PANTS ON FIRE

So McCain must think that getting "tough" means "lie lie lie."

Negative campaigning has come up in the debate. McCain does not address how his campaign has been uber-negative, despite a cavalcade of articles saying his campaign has been uber-negative. Instead he talks about how his feelings were hurt by what Congressman Lewis said. And he's not letting up on the Ayers connection which has been proven false time and time again.

McCain is lying up a storm. Ugh. I'm going to watch the Dodgers lose.

KOOKIE COKIE

Oh that kookie Cokie Roberts. Yes, Cokie, if Sarah had said 'Bosniak' everybody would be making a big deal of it.

The only trouble is, Bosniak is a real word.

PALIN MISQUOTES A CIVIL WAR GENERAL

Okay, so Sarah got Gen. David McKiernan confused with Gen. George McClellan . It could happen to anyone. Gen. David McKiernan is the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Gen. George McClellan was general-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War. Common mistake, especially for someone running for Vice-President of the United States.

This is Gen. McClellan


Sarah adamantly states that McClellan (she meant McKiernan) said the surge would work in Afghanistan. What she meant to say was that

he stated emphatically that no Iraq-style “surge” of forces will end the conflict there.

“The word I don't use for Afghanistan is 'surge,' ” McKiernan emphasized.

Again, another common mistake for a regular six-pack drinking soccer mom to make while running for the office of Vice-President.

And boy, does she talk fast! She talks so she must know what she's talking about.

She's a regular foreign affairs expert. I suppose she can see Afghanistan from Alaska as well.