The guy who 'fought for us' by bombing people on the other side of the world 45 years ago before being shot down, and who now has 9 houses, $100 million in third hand inheritance is telling us that an organization that tries to register some of the 1/3 of Americans who have not filed papers to be eligible to vote is 'threatening democracy'.

Who the hell do McCain and the Republican Party think they are? They only support the laws or parts of the Constitution that benefit them politically.

McCain is a lying conscienceless SOB who does not respect democracy, does not respect Americans, does not respect what this country stands for and who will not do a damn thing 'for country' but let it slide further into collapse.

I agree with Mr. Hundt's analysis of the strategy for Sen. McCain. It seems to me it is very important to understand that his campaign is about WINNING. If Oblovian (not the place actually named) recipes always start with "First, steal 2 eggs.", then ALL political recipes (on ALL sides) start with, "First, WIN." The ugliest victory is worth a great deal more than the noblest loss: Its effects last so much longer.

I think it's important to make that point, because it shows the futility of wasting a lot of time in here and in other similar forums wailing and nashing teeth over the opponents's mean tactics. In a perverse way, that response can actually backfire: It distracts our people from their main duty at this point, and it reinforces McCain's methods by both getting them even MORE attention, and by allowing the people camplaining about it the most to become the issue (ie, 'Hollywood', liberal bloggers, the'media', etc.).

Certainly, these attacks must be answered - there is no argument so completely silly that SOMEONE won't buy it in the absence of a counter-proposal.
But just 'answering' is not nearly enough. There's a REASON why Sen. Obama came from where he started to where he now is. It's more important than ever at this point that he and his supporters REMEMBER that, and push his positive message more relentlessly than ever, face-to-face as much as possible, as if life itself depended upon it. We have money, we have numbers, we have committment, we just might have the trend of the times, and we have Sen. McCain desperately trying to play on an ever-larger field with shrinking resources. USE ALL THAT no matter what McCain does, and keep using it right up to Election Day!

Here's what I always tell people about voting;

When you're home on election day, and you're feeling lazy and rationalizing why you don't need to vote, remember this;

Your enemy is down there voting.

"Democrats need to . . . respond to every charge, no matter how crazy, in every media forum that can be found."

Agreed, but this is precisely what Obama has not been doing. No wonder McCain is beginning to gain traction with his crap.

Obama, Biden, and their surrogates should start ridiculing McCain for being the liar that he and his ventriloquist's dummy of a running mate actually are. Posted by Rich in NJ

But that would be "negative"! If McCain wins, it will be a sad lesson.

I'm as concerned about seeing this campaign through to a successful outcome as anyone else (I'm still giving, volunteering, etc.), but some of this is excessive paranoia. It tags into the same perverse awe of Rove that thought he was capable of enlisting the Devil at the last moment to undermine all the forces of good.

In any case, we need to get out and make certain every vote we can get turns out at Nov 4, if not before. Let's stop wasting our time fretting about these most base assaults we can do nothing to control.

"Democrats need to knock on every door in those key states; respond to every charge, no matter how crazy, in every media forum that can be found"

That means the right-wing web too.
Get information here and go!

The election is a battle.

The war continues no matter the outcome.

Pay attention to the US since the twelve years of Reagan/Bush. After Clinton wins, he's relentlessly investigated, attacked, smeared, slandered and finally impeached.

The Republican party has no interest other than power for themselves and their patrons.

Even if Obama gets the most votes, they've already established the argument that somehow Obama is a threat to the national good. Remember that Bush has two and a half months and the USSC to overturn the outcome if not in fact, in practice. Even if Obama wins in a landslide, the memes established in the campaign continue. His every utterance, his every established policy, his every appointment will be met with partisan dispute trumpeted on talk radio and Fox while echoed by the mainstream (corporate) media.

The Republicans represent the monied class. They've transferred trillions of dollars from public coffers to private control. Why would they allow a mere election affect their balance sheet?

Once again, the tired old soldier waxes optimistic (or clueless):

"I love being the underdog. You know, every time that I've gotten ahead, somehow I've messed it up," the Republican candidate said.

Asked if Gov. Sarah Palin has become a drag on his ticket, McCain said, "As a cold political calculation, I could not be more pleased."

sigh...so sad

Inundated a few months ago, Mary-Kay Gamel, literature professor at U.C. Santa Cruz disabused all inquirers as to her purported authorship of an account of one family's nightmare week-long vacation to Turtle Island in Fiji circa 2000 WITH THE McCAIN CLAN.

The same account can now be found on another website, that of Neil Young, authored by Doctor Ana Dubey who is a practicing psychologist in San Francisco.

Given the amazing allegations made in the written account, it is not hard to understand why a mainstream media outlet or a political or current events website would touch it. Why suffer a storm of attack dogs, storm troopers (digital and otherwise) and Gordon Liddy wannabes?

Why would a major artist such as singer/songwriter Neil Young hazard the blowback from acting as an agent publicizing the allegations. He is known as having supported Ronald Reagan's re-election in 1984 and no one excepting a certifiable kook would suspect him of being a Rove operator of the left. He would not be so stupid as to feature the allegations in the way that he has without his lawyer and his record label's lawyers vetting Ms. Dubey and her allegations in equal measure.

Moreover, it is well known that Neil's father has had a career in journalism in Canada and has been quite well known and respected north of the border.

Artist Young has deep pockets. His label has deep pockets and the McCains can surely afford the finest lawyers in the nation.

Wake up people; there may likely be gold here:

http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/index.html