A perfect avatar for you Desi; a vile, hate-spewing demon.

Merlot, I see what you're saying but I have to warn you... attacking McCain as being PSTD will likely backfire as some will take it as an attack on his military service or worse, on his time as a POW.

I'd stick to assaults on his lack of policy knowledge, his flip flops while claiming to be a straight talker and his age, which is 847.

I think the Viet Nam stuff has to be treated gingerly. We can certainly ask why it's relevant to the qualifications of somebody seeking the presidency in 2008 (because it isn't) but when we go down the road of accusing him of mental instability because of that, we risk alienating a whole lot of Viet Nam vets and their families who should be on our side.

If we bring up the war at all it should be to point out the irony of John McCain wishing his own worst years on the volunteers who defend us today.

Think about this: John McCain = Walter Sobtchak

She has shown her intelligence by not backing up McBush's campaign with a loan and forcing him to violate the campaign finance laws he wrote by promising public money as colateral for a campaign loan; then illegally backing out of the Public Financing of his campaign against the FEC chair's warnings.

McBush further violated the federal election laws he helped write by abusing special rules to get on the primary ballot in at least 8 states, including Ohio, saving millions of dollars for his campaign.

I agree about treading a bit lightly with the PTSD stuff, but it needs to become part of the conversation when dealing with McCain. More importantly, there needs to be real questions about his medical records that he's so far refused to release, and exactly what they contain (and why he would need a battery of doctors to explain it).

Another real and potentially touchy subject that needs airing (in a very tasteful way) is his years as a POW. It's been well documented the types of abuses McCain was put through as a prisoner and as a veteran myself who's served in combat zones, I thank him for his sacrifice for his country. However, according to his own words, he "broke" under questioning and admitted to all sorts of things that were not true. So, in light of this compelling personal experience, WHY IN THE HELL WOULD HE VOTE AGAINST ENDING TORTURE?!!

The absolute BEST thing you can say about this is that he caved to the right wing of his party

McCain has plenty of vetting to go through before November. A lot of it is going to be very personal in nature. It should be done tastefully IMO as I have no desire to participate in a swiftboating, but it surely needs to be done.