Chills--I am so sorry. Really. I was just being attacked for being a loud advocate and Joe and Marj were right there too. You are definitely "one of us."

"But I have some news for John McCain," Obama added. "There was no such thing as al-Qaida in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq. ... They took their eye off the people who were responsible for 9/11 and that would be al-Qaida in Afghanistan, that is stronger now than at any time since 2001."

Obama said he intended to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq "so we actually start going after al-Qaida in Afghanistan and in the hills of Pakistan like we should have been doing in the first place."

Either last night or Monday night, listening to the news, I heard the beginning of a McCain event at which the person introducing him mentioned 'Barack Hussein Obama' and several other things in that vein. (I believe it was the Tyler, TX stop and the person was the mayor, but I haven't found the clip yet). McCain upbraided him for the attack; but it's being said, and by people in his party. (And this is also where the 507 groups have the most effectiveness.)

A coworker mentioned yesterday that she was checking Google News and came across a comment on one of the newsmagazines (I just asked her and she's not sure which, but she said it was something like Time) in which someone went on about Obama being one letter away from Osama and why should we put ourselves in 'danger' like that?

Rove may or may not be doing anything in the background, but he had plenty of students.

You can argue that there are whackjobs out there, and there are - but it's more whether their message gets traction in some form rather than if they're out there.

"Since Buckley had used his prior half hour to attack some figures on the Left...his point could be fixed as precisely this: the nature of the Right Wing is to attack figures on the Left."

Hello *waves hand in the air* I guess my posts on Obama went unread and unnoticed.

Obama's stated intention to make major changes in the Washington My favorite bit of Tina Fey's SNL speech was her declaration that yes she's a bitch, and so am I, and so is Amy, and we're proud of it! Bitches get things done!

Also waving my hand and wondering if my pro-Obama posts have gone the "Bruce Willis in Sixth Sense" route.

You can read about Dick Tuck (the original dirty trickster - AND that's his real name)

I was glad to see Hillary apologize for her vote last night. Still, I think it may be too little, too late.

....If his name and the Muslim connection aren't enough, they'll invent something else that a lot of gullible people will believe when they hear it repeated a hundred times on Fox News. I worry.