A shrewd, simple, but effective point. The hysterics of McCain-Palin campaign stops are worth bringing up bluntly in an op-ed like this. I have a hard time stomaching the author's calls for people to keep on being racist -- that is, essentially, what he's asking -- but I understand the exaggeration. Clever, but nothing groundbreaking.

More quirky journalism than quality journalism. While incisively identifying the "plausibly deniable racism" strategy of the neocon campaign meisters, the authors somewhat glib anticipation that they will be good for getting votes for Democratic candidates ignores the greater problem that fanning the flames of racial hatred are a bad thing for the country. A bit too edgy.

YHet another hate piece against McCain and Palin that has no journalistic merit. The Republicans have been mild in their attacks on Obama and Biden, compared to the venom the Democrats have used against McCain and Palin. The sexism of the Democrats against Palin is unprecented in a Presidential campaign. The author presents nothing of this, so there is no journalism here, only his personal prejudices.