In the first scene of Othello, Iago shouts at Brabantio from the street,   "Even now, now, very now, an old black ram, Is topping your white ewe."
By juxtaposing images of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Obama, McCain easily resurrects the ancient white fear of sex between a black man and a white woman.  The McCain campaign will spend more on the ad, whose subtext is: look out, look out, a black man is running for President.  Why did Rove say that Obama reminds him of the cool guy at a cocktail party with an attractive woman on his arm?  Bush conservatives are as hung up on sex as Iago. (Check out MediaMatters' posts on Rush Limbaugh, if you want to see a twisted personality.)  Othello dies as the result of Iago's machinations.  Will our very own Iago prevail over Obama?

Has anyone noticed that, when writing about Bush, MSM reporters don't say "illegal surveillance," they say "warrantless surveillance."   This helps to sanitize the activity. In their articles, President Bush doesn't want to legalize hitherto illegal surveillance, he wants to broaden "warrantless surveillance." The latter phrase should only be used when the spying has been approved by a court, or when (within 72 hours of its commencement) after-the-fact approval is sought for the spying pursuant to FISA.