John McCain: what a comedian

Well, John McCain had better win the presidency, because his potential as a comic is about as low as Bush's approval ratings.

I have to admit, though, that Keith Olbermann is nitpicking like crazy, going all the way back to 1986 for a crude, tasteless joke that McCain said? C'mon - there's plenty about McCain circa 2008 to not like. His more recent, um, "jokes" about killing Iranians (and also bombing them) are certainly relevant to his suitability to be commander in chief. (And there's no statute of limitations for reportedly calling your wife a "cunt.")

It all goes to character. I don't know that this disqualifies him to be president - I have plenty of policy reasons to vehemently oppose his candidacy. However, this can't be helping with the women vote - I hope all of those misguided women who vowed that they would vote for McCain if Hillary didn't get the nomination are listening to remarks like these.

Spot on by Rachel Maddow to compare and contrast this scant coverage to the 'round-the-clock coverage of Jesse Jackson's disparaging comments about Barack Obama. It's only a matter of time before she has her own show. She's certainly earned it.

I was happy to hear Olbermann and Maddow discussing McCain's record, too, since he takes almost a perverse pleasure in distorting it. These inaccuracies lies by McCain must be pointed out each and every time he does it. Thankfully, the Obama camp seems to have learned plenty of hard lessons from John Kerry's candidacy during the '04 election, and that's the cost of letting lies and distortions from the other side linger unanswered in the media.