WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?

The third non-debate has taken place. Most pundits rated Obama the winner, yet McCain was out the next day toadying to the faithful in order to maintain some kind of momentum. McCain came out fighting during the last debate, but he's punchy with ambition, and he's using methods he would denounce if he wasn't the one using them. Karl Rove while pushing Bush for president in 2000, maligned McCain, who was also running, in the most despicable way. He claimed McCain's adopted daughter from Bangladesh was actually an illegitimate black child. McCain is now using Karl Rove disciples to hack his way to the presidency using the same unscrupulous methods against Obama . He has gone from victim to bully, trashing Obama with whatever mud his managers can find. You don't climb to the top on a ladder of mud. Bush did it, and we suffer the result; McCain should know that path is dead, as will be his run for the presidency if he doesn't regain his integrity. He talks integrity, but actions speak louder than words.

Why is everybody so upset by Sarah Palin? She's exactly what she says she is--a "soccer mom."Whenever she speaks you can picture her leading a PTA meeting and feel perfectly comfortable; it's only when you try to picture her leading the country that you find yourself sweating and squirming. Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin is funny, Sarah Palin leading this country is frightening. For months McCain slammed Obama for being a celebrity and not having enough experience. So, he countered that by getting his own celebrity, with even less experience. Perhaps, countradicting his own objections to Obama made sense to a maverick. But, it seems to me, there's less maverick and more political posturing in his decision. If it was a dog trick we'd be seeing McCain biting his own ass.