Instead of bomb, bomb, bomb Iran ...

John McCain could have shown himself well informed, straightforwardly honest, politically responsible and able to lead:

A wise statesman might have told the audience that the problems of the Middle East are complex and that we must question "well documented" claims suggesting simple solutions. A true political maverick might have pointed out how quite recently, it had been "well documented" that the "real problem" in the Middle East was Saddam Hussein and that "regime change" in Baghdad would bring not only utopia on the Tigris but an "arc of democracy" throughout the region.

There really are no Republicans who are qualified to be President, Senator, or Congressman. Instead they qualify as some of the best con-men there ever were ...

Being stubborn isn't a foreign policy ...

So says Bill Richardson in this ad.

But what will the press do with a candidate who talks sense? There's all kind of things they can write about. His hair, his barber or stylist. His tailor or his lack of one. His accent or lack of one. They could make fun of him for speaking more than one language. The list is endless. I'm sure those university journalism classes taught them much about tearing the good people down and raising bumbling fools up. They must have learned this skill somewhere. They are so good at it.

Presidential Townhall ...

This is the full question and answer session at MoveOn.org's Presidential Virtual Town Hall video at PoliticsTV.com.

I found it interesting that Obama did not say in this video that if Bushie vetoes the bill the Senate would just approve a version of the bill without the constraints that the administration does not want in the bill. In fact he says something very different, though also very involved, than has been discussed around and about (like at dailyKOS).

Sometimes the Tucson Citizens gets it right ...

Tucson Citizen Our Opinion: Cancer and races

... Together, the Edwardses have decided to continue John Edwards' campaign for the nomination.

Critics have said the family needs to get its priorities straight. Leave the campaign trail. Concentrate on family. Get right with God. (That last one comes from the ever-helpful St. Rush of Limbaugh.)

All of the suggestions are offered with the best of intentions. But they're all variations on the same theme: Go home and wait to die.

Elizabeth Edwards doesn't want to do that. She feels fine, she knows her family better than anyone and she wants to continue the race. She wants to make the same life choices everyone else does. She wants to accomplish something she feels strongly about. ...

Creepy Katie

Katie Couric, another media hack.

Except for Keith Olbermann are there any news 'hosts' that do not interview Democrats using Republican attack points? Attack points aren't issues. They are intended to obscure the issues and the facts.

The Edwards basically answered that same question over and over again in this video clip on Crooks and Liars. They did very well. I don't know where they get the patience with these creeps.

Creepy Katie kept asking the same Republican attack points over and over while implying that they weren't 'her' questions but some unnamed 'they.' She can't even quote who's spouting this stuff.

Who's the provocateur ...

Discussion and links about the ad video (in the previous post) and it's possible source in Giuliani's campaign:

The Hillary "1984" Net Ad by Steve Soto

The John McCain that is ...

Whatever John McCain once was, he was not embarrassing. He was interesting, apparently intelligent, colorful. Well, now he is just embarrassing.

The following is from transcript of a conversation between McCain and some reporters on the latest version of his straight-talk express:

Mr. McCain: “I haven’t thought about it. Before I give you an answer, let me think about. Let me think about it a little bit because I never got a question about it before. I don’t know if I would use taxpayers’ money for it.”

The question? About US funding of contraception to prevent AIDS in Africa. This is a new subject to McCain? Or is it that he just doesn't have his brain completely adjusted to the hard right as yet?

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The New York Times: McCain Stumbles on HIV Prevention by Adam Nagourney