A story from Michael Kinsley about John McCain at the craps table seems to me a perfect allegory for John McCain’s current campaign:
“McCain immediately turned to the woman and said between clenched teeth: ‘DON’T TOUCH ME.’ The woman started to explain…McCain interrupted her: ‘DON’T TOUCH ME,’ he repeated viciously. The woman again tried to explain. [...]

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Post courtesy of DailyKOS:
The GOP has an “Obama Spendometer” page that has listed a lot of fantastic Obama priorities.
So on National Security:
Obama Would Implement The Lugar-Obama Legislation To Crack Down On The Smuggling Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction.
You see, this is bad because it would cost $440 million per year, which is far worse than [...]

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Screwup #1: Tell people to bet on an underdog horse in the Kentucky Derby that not only loses to a horse named “Big Brown,” but breaks both of its legs and has to be put down in front of everybody.
Hillary, God is trying to tell you something!
Screwup #2: Send out negative mailers in Indiana, [...]

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By Robert S. McElvaine

“As far as history goes and all of these quotes about people trying to guess what the history of the Bush administration is going to be, you know, I take great comfort in knowing that they don’t know what they are talking about, because history takes a long time for us [...]

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