Oh, and speaking of Palin troubles...

Rightful owners? Did they have a receipt?

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And just who exactly do you consider the rightful owners?

Interesting poll numbers - both Obama AND McCain went up - the undecideds are deciding, it seems.  Obama's hit the 50% mark. 

This week looks promising for McCain, with his scheduled ass-kissing on Letterman and he's promising to unleash the fury at the last debate... we'll see how things look a week from now... 

Ohio less predictable in hard economic times

And the sky is purple in Palin-land!  Up is down!  Dry is wet!  Left is right!

Tsk, tsk, Mike.  You are such an eliteist. You cannot honestly expect the person running for Vice-President to be able to read and comprehend do you? :o)   

Truthfully, I think troopergate is kind of stupid.  I'd be shocked if a politician didn't use their office to smite their enemies -- thats one of the perks of the office! Like the plane and the personel chef.

Do you know the difference between a Hockey Mom and Pitbull?  When a pitbull shits on your carpet it knows it did wrong.   

Laughter!!!

Seriously, I agree, kind of... like... most of this dirt is bullshit anyway - though the years I spent in Project and People Management make me fully aware that people are always watching and perks like that are a thing of the past, so there's that, but more to the point - she's done things that are actually classifiably inncorrect, whereas the best they have on Obama is that he has been in the same room with people who did bad things.  (*cough*keating*cough*)  So, yes, Troopergate is kind of dumb, as is my other link about Palin doing Gov business via her yahoo account where the records aren't kept or protected, etc - but... in the end...

Mike:

I quite agree --- though I would lump the Keating thing in with Ayers thing as a stupid kind of  guilt by association.  Palin's is guilt by commission, albeit guilty of doing a stupid petty thing.  Thats a big difference.  Guilt by association is unfair.  I think its fair to ask about the relationship I have no problem with that.  But once thats done unless there is some compelling evidence of bad conduct by the candidate I think its time to move on to sometthing else.  Likewise now that the Troopergate stuff is done its time to move off of that.  Her actions were shitty, as I said, but not terribly surprising.  Ultimately they may speak more to her character than anything else.  

I happen to think the Obama-Ayers gult by association thing is dumber than the Wright brouhaha.  I've heard Hannity rant about it and specifically the 2001 Ayers quote to the New York Times in which he said he wouldn't take terrorism off the table (or something to that effect).  Two things about that: (1) After the quote was published Ayers wrote to the Times (and I believe the letter was published) and said he was misquoted; (2) Hannity relying on the Times as it pertains to Ayers but calling it untruthful in every other way just seems slightly hipocritical and self-serving.*

A thought about Ayers -- but by no means a defense of his historic actions.  Were Ayers and his colleagues accepting the challenge of Thomas Jefferson -- that revolution is necessary?  Again not a defense -- just a thought.  Ayers has, since the late 1970's, obeyed the law.  He has I presume "seen the error of his ways."  Assuming that is true -- why shouldn't Obama meet with him?  Isn't that what a Christian is supposed to do?  Forgive?

*I suspect that Hannity's response would be that Ayers would be treated fairly and quoted correctly by the Times because he serves their agenda.  I call bullshit on that.  I do think the Times has a strong liberal bias but I don't think they want to celebrate "domestic terrorists!"   

I found this article interesting based on the statistics behind it.  It's another possible between Ayres and Obama. 

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/who_wrote_dreams_from _my_fathe_1.html

And just who exactly do you consider the rightful owners?

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The people of Iraq who are now able to vote for their government. Not Saddam Hussein and the Ba'th party.