The latest McCain video ad. Not bad.
The Palin book-banning lies. Lies of all sorts are swirling around her. Throw enough sh-t at the wall and hope some sticks. That's the approach.
Grasso's compensation and the courts. Prof B
Palin rises above the shrill media
What does a "community organizer" do?
Why Ayers matters. Neoneo
Raul, Cuba, and the internet
What's all this about speeches? Althouse
All the gals now want the Palin look
Two small(?)-town Dems wonder whether local Repubs care about small towns
The UN wants me to have meatless Fridays? I guess it's a new religion. I have plenty of meatless days, but not to be good - just because I like other stuff too.
Good news on the free speech front. Coyote
Death from above in Afghanistan
Are we watching the end of boomer wierdness?
Are all of the photo-shopped Palin photos ethical? Probably not, unless identified as such.
The Dems' hidden Soros slush fund
A visit to Palin's church. The Pastor is from NJ.
Extremist claims Palin is an extremist. Compared to Boxer, probably so.
Roger Simon with general thoughts about the election and the culture of narcissism
How McCain is running as the candidate of an unpopular president's party. Barone
Palin did it. Surber. She's the one we've been waiting for! Krauthammer disagrees, but everybody's allowed to be wrong once in a while. Meanwhile, Palinomania is spreading overseas! Good for them.
What is McCain all about? Samiz
How Obama lost the election. Spengler
Insty:
JUST TALKED TO MICHAEL YON on the satphone from Afghanistan. He reports that the big picture remains poor, but reports some big tactical successes, including a successful turbine delivery of to the Kajaki Dam hydroelectric facility. He's posted a big report on the operation, which was the biggest of the war.
He's with British troops now, and his comment is: "These guys are studs. All they do is work out and fight." He says troop morale generally in Afghanistan is really good, partly because there's more public support for that war, but that the overall situation is "not great" and "clearly deteriorating." He adds that "we're not losing," but that we're not making progress either. "I'll tell you Glenn, we really need more troops here." With what he describes as a "meltdown" going on in Pakistan, he says that Afghanistan needs a lot more troops -- like 50,000 or more. Part of the problem, he adds, is that many of the Coalition troops, like the Germans, aren't really allowed to fight, making the effective number of available troops lower than it seems.
Meanwhile, remember that Michael is supported by reader donations. With people focused on the election it's worth remembering that he's still out there covering this stuff. I've donated.
Photo stolen from Theo
