After watching the debate last night, I, like many others I'm sure, was a bit disappointed in McCain's demeanor and overall performance. It galled me that he had the nerve to repeat known, disproved lies from his campaign trail on national TV. I like what CNN has been doing with their 'fact check' work (partnering with FactCheck.org; what I don't like is that they don't summarize the fact check verdicts in the summary, forcing a click-through.

It seems like a pattern is emerging:

Wouldn't you think that the above presentation makes things a bit more clear?

Well, I guess we're all going to never know the true extent of the illegal warrantless wiretapping program that has been spying on innocent American citizens with complicit assistance from the telecom companies.

And my current favorite for the Presidency voted for it. Along with 68 other un-American idiots.

Dammit.

I don't care if they're Democrat, Republican, or Whatever -- any politician voting in favor of this unconstitutional bill deserves to be thrown out of office -- immediately -- for directly violating their sworn oath to protect and uphold the Constitution of the United States of America. For me, this means getting Herb Kohl out of office, a longtime Dem whose time is now up in my eyes.

You can contribute your political dollars to this PAC which is dedicated to exactly that purpose. I have. Also you can support the ACLU and EFF. I also have -- and will continue to do so as they challenge this law from the moment President Bush will gleefully sign it into law.

Well, it looks like finally some sense is coming to town regarding the flag lapel pin crap that's been continuing to float around the media and political coverage.

Even if it's coming as an editorial, it's good to hear it. And I wholeheartedly agree, both with Mr. Marten and Sen. Obama, who rightly calls the whole thing "... the kind of manufactured issue that our politics has become obsessed with and ... distracts us from what should be my job when I'm commander-in-chief, which is going to be figuring out how we get our troops out of Iraq and how we actually make our economy better for the American people."