Hi there,  our friends over at factcheck.org has a new page called the wire.  you can see it here  http://wire.factcheck.org/    They're using it as the quick response page to the crap that the campaigns are pumping into the airwaves.  It seems to me the the McCain campaign is really stretching the truth, and in cases out and out lying...   on politifact.com, you can checkout the "truth-o-meter" and see how much people are telling the truth, telling half truths, and "pants on Fire" lying...  check out the comparison and see for yourself...

Its my estimation that the Karl Rove machine is at work because the same tactics used by Bush on McCain on previous elections, are now being used by McCain...  Lying worked for Bush,  it might work for McCain too I spose..  don't take my word for it.. check it out yourself....  here are some other non-partisan fact checking sites that I like...  

• http://wire.factcheck.org
• http://www.factcheck.org
• http://www.factchecked.org
• http://justthefacts.blip.tv
• http://www.politifact.com
• http://www.snopes.com
• http://blog.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker 

PS.  I'm really disappointed in McCain,  I thought he was a lot better than this..   

HEH  PSS..   when Karl Rove says you've gone too far,  you know you went too far..  That guy has no scrupals..  and when someone like that tells you you're tellin too many lies.......     strange days indeed.. http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/09/14/mccain-lies-too-much-for-karl-rove/

    If you're like a lot of people, you've had no choice but to hear (and perhaps listen to) all the talking heads out there about the presidential race.  They all do a lot of toungue wagging and spin the facts as fast and and as far as they think they can get away with.   There's a lot of things that you can do to educate youself to the facts and learn what the real deal is.  I don't care what side of the political spectrum you're on.  I tend to lean to the left.  (but that's a different post...)  2 things that I do is check out c-span's Washington Journal.  If you do podcasts, you can get thier podcasts HERE.  Or, if you're at work or not in front of the TV, you can listen live on the main site HERE.   Washington Journal is on at 7AM eastern. 

      The other site that is good that I like is http://www.factcheck.org .  This site is good at picking apart all of the political Ads, and setting the facts straight.  It points out all the ways the facts are twisted and misrepresented to deliver a distorted message.  good stuff.  and, it hits all sides of the political spectrum.  It's a non-descriminatory fact whacker.  good stuff that..  Education is the best thing you can do.

I'm the slime,  Frank Zappa