Desperate Republicans are sinking to new lows (Schaller / Baltimore Sun)

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Thomas F. Schaller
October 21, 2008

Facing the prospect of a catastrophic defeat in two weeks and, with it, possible relegation to minority party status in all branches of the national government, Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, his running mate, the Republican National Committee and their affiliated partisans are flailing around in a disoriented fit of pique ...

Some automated telephone calls insinuate that Mr. Obama is a terrorist because of his association with former domestic terrorist William Ayers. (They fail to mention that Mr. Ayers committed his crimes when Mr. Obama was an 8-year-old living halfway around the world, and Republicans also "associated" with the two men on a civic board that included a McCain backer.) Meanwhile, a new ad by the National Republican Trust political action committee uses scary images of 9/11 hijackers as a way to link Mr. Obama's position on driver's licenses to the terrorist attacks seven years ago ...

As for Mrs. Palin, during a campaign appearance in North Carolina on Friday, she implied that only some parts of the United States are "pro-America." The very next day, McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer, a self-described "proud resident" of Oakton, Va., said the parts of the commonwealth outside the Washington suburbs are the "real Virginia" and will thus be "responsive to Senator McCain's message."

Here's what real Americans are doing: writing checks to Mr. Obama ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-op.schaller21oct21,0,424457.column

[tblue]

1. "flailing around in a disoriented fit of pique" >>> 'FLAILIN' PALIN'

Oh, I am lovin' that! Flail, McCain people! Flail.

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2. Might be the opener of a snappy song: "Palin flailin in a fit of pique ..."