Al wear wigs and lipstick...

Lipstick on a pig.



Is THIS the level we've sunk to? Oh heaven forBID we talk about something that matters: Iraq, health care, education, the deficit, Afghanistan, gas prices, eroding civil rights, foreclosures....something that, ya know, might really matter.

No, instead, we've got the McCain campaign going all faux indignant over an analogy. And analogy which, by the way, McCain himself used back in May of this year to describe Hillary's health care plan.

I suppose, however, when you don't actually HAVE a position on issues, or can't defend the positions you do have, the best you can do is make-up a fake controversy around your opponent. God knows the McCain campaign doesn't want this to be about issues, and since there's less than 60 days left to the election, if they can tie up two of the days over a non-issue, then they've done a good job, no?

How insulting. And not to either candidate. How insulting to the American people, to our intelligence, to the democratic process. But then again, the American people notoriously fall for crap like this all the time...hence the re-election of Bushie four years ago.

I'm an optimist. I truly hope that one of these days, the American people are gonna wake up and say, "hey, Republicans, what are you gonna do about the economy? We don't care about lipsticks or pigs, we care about getting food on our tables. What are you, Republicans, gonna do about that?"

But if history is any judge, I might as well wish to win the lottery, cause I don't know which one is more likely.

POLT Listening to "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" by Nikki Loney

"How do you tell everyone that the world's going to end in 48 hours?" "Try an Irish accent?" - Swift, The Authority #19