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First up, Lehman Bros has blamed JP Morgan chase for sending them bankrupt.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/05/2382557.htm
There is something very fishy about the fact that Bush & Co have bailed out others but not Lehman, and when you read the fine details it smells a lot more fishy. No doubt there is a big story hiding in there somewhere (hey Perlstein, wanna win another Pulitzer?).
Second up, Palin just accused Obama of associating with terrorists.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/05/2382414.htm
Where do I start with this one?
Firstly (as Glenn would say) this sounds like a wild conspiracy theory. Funny, coz I thought the GOP was the party which frowned upon such "irresponsible" discussion, and refused to even acknowledge questions on such "fantastic" matters.
Secondly, for the record, it's pure bullshit, of course. Obama is accused of having briefly associated with a former member of the Weathermen, many years ago. Whatever the truth of that accusation may be, it hardly makes him a terrorist. (In fact, I think a bit more public scrutiny of the Weathermen's role in history might be very useful right now).
Thirdly, this is a sign of desperation from the McCain camp. Either Palin is going out on a very long limb by making such accusations on her own, or (far more likely) she's been chosen to deliver this "hit" because McCain needs to remain seemingly aloof from such gutter politics (and yet he clearly has decided to endorse his campaign's descent into the sewers). They have got nothing left, folks.
Fourthly, @ Glenn, do you see what I'm talkin' bout?!?!?
If this is - as I firmly believe - a carefully orchestrated move from a desperate GOP campaign, then it perfectly illustrates two points that I have been hammering here for the past month.
Firstly (as Glenn would say), a la Rove Play Book, you take your biggest weakness and turn it into a weapon of attack, whatever the logic.
Secondly, an increasingly nervous cabal of Bush White House criminals have decided that accusations of "terrorism" are in fact their biggest weakness right now. They realise they have already lost the election, and they are in damage control. And their biggest fear is that they could all end up behind bars.
Why? What did they do?
Glenn's excellent work analyzing the anthrax attack lies tells only half the story. But even that is enough - the most effective, ruthless and dangerous terrorists of the past 8 years have been working inside the Oval Office.
