Shorter McCain Campaign: Obama's a black, socialist, Muslim terrorist homo.

As a long-ago Asian guru termed it, "The center cannot hold."  The left looks quite shaky & the right is crumbling at warp speed.

Powell could have stopped the war or at the very lest injected some credible doubt that many of those that voted for the Iraq resolution would have voted no.  Why because a credible Republican like Powell was clashing with his own administration and if the Senators had seen that clash then the majority of Senators might have voted no to the Iraq resolution.

I lost all respect for Powell because of his gutless decision.  Powell has to live with that decision for the rest of his life and with his conscience.  Look at all the lives he could have probably saved. At the very least his conscience would have been cleared.   His decision now after all these years to support Obama is probably his way of saying I am sorry for what I decided.    If ever there was a case of poor judgment. The Powell decision was a classic case.

Tommy Vietor, an Obama spokesman, called Mr. McCain's criticism ridiculous. "I guess these are the kinds of attacks you make when your campaign has conceded that if you talk about the economy, you'll lose," Mr. Vietor said in a statement. "Senator Obama said he's rooting for the Phillies. Yesterday he said nice things about the members of the team who came out to support him, but that doesn't change the fact that Tampa Bay bounced his White Sox out of the playoffs."

The McCain campaign has just been so so stupid.  Somewhere in the campaign is a missing brain.  They seem to treat words shamanistically - America here!  Socialism here!  Taxes!  Joe the Plumber!  Anger!  

Today the lines continue to be long in Obama voter rich Dade Broward and Palm Beach.

My highschool was not friendly to male students who opened their mouths and were independent thinkers.  When I started there it was almost a 50/50 gender breakdown, but by the time I graduated - not even close.  Not only that, but I think you see this across the board, and is one of the reasons boys aren't going to college as much.  Unfortunately, we don't have a system in place that channels them to other careers.

On the flip side, I once spent over an hour arguing with the head of the math department to let me into Calculus AP.  The argument did not center aorund my grades or whether I could handle the work - that was blatantly clear - but this professer (who never had me as a student and barely knew me) was convinced I didn't really "want" to take Calculus.  Now, I don't know if it was gender related or not, but frankly, I see no other reason that he would be so convinced Calculus was not for me.

Voters were misinformed Monday at an early voting location at Randalls on West Ben White Blvd. As voters waited, the Travis County Elections Division said a "poll cat" gave voters inaccurate instructions.

"He said... 'Let me tell you, make sure you vote straight ticket, then you also vote for Obama to make sure the vote counts,'" said Erica Prosser, who witnessed the incident at Randalls.

In reality, pressing the button for a candidate whose name is already highlighted deselects that candidate. But there's a simple fix.

The simple fix is that you just re-select.  But how many people will catch that?

As to the "poll cat:"

As for the man who gave misleading information at Randalls, the Travis County Clerk said an election worker confronted him, and the man fled.

Just a lone bull-shooter, eh?  No conspiracy there, heh heh....

As for the electronic machines:

An attorney for the Texas Democratic Party claims the machines use a confusing interface and are prone to undercounting "straight-party" votes, when a voter chooses all candidates in one party in one action. (AP)

Ah yes, I've mentioned this before.

But there IS something a bewildered voter can do:

Different counties may use different electronic voting software, but one elections administrator who spoke to CBS 42 said all the programs should allow you to review your selections. He advised looking over your ballot carefully and said to ask for help before hitting the vote button.

Secret ballot?  Secret ballot?!  We don't need no stinking secret ballot!  (Right....?) /sarcasm off