A Week of Petty Though Typical Attacks on Obama Produced Nothing

[LaStrega]

A Week of Petty Though Typical Attacks on Obama Produced Nothing

The most interesting and potentially most significant aspect of Obama's convincing win last night is that it came after a week in which -- really for the first time -- he was targeted from all political and media corners with a relentless stream of the strain of petty though toxic trash which has dominated our political discourse and elections for decades now. And it didn't really seem to have any impact at all.

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... in one of the most repulsive screeds in memory, courtesy of National Review's Lisa Schiffren, former Dan Quayle aide, the fact that Obama's parents are a mixed-race couple strongly suggests they were probably Communists, because who else, besides Communists, would marry outside of their own race?

Full article: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/20/obama/index.html

[madinmaryland]

1. How long was that weak? Seriesly, this

could be hugh!!1!!

[Rageneau]

2. poor widdle baby