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Short of McCain’s stopping in mid debate to look Obama directly in the eye and inform him that “the handsome suit I’m wearing this evening is made from the skin of Mark Rudd, and my tie is the tongue of Bernadine Dohrne,” I don’t think it much matters — though I suppose there’s always the chance Obama might slip up and answer a question about taxes with, “bitches best have

From FOX News Special Report with Brit Hume, a round table discussion on how the “racism” charge has been used in this campaign. And to the plate steps Charles Krauthammer, who doesn’t mince words: When John McCain runs an ad with a white woman, Paris Hilton in it, he is accused of racism. He runs an ad with Franklin Raines, the former head of Fannie Mae in it, who is

Marc Ambinder: “Let’s call it what it is: Obama porn.”

From the AP: U.S. Rep. John Murtha says his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama’s victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points. The 17-term Democratic congressman tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in a story posted Wednesday on its Web site that, as he put it: “There is no question that western Pennsylvania is a racist area.” He says it’s taken time for

David Harsanyi, writing in the Denver Post, reiterates a long-standing truism: the more things change, the more they stay the same: As a social conservative ogling underage congressional pages, Republican Mark Foley was the poster boy for rank hypocrisy. Turns out, his successor, Democrat Tim Mahoney — “Restoring America’s Values Begins at Home” went the campaign slogan — has, evidently, been keeping the torch of sexual infidelity aloft. Now, no

Jules Crittenden takes Christopher Hitchens to task for his recent endorsement of Barack Obama. Writes Crittenden: Christopher Hitchens, the socialist who recognized the threat to our way of life and knew who was unwilling to defend it, has capitulated […]: I used to call myself a single-issue voter on the essential question of defending civilization against its terrorist enemies and their totalitarian protectors, and on that “issue” I hope I

See if any of this sounds familiar. From Tim Cavanaugh at Reason: Are the great American habits of directness, foursquare honesty, and a hearty handshake being undermined by fancy-pants French critical theory? You betcha! From the Obama-McCain struggle to find the proper meta-analysis of the word celebrity to the deconstruction of the mainstream media’s treatment of John Edwards, from the “framing” and “repackaging” of political constructs to the rise of

Allahpundit looks at the data and concludes: Almost as many GOPers say they’re unbothered by Obama’s associations as those who say they’re bothered by Wright or Ayers. As for independents, The One leads by 18 points now — a 28-point swing in just one week. Part of that’s due to the debate, which registered voters say he won, 48/14, but part of it’s probably also due to the negativity backfiring.

…about my account suspension. And still no answer to my queries calling for some sort of explanation. I have emailed. I have emailed an employee with an actual @youtube address. I have faxed in a complaint — noting that I fear my account was hacked, given that I’d certainly neither engaged in “predatory behavior” nor “spam,” the two offenses that can lead to a ban without warning. If anyone out