating if you will, scouring for every vote possible, then an obama win in ohio is not out of the question. winning ohio would be a tipping point. not just in the electoral college, but would signify a seismic political shift -a new kind of mandate to govern. obama will have captured their queen.

i went to bed last night with a bad feeling, though. that this election is headed for the courts. lawsuits, etc. if the election is close and the margins in the battleground states razor thin, somebody's gonna sue. mark my words. acorn, voter fraud, purging of the rolls, faulty voting machines, long lines...etc. it could get real ugly.

what a dud. author is correct that there was a time-warpish feel to this debate. i hope this is the last of these kinds of debates. we are not served by them. all three of them. the formats are stale and from a different era. did the mccain campaign insist the moderator be older than their candidate? this was an air sandwich. i am at a loss to understand how the republic is served by nights like this. obama wins by not winning. mccain wins by not winning. i'm lost.

but we are another day closer to nov. 4th. hopefully, that's enough. because i've had enough.

oh, did i mention that mccain is a douchebag? (air quote "douchebag" for effect)