Williams doesn't even bother to take off his Newscorp kneepads when he sits down at the mike these days.

But, that said, of course the Chinese are uncomfortable with the idea of a peaceful transition of power from one party to another as the result of a fair and free election. Horrible, horrible, dangerous, destablizing, unpredicable, uncertainty-provoking change.

Not so very long ago, when all the guys at the top now were mid-level apparatchiks, their elders turned hundreds of colleges students into goo in the cracks of tank treads for suggesting that that sort of thing might be a good for China.

The Bush policy toward China demonstrates that its not the authoritarian aspects of communism that we abhor, its when communism nationalizes private property that we get all militant toward it. So long as can make money with them, communist (authoritarian) political systems are okay with us.

The most frightening thing to me about China is that it demonstrates to elites here that an authoritarian government can coexist with a large capitalist economy. A neocon's wet dream.

God, I hate Juan Williams. He's obviously got something personal against Obama. It really came through in the primaries.
And to hell with Cokie Roberts too for that matter.

Right. When 90% of the public in countries that are our friends and allies favor Obama, our Very Serious Media parrots the Republican line that it may not be good for a candidate to be too well-liked by "foreigners." But when China is concerned about a change in leadership (and gosh, I'm sure it's just because Bush visited there as a youngster, not because he's rolled over for them on pretty much everything as long as they ignore his impotent scolding about human rights), well, that's something we should take seriously.

What a troll.

RE Spacecats "to hell with Cokie Roberts." They wouldn't keep her long. Her unctuous, self- importance would drive the devil crazy.

Here's an issue on which left and right can agree:
Kill NPR.

Is there a bigger Democrat-in-name-only than Juan Williams?

He splits his time licking O'Reilly's asshole, defending FoxNews' "journalism," and concern-trolling against Obama in the WSJ.

Juan- if you're reading this, it's ok to admit you're about as liberal as joe Lieberman. Drop the charde, admit you hate Obama and move on with your life.

Just call 'em like I see 'em, without needing the crutch of profanity to make my point.

What are Obama's accomplishments? Nothing, just lots of talk, frequently taking positions opposite to what he said the day before. Away from the teleprompter, he's dead in the water and prone to blunder. Who is he? What does he REALLY value?

If you have the guts to objectively look at McCain's record, its filled with what Obama claims he wants to do but will never be able to after selling out to the union bosses and George Soros.

Without question, Obama is THE most unqualified Democratic candidate since prior to FDR.

Juan and NPR didn't make him such a sorry choice.

It's interesting to see how the coat turns. Williams was not always this way. He used to be reasonably objective. But then FOX put the hoodoo on him and now he can hardly contain his derision for all things blue, especially Obama.

It's like he really believes that Obama is uppity - dissin' the man.

I get the same creepy feeling from Lieberman - how he can't stop his tongue from flapping in the republican wind. He was Gore's VP pick for chrissake! And now he's been assimilated, absorbed, brainwashed. You can see it in his eyes - a kind of glossing over, like his mind has been cleansed of all bothersome nuances.

CVill, McCain and Glenn were both cleared of any wrong doing in the Keating Five matter after a lengthy investigation. Three other Democrats were not.

He's supported tax cuts all along, but been a stronger proponent of spending cuts than the rest of the Republicans (to their peril).

McCain has repeatedly crossed party lines to from bipartisan agreements on judges, campaign financing and immigration among others; something Obama has given lip service to, but not a whiff of action.

Regarding torture, he's consistently opposed to it, and he's certainly speaking from experience.

Is he the "perfect candidate"? No, but he has a track record of hard work, honesty, integrity and courage.

Barack has no record, has pandered to every special interest under the sun, says whatever you want to hear today and the opposite tomorrow, and is so hard left he has no prayer of uniting the country. He seems like a nice guy that one day may be a viable candidate, but today he's way too wet behind the ears for this job, and it shows.

I would be very surprised if any Chinese official voiced the opinion that China was uncomfortable with either candidate being elected to office. That is very unlike Chinese policy of refusal to comment negatively on our elections.

The follow up questions should have been, "which officials" and "when did they say this"?