All the Republicans on my teevee insist McCain still has a "path to victory" that starts in Pennsylvania. They are counting on a massive swing among white voters resulting from the despicable racist Reverend Wright ad that is only running in Pennsylvania. But looking at the latest polls, all I can say Bullshit. After concentrating on PA for six weeks, McCain is exactly where he was before the bottom of his campaign fell out on Lehman Monday. And all of McCain's attacks on Obama have shaved .5% off his lead. McCain's final "path to victory" is a lie, just like every other part of his campaign.

Q:What do you get when you cross John McCain and Sara Palin?

A: McPain that lasts for four years, if your don't vote!

Last night, Rachel Maddow made fun of Kit Bond's attack on "the gay," but no one has demanded an apology from McCain-Palin for Bond's attack on people with disabilities.

Disability Rights Organizations Express Outrage Over Attacks at McCain-Palin Rally

(Washington, DC) The National Coalition for Disability Rights (NCDR) pushed back today against the McCain-Palin campaign for ridiculing the legal rights of people with disabilities. News reports describe McCain-Palin campaign representative Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo), joining Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin at a rally in Rush Limbaugh's hometown of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, mocking Presidential candidate Senator Barak Obama for stating that he's looking to nominate judges who empathize with "the disabled."

Notice something strange next to "McCain" in the text ("chyron") below? Yes, that's a D for Democrat. All FOX-ologists know that chyron "errors" are never accidental. Instead, they are meant to send a message from Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes.

Their messages have two intended audiences: the viewers who see the chyrons, and the politicians who are in them.

By putting a (D) next to McCain, the message for viewers is: this guy you see who's done something bad is a Democrat. Don't argue with us: only Democrats do bad things, so whenever you see someone doing something bad, it's a Democrat.

And the message for the politician is: you're a loser! They mean it both in the narrower sense (you're going to lose the election) and in the broader sense (you suck). They also mean it in the "actionable" sense - we hate your guts and we're running you out of our party.

Campaign Endorsements: Obama Gets Colin Powell and McCain Gets Al Qaeda
Ivan Eland | Independent Institute | October 27, 2008

In the battle for endorsements in the presidential campaign, Barack Obama snared a strong nod from former Secretary of State Colin Powell and John McCain received an equally strong recommendation from al-Qaeda.

Al-Qaeda? Yes, you heard right, al-Qaeda! This endorsement indicates what has long been known: al-Qaeda is fairly sophisticated politically. And this doesn’t mean McCain is the more accomplished candidate—in fact, apparently the group believes he is the more gullible of the two men.

Here is John McCain's closing argument:

At a time when America is facing historic crisis we can't put our fate in the hands of an untested, inexperienced candidate. John McCain has served his country all his life, and he is the most prepared to restore our economy, bring back fiscal discipline, manage the two wars, and keep Americans safe.

America facing an historic crisis? Yes indeed - thanks to George Bush, John McCain, and the Republican Party dictatorship that misruled without dissent from 2001-2007.

Untested, inexperienced candidate? That's Sarah Palin, you betcha.

McCain served his country all his life? Sorry, McCain has always put himself ahead of his country.

McCain's advisors are making a big mistake going after Palin privately with attacks like this:

“She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” said this McCain adviser, “she does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else. Also she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party. Remember: divas trust only unto themselves as they see themselves as the beginning and end of all wisdom.” 

By Dave Lindorff

I’m ready to call this election. It’s going to be a big win for Barack Obama.

I know this because of a story I heard from an employee of a major
polling organization. He tells of a poll worker who was interviewing
homeowners in a small town in central Pennsylvania, part of that “real”
American hailed by Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
The man knocked on the door, and when the woman of the house answered,
told her he was a pollster and wanted to know how her household planned
to vote in November.

The woman turned and yelled into the house, “Honey, how are we voting this year?”

From inside the house, a male voice yelled back, “I guess we’re voting for the nigger.”

The woman turned to the stunned pollster and, without a hint of embarrassment, said, “I guess we’re voting for Obama.”

Thanks to Joe the Plumber, the battle between Obama and McCain came down to one of basic economic philosophy: whether our tax system should be used to "spread the wealth," which the McCain-Palin-Plumber ticket call "socialism." That battle is now over and "spread the wealth" won.

Of course "spreading the wealth" through the tax system isn't remotely like socialism, which requires government ownership of industry. George Bush has given us that, but only for failed companies - that mutant version of socialism is called "lemon socialism."