Be careful what you wish for.

But this video speaks volumes about McCain, the man, the legend, the myth, who prior to selecting Palin, had only met her once.

[In all fairness, this seems to have at most 3 video segments of glancing that were repeated and/or came from different angles to make a much funnier video.]

Only, in this case, it’s not an inherent immutable weakness of McCain, like cowardice is for Bush, but a conscious and cynical choice by McCain and his staff to sucker punch Obama and then cry “he started it.” [I don't think I'm exaggerating the maturity level of the McCain campaign one bit.]

However, all that happened was exactly what Obama predicted some weeks back. McCain put out these ads intermixing Obama and celebrity “white women,” echoing the effective but undeniably racist ads against Harold Ford from last cycle.

The gist of all of these ads is to put fear into the minds of certain ignorant white voters that Obama is one of those uppity black men who’s out to steal (or at least have lots of sex with) the white women. Where dey at?

So let’s see who’s playing the race card:

1. The guy why predicts that the other side will use racist imagery.
2. Or, the side that intentionally uses racist imagery.

Yes, let’s let America decide, Mr. McCain. Your only hope is that people are dumb.

But I ask you this: what is the point of winning the Presidency if you lose your soul in the process? You’ve aready got all the money you’d ever want. You can’t remember if your shoes are tied. So why not just retire with some shred of self-respect and go home?

Update:

Some people on the internets seem to be confused as to what racism is. Some people think racism doesn’t affect Mexicans, for example, because they’re not black. And others confuse it with bigotry. So since I was lucky enough to study this in college, here’s the handy definitions:

Bigotry is a combination of ignorance and hatred for others because they are different. Thinking Jews have horns is bigotry. Thinking African-Americans like watermelon is bigotry.

Racism is the application of power (verbal/social, political, economic) by one oppressing group against another, typically using bigotry as a tool against a population that can be easily identified and separated from the oppressing group.

There is in fact no such thing as “race” in human genetics, and therefore racism is not limited to black-skinned individuals. Any group that can be singled out as “different” can be the victim of racism if that groups is treated as a separate “race” and made to feel inferior in so many ways. In fact, in the case of the Hootoo and Tutsi in the Rwandan genocide, there was not even an ethnic or religious difference between the two groups. It was completely arbitrary, but was passed down from parent to child by family lines, such that a child would be killed simply because of who its parents and grandparents were.

It’s not that there isn’t time. It’s that Democrats feel it would hurt their chances in November, since Bush is at an all-time low anyway and they don’t want to mobilize the GOP base to defend itself. Republicans, of course, are complete hypocrites, impeaching Clinton for lying about a blow job while ignoring what is likely mass manslaughter, if not murder, many large-scale violations of the constitution, and clear war crimes.

Part of me was hoping we’d wind up in San Francisco by September just so I could vote out Nancy Pelosi for betraying her oath of office. It’s amazing that someone can be so smart but yet so ignorant in the grand scheme of things. Because the bottom line is that Democrats may serve themselves this November, but if they don’t stand up for the Rule of Law and against BushCo crimes, we won’t have much of a country left to help with better healthcare, etc..

We’re living in times that could see the US experiment literally end in a fistful of fascism, when a Bush-like President comes along and does everything BushCo did, but with the intent of never letting go.

You think? The allegations are even more credible given the fact that they’ve been admitted by the perpetrators on national TV, who then thumb their noses at your “strongly worded” letters and impotent threats.

Here’s the quote:

“Over the last seven plus years, there have been numerous credible allegations of serious misconduct by officials in the Bush Administration,” Conyers said in a news release. “At the same time, the administration has adopted what many would describe as a radical view of its own powers and authorities. As Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, I believe it is imperative that we pursue a comprehensive review commensurate to this constitutionally dangerous combination of circumstances. Next Friday’s hearings will be an important part of that ongoing effort.”

I applaud Congress’ effort to finally seriously consider doing its job in time for the next ice age. However, what kind of “comprehensive review” would be “commensurate” with this administrations crimes?

• Will Congress let 3000 civilians enter a room with a known ax-wielding mass murderer and claim to not have seen the memo about their impending death?
• Will Congress send 150,000 troops to invade the Senate on grounds that Trent Lott is a weapon of mass deception, only to find him actually smoking a doobie (which is still a heinous crime, so we’re cool, right?)?
• Will Congress randomly incarcerate, wiretap, and/or torture people to discover once and for all if Bush randomly wiretapped, incarcerated and/or tortured them?

Give them the donation, the Bush aide says, and they’ll take you seriously, earn a meeting with Cheney, Rice, and we’ll throw in some key US foreign policy supporting your corrupt regime and your desired return to power.

And why isn’t the US corporate media covering this smoking gun of a story? I’d guess because BushCo needs a day or so to throw this soon-to-be-former aide under the battleship.

It is all just business, say the farmers to the meat.

Here’s a handy timeline.

The question that had to be answered: how hard would it be to get the United States to privatize and deregulate key industries, milk them for all they were worth for as long as possible, and then stick the American public with stinking corpse of whatever was left?

Not very, it turns out, especially if you can infect both political parties with crooks and liars in high office.

It’s not a new game. But it’s never been done on such a large scale before. Those crooks and liars lead the way, idealistically (read: cynically) protesting how bad government regulation and control can be. Private enterprise can do better, they say. And it does — for its owners. Markets are happy as long as returns go up, and so they fail to provide the independent oversight required to keep capitalism free of those “externalities” (theft, war, avoidable environmental catastrophe) that undermine a sustainable economy.

Private enterprise with a guaranteed bailout always finds an incentive to cheat, hollow out the business until the inevitable shell remains, cut and run. The only thing that can stop that, as with ordinary criminals, are police. Because money is money, and criminals always find a way to get themselves to where the money flows.

Turns out, like Capitalism, Government sucks. But it beats the pants off the alternatives.

And like in the 1930s, people are all in favor of rabid Capitalism when times are good and problems unseen. But when it comes time to pay the piper, watch the Socialism soar.

The government, i.e., you, are now the proud owners of one giant hollow banking system, while the criminals flee the country with their billions.

Maybe this time around, we can say no, not again. Maybe this time we can take back our money, put the crooks in jail, and fix the system once and for all.

Phil Gramm, one of the farmers of the system, was actually right when he said we’re a nation of whiners. We’re content to whine about high gas prices and failing banks and still expect the farmers and sheep dogs to “fix it” for us.

Or how about we change the system?

7. Jessee Jackson, thinking he could dis Obama on Fox News and no one would notice:

6. Carly Fiorina, making the claim that Obama, not McCain, represents Bush’s third term:

5. William Kristol — is this man ever right about anything?

4. Bill O’Reilly - enough said. Really.

3. Brit Hume — is reported to have tied his own laces together on more than one occasion.

2. Glenn Beck — no doubt God got him is big break on radio to serve as an example to us all:

1. Glenn Beck just barely rises above Pastor Hagee in this clip. Hagee is the man who inadvertently declares himself “very much anti-Semitism” just moments after proving there is no such thing as a Christian anti-Semite — because Christians love everyone, unlike those damn Catholics and Protestants. Beck seems genuinely relieved that Obama is not the anti-Christ and so am I.