Whack-Jobs of the World!

A couple that’s been living together in the house they jointly owned since 2000, decide to get married in 2005. By 2007 they want a divorce when one spouse acknowledges another woman’s involved. They continue to live in the same house until the situation becomes the motive for a brutal murder/suicide. Why does the press refer to them as roommates or ex-lovers when they were a married couple with serious domestic issues? Why did they drop the references to Bush Derangement Syndrome?

AP: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was less than upfront in his half-hour commercial Wednesday night about the costs of his programs and the crushing budget pressures he would face in office.

Kim Priestap: This is very interesting…According to an LA Times/Bloomberg poll of those who voted early in Florida, McCain leads Obama 49-45% even though more Democrats voted than Republicans.

Bill Roggio: India has been hit with another coordinated bombing attack, this time in four districts in the eastern state of Azzam. Sixty-one Indians were killed and more than 470 were wounded in the multiple blasts…Police accused “jihadi” groups of conducting the strike. “The needle of suspicion points to jihadi outfits who are behind subversive activities in the state,” a police official told The Hindu.

Strategy Page: All this does not look good for the Taliban or al Qaeda. As Islamic radicals have so often done over the centuries, their violence and abrasive attitudes eventually turn most Moslems against them, and that’s exactly what is happening here.

Tom McGuire: Barack Obama has an aunt (OK, a half-aunt) living in Boston and we need a British newspaper to tell us this? What else are we going to learn about Obama after we elect him?

Speaking of needing Brits to cover the election in the US…From the BBC: The film, titled Dear Mr Obama, is the most-viewed election-related video on the YouTube website, attracting more than 11 million hits:

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