Not sure what is going on, but Jokeline has been unusually reasonable as of late:
Courage is grace under pressure. McCain showed it when he was a prisoner of war, and on many issues–yes, even on his stubborn insistence that the surge would work–but he is not showing it now. He is showing flop sweat. It is not a quality usually associated with successful leadership.
Then, today, this:
Eugene Robinson nails it today on the quadrennial Republican scum festival that begins in August of every presidential election year. It seems to me that Britney-boating isn’t going to be as lethal to Obama as swift-boating was to Kerry–indeed, it is more embarrassing than devastating–but that doesn’t make it any less intolerable. I mean, we’ve got two wars, an energy crisis, an economy teetering on the edge of real serious trouble–and this is the campaign John McCain wants to run?
What is up with this? They screw up the BBQ invitations at McCain HQ?